I have a new-to-me 2010 F250 that I use for driving forest roads in the PNW often to get to trailheads. Due to all the rain (and general lack of maintenance funding) our forest roads here are in pretty bad shape with many pot holes and rocky sections. I’m not looking to do any serious off-roading, just drive rough forest roads with confidence.
So far I’m planning on getting better off-road tires since that’s low hanging fruit. Beyond that, I was wondering about a limited slip differential? I’ve definitely had a few times where the open diff would result in one wheel spinning when the other still had good traction. I’m not sure how difficult/expensive that would be, but would it be worth it?
Aside from that, are there any suspension mods to help with the many pot holes maybe? Anything else to consider?
Thanks! Yeah I know the F250 had an option for an LSD so I was hoping it would be fairly straightforward to swap one in.
Any advice on what to look into for shock upgrades? And yeah I have no problems with clearance so I wasn’t planning on doing a lift. These roads would be closed by the forest service long before I ran into clearance issues on one of them!
You might look for bilsteins. No affiliation with this company: https://www.stage3motorsports.com/bil-24-18601824-186025-05-16-f250-4wd-bilstein-5100-front-rear-shocks.html
Not sure if it’s necessary if you have stock tires, but a steering stabilizer might help if you’re dealing with logging roads at all.