Mastercraft1981SnS

I don't get it there seems to be a lot of hate? Some people are saying there is no point for 2wd trucks. I know 2wd is not for every one.

I mean there is people saying if your going to buy a 2wd truck you might as well have bought a car.

I have also heard people saying you need 4x4 to drive in wet grass.

I just don't get it. I have been around 2wd trucks my hole life and have never been driving my truck down the road in a snow storm or a field and said I really wish I had 4x4.

So why is there so much hate? Is it because people are trying to justify paying more for there truck or the just don't know how to drive it?

marshallr

I don't hate 4X2 trucks, I just have no use for them. I bought my 1st truck, a 4X4 in 1976. I've found virtually no downsides and lots of advantages. The initial cost is more for a 4X4, but when the time comes to sell or trade it is worth more as well. After the initial purchase a lifetime of owning a 4X4 isn't much if any more than owning 4X2's for a lifetime.

You CAN spend a fortune lifting, and modifying 4X4's and adding bigger expensive tires which negatively impact fuel mileage. But if kept stock with reasonable sized All Terrain tires the cost to own and fuel mileage is virtually the same. And you'll still be able to go 95% of the places the modified trucks actually go. You don't drive enough miles in 4X4 over the life of a truck to wear out any of the 4X4 parts so there is very little extra expense. Changing the oil in 1 extra axle and the transfer case every 100,000 miles isn't a deal killer.

I CAN get into most of the places I need to go without 4X4. But it is SOOOOO much easier on the truck to be able to creep in slowly and under control rather than having to muscle a 4X2 into the same spots. I end up actually needing 4X4 only 3-4 times each year. But when I need it, I need it. About 1/2 of those times are to pull 4X2's out of a jam.

About a month before I married in 1983 my car was totaled and all I had was a beater 4X4 truck. We needed a decent vehicle, so I took the insurance money and traded the beater truck for a much newer, nicer truck. Since money was tight I went with 4X2. I hated it from the beginning. I only got it stuck once, in a place where 4X4 wouldn't have even strained. I drove it 2 years and went back to a 4X4 and haven't looked back.

4X2's have some advantages, none that I can use. They can be set up to drive and perform better on pavement because of a lower center of gravity. All things being equal they will tow and haul about 200 lbs more since they don't have the 200 lbs of extra running gear.

bachman44

I have only had 4x4 vehicles and I remember at least a couple times in each vehicle that the 4x4 got me either out of a situation, or got me home safe during a blizzard on my country roads.

tanked_darren

There isn't a lot of hate. It's just easier to see haters on the Internet?

WXman

Trucks are supposed to be tools. Tools that get stuck in wet fields are worthless. Tools that can't retrieve a boat from a wet ramp without spinning are worthless. Tools that are worse in the snow than a front wheel drive car are worthless. My first truck was a 2WD F-150. It was miserable. Heck, I had to work for 30 minutes to get unstuck from a field after fishing one day. I had to carry sand in the bed all winter. It was terrible. I swore I'd never own one again. It's been 21 years and I have made good on that promise.

Xlt5

For lots of folks a 2wd is just fine. My old man runs 2x4 trucks as a contractor, between that and putting around a few back roads hunting he has no need of 4x4.
I love having 4x4 because it's so amazing what a difference just turning that little switch makes , but to each thing their own.
One thing for sure, a 2wd truck is much better in 2x4 than a similar 4wd in 4x4. So it's hard to compare the traction in 4x4 when in 2wd.

Marklite

What hate? My first 3 trucks were 2wd drive cause I couldn't afford a 4X4. Fill the back end with sand, rocks, snow, whatever, you'll get there.

SCORGE

If you see hate. It's because people generally come onto forums to bitch. If a 2wd suits someone's needs more, I urge them to buy it and be happy. (No, I'm not being an @$$ lol)

Matticus06

No hate for the 4x2.. I had a Lightning and used it as a truck as well as hot-rod. Loved that f!@#ing thing! ... I have a 4x4 now just because the price was right. I would have easily purchased a 4x2 if it were available at the time of my need.

Keep in mind, some people have 4x4 just because and never use it to its full potential. Whatever truck works for you is the right truck to have bud!

tanked_darren

You could do all those things with a limited slip diff and an experienced operator. Some people can get along just fine with 2wd.