2WD or 4X4 for a truck camper

jaycocreek wrote:
Okay,this is for hauling a truck camper only and what a new guy should get when going to buy a truck camper..

Here is a pretty honest opinion of the pro's and con's of both and yes,he has a truck camper..Northern lite 10-2

2WD vs 4WD with TC only

Do you "Really Need" a 4X4 with a truck camper?..

Note that a pickup with a camper on it will have real good traction from the driven rear tires due to the weight on those rear tires.

A pickup that most of the time is not carrying a heavy load in the bed actually needs to be a 4X4 more so than a truck with a camper on it ... because in slippery conditions a PU with little or no weight in the bed has terrible traction coming from the rear tires. Add front wheel drive to the front of a PU in slippery conditions ... and the heavy engine weight over those front tires provides way improved traction and braking over a lightly loaded bed over the rear tires.

I know ... as I've made the mistake of trying to drive my 4X4 PU in snow conditions while having it in only 2WD. Boy was that an eye-opening and dangerous situation!