Tow vehicle advice: 4x4 or 4x2?
I will be buying a new tow vehicle in next 6 months. Recently I have received a lot of advice to get the new vehicle with 4x4. My old truck was a 4x2 and did fine. Why am I getting this advice? I only...
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TomG2 wrote:PA12DRVR wrote:
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- Ever seen a 2WD try to get going on polished ice at a city intersection? Kindof funny
About as funny as watching a smart aleck flash by in a 4WD and slide into a ditch full of snow and have to wait for a tow truck.
(Actually, it is not that much fun to see people in trouble.)
Actually I find it interesting that since I have a 2wd truck that I drive MORE CONSERVATIVE in bad weather than folks with front wheel drive, 4x4 and all wheel drives.
I often have 4x4s passing me at HIGH SPEEDS on snowy and ICY roads only to find them a few miles later in the ditch, or perched high up on a hillside way off the road...
Folks, wake up, just because you have 4x4, front wheel drive or all wheel drive it DOES NOT help you when it comes to BLACK ICE.
My Dad showed me many years ago that with some care 4x2 can go most places 4x4s can and heck with a set of chains we even showed up some 4x4s trying to climb a steep hillside to get firewood. While they were trying to back down the hill after getting stuck sideways we simply chained up and drive right past them.. :B
The looks of terror on their faces was priceless (it was steep)!
