2wd or 4x4?
Wife and I are in the process of buying a 26-30' fifth wheel and truck to pull it for fulltime use. We plan on doing a lot of boondocking and hitting BLM spots and are wondering if 2WD is enough or...
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Jebby14 wrote:JaredWPhillips wrote:
Even if you avoid mud and snow... 4x4 can be very handy. I use it quite often for backing trailers up a hill, or on wet grass...4-LOW is a great tool for saving your transmission and giving you better control when maneuvering in a tight spot. There's also been may times when I couldn't back a trailer on a gravel incline without 4x4. I would never buy a 2WD truck if I intend to use it as a truck.
this is terrible advice. 4lo is not intended for anything but low speed STRAIGHT LINE use unless the front tires are in a low traction situation so they can slip to accommodate being out of synchronization do to turning radius.
that said ill never own another 2wd truck even though I don't often need my 4x4.
Nope. It is very good advice if you have manual locking front hubs. I've put hundreds of hours on my 4x4s this way on the farm. I've used 4x4 low in campgrounds too. It gives much better/easier control.
Even the last 16 years without the manual front hubs I still use low range and my Ford trucks have never had need of any front end or drive repairs. I've often wondered how folks can damage so much but then I remember a saying my dad used to say... "there is nothing a sane man can build that an insane man can't destroy. "
