2WD or 4x4??

[KurtM]

There are a lot of places I go that you would never get to in 2X, or Front WD. Clearance and 4lo is the only way you will get there, along with airing down to 10-15psi. Lockers help as well. 97 Dodge diesel 2500 single cab.

 

[Profreedomokie]

We have three AWDs and plan to always have at least 2.

 

[Shadowrider]

I just used my 4x4. Felt good to get it some exercise! I'll probably be driving this one as long as @KurtM has been driving his old Dodge! In the next year or so, I will be adding a Subaru for around town stuff, their AWD is nothing short of awesome in weather like we have right now.

 

[dennishoddy]

I love these threads. In years past I’ve challenged the 2W guys that think they can go anywhere to come to the farm with me on days like this.
No takers to date.
Doesn’t even have to be wet. Driving across a dry field that’s just been disked 10-12” deep can be just as challenging as mud.

 

[TedKennedy]

I bought my first 4X4 about 7 years ago. I probably should've bout one a lot sooner, as I go to some really sketchy places. I buried that thing in wet silt after the big floods in 2019. Fortunately my buddy has a tow truck and was able to pull me out. (of course it was in the sticks on a closed road)

Same buddy rescued me when I flipped it three years ago in the ice.

I'm much more careful now lol.

 

[AKmoose]

These 2 wd did pretty good! I think weight has a lot to do with it.

 

[TerryMiller]

BS that’s not true not even close.

This is an old thread that has been revived. Also, Ace on the Turn is no longer on the forums, so he won't see your response.

 

[Ready_fire_aim]

I engage my 4x4 regularly. Steep/slick boat ramp? 4x4… backing a trailer up a grassy incline? 4x4… Raining at a construction site with no grass? 4x4… Bank fishing around lakes finding the good spots? Doing work in pastures? Explore old logging trails in SE OK? Etc

Snow doesn’t even come to my mind as one of my reasons to need 4x4. We don’t get enough of it in Oklahoma to matter.

But I often hear guys with lifted trucks talking about how they literally only engage 4x4 once a year when there’s some snow on the Buffalo Wild Wings parking lot

 

[1shott]

I engage my 4x4 regularly. Steep/slick boat ramp? 4x4… backing a trailer up a grassy incline? 4x4… Raining at a construction site with no grass? 4x4… Bank fishing around lakes finding the good spots? Doing work in pastures? Explore old logging trails in SE OK? Etc

Snow doesn’t even come to my mind as one of my reasons to need 4x4. We don’t get enough of it in Oklahoma to matter.

But I often hear guys with lifted trucks talking about how they literally only engage 4x4 once a year when there’s some snow on the Buffalo Wild Wings parking lot

mall crawlers.

 

[cjjtulsa]

4 wheel drive is useful for more than just mud/snow/etc. I've used mine to pull things as well. Pulled a parts truck from a guy's yard that had locked up front brakes; 2 wheel drive just spun and tried to dig ruts in his yard. 4 low, and it just chugged like a tractor, dragging the old thing right out and into a spot where we could load it. I'll never own another 2 wheel drive truck.