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[twomountainlions]

Yep, clearance > 4wd in most places. Unless you love deep sand and muddy stuff. Otherwise, 4wd just gets you stuck a bit further away from help than 4wd LOL. Still I'd go for both 4x4 and clearance in a truck, I mean if you are sacrificing bigger living space for mobility of a truck camper might as well get 4x4 for more freedom and less worry about some rain getting you stuck

 

[rruff]

Deep sand isn't a problem with 2wd... just air down. Have a good pump and a spare. Don't think 4wd will fix mud either, you need actual mud tires. I just avoid mud if at all possible.

Having a locker on your 2wd can be very helpful also.

 

[twomountainlions]

Deep sand isn't a problem with 2wd... just air down. Have a good pump and a spare. Don't think 4wd will fix mud either, you need actual mud tires. I just avoid mud if at all possible.

Having a locker on your 2wd can be very helpful also.

Depends on mud....Im from very muddy kind of place originally every one had 4wd, another thing is nasty roads when you have to go steep uphill at the same time. I avoid mud with my 2wd (and mostly avoid entire moonsoon season where it happens) but when I end up in potentially muddy area I just rely on my big food and water supplues that can carry me "until it all dries out" in case. With camping getting overrun its nice to have extra capacity due to 4wd to go beyond.
Regarding airing down tires, sure can be done but Id rather not deal with reinflating my dually's 6 tires, it takes long time as pump has to cool for 20 mins after each 10 mins of pumping so it takes a lot of time for this typical pump to inflate big tires back to 80 psi, I had a couple of pumps melt down on me reinflating those, luckily I had two pumps on hand. So it's 4 inches sand max or no go. For most stick truck campers duallies are going to be advisable