Driving on wet paved roads?

[Denny Swift]

I have two pretty powerful cars with summer tires, and they don’t break loose nearly as easily as the Bronco does. I find that as soon as the roads are a tiny bit wet, my Bronco‘s rear tires loose traction. But 4A fixes it. I figure that’s just part of life with a truck on A/T tires.

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[Fazetronics]

I'm an experienced driver (cue scene from rainman), but its been about 20 years since I drove anything that wasn't front- or all-wheel drive. I have a 2.3, 4-door, soft-top OBX with stock non-squatch tires. I am finding that on wet paved roads, its fairly easy to lose traction during acceleration. I am wondering if this is normal. Is it the combination of being in rear-wheel drive with a light weight back-end (no roof)? Is it the mall-crawler tires? My heavy foot? It just seems odd to be able to lose traction quite so easily in a fully modern vehicle... but it may just be my inexperience in driving this class of car.

Anyone else having a similar experience? Concerning or just learn to adjust my driving style?

[Update: This has been a really constructive and amiable thread. I appreciate the advice, the empathy, and the sense of humor. I have gotten the information I wanted from the conversation. Thanks.]

Hey, you're not crazy, I experienced this twice today, FL, heavy rains. I have a heavy foot, and need to lighten up. One thing I didn't see mentioned is to switch to ECO mode... kinda helps pull power off the take off for people with a heavy foot. Helps me anyway. Someday I'll trade in and upgrade my Bronco OBX to something with 4A and never look back.