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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Gdetrailer wrote:
Don't like temperatures once they pass the 90 degree mark so I don't think I will have ANY issue with dirt roads covered with a foot of sand :B
I will however invite you to try your luck out on a few inches of snow and or slush on top of ICY roads to see just how ineffective a 4x4 gets in those conditions.. Heck the weather channel LOVES to broadcast 4x4s and front wheel drives sliding and colliding on black ice all the time through winter.
Different strokes for different folks.
I 'm sure the weather channel would show RWD vehicles sliding and colliding on black ice too if there were more than a (very) few of them on the road. I would think that the vehicles you prefer in winter driving conditions represent low single digit percentage of all vehicles sold in areas that experience those conditions. Wonder why that is?
The OP's RV'ing needs suggest a 2x4 would be just fine for him...if he can find one...they are strictly special order vehicles in the area I live.
