Hi All,

I own a 2008 F250 Longbox 5.4L 5spd. I bought the truck new as my job requires me to use my own vehicle in some remote and tricky to get at places and another used vehicle just wasn't going to cut it. Have owned the truck for 9months now and am mostly happy with it. I have noticed that the truck does not like the cold weather (-40) as it has a hard time starting cold in these conditions, but many vehicles are like this. Work use includes surveying and construction inspections (some atv/utv/snowmobile hauling). Personal use includes; pulling horse trailers, boats, hay, snowmobiles; packing snowmobiles, hay, firewood, atvs. First thing that I found with the truck is that the factory tires are GARBAGE, they have no traction on anything but dry pavement!

Here are some pics, seams like the camera only comes out when it is dirty!



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Had to lock in my 4x4 going into our property last weekend with only 6-8" of snow over a hard packed volcanic road base.. The 'Stones' that came with the truck aren't much good for snow/mud, but at 73K they still have some good life in'em!! We had a -12 on the last cold snap, and a 4 when we were getting ready to leave.. Thought I was cold

 

I work as a surveyor/inspector up here in Canada. I am in a mountainous area and spend alot of my free time offroad or on un-maintained roads, sometimes with a 10,000lb trailer. I snowmobile (backcountry) durring the winter and it is not uncommon for us to be hauling a couple of sleds on the back through 18"+ of snow.
All that being said, my work also involves alot of highway miles and the mileage pay is kinda stingy.
I am running General Grabber AT2s now. Then seam to have really good traction and I am hoping that I get good life out of them, plus they were a relatively affordable tire (unlike TOYO). If these don't work out, I am going to try a set of Kumos as they are fairly well priced.