getting trapped inside a park

Dtank wrote:

laknox wrote:

Hammerboy wrote:

Allworth wrote:
I have never found that driving over the grass hurt either the truck or the trailer.

Until you get stuck. Ask me how I know.

Dan

That's why I have 4x4...

Lyle

False security times four...:S

Had a place in the San Berdo Mtns for several years. Exiting the street at the stop sign before the main highway, was a shaded low spot in the road. In winter, snow would melt in daytime, freeze at night to black ice - last for several hours of "shaded" sun in the AM.

"Unfortunate", but regular entertainment:
Watching the "can go anywhere", "can handle anything with my 4 x 4" flat-landers come up to the stop sign at normal speed, hit the brakes and slide out into traffic on Hwy 18! Lots of near misses - luckily the main road had good traction for "avoidance" by the cross traffic.

Whenever I saw a "suspected" 4 x 4 coming up behind me at speed to that stop sign, I would pull over well in advance, let that driver go first, then watch the show - while I crept up to the stop with my lowly 4 x 2.

The "pull-over procedure" also saved many "savvy" drivers from being rear-ended by the sliding 4 x 4's. A few weren't so lucky..:(

~

And how many of those people were locals, like you, who knew of the problem there and how many were visitors, completely unfamiliar with the area? As I said, I've been towed exactly once, and that was after parking on dry ground, then getting over 2" of rain in 48 hours on heavy clay soil. I =do= avoid places I'm not comfortable going into, period. I was towed any number of times while farming, but there were a lot that I never would have needed towing had I had 4x4. I have had to use 4x4 to back into an improved campsite that I wouldn't have made it into otherwise. Uphill on dirt with a sandy surface. Even with the weight of the FW on the back, I was spinning. Dropped it into 4hi and backed right in, no problem. When we go into our boondocking site, we travel about 6 miles down a dirt road that's only graded about 1 or 2x a year, and has a fair amount of local traffic, so corners get washboards. I've found that it's a much more comfortable ride towing in 4hi up that road as the back end, even with the FW on it, will want to step out when you hit the washboards. When not towing, using 4x4 on a dirt road makes the ride much more enjoyable for the same reasons above. Personally, I'll never have a truck that doesn't have 4wd.

Lyle