Tremor in first snow drive

[Pompey]

Good point. Take into account how many ply the tire is, the width, and weight of vehicle. Growing up in Pennsylvania driving a Subaru around with designated winter tires felt very grounded and secure in snow. Trucks have never been great in the snow at high speed with an empty bed.

You shouldn’t rely on the number of plies for sidewall strength. Doing so assumes all plies are the same thickness. They’re not. You can have a 2 ply sidewall that is just as thick as a 3 ply because the thickness of the 2 plies are individually thicker

 

[Junior2020]

Hey all, Just picked up our Tremor earlier this week. Had our first snow dump and did about 250KM round trip on back roads and 400 highways, so 60km to 120km. Not a fan of the steering in the truck, bringing it to Ford this week to hopefully tighten it up, way to loss at high speeds.

We came from a 2015 F150, and both my wife and I drive about 40k a year. Because of where we live and my boys hockey we drive in what others may think underivable situation, but have enough experience to make any dive with no issues.

Nedless to say we feel we know what we are doing. Although the 250 Tremor did not feel as solid on the snow covered roads as did the F150 (with snow tires). We are still running the stock tires and thinking of using the snow tires I have in the barn. But there 275 so not much thiner then the stock to cut through the snow.

Does anyone have any suggestions on the 250 Tremor snow driving? What size snow tires would you suggest?

Thx all,

Did you put the drive mode to snow? Someone on one of the facebook pages mentioned it made a huge difference in the snow driving...also if you have less than 1000 miles..not kilometers those tires are not broke in yet and it will wander an awful lot...I hated my tires and wanted to change them within the first 25 miles on the truck. I made a few calls and and a few tire reps gave me the same speal...likend them to slicks on a race car...they need to be scuffed...so i took the truck on a 4 hour drive out to the coast of California and proceeded to put about 400 miles on them and by the time I got home the wandering was gone. I was prepared to spend $1,000.00's on suspension upgrades and wheels...glad I did not....

 

[Chris21667]

Did you put the drive mode to snow? Someone on one of the facebook pages mentioned it made a huge difference in the snow driving...also if you have less than 1000 miles..not kilometers those tires are not broke in yet and it will wander an awful lot...I hated my tires and wanted to change them within the first 25 miles on the truck. I made a few calls and and a few tire reps gave me the same speal...likend them to slicks on a race car...they need to be scuffed...so i took the truck on a 4 hour drive out to the coast of California and proceeded to put about 400 miles on them and by the time I got home the wandering was gone. I was prepared to spend $1,000.00's on suspension upgrades and wheels...glad I did not....

yea i never had tires that need to be broken in like this but i am glad i heard people say let them break in.... they are great now ... smooth and no issues also have 50psi or so in them as well

 

[Bmhtremor]

I had dura's on my 08 6.4 and they were great in the snow. I will say that on heavier trucks they don't wear as nicely or last as long, but I don't really wish about that as much as ride and traction.

 

[JRHII]

If you just got the Tremor, the tires need some miles on them (1000km to put it in Canadian terms? ) before they calm down and thus the steering will improve.

Agreed mine is fine now ... I read that it has something to do with the tires breaking in. It is fine now

 

[Trämör]

yea i never had tires that need to be broken in like this but i am glad i heard people say let them break in.... they are great now ... smooth and no issues also have 50psi or so in them as well

I'm wondering how the 50 psi affects the ride stability and traction on wet road and snow. Isn't the tread touching the street much wider at this level and therefore more prone to hydroplanning and bad snow performance?
I know ride quality improves noticeably when airing down and most folks on here seem to run those lower pressures, but I have so far stuck with the 60/80 factory load because of the above...

 

[Chris21667]

I'm wondering how the 50 psi affects the ride stability and traction on wet road and snow. Isn't the tread touching the street much wider at this level and therefore more prone to hydroplanning and bad snow performance?
I know ride quality improves noticeably when airing down and most folks on here seem to run those lower pressures, but I have so far stuck with the 60/80 factory load because of the above...

i don't know notice more rubber on the ground until under 30 psi in the tires .... i ran 20 psi when offroading and that had a really good foot print

 

[VTski4x4]

Love the Duratracs on my 1500. Absolutely amazing in the snow. Drove 3hrs from my cabin back to the highway in a white out snow storm in 2WD. Can't wait to have them on the Tremor. The only time they can be a handful is on a cold, wet pavement day entering a round-about where you have to accelerate hard and turn at the same time. The back end has kicked out plenty of times on me, but easy enough to catch and correct.

 

[Bkingbill]

I've had the Duratrac on three different trucks, ('88 F-150, '99 F-250, and now the Tremor), and the KO2s on two different vehicles, (06 Navigator and '17 F-150.) and in me experience the Duras have been the superior tire in every condition. Wet, the KO2s were awful in a light rain. Snow/mud the Duras just bit a lot better. Bout to get our first big snow here since getting the tremor. looking forward to testing it out.