2WD or 4X4 for a truck camper
Okay,this is for hauling a truck camper only and what a new guy should get when going to buy a truck camper.. Here is a pretty honest opinion of the pro's and con's of both and yes,he has a truck c...
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Kayteg1 wrote:
Frankly when somebody writes that 4x4 doesn't cost in thousands over the life of the truck, I think he must be idiot or liar.
Anybody can come with different explanation?
I probably can’t come up with an explanation you would understand...
My experience owning many two and four wheel drive trucks doesn’t bear that out.
I had a 2WD crewcab dually and parked on a steep hill with a camper and heavy trailer.
Tried to back up, but couldn’t.
The 4WD I replaced it with, same otherwise, did it easily because it had low range.
I could rattle off other incidents half the day.
Just recently I was coming up the trail out of my friend’s camping property on wet leaves and lost traction. Not goin’ nowhere, even with the camper weight and limited slip diff.
A simple shift to 4WD and problem gone, truck not stuck.
These examples are with the camper on.
Even if it did cost thousands extra over the life of the truck - which it doesn’t - it would be worth it.
And I’d get it all back in resale value.
