---
title: "Watch a Ford F-150 Raptor Disappear Because Big Trucks Still Can’t Beat Ice"
description: "Tires, people. You need winter tires."
date: "2022-01-10"
modified: "2022-01-10"
authors:
  - name: "Chris Tsui"
    job_title: "Contributor"
    link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/chris-tsui"
url: "https://www.thedrive.com/news/43823/watch-a-ford-f-150-raptor-disappear-because-big-trucks-still-cant-beat-ice"
categories:
  - "Ford News"
  - "News"
  - "News by Brand"
  - "Watch This"
tags:
  - "F-150 Raptor"
  - "Ford"
  - "Off-Road"
  - "pickup"
---

# Watch a Ford F-150 Raptor Disappear Because Big Trucks Still Can’t Beat Ice

![](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/images-by-url-td/content/2022/01/Raptor-Ice-Hero-1.jpg>)
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This year's round of frigid [winter](<https://www.thedrive.com/cars-101/38082/editors-favorite-winter-tools-gear>) 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](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/40483/heres-why-the-2021-ford-f-150-raptors-next-gen-fox-shocks-are-such-a-big-deal>) 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](<https://memegenerator.net/img/instances/72159457/let-me-call-an-expert.jpg>) 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.

https://twitter.com/_/status/1480283966603157506

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.](<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTee6dKpDB0>) Remember, folks: If you don't have [the appropriate tires](<https://www.thedrive.com/category/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.

https://twitter.com/_/status/1479177541579587585

## More Great Truck Fails on The Drive:

- Watch a newbie do literally everything wrong [and nearly destroy his Ford F-250 off-road](<https://www.thedrive.com/watch-this/10154/watch-an-idiot-do-everything-wrong-off-road-almost-destroy-ford-f250>). \[[**Link**](<https://www.thedrive.com/watch-this/10154/watch-an-idiot-do-everything-wrong-off-road-almost-destroy-ford-f250>)\]
- A 702-horsepower [Ram TRX cannot float](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/41996/ram-trx-driver-sinks-their-702-hp-super-truck-at-texas-off-road-park>). \[[**Link**](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/41996/ram-trx-driver-sinks-their-702-hp-super-truck-at-texas-off-road-park>)\]
- Turns out a [six-wheeled Ford Raptor makes a terrible getaway vehicle](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/37461/driver-fails-to-outrun-police-in-diesel-brothers-ford-super-duty-6x6-sema-truck>). \[[**Link**](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/37461/driver-fails-to-outrun-police-in-diesel-brothers-ford-super-duty-6x6-sema-truck>)\]
- [This Chinese pickup truck's zero-star crash test video](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/37999/zero-star-crash-test-watch-this-chinese-truck-without-airbags-fail-horrifically>) is pretty horrifying. \[[**Link**](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/37999/zero-star-crash-test-watch-this-chinese-truck-without-airbags-fail-horrifically>)\]
- [Tesla recently removed any mention of 2022](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/43747/tesla-yanks-2022-cybertruck-production-deadline-from-its-site>) from the Cybertruck's website. \[[**Link**](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/43747/tesla-yanks-2022-cybertruck-production-deadline-from-its-site>)\]
- Squatted trucks [are now officially banned in North Carolina](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/42246/squatted-trucks-banned-in-north-carolina-and-drivers-could-lose-their-license-for-a-year>), and drivers could lose their licenses for a year. \[[**Link**](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/42246/squatted-trucks-banned-in-north-carolina-and-drivers-could-lose-their-license-for-a-year>)\]

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## Author
Chris Tsui is *The Drive*'s former Reviews Editor and current freelance automotive journalist. He's based in Toronto.

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