This year’s round of frigid winter weather is well underway, which means it’s time for a not-so-guilty pleasure of anyone who owns a winter tire-wearing, front-wheel-drive econobox: watching trucks and SUVs absolutely biff it on the cold, slippery stuff. Big, bad trucks like the Ford F-150 Raptor and Chevy Silverado may look invincible but faced with enough ice and perhaps not the most appropriate tires, they can be anything but.
Case in point, these videos shared on social media show a couple of pickup drivers not doing so hot in the snow and ice. The first video shows the driver of a lifted and mildly donked-out Silverado struggling to make it up a gentle hill. I’d need a bona fide tire expert to verify whether or not the tires on this Chevy are indeed winters or not but given how low-profile of a tire this person has chosen to employ in the snow, I wouldn’t put money on it.
Oh, and I’d suggest watching these clips on mute because the sound is loud—the second one, in particular.
The second clip, meanwhile, involves a first-gen Ford F-150 Raptor that didn’t even manage to get out of its own driveway before being bested by the elements. “Let the tread do the work,” as Gordon Ramsay might say. Remember, folks: If you don’t have the appropriate tires, no amount of all-wheel drive, ground clearance, or macho styling is going to save you.
As an epilogue to the Silverado’s plight, it apparently had to call it quits and back up to a road that was a little less steep.
More Great Truck Fails on The Drive:
- Watch a newbie do literally everything wrong and nearly destroy his Ford F-250 off-road. [Link]
- A 702-horsepower Ram TRX cannot float. [Link]
- Turns out a six-wheeled Ford Raptor makes a terrible getaway vehicle. [Link]
- This Chinese pickup truck’s zero-star crash test video is pretty horrifying. [Link]
- Tesla recently removed any mention of 2022 from the Cybertruck’s website. [Link]
- Squatted trucks are now officially banned in North Carolina, and drivers could lose their licenses for a year. [Link]
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