re: How often do you need 4x4 in your truck?

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3 guys jumping on the back bumper trying to get traction
Used to see this a lot. Haven't in at least 10 years.

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In South Central Louisiana's most popular coastal public duck hunting area, I've seen it quite a few times, and there was quite the crowd.

3/4 or 1 ton trucks are useless off pavement without 4WD. Heavy bastards will get stuck in wet grass.

Rarely.... However I have 160k on mine and have not had one single front end issue.... Something I could not say about my previous 2 2 wheel drives.

just get the 4x4, you wont regret it. since I had mine I used it when I needed it. my dad calls me to do stuff his 2wd truck will get stuck doing so its been helpful. also you never know when you may need it. its more of a convenience and worth it. I had a 2wd before this and it got stuck on wet grass, so yea I have enjoyed having the 4x4 when needed. I tow my bay boat a lot and it was useful when pulling out of a steep launch this past summer, a 2wd would have been in a bind.

I've had my Jeep for just over 4 years. I've actually needed 4x4 about a half dozen times. But I wasn't getting home without it in those cases, and some were extreme. I'll never own at least one 4x4. When we got that bad snow/ice storm about 3 years ago, my wife made it less than half a mile in her van. It took me a while, but I made it to her work, spent the night, and we drove up some nasty ice covered hills the next morning when it was light to get our 8 month old from daycare, and back home. Then I picked my daughter up from a friend's house, and drove about 30 miles or so to get my mother in law. There were thousands of stranded cars on the side of the road, at least three I spotted flipped over in ditches, and some that had slid into trees and telephone poles. The only vehicles on the roads were municipal trucks and other guys in a 4x4 truck or Jeep. That was the day that my wife was finally convinced it wasn't just a toy and a really practical vehicle, and she quit bitching about how she had the family car and I drove a toy.

Need? Never! Want? Once every 4 years!

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I don't ever want to be on a boat ramp covered in lilies in a 2wd with 3 guys jumping on the back bumper trying to get traction.

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My 2wd Silverado usually has no problems pulling the boat up the ramp. Even with lillies. However, there was one time where I came back late from an afternoon fishing trip. I was the only truck left in the parking lot at McGee's (Henderson). Apparently their ramp has a large pot hole below the water in a certain spot. My trailer tire got caught in it. I had to call someone to come pull me out. It was dark and the mosquitos were so bad I was breathing them in. That was when I decided every truck I buy from now on will have 4wd.

I've used mine a few times a year. Like a previous poster said, it depends on your needs and situation's you find yourself in. I swore a few years ago that I would never buy a 2wd ever again ??. But that's me.

I view my 4x4 the same way as my light bar. Might not need them 29 days out of the month but great to have for that 1 day you do need it

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I view my 4x4 the same way as my light bar. Might not need them 29 days out of the month but great to have for that 1 day you do need it

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That's what I say about my winch.