We don't need no stinkin 4X4 honey !

jerem0621 wrote:
4x4 is fun, but totally not needed for 90% of truck buyers. Towing a boat is useful on slick steep ramps, 4x4 is useful off road while hunting or property management, or for common usage. Most trucks sold new are too pretty and expensive for owners to take off road.

I try not to be too dogmatic, if you need it, buy it. If you don’t then get the 2WD savings... or the 4x4 just because.

Thanks!

Jeremiah

Good point. I also can't imagine too many owners taking their new 60 grand + :B 4WD on many off road expeditions. That usually comes when the 4WD becomes 15 years old and a high school kid's personal transportation.

Now a 4WD bought by a rancher/farmer/utility company will be using a 4WD off road in some difficult situations...but most will be using them to make sure they don't get stuck on the wet grass with their trailer or have to back up their trailer in an elevated parking spot. That's what I read here and I'm ...not... being critical.

We've been stuck..once on wet grass, which we eventually sank into the ground, had to use campfire wood as traction aids in the ruts we created. We got out on our own, using this method with the trailer connected, but it wasn't easy. Our tow vehicle was a '61 Nomad wagon, 283 V8, PG, 2WD, early positraction. This was back in '62. It would of been easier if we had a 4WD, but back then, about the only 4WD you would see towing would be something like a Suburban or an International Travelall SUV and those guys usually had an Airstream. They were older retired executives with bucks.

Also backing up a heavy trailer into an elevated difficult parking area is made easier by using low range, 4WD. I know.