All of the trucks I've ever owned (save for a "dealer special 6.0 Powerstroke 4x4
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have been 2wd. If you have the luxury of waiting until the ground is solid enough for wood removal/deliveries, then you're golden. My '63 F600 is great as long as is isn't too' soupy. That said, my last non-grain truck was an '01 F-350SD C/C, L/B, 2wd with a 5.4 Triton and a ZF5-spd. It never got over 14mpg, never felt "over or adequately powered, but also never failed to pull a load from a 10' garden trailer to a 30' tandem axle GN w/hay bales... I grew up on a 2wd '87 Chevy Scottsdale 1/2 ton. It went all sorts of places in the Flint Hills of KS that GM engineers likely never envisioned a 2wd going. It was definitely dicy some of the times and looking back a few of the times may have been fool hardy/ill-advised, but necessity was a mother... I did however get my F-350 stuck on a wet grassy hill, light mud, creek crossings, snow, etc. 6 times in 4 years to be exact. To say that I was inconvenienced/MAD was a dramatic understatement...
The next truck WILL be a diesel, 4x4 dually, preferably an F-450 or Ram 4500 ( I don't like the frame turn-down that the GM heavy-duties have underneath the cab, limiting ground clearance in VERY critical location) 6spd manual. Diesel is handier, to be sure, on longer, more demanding drives. However, a 460 inhales gas like Shriners do scotch at Spring Ceremonial (speaking from experience, not to offend any other wayfaring men in the thread)... If the op finds himself using the truck more than he envisioned, 6-9mpg may be a severely limiting factor in his financial ability to use the truck. I would agree with the others in bypassing both trucks. Not all "Good Deals" are in fact good deals...