LOL I wasn't attacking anything. I was making an observation. The points you just made make me laugh even more. I can remember farmers in the early 70's, the old timers, yelling about the young farmers that had to have them modern tractors with cabs! Same guys driving 2 wheel drive IH pickups even though 4X4 was available. In 73 we had an 80 plus year old neighbor carrying bales into his haymow. His elevator had collapsed due to age. At his age he wasn't buying a new one......wasn't sure he'd be around long enough to get the value out of it! Them old guys sure seemed to get a lot of work done with that they had.
What really gets me is the original comment should have been 4X4 makes it easier to get things done. Shouldn't have been acting like without 4X4 you wouldn't have been able to do anything. Back then you would have loaded a wagon and pulled it over with a tractor while freezing because that's what you had that would have gotten the job done. Or had tractors at both locations to pull the truck out to solid ground. Heck I'm over here in MN, 90 miles south east of Fargo. I hardly ever put anything in 4X4. The old timers? 4X4 was a luxury few felt they could afford. I'm kinda the same way. If you have to have it then you should look at what you are doing to figure out what you are doing wrong. Do you need better drainage where you have to get into. Better snow removal? Like with round bales, different storage area? Are you using the right equipment for the task in the current location? Why is it that few big trucks, to include plow trucks on the highway have a front drive axle making them 4x4 or 6x6? About the only big trucks you see with 4X4/6X6 are service trucks used by utility companies that have to get off road in remote areas in all weather conditions and RR service trucks that have to get off road in remote areas in all weather conditions.
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