Is This Enough Truck for 5th Wheel??

Old-Biscuit wrote:

lc0338 wrote:
I would not have a diesel engine truck without 4 wheel drive. They are helpless on soft ground if a little slick when empty. If you never unhook your 5er and/or never get off payment or solid roadway's or ice/snow then maybe you can get by with 2 wheel drive only

Then you would not like riding with me in my QC Longbed 3500 CTD 4X2 when we unhook and go 'adventuring'

4X4 is false confidence and just means farther to walk to get help :B

Grew up in WY/UT and only had 1 4X4...all other trucks were 2wd
Yes diesel up front is heavy but so is 460 cast iron V8

Drivers ability/judgement is more important then 4wd

I'll never have another truck without 4wd, unless it's a delivery truck here in Phoenix. It makes a =huge= difference on even a fairly good dirt road. Don't know about you, but hitting a section of washboard at anything over about 10 mph in an empty truck, is d@mn uncomfortable and can be unsafe, especially on corners, where the rear-end can easily step out on you. Even towing my FW up to our boondock site near Stoneman Lake, I'll run in 4wd on the dirt. Makes a noticeable difference in the ride. Since part of the road we go in on is also not in great condition, I'll drop to 4LO. I don't =need= it, but being able to creep over that 100 yard rocky section makes like, and the DW, a lot easier.

Lyle