2WD vs 4WD tow vehicle

The Mad Norsky wrote:

fj12ryder wrote:

The Mad Norsky wrote:

Bamaman1 wrote:
Not only did I save $5K, I don't have the future liability related to a transfer case, front axle, drive shafts and front axles. At $100 per labor hour, four wheel drive repairs do get costly.

:h

I read this a lot in some of these 2WD v 4WD threads.

Mind you, I've probably bought more trucks over the years than I really needed to do, all 4WD.

Save for my 1977 Ford F-250, I've NEVER had a transfer case, drive shaft, or front axle problem on ANY of them.

No costly expenditures whatsoever.

1984 Ramcharger
1992 Jeep Grand Cherokee
1996 Ram 2500
2001 Ram 2500
2003 Chevy 3500
2006 Ram 3500
2011 Ford F-350
2014 Ram 3500.

Mind you, I don't Rubicon Trail any of those vehicles. Majority of the 4WD used was icy roads and snow conditions.

But again, never a penny spent on any of them for the listed components.

So I say that using cost of repairs for those items is balderdash. Not so. A myth.

Okay, going by this "logic", if you've never been in an airplane accident, they're a myth. If you've not been in a car accident, they are a myth. If you've never had to rebuild an engine, engine problems are a myth.

Pretty fallacious argument.

Fallacious? Good grief man fallacious is saying you're gonna have to fix things on a four wheel drive if you buy one.

Blanket statements such as that are ridiculous. Why try and scare some poor guy who's never owned one with urban legend and myth?????

I'm NOT saying it cannot happen. But it surely is NOT that common either.

Besides, what can we, each of us, attest to here, other than our own, personal experience????

:S gee, I forgot. This is about tow vehicles, where info from the mailman, who has a cousin's whose neighbor had a friend who had this happen is considered the norm.

In fact you are saying it can't happen, and you're the one making blanket statements. Quote: "So I say that using cost of repairs for those items is balderdash. Not so. A myth."

I'm saying your statement that problems with 4WD are "myths" is fallacious. Fallacious means full of errors, and that pretty much sums up your statement.

I've seen firsthand that there are problems with 4WD components, just like any mechanical thing. You're trying to convince the OP that there are just no problems with 4WD, and that just ain't so.