Imho, this is more of a question of your driving ability than the orientation of the drive wheels. I’ve gotten fwd vehicles to places some people couldn’t get a nicely outfitted 4wd truck. It’s more about the driver knowing their vehicle limitations than anything else. If you can judge those kind of limitations in your jeep, you should be able to do the same for any other vehicle.
personally, I’m still learning the limitations of my van. in my eyes it has more ability off road than I do. only 4wd I’ve had prior was an 88 sr5 v6 toyota that went wherever the hell I pointed it. Being top heavy with terrible departure is a hell of a lot different than that little yota, but gobs of torque goes a long ways with the heavy cow that is my van. I still surprise myself at where the thing can get us.
another good example would be our crv. It’s the farthest thing from a off road rig, but I can hang with my buddy’s 80 series lc in a lot more places than I thought it would. I typically just have to add speed since I don’t have a low gear...And before everyone freaks out, no we aren’t rock crawling or doing anything serious. Just trail runs through the woods and the desert. Creek crossings, some hill climbing, small technical crap, seeing how far we can go through snow, etc. I know damn well that lc is way more capable off-road than our crv.
