I have owned my last 2 wheel drive pickup
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RjCorazza
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My Dad had a 2wd C30 years ago, and it was terrible on anything but dry pavement.
I've owned 4wd trucks my whole life, currently a F250 4wd with a factory rear locker. Locking the rear is a huge plus in the rare situation I've used it.
I keep a set of temporary traction blocks in my truck, wife, and daughter's cars.
I've owned 4wd trucks my whole life, currently a F250 4wd with a factory rear locker. Locking the rear is a huge plus in the rare situation I've used it.
I keep a set of temporary traction blocks in my truck, wife, and daughter's cars.
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Had number 2wd pickup ran winter tires except for the summer months,just in case toolbox had come along with chains.
oosik
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We came down from Alaska with a brand new '82 2WD Chevy - 3/4 ton. I fought the mud/snow for two years here. Traded it off for a Ford 4WD. Should have gone with a 4WD when I bought the Chevy. Have never owned another 2WD.
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I've got a '98 4x4 toyota. Keep it for around the house as lucky enough I don't have anything to heavy as when I got to cart the F mower without the deck, is taxing the 6 cylinder. My next truck will be 4x4 as well.
Now I'm going to throw something out there, so flame away LOL
I remember in Idaho paddling with a "local" who had a two wheel drive pick up. I asked him if he used the same pick up in winter. He said yes. I asked him how he did it with some of the harsh winters they get. He told me he always had chains and weight, and used his brain. I had a chevy S10 2 wheel drive truck when living in Syracuse, and I never got stuck (ended up cracking the frame on the Mattydale (sp?) bridge over black ice, but that got 13 other vehicles that day including a large 4x4.
Over the last 20 years in "dry" NC, I probably see more 4X4 trucks stuck in a ditch during the wintertime (when we actually get it LOL) than anything else. I still remember driving my Toyota in a snow storm using all 4 wheels driving about 50MPH "taking my time" and another newer toyota passing me out doing about 65 MPH. I thought to myself I must be getting old driving slower. Sure enough, up around the corner, there was that same Toyota stuck one the side of the road in the snow. Go figure.
When I lived in WV and had another Toyota, on 68 right around cooper's rock, there always seemed to be a 4x4 stuck at the bottom of the hill because they were driving too fast for the weather conditions.
Guess my point is what is more important than 4X4 is using your brain
My boss is allowing me to buy a new pick up truck for work instead having to keep using my company car. No qualms with it being 2 wheel drive. That said, whenever my current toyota dies, next truck will be 4X4. Where it's parked at know under the shed, with the slight incline leaving the shed, early in the morning with wet grass, sometimes I can't get out without using 4X4
Now I'm going to throw something out there, so flame away LOL
I remember in Idaho paddling with a "local" who had a two wheel drive pick up. I asked him if he used the same pick up in winter. He said yes. I asked him how he did it with some of the harsh winters they get. He told me he always had chains and weight, and used his brain. I had a chevy S10 2 wheel drive truck when living in Syracuse, and I never got stuck (ended up cracking the frame on the Mattydale (sp?) bridge over black ice, but that got 13 other vehicles that day including a large 4x4.
Over the last 20 years in "dry" NC, I probably see more 4X4 trucks stuck in a ditch during the wintertime (when we actually get it LOL) than anything else. I still remember driving my Toyota in a snow storm using all 4 wheels driving about 50MPH "taking my time" and another newer toyota passing me out doing about 65 MPH. I thought to myself I must be getting old driving slower. Sure enough, up around the corner, there was that same Toyota stuck one the side of the road in the snow. Go figure.
When I lived in WV and had another Toyota, on 68 right around cooper's rock, there always seemed to be a 4x4 stuck at the bottom of the hill because they were driving too fast for the weather conditions.
Guess my point is what is more important than 4X4 is using your brain
My boss is allowing me to buy a new pick up truck for work instead having to keep using my company car. No qualms with it being 2 wheel drive. That said, whenever my current toyota dies, next truck will be 4X4. Where it's parked at know under the shed, with the slight incline leaving the shed, early in the morning with wet grass, sometimes I can't get out without using 4X4
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Lockers help, but no way will equal 4WD. When you lock your rear differential, have you ever noticed the tendency for it to “screw” sideways? On ice or packed snow, it multiplies the effect. The rear end of your truck can sling sideways pretty suddenly.
4WD pulls much more predictably in a straight line and offers a set of wheels 15’ ahead of the other pair which gives them the chance to be on a better traction surface than just one axle.
I never bought the line from some who say a posi rear can go just as far as 4wd.
Now if you put chains and weight on back, that narrows the gap between 2wd & 4wd, especially on ice. But who wants to deal with chains on & off every year?
More people get stuck in 4wd trucks from overconfidence.
4WD pulls much more predictably in a straight line and offers a set of wheels 15’ ahead of the other pair which gives them the chance to be on a better traction surface than just one axle.
I never bought the line from some who say a posi rear can go just as far as 4wd.
Now if you put chains and weight on back, that narrows the gap between 2wd & 4wd, especially on ice. But who wants to deal with chains on & off every year?
More people get stuck in 4wd trucks from overconfidence.
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No flame here agree totally. Current truck is ram 2500 4wd with diesel. Slow and easy goes anywhere I want to go
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2 WD F250 8' bed with Cooper Discoverer AT3 4S tires & LSD.
The 7.3 turbo makes the front end heavy & back end light. I haven't had to use
^^^ this ^^^ yet to unstick the truck, but good to have the option.
The 7.3 turbo makes the front end heavy & back end light. I haven't had to use
