I have a Silverado Z71 4wd extended cab. ;-)
It is essential. The road to that smaller plateau in the picture is really only passable with my tractor and pickup.
The wood is so valuable on that barn that I’m seriously thinking of pulling it all off and replacing with sheet metal. We’d also concrete the interior floor (I just verbed a noun, btw). Basically we’d seal the whole thing as a sheet metal building.
After we bought the place I found out the owner had completely rebuilt the bottom two feet of all the poles about 8 years ago. That thing will be standing a long time.
I added a photo of the pickup to the slideshow. It was when the creek by our house flooded. It gives you an idea of why we need the pickup. We get that kind of flooding of the bridge about 1.5 times a year. But it never lasts longer than part of a day, and we have a back entrance that can bypass it if we absolutely HAVE TO get to Wal-Mart for a loaf of bread.
And that is our driveway and house at the top of the picture.