trailer pullin' in 4wd ?
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Cargo Master
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From: SW Michigan
trailer pullin' in 4wd ?
I pull my trailer (back half of deceased truck ) with my truck in 4wd. other trailers also. There are some folks who seem to think me a madman. But if there is a couple of feet of snow on the road, well, thats why we have 4wd, ain't it ? I'm in Michigan, but surely we have some mountain state types or some Canadians who do this , or am I alone ? DF
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From: South East Alabama
trailer pullin' in 4wd ?
I grew up in OHIO. Farmers use 4x4's to pull multiple heavily loaded grain trailers up the ramps to the grain elevators. Tires trying to spin, truck jumping and hopping up and down. I wouldnt think towing on snow in 4WD would be a problem.
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From: Central Oregon
trailer pullin' in 4wd ?
Of course you are a madman! Kind of a rhetorical question, eh?
I have towed travel trailers and ordinary trailers thru a couple of feet of snow, complete with tire chains on the front axle only for steering at times, in order to participate in some really interesting hunting expeditions. Our old beasts just lap up that kind of stuff! Who ever tried to convince you otherwise? The biggest problem I have had was the travel trailer's height and thus high center of gravity trying to rock and roll a bit more than I like to see in the rear-view mirror because the tread widths weren't the same and it wanted to jump from track-to-track, but never actually rolled one! Sure gets the adrenaline pumping tho! Steve
I have towed travel trailers and ordinary trailers thru a couple of feet of snow, complete with tire chains on the front axle only for steering at times, in order to participate in some really interesting hunting expeditions. Our old beasts just lap up that kind of stuff! Who ever tried to convince you otherwise? The biggest problem I have had was the travel trailer's height and thus high center of gravity trying to rock and roll a bit more than I like to see in the rear-view mirror because the tread widths weren't the same and it wanted to jump from track-to-track, but never actually rolled one! Sure gets the adrenaline pumping tho! Steve
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From: Memphis, TN
trailer pullin' in 4wd ?
I tow loaded cargo trailers thru muddy job sites in 4 - what's the big deal? Obviously the front driveline has to be strong enough to do the same thing the rear driveline can, so both together are twice as strong.
If the front was weaker, and you got stuck in 2WD, obviously the rear isn't helping any more, so if you locked in the weak front driveline, it would break before it moved the truck.
What would be the point of building a truck that way? The front can do just as much as the rear, and if you need 4 to go where you're headed, USE IT. 
If the front was weaker, and you got stuck in 2WD, obviously the rear isn't helping any more, so if you locked in the weak front driveline, it would break before it moved the truck.
What would be the point of building a truck that way? The front can do just as much as the rear, and if you need 4 to go where you're headed, USE IT.
