SRW 3500 2WD vs 4WD
Deciding if I should purchase a 2WD or 4WD SWR 3500 but need a little advice from those of you who have a 2WD or have had both. Total 5th wheel weight loaded is around 13,500 so do not need a dually a...
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fj12ryder wrote:
We use our truck almost exclusively for towing our toyhauler, which we don't take offroad. It pretty much sits from mid November to around April so we don't worry about the snow. Our other truck is 2WD and it gets driven year round. I've owned 4WD in the past just for the heck of it and have just come to the conclusion that, for me, it's an unnecessary expense and complication. KISS.
The thing that always amazed me was when I was traveling during and after the winter storms around here, that most of the vehicles in the median were 4X4's.
Most of that is the fact that people simply don't know how to drive in weather and they'd've ended up in the ditch either way. I saw this several years ago driving on I-40 up on the Navajo Rez. Was a freezing fog and it was coating the freeway pretty good in spots. I was in my Civic and driving about 35-40 mph with my flashers going. A number of cars passed us doing 50-60. Several miles down the road, they were all balled up along the side of the road, including a 4wd Tahoe. Idiots...
Lyle
