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Cars Sliding Down Icy Hill - iReport.com
Watch this video, note the correlation between the number of people trying to get up the hill and the amount of Ford trucks making it up the hill. Makes me proud to own a ford
Watch this video, note the correlation between the number of people trying to get up the hill and the amount of Ford trucks making it up the hill. Makes me proud to own a ford
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From: darrington wash
anyways heres another one of those types of videos
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SPE8vL5hlFA
{by the way i am not trying to start a flame war, or anything else, by mentioning a flaw of fords, that other brands did something different... i belive all trucks each have their own flaws, that another company will build something different where other trucks fail... with the exception of honda trucks... they suck period}
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That's an easy problem to fix. Throw some tube sand or some old tractor weights in the bed and you're good to go! That's what my brother does with his Ford and what I'll do with mine next winter.
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From: darrington wash
a stack of cinder blocks over the rear axle is what i do with mine... snow rain or sun shine... lol
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Anyhow, 4wd does set low rear end traction right to an extent. Regardless of how light the rear was, i definitly saw an 80's ford make it up that hill and not many other vehicles
And I still think it was cool. As for that video above, that is just crazy. The moron density was thru the roof! We know this b/c none of them driving was in a domestic 4x4 truck, and they managed to hit everyhting around except for the appropriate pedals at the right time. If the roads were that bad, the drivers should have realized that while walking to their vehicles... like Bill Engvall? said, "here's your sign"
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Cars Sliding Down Icy Hill - iReport.com
Watch this video, note the correlation between the number of people trying to get up the hill and the amount of Ford trucks making it up the hill. Makes me proud to own a ford
Watch this video, note the correlation between the number of people trying to get up the hill and the amount of Ford trucks making it up the hill. Makes me proud to own a ford
As for a Ford vs. Toyota...no contest my Toyota 4wd would go way more places, better, faster and easier than my F250 4wd, hands down.
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You forgot Toyota sucks uber hard. Anyhow, every vehicle has their flaw but that's the price of quality. Except Toyota and nissan, they're just bad period. Their conception of trucks was a flaw in and of itself. A giant flaw, just like rosie o'donell, environmentalist hippies, steve jobs, and money.
true on the toyota and nissan except with their older trucks.... they arent half as bad as i originally though... now you cant get a cord of wood in the back, or tow a 4 hourse trailer down the road.... but they wherent built for that... i mainly just pointed out the honda trucks.... because in all honesty.... they where the worst idea look style and completly wrong company for a truck.... {they all make decent cars on the other hand *shrugs* though i would still rather have a v8}
ive also notcied more dodges rear ends sliding around yesterday then ford or chevys.... so either they have more power{i dont think so...} or their rears are a lot lighter then fords or chevy
Anyhow, 4wd does set low rear end traction right to an extent. Regardless of how light the rear was, i definitly saw an 80's ford make it up that hill and not many other vehicles And I still think it was cool.
true... 4wd will replace the loss of traction for the rear end, as long as its set up right..... look at those kia suv things... one front wheel and one rear wheel spin while the rest just sit there.... now you get that full locking? all 4 wheels slowly buy surely push and pull the truck up the hill...
