I'm a big fan of 1st gens! but I dont know if I can deal only having 2wd anymore. dealing with the aftermath from the recent blizzard really makes me miss my old 4x4 trucks. now I just get irritated whenever my truck slips or gets stuck. I wish I could just trade up for a 4wd model... just my most recent complaints about my rig.

 

It could be worse, you could be driving a 2wd bow tie or blue oval!

 

2wd is bad enough in a gas pickup,I can't imagine having all that extra weight of the CTD up front!

 

convert it

 

I gave up on 2 wheel peels years ago. I don't even drive them in the snow, but just have to have that lever on the floor.

 

Swap it out. Or use it for doner for a swap.

 

ive got to do some thing, I hate having 400 lbs of torque and not being able to make it through snow!

 

You can put a locker in a 2wd.

My buddy's girlfriend has one in her 2wd Ford.... I gotta get something for my D250.

 

Put some weight in the bed. I spend 90% of my winter time up here in 2wd.

If you search around there is a thread on adding weight using a concrete bedliner............

 

I suggest a lightly reinforced six inch slab.

 

I have had no problems getting through 3ft tall x 30ft long snow drifts in my old 2wd. It comes down to 2 things, tires and weight. If you have sufficient weight and the right tires, it will go through most things that a 4wd can.

I have roughly 1k pounds of tires, snow/ice (when they were there), and BF Goodrich MT 255/75/R16. Skinny enough to not float, deep lugs to break up and grab.

Kid you not, 3ft deep, 2 separate layers of snow with crusts of ice on top of each, went around a corn crib. Wheel speed 30mph, ground speed around 10. Even my Arctic Cat 400 4x4 couldn't go faster than 2nd gear HI range otherwise it would bog....

 

hey-Hey!!!,
1/8" thick lead sheet does a fine job of adding weight w/o taking up too much space. I've been running around in 2WD 250's since 1991 and have yet to miss 4WD enough to want to carry it around and fix it( or have it get in the way of fixing stuff ). I'm not working under the illusion that I can go where ever I want, and as Mr. Eastwood said, "a man has got to know his limitations"...
cheers,
Douglas

 

I have had my w250 for 10 years, I do all the repairs myself and: 1 I have never had to fix anything 4 wheel drive related and 2. I find that the higher stance lets me fix things much easier, as opposed to being in the way. That said, I know I live in warmville, but,as an ex skier and avid boarder and former owner of a cabin in CO. I do quite a bit of snow driving. In my experience, 4x4 can be a negative on slick roads, because once you get out of shape, the front will tend to pull you farther out of shape. either 2x4 or 4x4 requires different Technics to drive on slick roads, but I used to let my 2x4 Ranger fill up with snow for better traction, until I found out that it was illegal to do that in Co.. at least at the time...Mark

 

im rolling around with 800 lbs of bricks in the bed and tires are about a year old. time for a change I think.

 

i wouldn't have a 4x4 any more ,i don't have all the problems with the extra parts wearing out ,and i have never been stuck..........i know the limitations of my truck