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Old 12-24-2008, 12:57 AM   #108 (permalink)
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With my tires, I didn't notice too much of a snow wheeling improvement, rr locked/ frt open was maybe 5-20% better than open/open. Now that may just be that my tires sucks. Where I really saw a difference was rocky hill climbs, and in mud. That may all change when I get around to getting different tires.
We've had more snow and I'm starting to think it was just incredibly slick the first couple days, as I'm thinking the locker is quite a bit better than the 5-20% increase I suggested earlier. For kicks I've been driving through the 1-2' of snow at the edge of the road, and its almost like it isn't there, the truck just keeps eating it up. With chains and a locker in the rear, i was able to go through an offroad course in the snow that the truck wouldn't have gone through after a little rain when stock.

i stand by the observation that the locker doesn't really help where both wheels have almost the same level of traction (I explained why a couple posts ago.).
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