2WD or 4X4 for a truck camper

jimh425 wrote:

JRscooby wrote:
I have seen the damage done to that farm done by 4X4.

Sure, you can tear up ground with 4x4 as well. But, if you had been here, you would see the damage that didn’t happen because of 4x4.

I think you missed the point. Take the gate into the feed-lot. With 4X2, we would likely get stuck if it was muddy. So we kept enough feed in the bin in the lot, so if we had mud for a few days we could walk from the gate, feed, and walk out. When it dried, every morning put 2 day's feed in the pickup, feed, then put the rest in the bin, until bin full. If it stayed wet long enough for the bin to get MT, pick up box with the tractor.
With the 4X4, that mud will not stop me, so I cut ruts. And I don't know how long ago, but the ruts diverted any run-off from the pasture, so now there is a gully under the gate, and the pond has dried up. And back in the day that pond had a pipe thru the dam into a tank to water the stock.
Sure sometimes a 4X4 can go without doing the damage that a 4X2 could do. But do you have to go? Do you have to take the pickup?