Junkers88

Well I'm home now but for a few hours I wasn't sure. I ran out to do some wheeling, by myself...... yeah I know, and I tried a deeper than normal mud run up a steep shelf. Well the tires filled with mud and became slicks and at 3500 rpms in 4th I was stuck halfway up the climb. So I put her in nuetral to back down and the rear bumper hit dirt, then the front slid over and the front MC bumper hit dirt. I had full droop on the front end with no earthly contact and only one tire in the rear with contact, I was hung like Dirk Diggler with nothing to hit, thank GOD for the locker.

That one tire in the rear that had traction pushed enough to get the other rear tire on the ground while the front bumper and skid plate behaved as a sled to get the front end back up on traction.

When it was all said and done the locker saved my ass. Tomorrow I'm buying some new rubber that will clean out at rpm's and another locker for the front. This will NEVER happen again.

DC.Woods

Never a good idea to wheel alone, but if you do, TAKE YOUR CAMERA!
Sounds like a good time!

Junkers88

Man I had my survival kit, camping bag, fire starting kit, emergency bag, CB, phone, high lift, straps..... etc. No camera....... dang. It was a little scary and I was afraid to call my wife and tell her that me and my boy (German Shepard) were stuck. She would have pooed.......

89whitetoyota

Please tell me you at least had some of that Colorado Kool-Aid with you! I see a bottle of it in your avitar. I am sure the mountains would have been blue!

Junkers88

12 pack is standard equipment most of the time. I don't wheel if I've been drinking though.

swaycleveland

cough cough cough cough

89whitetoyota

You said you were stuck, right? Therefore, not "technically" wheelin'?????

Jay351

Nice! I wanna be double locked

881stGenRunner

being double locked is quite amazing. i will never go back to having open diffs

Matt16

Another Aussie and a set of more aggressive Treadwrights, such as the 235/85r16 (32x9.5r16)? The super narrow tire would be amazing on, well, everything.

nmtoy

Where were you?

Robb

flashkl

I wanna be locked too! Open diffs suck. My friends v6 camaro has a posi rear end for christs sake...

Junkers88

I was about half a mile West of where I got stopped when we went. I dropped down into a huge flat field and it went downhill from there.

Junkers88

Those would require new rims as well and that money is going to the locker. I'm thinking an Aussie in the front. I've been kicking around the idea of getting some 33/10.50/15's in BFG MT or KM2.

Matt16

I bet you could pick up some steel rims off a wrecked taco and still come out ahead compared to new BFGs price-wise.

1989toy4wd

LOL you should get some tires like mine, then go in the mud double locked, its no fun anymore because I never get stuck!! LOL

nosfanatic2006

iTrader: (1)

After reading this I think you've confirmed me for going double locked

894x4pickup

On your car domain you said you where gonna spool your front??? Did that ever happen??

idanity

904_runner

Im double locked.

Can't tell you how it is though, no front drive shaft yet. hopefully today though.