Years ago, a friend's hunting truck was an old delivery van, 2wd. It had a limited slip rear end. That thing would go through mud where 4x4's (with no lockers) were spinning out. He amazed me with it more than once. I had a '78 Jeep Wagoneer with heavy mud tires. He'd leave me in the mud.
Yeah. My father was old school, refused to buy a 4wd. Drove a 2wd pickup with limited slip diff, carried a shovel, chains, a power puller type manual winch, and used a lot of common sense. He did fine with that setup.
I'm lazier, hate putting on chains, so have a 4wd. But have still needed chains on occasion, particularly when pulling an atv on a trailer! Only have one set for rear wheels, thinking about adding a set for the front wheels.
