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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Timay wrote:rkassl wrote:LOL! Only those getting themselves out of a quagmire! Maybe - what - a quarter mile?
That said who ever pulls in 4WD?
Tim
I do, going down a dirt road for several miles to our annual boondock site. Even small washboards, which can cause an unloaded truck to dance like Bojangles, will make my truck "walk" a bit in the corners while towing. Using 4wd, takes this completely out. I'm talking at speeds of 15-30 mph, max. I also use 4LO on a stretch of somewhat rocky road, about 200 yards long, just so I can creep over it without rocking things. I also had to use it in a gravel campground down in Mexico, when a trailer wheel dropped into a slight hole. That pea gravel just gave me no traction; popped it into 4wd and out she came. YMMV...
Lyle
