The Lightning is amazing in the snow

[Adventureboy]

So do we need to add any sand bags in the bed of the lightning for snow or sheet ice?

No. The Lightning has a massive battery hanging on the bottom that balances the weight evenly across the truck. Sandbags would pale in comparison. The ICE trucks have really light rear ends, hence why folks used sandbags - especially in RWD models. Our Lightnings are balanced, heavy AWD with 4-wheel traction control. It is several levels up.

It doesn't matter what you are driving if you hit black ice. Zero traction is zero traction.

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[bc1]

Wow. What a bummer. It was a nice blue pickup.

 

[Aminorjourney]

Wow. What a bummer. It was a nice blue pickup.

Not going to hijack the thread - but I was lucky - it was nearly 2 years ago, and my replacement 2023 is just as awesome (even though it's missing some features)

 

[chl]

"If the snow was not to deep, I'd take the front-wheel drive Prius - it does really well most of the time.
If the snow was deep, I used to use my 2001 Ranger with several bags of sand in the bed over the wheels - even so still a slip and slide ride sometimes."

Couldn't make the quote work.

My Prius did good in deep snow if I didn't stop.
So do we need to add any sand bags in the bed of the lightning for snow or sheet ice?

It is plenty heavy and has all-wheel drive as well, so no sand bags needed....unless you want to help some stranded ICE pickup on your trip?

I did use the Prius in deep snow a few time, the only issue was the car sits low to the ground so the front end became a sort of snow plow...also a lot of frozen slushy ice build up in the wheel wells which required a pick-ax to get out (an exaggeration, but not by much).

 

[Robert1380]

We got our first real snow storm and I decided to go play in the snow with my Lightning. Check it out if you are interested.

Great video. Did you leave the settings in normal mode or did you set to off-road or lock the rear differential?

 

[jobofly79]

Great video. Did you leave the settings in normal mode or did you set to off-road or lock the rear differential?

I stayed in normal mode and did not engage the rear locker. I wanted to see how it handled without help.

 

[MaintGrl]

It is amazing in the snow. I watched it earlier (Hi! Yes, We watch)

It's less good in the ice under fresh snow on a gravel trail at 20 mph... I still find it amazing that I managed to run into a power line, pull the power line on top of the truck and walk away...

Ya, unknowingly you were testing the limits, were glad you were safe after that///

 

[bc1]

Just had a chance to look at the entire video. Here is the tire being used. Toyo Open Country A/T III. Fairly aggressive tread. On another note, if my wife was home and saw the video she would be making some phone calls about the dog in the front seat. She wouldn't be too happy.

 

[Bushwood CC]

Anyone know if older than 2025 models will get slippery mode as a choice at some point?

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