Jon

If I lived near the rockies I'd probably opt for 4wd too. I'm in the Washington DC area and we don't get that much snow, so a 2wd with decent tires would do fine.

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Jon

Have you registered??

mustang ranger

i got some tracktor tires on some one 5 lug wheels i whrough on when it snown last year and im a 2 wd 2001 ford ranger and i didnt have no problem and even whent off rodin wheth them on and it was still snowning and didnt have a problem through some sinder stones in the bed and strap them down in case on a reck you dont want then to fly out on impackt and loose controle and kill you or some one else

mustang ranger

its not as much the 4x4 as it is the driver i go places with my truck and have to pull 4x4s out be cause they caint drive 4x4 helps but the drive is what counts

MBMNemesis

The way I look at it if your going to buy a truck that isnt 4wd, you my as well buy a car, I would never buy a truck that wasnt 4wd. They shouldnt evan make 2wd trucks.

chuck08

I drive a 96 2wd and only got stuck in the driveway during a record snowfall. Although 4wd would help it really depends on how well you drive. I smirk when I see my friends in their 4X4 Rams and F-150s stuck off in the ditch because they got cocky.

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Chuck
96 4.0 2wd

Lenn

I have seen many people in upstate NY (where I used to live) that were sporting 2wd's. They just had a load of sandbags in the back and kept on keepin' on.

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Has anyone ever figured out how much wood that damn woodchuck could actually chuck?

2002 F150 Supercrew 4x4- Cranked T-Bars, brush guard, Flowmaster 40, Volant CAI
2007 Mazda 6i SVE- Brake light mod, Airbox mod, CX7 antenna, JDM yellow fogs, 6000k HID.

Walt

Never mind snow, I'm in 4X4 as soon as the road gets wet. pick up trucks suck in anything but dry surface... so forget the sand bags and get a 4x4... you wont regret it.

Mayguy

We had our first snow last Friday, 4" of it, and had no issue with it. Just had to relearn how to drive a rear wheel drive since my last car of 12 years was front wheel drive.

Adding a few bags in back will help out more when we do get more snow.

As some already posted here, just learn how to drive, and don't be a cocky driver. Of my 32 years of driving, I never had 4WD, got along just fine with out. As my mother used to say, "If it's that bad out, you don't need to go out.. 4WD just gets you in a bigger mess!"

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'09 Ranger XL. 2.3L 5-Speed. 25 MPG (Mostly City driving)

HighPlainsShifter

Oh, was it you I passed last Friday in my 4WD Ranger? Hope I didn't scare you too much.

Reheef

My '04 has 255x70x15 snow tires w/ good "cleat" design which helps to clean snow from tread. Four to six 60lb. bags of "play sand" from Lowes has added to traction in snow up to 28 in. Past that we use wife's AWD Escape hybrid. South central PA doesn't get real snow like the midwest or new england area. But from time to time we really get buried. For entertainment we enjoyed watching the drivers of Durham,NC drive in snow, when I was in college there.What a hoot!