4WD concerns ... some basics questions ..

[Steve St.Laurent]

If your in soft stuff like that at the first sign of starting to dig in you want to STOP. Get out and air down your tires, put it in 4wd and pull right out of it. Airing down your tires will do more for you than putting it in 4wd. The deeper you let it get before you stop the less likely you'll be able to extricate yourself.



Also, airing down your trailer tires as well as your truck tires will help immensely.

 

[CRuth]

Gotta agree with Steve on that one. I've had no trouble at putting it 4hi while rolling along five to ten miles per hour. Would I try it at 50? Only if I thought it might keep me from going over a cliff or something equally bad.

 

[rjohnson916]

If you are running the crappy BFG Rugged trail that comes stock on all 4X4 CTD's I think a hand few had Michelin LTX these are really not suited for much more than a gravel parkinglot. I almost got my truck stuck in some light mud on a dirt boat launch this past summer. I basically had dumped the boat in the lake, and was pulling an empty trailer out, when I started to sink in my own mudded ruts. It took 4-Low and a lot of throttle to barely get my 7K truck out, but I did. I since switched to 285/70/17 BFG Allterrain KO's never even been close to stuck since.



-Ryan

 

[Grizzly]

Nah, you use 4wd to get further into the situation, then lots of rpm and wheel speed to get out. Then when that fails, you get the yank strap out, and another truck. You probably wouldn't like following were my friends and I take trucks. :-laf



Sorry for jacking the thread.



Michael

More people with 4WD get stuck than people with 2WD.

 

[JVL IN PA]

I was just in the mountains this week hunt'n, 4:30 in the morning back over a very steep hill/embankment I thought was a driveway. My buddy and thought we were toast, which would mean the laughing stock of the one horse town we were in. Luckily my front tires were still on pavement/stones. From a dead stop 4-high crawled me right out, heavy truck and all.

 

[GaryCarter]

Gotta agree with Steve on that one. I've had no trouble at putting it 4hi while rolling along five to ten miles per hour. Would I try it at 50? Only if I thought it might keep me from going over a cliff or something equally bad.

You can engage 4wd at 100 mph in the third gens if you want to. All the parts are turning all the time.



Gary

 

[rbattelle]

You can engage 4wd at 100 mph in the third gens if you want to. All the parts are turning all the time.



Gary

Owners manual says maximum speed is 55, I think.



-Ryan

 

[Bob4x4]

I spend quite a bit of time in the sand with many different vehicles trailers etc. Glamis is one of the BEST places if you are serious.



First air down before you are in trouble!Use low range... ... ... you will need it with that load. Keep a steady foot and let your momentum carry you through the bad spots. You will be amazed at how much difference it will make to drop down to 25 psi with that much weight. Ck out this thread about post 14 to see some pics of our last Glamis trip https://www.turbodieselregister.com/forums/showthread.php?t=143842 Oo.



Bob

 

[RTillery]

Regarding moving into 4WD.



I have been going across Wyoming for two winters now and the ground blizzards will ice the road up on a nice day. Doing the speed limit (75 or more) I will see the ice coming, flip her into 4hi, buzz across it, and flip her back to 2hi when I reach dry pavement again. I have done this many dozens of times with no ill consequences. 87K on the truck and she is running and driving like new. 55 may be what the manual recommends but Gary is right. Everything is turning at the same speed when you go from 2hi to 4hi.



The air down in soft stuff is good advice.