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You have no traction aid (limited slip or locker) installed in the rear axle so yes your 4WD is working properly--just not working to its potential.
Hi or low range dont matter much if your wheel speed though the pebble surface was where you wanted it and you had power that you liked.
One way to "cheat" the stock lack of traction is to actually apply the brake while staying on the gas when you get stuck. This serves to transfer power away from the wheel that is spinning and to the wheel that has traction. Sometimes a pulse method works best and sometimes steady pressure works best--just play with it. In the rocks if you have the manual transmission, I have had good success doing this with the engine off and using the clutch start cancel feature. The brakes prevent the engine from turning over fast enough in low range to start and it is a good way to effectively lock the axles in slow, creeping situation--say on roll over hill at poukeepsie gulch where one inch either way means complete and total destruction of the cherry 4Runner in an end over end rollover.
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