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4X2 offroading??
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If it will make you feel better, my truck isn't full 4x4 yet, so I offroad 2wd, and it does pretty good. Also, I have a friend with a bronco and a detroit in the rear, and he rarely uses 4wd. Both trucks run swamper ssr's, which greatly enhance traction. I would recommend them, or at least a pair for your back end on extra rims if you want more streetable tires for the daily trips. Good luck, ted
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Speaking of chains, has anyone used a product called SnoClaws? (I'm not affiliated with the company)
I ran across this product on the Cabela's website and was curious to hear from anyone how well they work, especially on 4x2 trucks.
I ran across this product on the Cabela's website and was curious to hear from anyone how well they work, especially on 4x2 trucks.
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Hyper, yeah, most people do not have limited slip or lockers in their 4x4s, so it technically is only a 4x2...unlike my truck which is a 4x3? until I fix my front right hub....
Anyways, I have brought my 02 2wd off road and in the mucd on street tires w/o lmited slip....Just throw it in 1st and keep on the gas, I have gone through more mud than alot of people around here will go in their 4x4s.....You do have a slight advantage in that your front end does not have all the extra weight of a Tcase. front diff, front axles and what-not. Good Luck with it and have LOADS of fun man
Anyways, I have brought my 02 2wd off road and in the mucd on street tires w/o lmited slip....Just throw it in 1st and keep on the gas, I have gone through more mud than alot of people around here will go in their 4x4s.....You do have a slight advantage in that your front end does not have all the extra weight of a Tcase. front diff, front axles and what-not. Good Luck with it and have LOADS of fun man
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one of my friends had an 83 f100with a 302 2wd. he drove it through a ton of a mud like it was a 4x4, he hardly ever got stuck and he always said "if i get stuck in this, ill atleast know a 4x4 can make it out to me to pull me out, but if i get stuck in a 4x4, itll be pretty hard to get another one out to get me."
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Thats a good point. I was kind of chuckling at what kind of serious 4x4ing you could do in an 4x2 but extraction availability is something to consider. I was stuck so bad one time a skidder couldn't even get me out. Thats the problem...the bigger and badder you build your truck the bigger and badder the extraction equipment needs to be...and if somebody isn't around with a huge cat your screwed.
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From: South Ga
Originally posted by hyperpunkguy[F150]
how are they 4x2s? is that cause most dont have lockers?
how are they 4x2s? is that cause most dont have lockers?
My 3 now are:
1 4x4 4wd(loc)
1 4x4 2wd(od)
1 4x4 1wd(dam^ auto hubs)
So yea, a true 2wd will always shoot rooster tails while having fun
another point is that the 2wd typically has higer ground clearance also, meaning less muck to push out of the way
Being in the south, i can not comment on tire chains, only logging chains.....
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From: Tower MN, Houghton MI
The best thing you would do would be weld up the rear end, put some weight on the bed, and toss on some 34x9.50 swampers.
My back when my F-150 was all stock, with the above tires, and a mini spool, it would go better in 2wd than most stock(street tires) 4x4's.. Of course when I put in 4lo, it would really go.
My back when my F-150 was all stock, with the above tires, and a mini spool, it would go better in 2wd than most stock(street tires) 4x4's.. Of course when I put in 4lo, it would really go.
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Originally posted by 3broncocrazy
another point is that the 2wd typically has higer ground clearance also, meaning less muck to push out of the way
another point is that the 2wd typically has higer ground clearance also, meaning less muck to push out of the way
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From: Florida Hill Country
I used to have a 1970 F100, 360 3ontree, 4x2 short bed with ls Dana rear and Buckshot Mudders and did well in the Southern Cumberlands of TN. Wet leaves on a slope in the rain was the only thing ever really got me. Slid across a dry creek bed and hung both bumpers. Had break out the jacks and mtn rocks. Some S.O.B stole it. What a truck.
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From: San Diego
A 4x2 is the best for offroading, they have much better handling and can go alot faster. I race a class 7 Ranger and I have a F150 chase truck, both are 4x2 and both kick ***. I would take a 4x2 anyday, if you get a good rear end, preferrably an Eaton E-Locker you can go just about anywhere a 4x4 can go but you can get there faster and safer. Ford trucks come stock with an awesome suspension for offroading but if you get something like a Camburg bent beam kit it will just make it even better.
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i have a 98 ext cab 4x2 with 4 in. lift and 33 bfg ta's and it does pretty good in the mud, at my hunting lease, everyone told me not to put a stand down this one road because alot of people get stuck on it, but for some reason i put my stand down there, i have been driving through it for a while and my trucks kicks *** through it, but i am afraid of when it rains it might be pretty bad, if any of yall are from the south, we have that gumbo land, and it gets pretty bad to drive in. any ideas of what i can do incase i get stuck or prevent it from getting stuck. i carry a shovel, and a tow rope, but now i am thinking about a winch, a locker would be nice but i don't think i can afford to get it installed