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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drsteve wrote:
My 2WD truck with locking diff is much more capable since I installed all terrain tires on it. It came with highway tires that offered no traction at all on anything but dry pavement.
Exactly.
A locker is an important factor in traction and as you point out....tires vary widely in traction.
Case in point, we recently switched one of our vehicles tires from all season (really spring, summer, fall only) tires to Goodyear All Weather tires. A huge difference...the vehicle now actually gets traction in snow, plows through deep snow and wet, thick mud uphill...something our former tires could not do.
