Is your tow rig a 2wd or 4x4?

Better to have it and never need it

 

Two wheel drive. Never been stuck with the dually and gooseneck trailer. WAS stuck once with a 2wd half ton SRW and bumper pull trailer. Bad tires on truck + gravel uphill climb = stuck.

Sticking by my decision NOT to go with 4wd 100%. Especially with fuel prices and shop labor rates what they are. Drive a 2wd sensibly and you'll never get stuck. Drive a 4wd irresponsibly and you'll end up hurt (or worse.)

 

the difference on getting stuck between 2&4 wheel drive is only how far back in the woods you get:stir:rotfl

 

I dont honestly think that four wheel drives are all that much more expensive to maintain than a two wheel only about maybe a hundred more a year not much in the long run assuming you drive enought that you need the service the front diff or t case or use them that much.

 

in my own opinion, i like my 4x4's and the only 2wd i would ever own again is a hotrod car. i just bought a 2003 dodge 2500 4x4, and as soon as i brought it home everyone thought i was gonna jack it up and put big tires like i have all my other trucks. the difference though is that this is a TOW RIG not a play toy or beater. i have a blazer for my play toy. i live in an area where i have to drive up into the mountains atleast once a month in the summer and theres always lots of snow and ice, so i like my 4x4.

one of the problems with some of the people with 4wd is that they seem to think that its like a bullet proof vest that as long as its in 4x4 you wont get stuck at all. my blazer is built and still gets stuck in extreme terrain.

so 2wd or 4wd? my choice is 4wd

 

I like having 4x4 for the sake of the extra traction in winter. We sometimes have deep snow on the highways before the plows get it cleared.
I also like the extra stability of the dually. I had a single rear wheel before and although it carried the trailer ok it just didn't feel solid with the road like the dually does.

 

My main reason why I wanted a 4x4 is for the added ride heigth. It makes changing oil easier. That and a 2wd pickup is nearly worthless as far as pulling on anything. Most the time I get into 4wd it's because I have to tug on something.

 

Same here. On one end of our shop the concrete is like a 4" tall curb when backing in, and the Lo range makes it so much nicer when backing a loaded trailer in.

 

One more guy that likes low range for backing up. It's so hard on these automatics trying to back them up loaded down on rough ground. My reverse clutch pack was slightly smoked when my stock trans was apart.

I'm thinking about going with the posi-lock system for my truck, if I ever have problems with the CAD 4x4 engagement setup. With that I could use 2wd LOW range, very helpfull without the skid and hop of actually being in 4wd.

 

That's a good idea about the posi-lock, and gets my mind thinking... I'm like you and don't care for the bind when using the Lo range on pavement or dry hard-packed dirt. The reason I usually use low is just for the gear reduction, not for added traction. I wonder if I could splice a switch into one of the wires for the actuator on my IFS GMC, thus giving me the option to "turn off" the actuator giving me 2 Lo? (We don't have any *thinking* smilies :doah

 

2nd dually
4th truck other two were 4x4 250's never needed it cept pulling the boat out of the water, then i got dually
night and day stability and less junk to upkeep
and besides all duallies are 4wd

 

gotta have that 4wd

 

I have a 4X4 dually

 

4x4 W/ Srw

 

First tow rig so it's a 3/4 ton SRW of course 2wd wanted 4wd but didn't wanna deal with the headaches, although now I wish I would have bought one.

 

The more I tow, the happier I am that I bought a two wheel drive.

4x4 sits too high... I'd be smacking the bed rails every time I pulled out of my property... and that's not even a very steep incline pulling down the top of an angled drainage ditch from the next pasture over.

 

Mine's a 4x4 DRW.
I like to put the trailer down on the shore line of the local lake. But, I also want to pull it out when it's time to go home.

 

4x4 all the way why spend so much money on a truck and have limits of what you can do and can't do.

 

4x2

Real pleased with my 4X2 Crew Cab Ford . Pulling the 12,000+ 35 footer is it great. Love the ride.