What kind of snow can a F250 drive through

"toller" got

There is no set rule here on snow depth because it depends alot on the nature of the snow. If it is a light powdery snow, you should be able to get through 2 to 3 feet of it but if it is the heavy wet stuff in can suck down even a big truckwhen it packs under the axles nad the bigger you are the harder you are to get unstuck. Also the grades you have is some cause for concern in snow and icy with a heavy truck too once you loose traction and start to slide. Personally I would reocmmand something in the middle. The RAV4 is not really a trail blazing vehical and the truck is not a perfect solution either. I would suggest a vehical maybe a little bigger than the RAV4 with more tire and undercarrage clearance and enough wheel well clearance to be able to use tire chains if it get ugly or you get trapped because chains can take you places that no tire can dream of in ice and snow. In a used vehical, a 2001 and early Cherokee (now discontinued) would be a pretty good choice for this with good clearance and proven offraod performance and yet not too terrible to extract-dig out if you get stuck. Last winter after a 16+ plus snowfall I was running my plow truck on a simular lane to clear it and even though I had 4 studded snow tires and a good bit of ballast, I lost traction on a incline and slide in slow motion into a slight ditch. Between the condition of snow and ice and grade I could not get out and another 4x4 could not budge me. (I should have put my chains on first but I though I did not have them with me either but I found out later that I did have them with me) I flagged down a back hoe and he was able to pull be out on the ice and snow covered lane with a long chain that kept him in a flat area.

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