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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Veebyes wrote:
4WD allows you to get further from the road before you get good & stuck, at which point you call a tow truck which is likely to be 2WD.
If he can't come & get you the debate now becomes, winch or no winch.
A driver has to know his limitations.
I'd like to have a locking diff. Chances are that if stuck with the trailer on the back there won't be much weight on the front of the truck to help. I know, locking diff makes the vehicle want to go straight. Thats OK. Rather have 2 power wheels under the weight.
Got stuck in a mucky CG this year with the trailer on. Managed to get the rear wheels onto boards that are used for leveling the trailer then proceeded to work my way forward one board length at a time. Got myself to about 1 board length to solid ground. That is when the CG tractor showed up with a chain. Oh well!
4WD would not have helped much there. The whole area was snott slippery.
Took 2 other 4wd trucks to pull me out one year at our boondock site. Volcanic clay is, as you say, "snott slippery". :-) Was in ruts only about 4" deep.
Lyle
