I'm here to tell you if you are backing uphill on grass with a 6500lb boat and trailer you do need 4wd and even the slight slip before it engages is enough for the back end to slide sideways a bit. And if you are backing up trailers, especially uphill it is not a smooth motion, you are on and off the gas, the trucks stops and starts. As soon as you let off the gas or the truck stops the clutches unlock.
Or back across loose sand with 6500lbs. Unless you keep accelerating it will unlock and start over again.
I know you say you love the transfer case and think it is the greatest ever made but it is really far from that. Sure it is great on the road but if you really use the truck it is not that great.
I digress, if what you describe is true, I would agree, but there is no way on earth that you're back tires are spinning enough to push you sideways. If they are, then you don't hate the bw44-44 transfer case, you hate the broken bw44-44 transfer case.
I've noticed every week or so a couple of these remarks are posted up, but not a single one ever has a video, just the comments about how it did something that isn't actually possible to do. I've seen videos at idle which show that the case isn't locked without slippage, but none where it's actually NOT doing a good job. with the countless videos on youtube, and various other forums, you'd think someone has managed to capture this weird rear wheel spin and getting stuck without ever engaging the front, or , spinning for multiple seconds before engaging the front. Tht's not how it's designed, and that's not how it works.
I seriously think it's because of a lack of education on how motion works. The first step into understanding WHY the Tcase works this way is to understand that 4x4 is NOT , and never has been designed to keep you moving, it's to give you momentum. When the rear breaks lose, the front kick in and move the truck, once the truck is moving, the front disengages because it's no longer needed, you're already moving. I get that their is nearly 90 years of people who get lockers, and all that Jazz, but again , you're in a truck that's designed to see some light snow, light mud, and even what you described. If you're rear wheels spin enough to enable the front, one of two things will happen, the front will spin, or , you will begin moving. the front wheels are no longer needed, once you have momentum, then the rear can continue to push, if you lose traction again ( such as stop and go skinny pedal ), then the wheels will engage on an ass needed basis, again though, just to get momentum. you're looking at the engineering changes here as a flaw, and they are not, they are merely lateral changes that many, MANY people don't like.I'm rather certain due to the number of false issues the transfer case has presented with, they will either release a way to engage the clutches on demand to give peace of mind to people that don't understand physics ( apparently that's a lot of people ), OR , the next revision will remain chain driven. It's inferior in the sense that you won't have auto abilities, but RAM needs to focus on what consumers want, and it appears most consumers just expect more from a light duty truck.