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God bless Texas----------------------- Old 300 I will remain what i am until the day I die- A HUNTER......Sitting Bull Its not how you pick the booger.. but where you put it !! Roger V Hunter
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LOL. Ya know some Meskin would make a low rider outta one too ! 😜
"Allways speak the truth and you will never have to remember what you said before..." Sam Houston Texans, "We say Grace, We Say Mam, If You Don't Like it, We Don't Give a Damn!"
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throw a 500 lb of concrete block over the axle makes all the difference in a 2wd. course gas mileage goes to schit Ditto..I had about 1/2 cord of wood in my old F-250 2WD this day with V-Bar chains..Pulled two 4X4's out of the ditch where they slid without chains..It was like a tank with the weight over the axle and the V-Bar chains...
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4WD gets mouth-breather idiots in situations where it's difficult to steer and stop, but what do they care- - - - -they're moving! Tow truck drivers love guys with all-wheel drive- - - -they laugh all the way to the bank! Jerry
4WD gets mouth-breather idiots in situations where it's difficult to steer and stop, but what do they care- - - - -they're moving! Tow truck drivers love guys with all-wheel drive- - - -they laugh all the way to the bank! Jerry
That’s got to be one of the dumbest things I’ve ever read! +1....bob
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I doubt most dealerships here even stock 2wd trucks.
living the good life every day
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I am in the North Carolina mountains. It snows pretty often up here. The 2WD pickup is the worst vehicle in the snow, no weight on the drive wheels. Up here 98 percent of pickups are 4WD. I have a 3/4 mile long, steep gravel driveway and I love my 4WD Nissan. If FWD is that great what's with the chains? Ice is ice! TWD, AWD, FWD if you a sliding on ice you are sliding period. Chains are what gives you the traction not the type of drive. as for no weight putting sand bags in the bed is no big deal and will get you what you need. FWD has a place, but Ice isn't one of them! I can get my TWD into about 95% of the places I hunt just fine. Add chains and I can get to 99% of the places I hunt. the remaining 1% at times even FWD you still need chains and winch. Cost of FWD, fuel, maintenance over the life of a truck isn't worth it in the big picture. I have both FWD and TWD, I drive the TWD a hell of a lot more than the FWD. Smoother ride, less noise, less gas, and if I really need FWD its in the driveway. by these statements ...its easy to see that you have no clue ….and you hunt in maintained pull offs …..bob
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I would not own a truck that was not 4x4. +1.....bob
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I've never owned a 4WD.
Like Dad always said, it just lets you get stuck further from the road.
Pay attention to what you're doing, drive with some sense, and some extra weight in the bed, and you'll do fine most of the time.
Of course, we rarely get snow here, and very little of it most of the time, so it's not needed. The most snow I've seen here is 24" at one time, and I didn't need to go anywhere anyway, for a couple of days. Good tires and common sense can do more than 4WD, if you're not stupid.
my dad used to say some stupid things sometimes too...….bob
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My gawd Martha would you look at that ! Some ufo has about eat Jim Bobs truck right up 😳
I'm pretty certain when we sing our anthem and mention the land of the free, the original intent didn't mean cell phones, food stamps and birth control.
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But what about winter driving? Isn’t 4WD safer on snow and ice? No, it isn’t. The sole advantage of 4WD is, when paired with suitable tires, an increased ability to extricate the vehicle from low-traction situations. This means an improved ability to get moving in mud, slush, snow, and similar wet/dry situations. 4WD will not help you stop any sooner than 2WD in a vehicle matched by road conditions, speed, mass, tire size and tread, and brake quality. Every 4-wheeled vehicle on the road already has 4-wheel braking, and ABS will already do more to stop you than you ever could. Similarly, 4WD will not help you steer; every 4-wheeled vehicle already has 2-wheel steering, and ESC will do more to keep you heading in your intended direction than anything you could ever imagine; that’s what makes it life-saving technology.
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The main reason I have a 4WD F150 is it's towable 4 down behind the MH.
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Trying to pull 6k pounds up a greasy boat ramp convinced me of the worth of 4wd.
I wouldn’t buy a 2wd truck unless it was nothing more than a highway hauler.
“Life is life and fun is fun, but it's all so quiet when the goldfish die.”
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I wouldn’t buy a 2wd truck unless it was nothing more than a highway hauler.
Exactly. That or a hot rod.
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If all trucks came standard with some common sense it would matter as much what options you choose.
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I have one of each. I drive the 2WD more.
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I have one of each. I drive the 2WD more. I have both also and the 4X4 stays parked way more..I have a love affair going on with my 2WD Dually..One of the funnest trucks to drive to date for me..
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Campfire 'Bwana
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again.........Utah = 4wd country..........badd azz Dodge...
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The (obvious) issue with 2WD is that as soon as the front tires start pushing you are pretty much done.
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I can't remember the last 2 WD truck I saw here. Most that we see are from Sacramento and the Bay Area...tourists.
We have five vehicles sitting out front, all are 4X4.
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Do ya think a Prius with chains would make it through the Rubicon trail? Askin for a friend
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