Anybody Take Their 4x2 Offroad?

[jro909]

I know, your saying why would somebody ever want to do that? buy a 4x4!! I use to enjoy reading the 4x2 offroad section of fullsize chevy before it became plagued with lift questions...i myself don't offroad as i can barely hit a bump without being worried my axle is going to fall off..but is their anybody that does? how well does your suspension hold up?

[kawtoy_77]

 

 

I know, your saying why would somebody ever want to do that? buy a 4x4!! I use to enjoy reading the 4x2 offroad section of fullsize chevy before it became plagued with lift questions...i myself don't offroad as i can barely hit a bump without being worried my axle is going to fall off..but is their anybody that does? how well does your suspension hold up?

I did in my '85 (the black one w/ the scoop in my sig link) It would hold its own in the mud. As for just buying a 4x4, it takes a much more skilled driver to make a 2wd do what a 4wd can. Just sayin....

[StinkyCheese]

sadly pretty much anytime i take my trucks "offroad" i get stuck. Mostly a complete lack of skill and paying attention. Having the tires at max psi probably doesn't help at all either. I've gotten stuck with my old '01 at the hunting camp, I parked in the sand and it wouldn't get out so my buddys dad's jeep had to pull me out. I almost always get stuck entering the hunting camp as again its all sand there and unless the gate is already open i have to stop and open it which just lets my truck sink in.

 

I've gotten stuck by just pulling off a side road onto an angled grass hill but i think it was b/c my right front pretty much dug in when parked. That was with my 06'

 

I got my old '73 stuck in a ditch once. In its defense i had just spun off the 417 doing 60+ and there was at least a foot of water in the ditch. I did make it a good 100 feet trying to slowly work my way out of it but in the end i didn't make it and again dad had to pull me out.

 

Dad got his 09 dually stuck in the mud @ the range one day when we went to an IDPA match

 

so do i take my 4x2s off road? yes..do i get very far or do very well..no..why? b/c i have zero skill and don't let the air out of my tires to give me even somewhat of an edge

[Mckenzie]

i took my dads 2000 silverado (2WD, of course) and got it bogged down in a peanut field!

[KMGZ400]

my buddy takes his RCLB 2wd offroading all the time.. he goes as far as you can in 2wd.. then me or one of our buddies will pull him out. its always fun to watch

 

 

i rather not worry about my skill which id say is decent,and get a 4x4. i always offroad in 2wd and put it in 4 when i need it.

[glacked]

Have a 4x4 now. Years ago - when I was at Bragg - I had a regular cab Chevy with the V6 and took it back on the firebreaks all the time. Never had any trouble and actually passed guys who'd buried their 4x4s on a regular basis. Only time I do it now is the off call where I have to negotiate something nasty in my CVPI. Last time I got it stuck, the F-250 they sent to pull me out got stuck two times coming in and one time on the way out. I'm no off road dynamo, either. I just believe in speed = going further faster. Ha!

[kawtoy_77]

 

 

either. I just believe in speed = going further faster. Ha!

+1 Good philosophy.

[Daryl LBZ]

I used to take my 2wd 88 up a mountain for about 3 miles to my gf's cabin. It would go as long as you kept the speed up asnd it wasn't wet. It was a stone/dirt road and it had a hard time getting up the steep part when it was dry out let alone wet. When youd get it stuck it would just sit there and spin one wheel since it wasn't posi.

[KMGZ400]

if its 2wd, having a locker in the back will help A LOT. my truck in 2wd is awesome with the locker.

[gregrocks89]

i took my old two wheel drive off roading a few times, but i was drunk and i never made it to far. my problem was i didnt have duel exhaust.

[stlavsa]

i took my old two wheel drive off roading a few times, but i was drunk and i never made it to far. my problem was i didnt have duel exhaust.

 

ya that lack of of a dual exhaust will get you everytime

[kawtoy_77]

 

 

i took my old two wheel drive off roading a few times, but i was drunk and i never made it to far. my problem was i didnt have duel exhaust.

or a hood scoop.

[Prokopchuk_9]

if you can cover ground in a two wheel drive its not offroading.

[oldscsc]

I have. With my 2WD and open diff, I get stuck embarrasingly easily. Haven't tried it with my all terrains, but those 245/65 hard terrains didn't do too well.. In snow/ice, I bet it takes me a good ~ seven seconds to get up to 10MPH when it's bad out. Hopefully bigger tires and 500+ lbs in the bed will make it a tad easier to get around in weather this winter.

[Mckenzie]

we took my buds ranger in the mud and it got stuck but all we had to do was bounce lil will right out, ive got pics if yall want em?