I agree. Let me put it this way...Would I take my 2WD Dak on a Rubicon
Trip?...Hell NO. It can make it...but the front diff definitely helps.
(Hey...it's fun though) :)
Hate to admit it...BUT...the best, and still long-standing champ of the
Offroad world is the Jeep (or if you can afford it...a Scorpion 4X4). Parts
are cheap...and they can go (with a small 6cyl) where even the big-boys fall
short (with V8's).
They're our trucks and we like them way we want...Lowered, Lifted, Stock,
Quick, Slow...ok, not slow...but ya get the point.
Bernd D. Ratsch
Pflugerville, TX
bernd@texas.net
http://lonestar.texas.net/~bernd
1997 Dakota SLT-CC (3.9L)
License Plate Frame: "Don't Follow Me...I'm Trolling for Toyota's"
Song for the Day: "Gonna buy me a Dodge Truck and blow those Fords off the
road....."
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-dakota-truck@buffnet4.buffnet.net
> [mailto:owner-dakota-truck@buffnet4.buffnet.net]On Behalf Of
> GrnDak4x4@aol.com
> Sent: Tuesday, March 09, 1999 5:42 PM
> To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
> Subject: Re: DML: RE:DML Lift Kits
>
>
> In a message dated 99-03-09 18:28:37 EST, you write:
>
> << In my opinion, 4wd is best for climbing steep hills, and
> slippery surfaces.
> Most other off road conditions can be conquered by a 4x2 with a
> Limited Slip
> Differential. 4wd is a convenience for many types of off road
> conditions,
> but
> a 4x2 with an experienced driver can go nearly all places a 4x4
> can. With
> the
> LSD, a 4x2 has just as many power wheels as a non-LSD 4x4. A
> 4x4 with an LSD
> has 3 powered wheels, or with lockers can get all 4 powered.
> Trouble with
> 4wd
> is they weigh more, have more to break, and that front
> differential can bog
> the truck down if it gets in real soft stuff like snow.
> I can't afford the insurance on a 4x4 and I don't see myself
> needing to
> climb sand dunes anytime in the near future.
> >>
>
> Well I understand you point completely; but come over here to
> Indiana a wheel
> with me on a weekend and you will understand how vital having a
> front diff and
> a transfer case really is; when going off road. I could never
> ever imagine a
> 2WD Dak going some places I have gone, and some of these palces arent even
> muddy or slippery. A place I have in mind is an old dried up
> creek(now washed
> out from the rain) that is running down a ravine. To access it
> you must drive
> down a small, somewhat shallow rocky creek that has pleny of
> slippery algae
> growing all over; easy access in 4HI. This creek run is about 5
> yards long and
> then you must find a nice spot to climp up out of the creek; impossible in
> 2WD; sometime I must go in 4LO and thats not easy. My rear bumpe has been
> 'adjusted' plenty of times here. Then its a nice easy drive
> about 1 mile to
> the old creek bed which decends at about a 30 degree slope; tire
> placing is a
> must but once you get down to the bottom you have found the
> greatest area to
> camp out. Like I said, getting to this old creek is a problem,
> going down it
> isnt; but good luck in 2WD climbing back up it!
> Kyle
> 93 Dakota 4x4 V6
>
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