What do u like better 2wd OR 4wd Truck?

[STOCKISH]

I think we may need to be easy on the "R" word fellas. We dont know who on here is reading this and may have a family member with unfortunate circumstances. Just my opinion.

[68 TT]

Originally Posted by b454rat

Where I am 2wd sucks. The roads are so cracked and potholed a 2wd will bottom out and get trashed. Not saying a 4wd is better, but with bigger tires it goes over stuff much easier. Plus where I live and mom's house is on a hill, I tried a 2wd, works but not all the time.

I did the lowered 2wd thing, I do like them, but not a fan of the slammed to the ground with the biggest wheels known to man under it. IMO it looks retarded, but to each his own. I prefer a lifted 4wd. Then when your 2wd get stuck on that speed bump, I can pull you over it.....lol

x2

Depends on where you live and have to drive. Around here a 4x4 comes in handy but the ground clearance is the big issue. You may have plenty of traction with posi in 2wd but you will get high centered on the snow build up ruts and get stuck if the truck is too low.

[N2TRUX]

I like trucks. Mostly GM trucks. I "prefer" 2wd, but love to see a sweet lifted 4wd as well.

That's cause I am N 2 trux...

[Tex_50613]

4x4, Iowa winters suck, expecually if your rural

[Thealien]

I have a 4X4

Considered converting to 2WD

My LS swap would be considerably easier/less expensive if it was 2WD

If I could one of each would be ideal!

[Benelli]

I like 4 wheel drives. I don't think I'd get much farmin' done if I had a 2 wheeler.

I like mildly lowered that will scoot, I don't like big rims at all. I just don't see the function. And I don't see the function in slapping a 8" lift on something that never leaves the suburbs either.

[erikgto]

2 wd all the way!!!

No fan of 4x4 road handling
I like the lower stance
Easier to get in and out of

[78 Chevyrado]

I can barely justify having a truck at all, let alone having 4x4.... I'd have a 4x4 if I needed it, I've just happened to never need it....yet. But I do have a tractor with a front end loader, so the truck was relieved of it's pulling and heavy hauling duties around the property.

[Kmart2352]

I like 2wd, like mine because i like a more of a street pounder then a trail rider

[Mr Pops]

Thats a tough one.. If its a 2wd, you gotta lower it, if its a 4x, you gotta lift it! I couldn't decide what I liked better, so I got one of each! That way I can have multiple personalities depending on my mood.. I got the air ride blazer for summer daily driving and cruisin, and I got the lifted crewcab for when I feel like more of a redneck! ..its a good work truck too.

[Jim85IROC]

It's got to be 4x4 for me. There really isn't very much that a 2wd truck can do better than a car.

[konajoe]

4wd for me... a truck without a transfer case and front axle is just another car.

Seriously, the ability to shift the transfer case into 2/4 wheel hi or low and lock/unlock the hubs when you need it sold me on four wheel drive. You always have it when you need it.

[74 C-30]

4x4
my buddy just put 38s on his 84, nothing more needs to me said lol

[Tony@AirRideTech]

Both.... Got a lifted 90 Suburban, gears... lockers front and rear.... and Ive got my C30 crew cab dually lowered on air

[1973GMC_1500]

I prefer 4x4, but have had a few 2x's. They really do suck though, I can barely make it up my driveway in winter.

"Lowered trucks are for guys who can't get it up"

I like lifted trucks.

[2badgn]

Originally Posted by 1973GMC_1500

I prefer 4x4, but have had a few 2x's. They really do suck though, I can barely make it up my driveway in winter.

"Lowered trucks are for guys who can't get it up"

I like lifted trucks.

This is funny. While I prefer 2wd, its so true that I can barely make it up my snow covered driveway! Who knows, maybe Ill convert to 4x4 some day. I just think that 2wd trucks look much cleaner.

But doesnt having a differential up front complicate things?

[Benelli]

Originally Posted by 2badgn

This is funny. While I prefer 2wd, its so true that I can barely make it up my snow covered driveway! Who knows, maybe Ill convert to 4x4 some day. I just think that 2wd trucks look much cleaner.

But doesnt having a differential up front complicate things?

There's a little less room to work is all really. Some of the parts are different to, of course.

[Tex_50613]

Originally Posted by Benelli

There's a little less room to work is all really. Some of the parts are different to, of course.

not nessacerally, I can change a pan gasket in my 4x4 without having to pull the motor, the 2wd I use to have way back would have inpossable to even think about doing that

[1973GMC_1500]

When you're not using 4WD very often you unlock the hubs, so nothing is turning in the front end anyway. I never thought anything was "complicated" about it. I've grown up around 4WDs, and it's a necessity living on a gravel road in the country.
2wds can make good DD's though- I'm looking at a '93 F150 300 I6 5 speed.

[blazin]

in alberta, canada.. 2wd's are pointless.

[89muscletruck]

Originally Posted by blazin

in alberta, canada.. 2wd's are pointless.

Not true. On the family farm we have gone without a 4x4 for decades. We get alot of snow but it tends to form drifts as it blows away, and it is not hard to get through. Despite the fact that we get some REALLY big drifts.
I'm not convinced that 4wd is essential up here, infact it seems like most people who own them don't need them (ie live in town or city), or have no idea how to drive them. I have seen people getting stuck with 4x4's in places where I have gone through with my 2wd.
IMHO if you can get stuck someplace with a 2 wheel drive then you had no buisness driving there in the first place....
Not to say the some 4x4's out there arn't REALLY cool, they just seem redundant to me most of the time.

[Benelli]

I've only worked on one 2wd and it was transmission work, not engine work.

I guess now that I think how the motor sits in 2wd vs 4wd that makes sense, Tex.

[glock35ipsc]

Like 'em both. My 2wd for cruising in the warm weather, and my 4wd so I can get out of the driveway when it snows. That's why I have one of each.... minimum!

[Rollinsqrbdy]

I got em both. One day i wanna ride high the next is low and slow. 4x4's are needed in some places more and in others its just pointless to have a 4x4. They both look bad a$$ when they got some $$$$$$$$ in em. Heres the face off

[Jonboy]

I've had both. I like them both, but it depends on the application. There isn't a whole lot of need for a 4WD where I am at, but if a clean 73-75 Blazer came my way, it wouldn't matter if it was 2 or 4 wheel drive, I would need it either way.