Hank said:Well, speaking from experience, you have a lot to learn.
Settle down, or I'll tell them you dance with snakes.:yikes:
Hank said:Well, speaking from experience, you have a lot to learn.
jh504 said:Im not sure that ExPo is the place to go around calling people crazy because they have a different opinion than you. If money is not an issue selectable lockers front and rear is the way to go. But, from experience, I would rather have a selectable locker in the front if I can only have one.
TeriAnn said:I'll have to agree that calling someone here crazy is likely not going to be well received. Though my personal goal is to be thought of as eccentric![]()
There are people here of many different experience levels for many different vehicles & types of travel And all of us like to think we have a clue as to what we are about. We should try to respect one another even though we may think that other person hasn't a clue.
Personally, if I had 2 ARBs one would be in my rear Salisbury and the other would be on the shelf as a spare. If I had a single ARB, the front diff would be the last place I would put it (I have a TruTrac up front). I've driven my Land Rover for 30 years now and like to think I know how to get my own rig from point A to point B. A front mounted locker with open or limited slip rear would be of very limited use to my Land Rover driving style.
But hey, its just a leafer driver and us leafer people are always a tad odd.
michaels said:i think y'all are too worried about hurting eachother's feelings. just have a discussion and don't worry about apologizing for your own opinion.
and to offer my two cents. i can bump the front of my truck up onto a log or ledge just fine, but EVERYtime my rear wheels end up spinning first when trying to get ther rest of the way over/on the obstable. i'll take a selectable rear any day. with the type of wheeling i do, i'll most likely put a truetrack up front AFTER a rear locker.
Rovernut said:Push a canoe full of potatoes? ****** does that have to do with it?
jh504 said:Seems like all of your examples are of climbing at a high angle, which would support your opinion.
Rovernut said:Settle down, or I'll tell them you dance with snakes.
Hank said:With only the front wheels spinning, go wheeling. The end result will be like driving a FWD Crystler LeBarron up a snow covered hill. This is a very good example of how the front axle unloads minimizing traction.
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michaels said:i think y'all are too worried about hurting eachother's feelings. just have a discussion and don't worry about apologizing for your own opinion.
michaels said:i'll take a selectable rear any day. with the type of wheeling i do, i'll most likely put a truetrack up front AFTER a rear locker.
Hank said:I understand your theory, jh504, but it stops there - it's only theory.
Hank said:....that snake. I walked off the trail to take a leak a stepped right over this snake without seeing him. He was laying in the sun, but it was a little chilly, so I guess his reflexes were slowed. I think it was Rovernut who said "look out for that snake" when I was on my way back to the trail. I just about stepped on him, or over him, again. Would not have been good, either. I was wearing shorts and flip-flops, and I'm pretty sure that's a Copperhead.
expeditionswest said:And this only remains true if the front of the vehicle is heavier than the rear and/or has less articulation than the rear.
expeditionswest said:Climbing: For each degree of incline, that degree is a percentage of weight transfered to the rear axle. So, on a 25 degree slope, 25% of the weight on the front tires has shifted to the rear. In climbing, it is absolutely essential to have a rear over a front locker, as on a 45 degree slope, the rear axle could be bearing 75% or more of the vehicles weight. A front locker will have little effect (only 25%) on the success of the climb.