2 wheel drive or 4 wheel drive

Tin Pusher wrote:

Cummins12V98 wrote:
Also pulling one side up on thick blocks

Like if changing a tire also. I can put the HD in 4-Lo and just about idle up onto it. Saves some roadside drama :)

Agreed


Use 4low for pulling up on my trailer aid plus.

Had my trailer parked on my uncles property for hunting season. Just a bit off gravel. It iced and snowed 5" the night before I brought it home. Thank god for 4x4. They don't do much snow removal right after stom. Would have had to wait out weather if I did not have. Worth the extra couple K when u need it.

Have owned one 2 wheel drive and three four wheel drive. Will never be without four wheel drive again. Living in the country we use 4x4 in wet fields and muddy roads. I also have to use 4x4 to get my fiver up the back gravel drive to park it. I like the adage, its better to have it and not need it than to need it and not have it. Also, two wheel drive trucks are hard to come by here. Good luck in your choice.

Why have 4 wheel drive vs. 2 wheel drive
1. Living in Frederick you will encounter snow
2. Gives you the option to get out of a jam,be it loose gravel, mud or wet grass
3. Higher demand at resale time.

It depends. It depends on alot of things. Perfectly happy with 2wd drive here. The truck is not used for anything but RV trips. It sits in a barn November to April.

There is no desire to go offroading. If there is, we rent a jeep. Sightseeing gravel roads is just fine truck only.

Been stuck twice with the trailer. Once in a CG, snow on almost flat paved CG road. Second time on a very muddied up hayfield in Oskosh WI. Got ourselves out in both events. First time there was nobody to help. At Oskosh everyone was getting stuck 4WD or not.

We carry insurance for getting stuck. It is a towrope. The theory is that there is always some macho guy, with his 4WD looking for a chance to use it, not far away. Over 120,000 miles & never used the rope but it is there. Our biggest risk of getting stuck is at events such as bluegrass festivals where we are drycamping on a field. At events such as those the organizers are usually prepared with a tractor available to drag people onto solid ground.

If I was needing a truck as a daily driver, winter driving, offroad farm driving, I would have 4WD. For our style of RVing, not necessary at all.

I have owned nothing but 4WD since 1985. And it gets used plenty.

I have this disease. Cannot pass a dirt road without being drawn toward finding where it goes.

Paved highways do not go to the best places.

If you don't suffer from the need to explore, you will be happy with 2WD.

2 Weeks ago we were the last to arrive on a family camp-out. There was only one place we could set up and it was pretty sandy backing in to it. I truly thought 2WD would be fine but I bogged down and I'm not sure I could have pulled forward to get out. In the end I just dropped the truck into 4 Low and finished backing in with little effort,

As it has already been stated, you don't need 4WD until you do.

You will find that 4X4 owners defend the heck out of having one. I have had one 4X4 but will never go back. I bought that one used.

I run improved roads. My 2WD's suit my needs and I never give a hoot about resale. Whoah, if I pay the money for the 4X4 up front, how am i making money on a resale. :h

The choice should be up to you and your needs.

But then of course there is peer pressure and being cool.

I think you should figure out what your specific needs are and then go with 2 or 4 accordingly.

In Florida it is nice to have in the HEAVY rain. Keeps the back end from breaking away when running solo.

I also agree with the good points when operating on wet grass or loose gravel. Low range is great for spotting the trailer. Then, there are places like Alpine Pass above Pritkin, Colorado, where you can run into a foot of sloppy snow in late June.

Cummins12V98 wrote:
Also pulling one side up on thick blocks

Like if changing a tire also. I can put the HD in 4-Lo and just about idle up onto it. Saves some roadside drama :)