Originally Posted by Birdwatcher
Originally Posted by TrueGrit
Whatever you choose to do, don't buy a 2 wheel drive vehicle.


Have a good friend down here, ranches cattle with his brother, goes out to Big Bend every couple of years, old school Texan, worked the oilfields back in the late 70’s.

He’s gone through three pickup trucks in the 35+ years I’ve known him, one of which was 4WD. He says in the five years he owned it he needed 4WD maybe three times 🙂
Depends alot on where you live and where you plan to go with it I guess. I guarandamntee you he'd have used/needed it a hell of alot more than that if he lived here. You ain't making it up my driveway in the winter without four wheel or AWD unless you plan to chain up. Off road in mud or snow, there's just no comparison. And yes, I've run several 2wd and 4wd pickups, 4wd Jeeps, AWD SUV's and fwd and rwd cars many thousands of miles both on and off road over the years and I damn sure know how to drive under slippery conditions.