New to chinook

[Wanderer]

Hi I am new to chinooks. Haven’t purchased one yet but am looking. My preference is for a basic model but maybe in 4whl drive. So my questions are. How capable are they off road? Do they have lockers? What should I avoid or look for ? How rough of roads have you been on with them ?

[Manitou]

Welcome to the forum. The short answer is... well.. it's still a motorhome not a rock crawler. The standard 4.10 rear diff is usually a limited slip. 4x4 conversions can be done by a number of places.. so that's a bit of a variable. My rig was a 4x4. It got me out of a bit of mud and a bit of snow... nothing crazy though.. they are fairly heavy and won't like chassis tweaking too much... strong.. but don't get crazy.

[68camaro]

Hi, I was going to put 4wd on mine but decided not to. I opted for 4.5" lift plus other options, with weight, limited slip and duallies its pretty good for my needs. I did put on off-road bumper with winch just in-case.

Due to rigs height and width I am limited where I can take it on east coast so 4x4 really wouldn't do me any good, as low forest canopy and narrow trails are limiting factor to where I can go.

4x4's are hard to find but you can do yourself if competent or there are shops doing it for low to mid-$20's plus tires.

[Manitou]

With the 4x4 conversion came a noticeably rougher ride. I probably would go 68camaro’s route if I were to do it over again. Or something really crazy like a compete chassis swap to a modern ford transit 4x4 3.5 ecoboost... but that’s just crazy talk.