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Nighduckman
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Sep 29, 2019

Experience towing w/ 2WD F250, 2500 or other 3/4 ton

My wife and I recently bought a Jayco Eagle HT 24.5 CKTS fifth wheel. After being somewhat taken in by the marketing and our Ford dealer, we bought a beefed-up F150 that, in the end, was overweight on...
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jodeb720
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Oct 05, 2019
I have a 03' Chevy 2500hd short bed, crew cab 2wd. I pull my 5er and have been stuck twice in soft sand in the desert twice.

If I were to do it all over, I'd go with a Diesel 2wd - same truck.

Now that I'm in Denver and there's snow, I'm thinking a 4wd wouldn't be a bad thing to have - but after reading this, it makes me wonder.

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