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  • shilowar
    "Wyatt is a two-wheel-drive national rally champion"...if he were an expert on 4wd he'd be a 4wd rally champion...just say'in. [:p]
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  • select-fire
    Nothing about the locking rear differential .
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  • o b juan
    my explanation for 4 wheel drive;
    "it will get you 50 yards farther than you should have gone"[:I]
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  • shilowar
    quote:Originally posted by select-fire
    Nothing about the locking rear differential .

    There is a brief mention in the article.
    "Even if you?re locking the center of your car, if your front and rear differentials are open diffs that can?t lock, you can still end up spinning two lone wheels on a slippery surface."


    One of the key reasons I bought my F150 was because at the time it was the only 1/2 ton with an e-locker. Chev and Ram had limited slip, and tundra didn't offer an e-locker.
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  • mjrfd99
    Get in trouble in 2 wd - use 4 wd to back out
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  • wpage
    AWD and 4WD still beat standard in bad weather...[8D]
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  • guntech59
    quote:Originally posted by mjrfd99
    Get in trouble in 2 wd - use 4 wd to back out


    That's what my Dad always said.
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  • shilowar
    In order to get up my road in the winter during or after a storm 4" or more of snow 4wd is required, or you're walking. Ice usually forms here under the snow, or the first layer that hits the ground turns to packed ice. A rear wheel drive won't make it. When I had a front wheel drive police car it would make it halfway with snow chains and I'd park at a neighbors, but my current AWD usually makes it up. There is portion of our hill that if you're not up to atleast 25 mph when you hit the incline you won't have the momentum to make the peak in the snow. Which is bad news because once your on it, if you don't make the peak and come to a stop, you'll slide backwards, then you risk leaving the road and ending up in the trees. Going down 4 Low or hill descent control makes a big difference in maintaining control on the steepest portion.

    So 4wd/AWD can be important for some folks, and not just something to show off in tearing up a corn field.
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  • Ditch-Runner
    I use to tell the group I worked with . I would start off to work in 2wd when it started spinning / slipping I would put it in 4wd and go back home [:D]
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  • Mr. Perfect
    That guy didn't even seem to know the various different systems very well. IOW, he was waxing eloquent about things with which he had little knowledge.
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  • select-fire
    What about a 6 wheel drive...[:D][:D][:D]
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  • kidthatsirish
    quote:Originally posted by shilowar
    In order to get up my road in the winter during or after a storm 4" or more of snow 4wd is required, or you're walking. Ice usually forms here under the snow, or the first layer that hits the ground turns to packed ice. A rear wheel drive won't make it. When I had a front wheel drive police car it would make it halfway with snow chains and I'd park at a neighbors, but my current AWD usually makes it up. There is portion of our hill that if you're not up to atleast 25 mph when you hit the incline you won't have the momentum to make the peak in the snow. Which is bad news because once your on it, if you don't make the peak and come to a stop, you'll slide backwards, then you risk leaving the road and ending up in the trees. Going down 4 Low or hill descent control makes a big difference in maintaining control on the steepest portion.

    So 4wd/AWD can be important for some folks, and not just something to show off in tearing up a corn field.


    +1...if you have ever lived near areas that have sandy roads 4wd or AWD may be required.
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  • 11b6r
    News Bulletin- to all the folks that have just moved from California to Colorado:

    4 WD does not STOP any better than 2 WD when you are on ice!


    [:p]
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  • kidthatsirish
    quote:Originally posted by 11b6r
    News Bulletin- to all the folks that have just moved from California to Colorado:

    4 WD does not STOP any better than 2 WD when you are on ice!


    [:p]



    And that Sir...is where 99% of 4wd drivers screw up in bad weather!
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