Rear wheel drive, with some added weight in the bed and a limited slip differential can be surprisingly effective in less than ideal driving conditions. Granted you aren't going to buck drifts or plow mud but if you're driving on the road all the time then there is little real need for 4x4. There is a difference between needing four wheel drive and wanting four wheel drive. Some people stretch the want into a need to rationalize the extra costs involved. Personally, I've owned both and gotten along fine with both and currently have 4x4 because I want 4x4. Sent from my VS500 using Bowhunting.com Forums mobile app
Well, I was blowing through 2 to 3 foot drifts and making it OK, but the snow was blowing up over the windshield so the visibility was not good at all. This drift is about an 1/8th of a mile from my house and I blew through a drift and the road opened up at an intersection and I could see there was no way I was going to get through this drift. I hit the brakes and didn't stop. They were completely frozen up. So, I just slammed into the drift, nothing I could do to stop. Spent the better part of 4 hours clearing the drift with my tractor bucket and blade.
Next truck I buy will be 4WD. My only other truck was a 2WD. On city streets in the snow it was good with a litttle weight in the back and decent tires. But in the woods, wouldn't do it in snow. Sent from my iPhone using Bowhunting.com Forums
I wouldn't wish a 2wd pickup on my worst enemy haha. Without a 4wd I would have been able to get to 75% of my hunting spots this winter due to almost 50" of snow and the county only clearing roads that had houses on them so about 25% Sent from my iPhone using Bowhunting.com Forums
I think many people would be amazed with how many of the City, County and State work trucks are 2WD. and they spend more time driving around in the snow than just about anybody. It does take knowing what you are doing, but when used properly, they don't have many problems.
Think I might test drive it today just for kicks. Leaning towards not getting it though. Here is a pic of the truck in question.
That topper would add enough weight to the back wheels to make a difference over an open bed 4x2 Sent from my VS500 using Bowhunting.com Forums mobile app
I've only ever owned 2WD and have gotten stuck 1 time out and about hunting. I've always known and planned accordingly as obviously a 2WD ain't gonna go everywhere a 4x4 will...but only 1 time in my 15 years driving have I gotten in a situation where I know if I'd have had a 4x4 I would not have gotten stuck. People claiming getting stuck on wet grass is strictly because of bad tires...I got stuck in the winter on a yard that was froze but only because I was long due for tires. My hunting truck is having what I suspect a alternator issue and if that is all I'll be getting it fixed and than this fall putting some new slightly more aggressive tires on it (as I barely drive it anymore outside of hunting related stuff so sits alot (F150 2WD).
4wd is for when one cannot plan I had to take my wife to the hospital during the worst snow storm and drifts we had in years. Without 4wd we would have been screwed.
Nothing a good set of Snow tires and/or chains can't handle. Though I wouldn't want to be having to put chains on as the wife is doing her Heee-Heee-Heee labor breathing.
I guess it really just depends on your application. If you are on pavement most the time and in a warmer region free of snow and ice then you might get by fine. And yea I use my 4x4 a lot and put myself in situations that I need it...but only because I have it. 99%of the time you will probably never need it. But that 1% of the time you need it and have it... totally worth it. Sent from my iPhone using Bowhunting.com Forums
4x4 is like a condom, better to have it and not need it than to need it and not have it. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Me I drive for work a lot. I have a small commuter car for day to day...and my older 2005 F150 2WD for my hunting stuff. When it bites the dust I'll probably grab an older model truck with 4x4...but I know I'm rarely going to drive the thing day to day so makes me not worried about buying older.
Limited slip as Christine said and 2wd with EXCELLENT tires and some weight will get you by 90% of the time....i would never by 2wd where I live but I know guys who do....of course they are always complaining about the extra effort to get around in the snow Sent from my SM-G955U using Tapatalk
