Stupid yet funny (I think) ? about 4x4 system

Yea... I was being facetious. I know the truck is build of plastic and tin foil.

But it still won't hurt it.

 

Well without my visor card or manual present (at service) I can't be for sure.. but pretty sure it says not to make "sharp turns" on pavement.

IT dOES say to lock in the wheels for 10 miles a month with no mention as to surface. Its unreasonable to believe that most people have 10 miles of loose dirt or grass to which they have free access.

 

than why get 4wd if you dont use it? if there is no dirt/grass what the hell do you need 4wd for?

 

Snow

 

Not to beat a dead horse to death but....what the hell.
I've got my manual here in front of me. It mentions that h2 is for driving on hard surfaced roads. It goes on to say h4 provides greater traction like when you experience loss of power such as wheel spinning and engagement of L4 is for climbing/descending steep hills,offroad driving, and hard pulling in sand, mud or deep snow.
I take that to mean to use h2 for hard surfaced roads and 4h in low traction circumstances.
Under A.D.D (automatic disconnecting differential) it states:
You should drive in four-wheel drive for ar least 16km (10 miles) each month. This will assure that the front drive components are lubricated. I think due to what the manual says for 4h use it's only common sence to not drive those 10 miles on dry pavement.
That's how I read it anyway...other's opinions may vary.
Maybe I'm spoiled and have never thought about useing 4wd on dry pavement since I have literally hundreds of miles of dirt roads going through a desert environment just 5 minutes out my front door.

 

EDIT: and i just realized you're from saratoga NY.. yea.. you, unless you have private land, don't have that area either. Driving down posted logging roads is not "public access". You do, probably right now, have snow in your driveway though. Nothing like barreling over the snowbank rather than parking on the street and shoveling it out.

DUde? A 4x4 is not designed for you to go romper-stomping through the wilderness. Adults can have them and drive them too. You're confusing a pickup truck and a rhino or quad or dirtbike.

Its added utillity, snow, boat ramps, muddy shoulders and occasional farm type use. Getting just that 20 feet closer than you could in 2wd. pulling a trailer out of the mud. A million adult uses. You don't have to be a kid to have a 4x4.

I have actually had genuine honest use for 4x4 even living on this metropoline island (keeping in mind that driving down trails for "fun" is not a "use") Not a whole lot of occasions, but it's barely any more cost or impact on cost per mile. Almost stupid not to get it for a DIYer near survivalist like myself.

If I want to go off road, I have a couple off road vehicles. I can tow them to off road areas with the truck. I took it off road. It sucked... never again. Fire roads or smoother only.

 

I would say yea... probably the case. A lot of american space has what you're speaking of, very little of it has public access and even less of it is around the majority of the US population. Much less convenient for a jog down, or in good enough condition to warrant shaking your truck apart for the good of the 4wd solenoids.


There's definitely no easy answer. I am sure that given conditions I set, I could do a small radius turn in one way and explode the front end and then change conditions slightly (keeping them generally the same) and get away with it.
I can offer that I've never broken a 4x4, and I futz around with my 4x4 switch far more than I ever should need to. Heck, I've even had my (previous) truck in 4x4 while living in texas. Obviously it was on dry hard ground, survived fine.

point being, you can engage your 4x4 for a 45-55mph drive down a fairly straight secondary road with no issue. I also feel that driving 10 miles at 10mph is not likely the intent of the manual.


You just have to know what you're doing, like any tool. I don't break sockets either.

 

there are alot of uses but i still think it is not hard to use it at least once a month