Driving in the snow

[dewalt]

For snow covered road just put your mode in mud sand. It holds your revs and works really good.

 

[Seven]

Does anyone with a Pedal Commander do anything with that during snow events? Turn it off? I imagine weather mode with Sport + 4 is interesting.

I'm making a mental note to turn off PC when in weather mode.

 

[Jake17]

BAJA mode..ftw

 

[smurfslayer]

Does anyone with a Pedal Commander do anything with that during snow events? Turn it off? I imagine weather mode with Sport + 4 is interesting.

I'm making a mental note to turn off PC when in weather mode.

I had snow hit me on a recent return from Kentucky, running pedal commander in city mode, 4a/normal truck mode. Snow was light but enough to start blowing visibly across the road in about 15 minutes. navigated all through WV back ass roads at temps from 14-18 F, including a rather dire warning that snow plowing and road maintenance ended for our particular road. Did almost 30 miles of narrow, winding, unplowed and now well kept road without a hint of an issue.

Unless you go out of your way to get into mischief, pretty much every mode is nanny mode in the Raptor.

 

[rtmozingo]

Its Probably a good idea for you 17 and up guys to get an idea of what your trucks are actually doing rather than always trusting the settings. (You don't want to lose your dog fighting skills and end up like Goose did in training). I assume the auto setting is just doing what i said above on the fly for you (or some approximation).

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It is always a good idea, but the main driving force for the new driving settings was to make the system more or less foolproof - Ford found no one could properly set up the first Gen, so with the mode selections it is a lot more simple and straightforward to properly configure your truck for whatever situation you are in. In short, you can trust the modes, and 95% of people won't ever need to make any tweaks. Now, I like locked rear in baja mode, but most people won't even notice. Not that any of this matters - everyone is already ******** them up royally....

Weather mode shifts to 4A (let off throttle during shift) and changes throttle and shifting patterns to effectively reduce power put down - all to reduce chances of slipping. It isn't a true AWD like some are complaining about - true AWD vehicles utilize a center diff that makes them better in semi-slick conditions but unable to do heavy off-road. Since the Raptor specializes in off-road, the clutch system it uses for 4A isn't as 'refined', perhaps, as a true AWD system on the road, but it works quite well, you'll just notice torque steer. If it bothers you a lot switch to comfort steering.

Regardless, 4A is very useful, even on dry pavement. It is made for conditions where you would risk binding your drivetrain in 4H, but where you could lose traction and would benefit from AWD-action. Here in Texas, even on dry roads I'll slip the tires in sport mode, so if I'm seriously using sport mode, I'll put it into 4A.

Last note - a friend of mine in Alaska noticed Weather mode will put you into 4H if it realizes you need it. So don't be too surprised if you're driving in 4A and then the truck decides to shift into 4H.

 

[Michelleandrews]

Ok I've had the chance to try both 4H and 4A in the snow. I feel 4H was better when driving on snow covered roads over 4A, but when on dry pavement the tires grip to hard when turning. 4A felt better at turning on dry pavement over 4H but not as well on snow covered roads. The dry pavement I encountered was mainly at intersections and entrances into parking lots. Thanks to everyone for the helpful advice.

 

[allenfrx]

I had snow hit me on a recent return from Kentucky, running pedal commander in city mode, 4a/normal truck mode. Snow was light but enough to start blowing visibly across the road in about 15 minutes. navigated all through WV back ass roads at temps from 14-18 F, including a rather dire warning that snow plowing and road maintenance ended for our particular road. Did almost 30 miles of narrow, winding, unplowed and now well kept road without a hint of an issue.

Unless you go out of your way to get into mischief, pretty much every mode is nanny mode in the Raptor.

6 years ago i drove from St. Paul Minneapolis to Augusta Georgia in the "great blizzard of" (insert what ever they called it). Airports closed, lots of people died in wrecks etc....the usual.

Once the sun went down the only cars on the road were me and 18 wheelers.

After 2am...it was just me....alone.

That trip took me up, down and through west Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee mountains in areas of unplowed semi un driver over snow roughly 4 to 10 inches.

I stopped only for gas and to pee....left at 9am, got home at 6 am so about 21 hours straight.

Here is the punchline...i did it in a FWD toyota corolla rental car.

I really feel i set some sort of world record that night if such records were even kept.

Point being...if you posesses the skill (few do) many vehicles are snow capable.

We will save the story of me getting a mustang GT off the top of a parking garage that was so completly covered in black ice it was impossible to stand...and how i had to sit down on my lap top and push off a wall just and slide across the ice just to get to the car for another day.....

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[Morn]

Ok I've had the chance to try both 4H and 4A in the snow. I feel 4H was better when driving on snow covered roads over 4A, but when on dry pavement the tires grip to hard when turning. 4A felt better at turning on dry pavement over 4H but not as well on snow covered roads. The drive pavement I encountered was mainly at intersections and entrances into parking lots. Thanks to everyone for the helpful advice.

Wait what? No, don't ever use 4H on dry (or wet) pavement. It's only for loose stuff such as deep snow, mud, or sand.

From the manual:

4H (4X4 HIGH) Provides mechanically locked four-wheel drive power to both the front and rear wheels for use in off-road or winter conditions such as deep snow, sand or mud. This mode is not for use on dry pavement.

and

Do not use 4H or 4L on dry, hard surfaced roads. Doing so will produce excessive noise, increase tire wear and may damage drive components. 4H or 4L modes are only for consistently slippery or loose surfaces.

http://www.fordservicecontent.com/F...pplement-version-1_su_EN-US-EN-US_10_2016.pdf

 

[MTheory]

BAJA mode..ftw

https://youtu.be/9WZ3gbK3HMw

100% Baja mode....

Other that that just wether mode.

 

[dude1782]

Apparently snow driving is really difficult for the gen 2 trannies