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Question for me now is whether or not to get 4wd on my new(er) truck.
My old Nissan is 4wd and my old Dodge is not. I have never needed 4wd
here in FL and when I lived in AL I used it only a few times, a couple
times when it snowed and several times for caving. When we go to WY,
we may use it both winter and summer although that is a very small
fraction of our time. We also could do without it in WY even in
winter by being careful. My experience with 4wd is that it makes
repairs a lot more expensive. Thoughts?


Living in the northeast, I buy trucks with 4wd.

I think in the past 8 years, I've used 4wd about 4 or 5 times. Once to pull
my 4wd tractor out of a hole it had dug itself into, another time to haul a
tree stump out of the ground and a couple of other times when stuck in a
snowbank.
Oh .... 4wd low range is great for backing heavy trailers .... like a fifth
wheel .... into a tight spot.

Before that, I used it more often because I towed, launched and retrieved a
fairly heavy boat. The truck would probably pull the boat and trailer out
of the water fine in 2wd, but I always did it in 4wd to prevent putting on a
show for the launch ramp audiences.

I've never had any repair problems with 4wd systems, but my trucks aren't
usually very old when I replace them.

One thing about 4wd. The very few times you need it, you can't go without
it. I noticed though that the three winters we spent in Florida, you
rarely saw a 4wd truck.

Eisboch