I was doin some screwin around on my 15 acres and some of the trails that I have made over the past few days of rain and snow, and noticed that 4L can actually be worse in semi-soft footing...you have to be careful how much gas you give it because if you over do it you will spin out too much due to the high intensity of torque...with 4H the power is evened out a bit so it doesn't overwhelm the terrain you're on.

Just an observation...also, always remember to go to Neutral BEFOROE shifting into 4L!! I have made that mistake a few times luckily I have been sitting still so hopefully it didn't cause all that much damage :pat:

Fink

 

I use 2lo and 4lo is a push away......I always go lo offroad cause of more torque and braging rights, " damn I made that hill in 2wd and you got stuck in 4wd, ha ha ha"

 

I only used it once... All four of my tires were literally frozen to the ground, because I was parked on a slope and the snow that had melted the day before froze around the tires.

Maybe I could have gotten unstuck in 4-hi if I had a 3.slow or 3.4, but thats a 4cylinder for ya

 

ditto.

 

a few months ago i had to get a scissor lift sent to one of my jobs...i needed it inside a building that has a 20' deep rear walk-out basement...well when i got it delivered there wasnt any roof on the building so i got a crane to lift the 3500 ponds pig up over the wall and drop it down into the pit...but over the last few months the building got finshed and the only way to get the lift out was to drive it out the back door...only problem is that an "indoor "scissor lift has no balls for driving outside at all...and with super slick tires and only about 2" of ground clearance there was no possible way to drive it through the mud and up the steep hill back to the street to load onto a flatbed...but i had been waiting for this opportunity...i took the runner down through the woods to the back of the building...hooked a tow strap to my hitch...dropped it into 4lo and drug that piece of ˟˟˟˟˟ through all the mud and straight up the hill...never losing traction and barely giving it any gas at all...i gotta admit it felt pretty good

in the right circumstances...there is no substitute for 4lo

 

Thanks for all the info, always knew it was for something and I know it's a crawl speed.

 

i use 4 lo all the time, it rules, i get a ton of torque, and its perfect for lowspeed cruising, 2nd gear low for me is the perfect ratio, and also its for going down steep hills, 1st gear low, youll go super slow, safely, no brakes locking, but if you push that clutch in youll fly down

 

4lo is only required if you have a 5-speed, and you get stuck in REALLY slow moving traffic. Put it in 4lo, and you dont have to keep shifting from neutral to 1st gear every other second. Just crawl along in 1st the whole time.

 

Gotcha covered Edge.

I use it often when wheeling around. Not so much for breakage concerns, but control. I like the ability to keep the vehicle speed relatively constant when going over the local rocks. I find by keeping the vehicle rolling at a given speed, I encounter less wheel slip/hop.

Whoops ! Forgot I drive a 4th Gen ! Disregard what I said above...

Steve

 

Back in the day my dad had a little s-10 blazer. We were screwin around on the way home one day and slid off the road like an 1/8 before our driveway We prolly sat and spun for a good 10 minutes or so. Then dad got the bright idea of putting it in 4lo. We were sittin in the driver way in under a minute. Oh yeah he had an automatic too. Seemed pretty amazing back when I didn't understand the crawl theory.

 

On the 4th gens, if you want to use the down hill assist, you have to be in 4lo.

 

What's 4lo? do I have it in my 4runner? it's a 2000 sr5 4x4.

 

You raised yours right? Then you have 4 HI. 4 LO is only for the people that lower their vehicles.

 

 

When I lived in Camino ,California last year I needed 4-low
to get me out of my drive way. It was a 10 or 12% up grade
1/8 mile followed by a 8-9% 1/4 grade.

When the blacktop got wet it was a deamon to get up it without
4-low and a locker.

Other neighbors just stayed home.

I hope that give you an idea about using 4-low.

 

I've only ever used 4lo for rescue... like pulling a rolled truck up the hill.

 

I've used both 4LO and 4HI

But I would really like to use JLO just once...BWHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!

 

hahahaha! keisur, if I'm ever in the area we're gonna go get a beer! you crack me up!

 

Nope ! I usually just downshift and floor it. 9 times out of 10, they are REALLY old rocks from the Midwest.

 

As soon as I read the topic title...I thought, man, I bet pirate is having a field day with this one. Sure enough, somone posted on it...but they were nice for the most part.