Grandpa, tell me bout the good ole days............

[MossRoad]

We've always had a car and a 4x4 vehicle, due to me having to get to my job in inclement weather, and my ice fishing habit. Many years the 4x4 would only get a couple hundred miles, as my wife and I had the luxury of driving to work together almost daily for 25 years.

 

[Jstpssng]

^^^^
It's not at all uncommon for me to put a couple hundred on in a day, although normally not all in4wd.

 

[user.69169]

Driver most important part of not gettin stuck. Tires second most important, all about traction. Bud got a Dodge M-37 military came wid de NDT tires. Couldn't get up road hill by his house in 2wd. Put different tires on and pulls hill in 2 like its flat.

Biggest problem wid 4x is salesman mounts fool between steering wheel & seat.

Watched BTO farmer here destroy equipment after he got middle bender 4x tractor wid duals. Got chain heavy enough he can rip apart anything stuck in mud and he do. Fellow down road not so rich, bought military surplus hydraulic winch & mounted on wheels so medium tractor can pull into field and use tractor hydraulic to run winch. He winches stuck machines out widout bustin up. Right tool for de job beats draggin to shop & fixin. One time pulled up on 4 4x chained end to end all stuck. No problem pullin out 1 at a time wid chain, old tire and Dodge power wagon.

Good comedy show on Utube, clowns wid superjeep & camera rescue stuck vehicles and convert stuck to junk. One show guy in Duce shows up and goes to rippin apart motorhome. Fool got winch on front and back but no brain to use winches. Dat man should be whipped.

 

[turnkey4099]

If only one tire on the Ford would spin, and both on the Chevy spun, then you had an open differential in the Ford and the Chevy had a positraction differential. Comparing the two is apples/oranges comparison.

My '06 F150 has a limited slip differential, and I have never had it stuck. Some of the north/south roads out here get drifted pretty badly in the winter, and it gets me through them pretty well. I normally carry six or eight bags of water softener salt or a piece of 1" steel plate I have in the bed for a little extra traction.

Like Dirty Harry said, "A man has to know his limitations."

My 89 F150 also has limited slip. Been stuck with one wheel spinning many a time. Of course a worn out limited slip just might be the cause of that.

 

[Jstpssng]

The problem with limited slip is that one tire still needs to be able to get traction. I don't have a lot of use for it, all that it seems to do is kick the rear end sideways, often into the ditch. My Colorado has the G80 posi and decent tires, and goes a lot better than my Silverado with limited slip and decent tires.

 

[bcp]

I had a Cherokee and Wrangler with limited slip rear. Neither want to turn on packed snow. That made it hard to get into my driveway.

Bruce

 

[PILOON]

'Back then' we'd only have snows on the back wheels and mostly without limited slip or positraction.
Add to that and all the weight was the engine up front.

Those days sure made for good drivers!

BUT, I had a VW with all the weight/traction in the right place + I cheated and carried weight up front.

Shucks I even fashioned a bumper mounted snow pusher for my Beatle, plywood, angle iron and hung it on the front bumper with a rope and hockey stick that I'd operate from the opened driver window.
Did I say I hated shoveling?

 

[Jstpssng]

I've seen a Ford LTD wagon with a 7' Fisher plow on it. The car hasn't moved in years, but apparently at one time that's how they did their driveway.

 

[bunyip]

The new 4WD i AM LOOKING AT has 2WD, AWD, 4H and 4L as well as a diff lock, current one has LSD and I don't like it, has always clunked when taking off while turning and back end has a mind of its own, but, it is a Nissan.

 

[LouNY]

My kind of fancy RAM 1500 has 2wd, auto 4wd, hi lock and lo lock.
Fiat Chyrsler just flat out lies with that labeling,
it's really got 2wd, kind of a little bit of 4wd if the computer thinks it should,
then the hi lock mode is a bit of 4wd after the rears spin, then the low 4wd is the same just geared down more.
Then it's even more fun when in so called 4wd locked put it in park it completely disengages the front axle,
real fun on an icy hill as you are starting to get out and all of a sudden the truck starts sliding down the hill.
It's nice in the summer for coming out of fields and such in 4wd onto the pavement with no issues,
I can pull wagons around through slick spots with no trouble.
But come winter and icy hills it's a piece of junk.