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ok before i start , i am novice to 4 x4 this is my first car of this type. its a shogun sport 2.5 turbo equippe... and i have upgraded tyres for off road with bfg at's due to the fact that i got stuck twice before and mate said you need decent tyres. anyway my question relates to getting stuck yet again.... no funny comments please cuz i know there r many keyboard warriors on here. ground was wet bit muddy nothing too serious, we parked just inside stubble field as parking on road side was dodgy, i parked away from gate on better ground. before i entered field i engaged high 4... green 4x4 symbol on dash came on , flashed for few few seconds then steady green on to field turned around no problems. at end of shoot and coming to get out was another story, mate in his ford ranger went first nice and easy straight out. (what you gonna say get ford ranger) so i followed at same speed etc still in h4 where i had left it from when i entered field....... could i get out like hell. according to mates holding gate open they were saying put it in 4 wheel drive i was saying it was... few expletives passed between use. they were saying rear wheels were spinning, fronts were doing naf all... as though it was in two wheel drive. i even tried low 4 still no good, i ended up reversing out. i have been asking mate who has had 4x4 for ages ( hilux) and he said 'its diff lock problem', i said i have not got any buttons for diff lock he replied 'on some it automatic'. what i can tell you is that is that when i put it in 4 wheel drive steering wheel becomes slightly stiffer, so i would presume that is in 4 wheel drive mode. another chap said you have to reverse short distance to engage / disengage 4 wheel drive..... well i did that on the field because i had to reverse to get back to more reasonable ground to take a run at it, by the way there was slight rise up to this gate..... nothing a normal car could do in better ground conditions. so what could the problem be? user or car? thanks in advance