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Old 06-30-2013, 11:49 AM
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Know your limits. That's how you keep yourself from getting stuck. 4x4 or 4x2, it doesn't matter.

Of course, there are those few people who love to get stuck and throw rooster tails, and to them I say throttle the fuck out of it.
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Old 06-30-2013, 10:49 PM
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I take my 2wd thats bone stock threw mudd that my buddy's on their lifted z71's go threw with eas you just have to know how to use the throttle
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Old 07-01-2013, 10:24 AM
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I take my 2wd boggin and do just fine, but again I know my trucks limits and know how to drive it

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Old 07-01-2013, 10:33 AM
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I'm sorry but getting stuck in a backyard? Having to get a cummins to pull you out? How sad. Get better tires...you might actually get somewhere.
I just got the truck, have yet to get new tires for it, nor do i intend to do off-roading at all. I just wanted to try and see if it would make it down and back up, which i didnt. So no need for sarcasm or talking down, you just seem like a douchebag
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Old 07-01-2013, 11:11 AM
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if you think you have to have a 4x4 your not doing it right
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Old 07-01-2013, 01:14 PM
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I just got the truck, have yet to get new tires for it, nor do i intend to do off-roading at all. I just wanted to try and see if it would make it down and back up, which i didnt. So no need for sarcasm or talking down, you just seem like a douchebag
it may hve sounded douchey, but it IS true....tires make all the difference
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Old 07-01-2013, 03:31 PM
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*sigh* these arguments are useless.
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Old 07-01-2013, 03:31 PM
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*sigh* these arguments are useless.
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Old 07-01-2013, 03:33 PM
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*sigh* these arguments are useless.
X2 everyone is going to have an opinion.

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Old 07-01-2013, 04:49 PM
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Oh well, it was fun up until the point i got stuck so it was successful to me. Plus i learned a lot hahaha so i dont make the same mistake in the future. But I do intend putting bigger tires on it because i love the look of it. Not sure how big/brand/style but ill cross that bridge when i get to it.
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Old 07-01-2013, 07:37 PM
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Oh well, it was fun up until the point i got stuck so it was successful to me. Plus i learned a lot hahaha so i dont make the same mistake in the future. But I do intend putting bigger tires on it because i love the look of it. Not sure how big/brand/style but ill cross that bridge when i get to it.
not bigger. that makes no difference for a backyard. just knobbier/better tread.
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Old 07-01-2013, 10:04 PM
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Wise words from my dad: "Dont get a 2wd truck, they wont be able to go anywhere". looks like hes correct, you cant even go in your back yard. lol.
i go more places then most 4x4's do, a locked 2wd on good tires with a great driver will do anything you want it to
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Old 07-01-2013, 10:12 PM
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i go more places then most 4x4's do, a locked 2wd on good tires with a great driver will do anything you want it to
Come up to North Dakota in the winter, you wont go anywhere in a 2wd rear wheel drive truck. No matter how great of a driver you are.
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Old 07-01-2013, 10:48 PM
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Come up to North Dakota in the winter, you wont go anywhere in a 2wd rear wheel drive truck. No matter how great of a driver you are.
come up to Canada, its worse than ND, and 2wd is fine if you stay on the roads and know how to drive. only times i used 4x in my truck was when i was blazing trail down backroads and after ice storms when there is 2" of glare ice on the highways.

that being said, a 2wd truck is never as good as a 4x4 truck.

you cant look at it as driver skill only. sure, a 2wd truck with a good driver can do more than a 4x4 with a bad driver, HOWEVER, that same 4x4 truck with a good driver will do a hell of a lot more than a 2wd truck with a good driver.
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Old 07-02-2013, 04:22 AM
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I've owned 2wd, 4wd and AWD trucks. I prefer 2wd. I have beat the Guts out of several 4wd trucks I have had. Can't resist putting them places that only my Wildcat should be.

Say what you want... but my first vehicle was a 2wd Ranger and I had that thing everywhere. It was covered in mud so many times I could not even tell you. So covered you couldn't tell what color it was. I got stuck only a couple times. Its all in the tires and driver. If you "need" 4wd to drive through a field then you need to learn to drive.

I never even put my 4WD trucks in 4wd until I am almost stuck. Then I use 4wd to get back out. Just my $.02
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