I’m not sure how the drivetrain is built on this thing but I feel like if my diesel pickup would let me to lock the rear diff without switching to 4LO first I could probably get by without 4WD for the most part. Now because of the differential, when one rear wheel slips the other does nothing effecitively making it 1 wheel drive. Not that it changes the core argument though - I’d never buy a truck without 4WD.
it has a basic physical open differential paired with a brake-actuated virtual limited-slip system.
You only need 4WD on ICE pickups because they put the drive wheels under the lightest end of the truck when it’s unloaded, which is most of time, unless you buy a rare FWD pickup like the Maverick.
I’m not sure how the drivetrain is built on this thing but I feel like if my diesel pickup would let me to lock the rear diff without switching to 4LO first I could probably get by without 4WD for the most part. Now because of the differential, when one rear wheel slips the other does nothing effecitively making it 1 wheel drive. Not that it changes the core argument though - I’d never buy a truck without 4WD.
You just need to buy a truck with a “Limited-Slip Differential”(LSD) then.
That’s 1970s tech…most pickups are still in 1950s tech.
My cousin Vinnie taught me what that is. Actually, his girlfriend did, but still.
it has a basic physical open differential paired with a brake-actuated virtual limited-slip system.
You only need 4WD on ICE pickups because they put the drive wheels under the lightest end of the truck when it’s unloaded, which is most of time, unless you buy a rare FWD pickup like the Maverick.