So to nights ago I was offroading and saw a dried pond off the trail. I drop down off a 3 ft ledge into the dried pond only to find IT WAS NOT DRY AT ALL!!!
The front of my truck instantly dropped about 2 feet into some thick slippery michigan clay and my rear was in by about a foot. 4 hours later finnally finished pulling it outwith my 4 ton come-along, IT SUCKED!!! So I swore I'm going to get lockers!!! Front and rear.

I was just wondering what kind of change can I expect with lockers. Whats your experience going over to them. Is it hard to get stuck? Whats driving like in the snow?

I guess just share some locker stories

Thanks
Aaron

 

in that situation it sounds like you would have been better off with a winch...

but yes, lockers help more than you can begin to imagine...

 

After I got out I couldn't climb this baby hill and almost slid sideways into a tree thanks to my mud caked tires..... It was just a bad wheeling night over all. I know my toy will never be a bogger, but I like the technical stuff much more anyways

 

Are you running M/ts?

 

88 4runner
5" IFS Front lift
8" Spring/block rear lift
22re
33x12.5 tires
5spd

 

my friend I have only 2 months with a rear locker and I can tell you that you can going to places in 2WD that you cannot go right now with your 4WD.
In my case I put the Lockright and is noisy (I have the cheapest one!!) depending on your budget you can install a locker that you will never notice that is there until you active it.
In conclusion the locker is the best modification that you can do to your truck $ to $; in my case I spent 200$ and 3 hours installing this by myself with help from a buddy.
read a little bit more here about lockers to find out your options and go for it!!
Ricardo

 

Hmm, well it's not a good idea to go "off trail" anyway. I'm not sure about your area but in Colorado it's people who go "off trail" and drive into ponds that are "off trail" that get our legal trails closed down.

Again, I'm not sure about where you were but I think people who read this should realize it's those types of actions that give the ECO-freaks fuel for their fire.

Oh, and as far as lockers - puttin a rear locker in my truck is still the best mod I ever did!

John

 

I have to second everything Mojo said, especially the part about staying on the trail! Do us all a favor and read through the Tread Lightly website. Seriously, if you enjoy wheelin' play by the rules.

 

if you get stuck with lockers front and rear, you need to learn how to drive and you deserved to get stuck

lockers can get you out of trouble easier than open, but can get you into more trouble than an open diff would have allowed