As for that video above, that is just crazy. The moron density was thru the roof! We know this b/c none of them driving was in a domestic 4x4 truck, and they managed to hit everyhting around except for the appropriate pedals at the right time. If the roads were that bad, the drivers should have realized that while walking to their vehicles... like Bill Engvall? said, "here's your sign"
ahh i hate people like that... now i know when i shouldnt be on the road, but there are some things i HAVE to take care of or risk going to jail due to some trouble i got in about 2 years ago...{thats a story on its own} but so i will make the 60 mile drive from darrington to everett every day i need to with my car.... now once you get out of the sticks... it is pretty good.... but i learned how to drive on snow and ice on for the most part UN-plowed high ways, and citty streets where they dont plow to often either... now im not gonna do a hundered miles and hour on the ice... but will go the speed i feel safe with... generally about 40 or 45{10-15 under} while other people go around 10 miles an hour cause they dont know how to drive in snow... it might simply be the fact that im about 19 years old, and THINK i know how to drive on the snow or maybe its cause i think im invencible.... what ever the case is... if you see me try to take on a hill like that.... i will probablly be going up the back side of the hill hahaha
story time.... when my mom was younger, by about 27 years...her and her brothers and sisters, each grabed 2 of my grandpas 5 gallon buckets, along with some kids from the neabhor hood, and filled them up on a freezing night... took them to the top of a hill they lived on{now it was not very steep at all} and dumped them in the middle of the night so no one could drive up the hill
true on the toyota and nissan except with their older trucks.... they arent half as bad as i originally though... now you cant get a cord of wood in the back, or tow a 4 hourse trailer down the road.... but they wherent built for that... i mainly just pointed out the honda trucks.... because in all honesty.... they where the worst idea look style and completly wrong company for a truck.... {they all make decent cars on the other hand *shrugs* though i would still rather have a v8}
ive also notcied more dodges rear ends sliding around yesterday then ford or chevys.... so either they have more power{i dont think so...} or their rears are a lot lighter then fords or chevy
Anyhow, 4wd does set low rear end traction right to an extent. Regardless of how light the rear was, i definitly saw an 80's ford make it up that hill and not many other vehicles
And I still think it was cool. true... 4wd will replace the loss of traction for the rear end, as long as its set up right..... look at those kia suv things... one front wheel and one rear wheel spin while the rest just sit there.... now you get that full locking? all 4 wheels slowly buy surely push and pull the truck up the hill...
As for that video above, that is just crazy. The moron density was thru the roof! We know this b/c none of them driving was in a domestic 4x4 truck, and they managed to hit everyhting around except for the appropriate pedals at the right time. If the roads were that bad, the drivers should have realized that while walking to their vehicles... like Bill Engvall? said, "here's your sign"
ahh i hate people like that... now i know when i shouldnt be on the road, but there are some things i HAVE to take care of or risk going to jail due to some trouble i got in about 2 years ago...{thats a story on its own} but so i will make the 60 mile drive from darrington to everett every day i need to with my car.... now once you get out of the sticks... it is pretty good.... but i learned how to drive on snow and ice on for the most part UN-plowed high ways, and citty streets where they dont plow to often either... now im not gonna do a hundered miles and hour on the ice... but will go the speed i feel safe with... generally about 40 or 45{10-15 under} while other people go around 10 miles an hour cause they dont know how to drive in snow... it might simply be the fact that im about 19 years old, and THINK i know how to drive on the snow or maybe its cause i think im invencible.... what ever the case is... if you see me try to take on a hill like that.... i will probablly be going up the back side of the hill hahaha
story time.... when my mom was younger, by about 27 years...her and her brothers and sisters, each grabed 2 of my grandpas 5 gallon buckets, along with some kids from the neabhor hood, and filled them up on a freezing night... took them to the top of a hill they lived on{now it was not very steep at all} and dumped them in the middle of the night so no one could drive up the hill
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From: darrington wash
no one else rides in my truck besides my self... and i dont think they will do much damage to anything other the the bed itself.. i dont think my trucks safety raiting is that great as far as seat belts go anyways... -shrugs- maybe some day i will find a stack of tube sand for free and will switch over... but until then the cinder blocks will probablly stay where they are
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The cinder blocks aren't just about you...they can sail through other vehicles' windows and put a crimp on their lifestyle, too. In an accident, they won't just necessarily slide into the sides of the bed--they can be catapulted out, through your back window or someone else's. Seriously, they're a bad idea.
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that video looked like the area I live in last night. The day before we had 4" of snow and last night we had rain/sleet/ice all night. I actually had to break out my 95 f150 because my front wheel drive car was damn near worthless in the ice. I try to avoid driving the truck in the snow as much as possible so it doesn't die an early death from cancer.
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You could make the cinder block stack safer if you put ratchet straps through each and every cinder block so there is no chance of it going anywhere unless the cinder block breaks apart or the ratchet straps break. Tube sand is cheaper than cinder blocks and it's a lot safer. Old tractor weights aren't terribly expensive either.