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4x4 Preference

What type of 4x4 do you prefer?

  • Vintage

    Votes: 10 71.4%

  • Modern

    Votes: 4 28.6%

  • Electric

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Total voters
    14
The old manual locking hubs were certainly more reliable but not so good when yer stuck in the middle of a water hole or big mud pit, and yes i have been both. sink up to yer tushi gettin out to lock up the hubs. i buried a trailer and truck load of firewood one time and i mean buried. was in the old Ford with manual hubs. after i got out to lock them up i was a mess. wouldn't have mattered anyway, i had to use the winch with a snatchblock to get out. luckily i had a big oak in front of me. i did look before i entered to get the wood cause i knew it was going to get stuck coming back out loaded.
 
Belt Fed said:
The old manual locking hubs were certainly more reliable but not so good when yer stuck in the middle of a water hole or big mud pit, and yes i have been both. sink up to yer tushi gettin out to lock up the hubs. i buried a trailer and truck load of firewood one time and i mean buried. was in the old Ford with manual hubs. after i got out to lock them up i was a mess. wouldn't have mattered anyway, i had to use the winch with a snatchblock to get out. luckily i had a big oak in front of me. i did look before i entered to get the wood cause i knew it was going to get stuck coming back out loaded.
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I've had both. Reliability seemed the same so I prefer the in the cab shifter, although I never had any issues with the locking hubs. So I guess I don't really care either way. Every time I was in the middle of a river or something I was already in 4 wheel low. ;)
 
I have had a few old Jeeps over the years, and that gets my vote for dead simple, always go rig. Stylish too. Gorilla suit sold separately.
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Bassbob said:
Shite twists like a pretzel though these days. Kiln dried crap. Cedar is better, though not quite as "Structural".
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I pretty much only use 4x4s for fence posts at the cabin, and the pine is cheap enough to replace it more often, considering no one cares if it gets a little weathered up there. I'll use cedar in a humidor (Spanish, but still cedar) or for outdoor furniture when I don't want to mess with the cost and tool dulling of white oak.
 
benstt said:
I pretty much only use 4x4s for fence posts at the cabin, and the pine is cheap enough to replace it more often, considering no one cares if it gets a little weathered up there. I'll use cedar a humidor or for outdoor furniture when I don't want to mess with the cost and tool dulling of white oak.
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I just built a big deck out back. About 5k in wood. All of it Number 1 treated pine. No 4x4s though. 6x6 and 2x10 for the frame and 2x8 decking. I have a small fortune in treated 4x4s and 6' x 8' privacy fence panels though.
 
Bassbob said:
I just built a big deck out back. About 5k in wood. All of it Number 1 treated pine. No 4x4s though. 6x6 and 2x10 for the frame and 2x8 decking. I have a small fortune in treated 4x4s and 6' x 8' privacy fence panels though.
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Other members of my family used composite decking to redo our deck. As much as I appreciate the durability, I miss actual wood.

It's been a minute but I recall a treated 2x8x8 being around $12 last time I looked, but that was a while ago. That must be one big deck!
 
benstt said:
Other members of my family used composite decking to redo our deck. As much as I appreciate the durability, I miss actual wood.

It's been a minute but I recall a treated 2x8x8 being around $12 last time I looked, but that was a while ago. That must be one big deck!
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If I recall it’s a little over 400 sq ft.
 
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