We don't need no stinkin 4X4 honey !

You never need 4wd until you need it!

I only ever needed it once while camping. I would t have been able to get into or out of the site without 4WD.

Boat ramps, wet grass, light snow.....I've been stuck in all of them in my old 2 wheel drive truck ('04 Chevy 2500HD). The truck was originally an open rear differential. That was a real sweetheart getting torque only to one wheel. One time I was stuck on an algae covered boat ramp and this 'helpful' fisherman asks "ain't that got four wheel drive?". Oh geez, I guess I just forgot to engage it :S That was so frustrating to see one wheel with traction but the wheel on the slickest surface spinning like mad. After that trip I found a limited slip differential and installed that which helped quite a bit.

The last time I got stuck in the fall of 2015 towing the camper I told the wife I was done with 2WD and the truck would be for sale when I got home. She didn't believe me until she saw the sign in the window and the new (to me) truck in the driveway.

Towing capacity doesn't mean squat if the truck can't even move itself in slippery conditions.

Yep, you couldn't give a 2wd away up in the Snowbelt states. 4wd has saved my bacon in a campground too before.

Dan

downtheroad wrote:
Definitely hard to drive over wet cats and dogs without 4-WD....:)

The FURther you went, the more you would be PELTed by them.

Financially it would be idiotic to buy a 2wd pickup where I live. You'd have to order it because the dealers don't have any in their inventories. Then you'd drive it off the lot and immediately lose more money than the 4wd option costs.

I don't use 4wd a ton but I definitely need it a few times a year, generally during hunting season and/or winter travel.

The good thing is there are lots of 4WD around. Carry a tow strap.

I’m smiling :) . In 1995 my wife and I were looking at Ford Power Strokes. There was this dark two-tone blue one with chrome wheels that really stood out and a lower sticker price than the others. I asked the salesman about that one, and he said “that truck been looked at by everyone in the northwest, but when they find its two-wheel drive that’s the end of that. I remember my exact words “I’ve been driving a two-wheel drive for years and never got stuck”. First time out we drove to the cabin on a Rainey day, I backed-off the two-lane road into some wet leaves and about an inch of mud and there I was ‘Stuck’.

Definitely hard to drive over wet cats and dogs without 4-WD....:)

That's the thing about 4 wheel drive. You never need it until you don't have it....

Texas, yup, rare need for a 4x4 unless a lot of desert driving. Here in Pennsylvania, it's a darn near must. Dealers only order in 2wd trucks if specifically requested. Dealer stock ordered trucks are all 4WD.