We don't need no stinkin 4X4 honey !
Wife and I upgraded our tow vehicle a few months back from a 150 SuperCrew to a 2016 F250 CC gaser 2 wheel drive. We test drove 2 identical trucks. One a 2wheel drive and the other a 4 wheel drive. My...
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The Jeep had both old-style 4wd and awd, so I had a chance to do some experiments. One thing I discovered was that it was more directionally stable towing in awd than in 2wd. This was especially so when being passed by a semi on the interstate. I also determined for certain that mostly 4low > 4hi > awd > 2wd when things got slickery. But there were times that didn’t hold, with all open diffs. No form of 4wd was better than 2wd if one front tire was the spinner.
The new TV is awd only, but it also has very sophisticated traction control. It’ll go even if one wheel is grabbing only air, even though all differentials are open. So while I’ve no way to experiment, I’ve also not been able to get myself stuck. Which is a good thing.
The new TV is awd only, but it also has very sophisticated traction control. It’ll go even if one wheel is grabbing only air, even though all differentials are open. So while I’ve no way to experiment, I’ve also not been able to get myself stuck. Which is a good thing.
