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I like the old adage, Lockers just get you stuck further from home, and winch gets you back. While I love having both, the talent tank will run out eventually, and you will need a winch.....or a friend to with a winch....or a friend to act like a winch. If you haven't been stuck, I'm sorry...

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My general take on fixed or equalizing bridles. If I know I am going to be pulling off line, rigging the bridle to have 'proper' leg length to have roughly equal forces is worth it. This does a few things. 1- This does provide true redundancy if one point was to fail, however, we should never be...

Ozark Garage knocked it out of the park with this video on the Tauler Jack

Brittle is not the right term. Elongation maybe. A properly supported pin is failing in shear however, not bending. And in shear, all the calcs are done based on tensile strength. Even in bending, we need to be VERY careful with suggesting 'grade 5' material would be 'better' than 'grade 8'...

While you might not be doing the same things, you can draw parallels to what will happen eventually WHEN you get in a spot where you have to push it more than expected.....and how the parts will hold up over time. You might not break parts every trip like we had issues with.....but you have to...

All of them had ARB front lockers. They tried not to use them to keep the front axles alive ( and to be able to steer with the super weak IFS rack steering ). That only works to a point though, eventually, you are going to need that front locker for overall vehicle capability or you are going to...

I guess it depends what you want. Sticking the engine in is kinda easy.....but it's all the small stuff that you end up wanting.....cruise, AC, etc that really never make an engine swap feel 'done' to me. You will also be fighting having an older truck in general. The old solid axle toyotas are...

If someone made me build a Tacoma, I would solid axle swap it. I think that would be less work overall and you get the nicer engine and interior options in a bit newer vehicle. I think there is some interesting stuff that could be done with a solid axle swap to get it a little lower than most...

Yes, the next generation IFS is a bit better.....but that is in a lot larger vehicle. I love the wheelbase and axle width on my #LX45 ( stock 80 series), with the pinched FJ45-esk pickup body ( doors parallel for a 56" wide cabin ), it's an amazing fit on the trail. An 80 series body does feel...

I never said it was every 50 meters now....come on. What I will say is that it was happening multiple times, same vehicle, on larger trips. It wasn't always rock trails either. And these where not being driven by yahoo types....they where TRYING to keep them together and could not. The 80...

It looks 'better', but that is still a long relatively thin design that will have significant loads on it when pulling off-line. We always like to say that recoveries will only be in a straight line, but I commonly see anything but that. If it is the only option, I would just be aware of all...

Generally speaking, if you are hooking an equalized load onto two recovery points where you think a single point would absolutely not take that full load, that is probably the first red flag that things should be reconsidered. Knowingly operating on less than a 2:1 FOS, even on drag recovery, is...

Yup, that sawing motion is one of the reasons I don't like equalizing bridles. An equalizing bridle also doesn't provide any redundancy if one of the mounting points was to fail or come unhooked. Attaching something between the two mounting points could provide another layer of safety with an...

The legs of the bridle can always be different lengths to allow equal loading while pulling off line.

Any added weight on the top or back that can be removed?

I took a quick trip down memory lane.....as far as Tacoma front end strength....good times!

A bridle is a solid idea to spread the load out, just make sure to make it's length long enough to remove the majority of the induced angle. I generally prefer an independent leg bridle where if one side was to fail, the other side is retained ( vs say an equalizing bridle where one leg can slip...

This is usually how it goes.....most of them are running very mild lift and 35s with some trimming. Not overly heavy vehicles either. -when pushing the front tire into anything too hard, they will pop the joint at the knuckle often. Also happens when the front end is wedged. This is what they...