2wd vs 4wd

[TinyBear]

I have taken my old 1999 2wd ranger off road when i had just messing around. But it was NOTHING like what i usd to drive my 1996 4wd through.

But for me now for off roading i MUCH prefer 1wd LOL. I have gone places on my mostly Street bike even my 1996 4wd Ranger would have only dreamed of. Eventully i want to get a smaller trail bike or small cc duel sport bike.

Thats why my current ranger 2008 is 2wd that and the fact that i refuse to own a 4.0L v6.

 

[oldjohnny]

It takes *skillz* to mud with 2wd, any bloke redneck can go mudding with 4wd.

Jeep owners for example.

 

[z3ro]

So what most are saying is if you want to go 4wding, and your not a great driver, your pretty much SOL?

great, ill just go burn my POS 2wd truck to the ground then

 

[4x4fun]

So what most are saying is if you want to go 4wding, and your not a great driver, your pretty much SOL?

great, ill just go burn my POS 2wd truck to the ground then

just the opposite. its more of a challenge and it make you a better driver to do the same thing in 2wd that people do in 4wd

 

[Rolldogg]

I like my 2wd, but it does get a little fustrating sometimes. Having one rear tire low in snow and the other higher on ice is no damn good....even with limited slip and the ebrake on a bit. A little situation I found myself in this weekend while pulling into a snow and ice covered laneway. My rear slid off the ice and I had one in deep snow and one on the ice. A 2wd is dead in the water without a rear locker, but even with it, without the help of the front wheels.......the 4wd is the better for traction and pull.

 

[91rangerxlt]

o the irony of that statement

haha not gonna lie i dont know what the heck irony means. is a rednek

 

[85_Ranger4x4]

just the opposite. its more of a challenge and it make you a better driver to do the same thing in 2wd that people do in 4wd

When it comes down to getting from A to B, I don't want too many challenges... my prayers are answered with the tug of a lever.

2wd's are better for desert racing... but that won't do you much good around here. I have drug 2wd's kicking and screaming out of muddy fields with the front wheels plugged up with cornstalks, a 4x4 doesn't have that problem. Even spinning both rear wheels (just by chance, open diff), get a pile of stalks built up infront of the wheels and you are done. Our 3 wheeler does the same thing, the front wheel plugs up and you are stuck.

A locked 4X2 by no means equals a open 4x4.

 

[91rangerxlt]

When it comes down to getting from A to B, I don't want too many challenges... my prayers are answered with the tug of a lever.

2wd's are better for desert racing... but that won't do you much good around here. I have drug 2wd's kicking and screaming out of muddy fields with the front wheels plugged up with cornstalks, a 4x4 doesn't have that problem. Even spinning both rear wheels (just by chance, open diff), get a pile of stalks built up infront of the wheels and you are done. Our 3 wheeler does the same thing, the front wheel plugs up and you are stuck.

A locked 4X2 by no means equals a open 4x4.

ill agree with ya on that one too.

 

[racsan]

another thing to consider, low range. if your backing a trailer or need to move real slow for some reason, you have "low range" capability with 4x. i use 4 low every time im backing my trailer, good for coming up out of the boat ramp too. most of the time when im in 4 low, ive not even bothered to lock the hubs, in effect im in 2 low. ive had 2wd trucks before and had very little problems with snow situations, but after having a 4x through a couple of rough winters, its very well worth having. just dont get too confident. while you can eat snow like theres no tommarrow, you cant stop any better. id still have a 4x even if i didnt live in a state that sees a occasional good winter, just for the low range alone.

 

[BrokeRecord]

???

Any body that thinks or tries to fool themself into believing that a 2wd will do what a 4wd can do is just singing in the shower. It won't do it, period. A young dude may be able to outpull an ole gal from the Country Club, but, even drivers in even mud, will never be a match.
Anybody else have expierance with LA river bottoms, called Gumbo Mud??? Lots of times the dozers are left bogged down a couple of weeks till the mud hardens.
Sorry for telling the truth.

 

[pud]

who the hell backs up a trailer so slowly they need to put it in 4low to slow down even more? lol

ppl need to remember here that someones version of wheeling may be different from their own...because there are people out there that think driving up a forest service road (high grade gravel) and turning off onto a cut block access road is 'wheelin. Where as you would then drive off that road and onto the skidder trail, then out into the middle of the block and across the big deep swampy marsh so you can make it to that retardedly steep rutted up hill so you can try to conquer it lol...and vice versa.

So yeah, the first group type of ppl will argue that there 2wd is very capable...untill they try to cross that swamp to get to the hill.

4wd or NoWD...If I want to two wheel ill buy a mustang and enjoy the pavement.

 

[Dar70]

Any body that thinks or tries to fool themself into believing that a 2wd will do what a 4wd can do is just singing in the shower. It won't do it, period. A young dude may be able to outpull an ole gal from the Country Club, but, even drivers in even mud, will never be a match.
Anybody else have expierance with LA river bottoms, called Gumbo Mud??? Lots of times the dozers are left bogged down a couple of weeks till the mud hardens.
Sorry for telling the truth.

Of course a 4x2 wont do what a 4x4 will do. I think most get that point here. I think it has to do with the fact, if you need what you have and if your happy with it. So BOTH are good for what they are used for.

I have a 4x2 and am quite happy with it. I dont go off roading so I have no need for a 4x4. I drove it in one of the worst winters we have had here in years and didnt get stuck or spin out once. Driving carefully is all you really need with a 4x2 ranger in the snow. I had no condensed weight in the back neither. I did carry a shovel in the back just in case but only used it once to help a guy in a bronco who slid off the side of a road and got stuck.

I chose the 4x2 because its all I need and does excellent in any type of regular driving. Now for those with a 4x4 if you need it great. If you used SNOW as an a reason to convince yourself that you needed a 4x4 that probably wasnt the best reason. A shovel in the bed of a 4x2 would have been a far cheaper and reasonable compromise.

NOW all this said. If there was a 4cly. 4x4 Ranger again that had great gas mileage. I may get it just because.

 

[pacodiablo]

On SLA ('98+) trucks, 2WD is cheaper to lift.

I've had both. Momentum is key with 2WD and it will get you pretty far. A lot of Jeepers thought my 2001 Ranger was 4WD because of the stuff I did with it. It wasn't. I did have to hit rough spots with momentum and keep it going though.

On the other hand, I could stop my rust bucket Explorer in the middle of a mud hole, throw it in 4 lo, and crawl out no problem.

Basically, 4WD makes things easier, but it certainly isn't a requirement.

 

[Will]

Alright, I'll say it. 2wd sux. I'll make a trip to Attica Indiana with you to prove it. I don't care what 2wd you bring. Don't worry about damaging your vehicle, you won't make it far enough to create damage.

The 2wd guys don't think the 4wd guys know about speed. Fact is, we get a lot more of it because we can accelerate on 100% traction instead of 40% traction. I don't go slow. I have 2 lockers and 31s--I smash the bottom and crash through. I don't think I've ever wheeled anywhere a 2wd would get far.

That said, my daily driver is a 2wd pickup. I have no romantic notions of it's abilities. But I have a shovel, and I have used it a few times this winter.

 

[racsan]

4 low while backing a trailer with a std trans is very usefull, expellcialy when backing around a corner. if reverse was geared lower it wouldnt be necesary to do it, but it is. any clutch i can save, the better.