Off road and alignment

I have an 05 four banger with plain 4x4. My buddy has a TRD v-6. He says his alignment is off after taking his off road. I got mine just to go to the snow but
the fire and power line roads are looking attractive. I have a bike for my off roading and had planned on only using this truck to go to the snow. Since I will be doing a lot of freeway driving i don't want this thing pulling to the side. Any thoughts on this. If some mild off roading is going to affect my alignment noticebly I will just stick to my bike. But I know a lot of two track dirt roads and now that I have this awesome truck I would like to go down a few.

 

Mild off-roading will not hurt your alignment from my experiences. If you do happen to get it out of alignment go to sears for the front alignment. Sears alignment jobs carry a 6 month 6,000 mile warranty, if it gets out of alignment again...............free service!!!

 

I ignore a lot of this friends experiences. He's a good guy for sure, but our thoughts on these kinds of things usually differ. Me I like torque wrenches. Him, he just cranks stuff down. I'm more meticulous. Especially with my new 20k freaking investment!!

 

I was thinking about this exact issue the other day when I was doing a little dirt trailing. Very minor though, no big bumps or hills. I was kind of worried about my alignment at first but I've invested to much in my truck to baby it that much! I mean come on, 3" lift with 33's and TC UCA's!! Got to do some off-roading!!

 

I don't plan on getting crazy. I know a lot of good roads that are pretty tame by 4x4 standard. When I was out in the desert on the way to the mountains the other week I started looking at all these groomed fire roads that I would go right down on my KLR. Only reason I did not go was past experience I knew not to go alone and such stuff. I was on my way to go snowboarding and knew I could come back to San Diego and try out the roads I know here. And after getting more time to look around on here.
All your answers are really helpful. Thanks!

 

Truck came with brand new BFG A/T's too. Got up around Bishop and Mammoth lakes and saw some of the roads I was just riding in summer with about a foot of snow on them and was drooling! Wanted to check out friends comments.

 

+1! I've already had mine aligned twice and it's about to go in a third time in the next week or so (coilover adjustments, not offroading alignment problems).

 

+1 on the Firestone lifetime alignment. When i get my new tires- It'll cost me 150 more cause I'll be getting it for the truck!!!

 

I have had one alignment after my billys were put on, I have hit hard a few times going a little fast down some fire roads, I think I will do an alignment twice a year. It still drives straight as a arrow.