2wd Low Range

[Colibri]

My jeep has the ability to do 2lo and it's useful in several situations but only because it's a manual. If it were an auto I wouldn't ever use the feature

[TwinStick]

I'm still very unsure about this. I have never been in a situation where 4lo wouldn't work. If you truly need that much 2wd torque yore way over loaded. Like way way. If you need the pure traction and slow wheel speed then you use 4lo. I just can't see it being worth it. But that's my opinion. Can't think of any situation where 2lo would have ever been an advantage. Purely you would have little to no traction if your load requires that much power to move so you want the front wheel assist. Tho only think is a tighter turning radius. Just don't see value sry

Many campgrounds have paved roads but gravel sites. Some have paved roads and sites. When backing up in 4 lo on pavement or concrete the front ends binds up quick. You simply cant turn without SEVERELY stressing the front u-joints & steering, even without the front axle "locked up". As said earlier, farmers would LOVE that feature for pulling wagons/equipment to/from fields/farm.

When I was kid, the farm I worked on had a 1970 something Ford F-250 HighBoy. It was used to pull 2 FULLY LOADED grain wagons from the fields to the farm/silo's, get unloaded & take em back, all day long, in 2wd lo range. Also used it to bring hay wagons, bailers, etc, from one field to another. It's one of those deals like our lockers, you hardly ever use them, but when you do, they are worth their weight in gold. I'm gonna have to get free spins just for that reason. We camp every year about 4-6 times. It will be MUCH more once my wife retires too. I'd love 2wd Lo.

[LagunaH1]

Prevents CAD yes. Honestly I've been sitting scratching my head for an hour trying to figure out why anyone would possible want to do this. Maybe someone has a reason but when you want the slow real low gearing usually you want to be locked up in full 4wd so..... This doesn't seem valuable to me unless you want to run 6th gear at 15mph
And if it's to get a truly massive weight moving well 2wd would be useless as you would just spin anyway so you want all 4 tires...... I just don't get it. For really slow tight turning?

I can see how this, in theory, could have some applications. Many times when wheeling in Moab, I have found that my truck (my old truck, that is... haven't had the PW to Moab yet) would scrub tires when making tight turns in 4 low on the very high traction surfaces found there.

-Still this does seem, IMO, like a pretty rare use case

[Will]

My jeep has the ability to do 2lo and it's useful in several situations but only because it's a manual. If it were an auto I wouldn't ever use the feature

The Scrambler, we used 2lo to crawl over a downed tree the other day just for control and didn't have to get out and lock the hubs for 4wd. The slow control is all you need many times.

[nts007]

I get the concept don't get me wrong. But personally I've never been in a situation where 2wd low would have made a difference. So that's why my opinion is it's not worth it. And really it's only working for the 4.5th gen trucks. Now if you've done a free Spin kit you can do this obviously.

[Z's2016PW]

Me, personally, I can see the advantages of this. Tight turns on trails without the steering bind. Going downhill without the front tires grabbing. Just going down a trail slowly while potentially using less gas. Backing a trailer into a spot with less fuss. Just to name a few. However, I would rather have a transfer case that has a 4 high and 4 low with locked and unlocked features. Much like the transfer case in my old D1 except with 2 high. In my mind that would be the bomb!

Zane

[RustyPW]

I ran part of Rausch Creek in 2Lo with the rear locker engaged Saturday morning until I got stuck. Really impressed on how well the PW did up to that point. Lonnnng story.

[TwinStick]

Did someone forget to lock their hubs ???

[RustyPW]

Did someone forget to lock their hubs ???

I had locked the hubs in back in Dec. for snow. Then I had the foot surgery in Jan. and didn't drive the PW until the end of March. I had forgotten about them being locked in. So at Rausch Creek this past weekend. I though that I locked the hubs in, but in reality I had unlocked them. I guess it was a senior moment.

When I got stuck. The front diff was up against a tree stump, and the rear diff was sitting on a tree stump with the rear tires off the ground. And I was facing down hill.