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One nearly new pair of chains sized for a 315/75r16 tire. I am sure these would fit other similar sizes if you want to do the math. Located in Durango, Colorado Cost $100 for the pair. Willing to ship at buyers cost. I will get a picture or two up this weekend.

ARB is king - almost instantaneous actuation, so in rough stuff, you can cycle an ARB off to turn, back on to pull. Makes U-Joints much happier. On the Power Wagon, actuation is slow, and requires some fore thought - they better be locked before you need them. What about unlocking when the...

I would probably flip number 1 and 2 around. You WILL get stuck sometime in an inconvenient isolated location alone without help some day :) Adding a locker, unless you have PERFECT judgement will just get you stuck further from home and help..... Moving a winch from one vehicle to another is...

The Front autolocker will make snowy street use tough. It could, but what if you don't have to drive on snow/ice? I rarely use 4wd in my Dodge in snowy/icy roads above 2nd/3rd gear. I'm tempted to try a front locker just to see how bad it would really be.... Three lunchbox lockers Crap. That...

Metcalf, I agree with what you are saying. I have built quite a few crawlers, I always run ARBs front and rear. I used to crawl and rockrace professionally, I would typically crawl (and the rockcrawling portions of rockraces) with the fronts locked and the rears open, it allows the vehicle a...

The rear locker on a Powerwagon is built by AAM. It is basically like a True-Trac with a locking function built onto one side.... I've been running a rear powr-lok ( good clutch style limited slip ) in the rear of my dodge truck for years. I have run it all over the place good roads and bad. It...

I don't think what I am experimenting with is binding from different gear ratios. What I was referring to is the bind created by all the tires going along a different radius when turning. There is not only bind with the front and rear axles doing different distances, but also bind between the...

Thanks :) Yeah, wavetrac is WAY expensive. Neat technology though. You can get a limited slip with an over-riding locker in a few applications. The most common is the rear end of just about any new powerwagon, JK rubicon, or TJ rubicon. That is basically what I am trying to find to swap in the...

Then all you need is a quick tug with a strap! :) When the trail is icy and the receiver you need to stick the winch in is now 5 feet in the air because the front end is buried in a ditch........not fun......

One thing I really wanted to test with my front autolocker/rear limited slip idea is the bind between the front and rear axle.... The short version. Almost all of the bind went away ( vs autolocker/autolocker or spool/spool ) A front autolocker seems to unlock and lock MUCH faster and with...

I fiddled and fiddled with mine and couldn't get it to work like I wanted. When I installed the holley I sealed the heat riser with pipe plugs also....

True.....so trying to back on topic here, or give it another twist... Say you have $1000 budget for lockers.... You can just about get.... One selectable. Which end do you run it in? Two full case automatic lockers. Three lunchbox lockers Two or three limited slips Putting a dollar figure...

I'm not against locker at all. I am just saying that they are not the 1st thing you need to buy. In the end I think most people would agree that having selectable lockers front and rear is the ultimate goal. I just think that if money is an issue spending 'locker' money elsewhere is probably a...

Air pressure?

It is interesting that the industrial 12K winch has more mounting bolts? 8 on the bottom I think....and 4 more forward and back available also. Even the industrial version manual says you can do feet down. Personally I would probably error safe and go foot forward IF I could build a strong...

Basics first......air down the tires to the proper pressure for the terrain, have a way to air them back up, and have a strong selection of recovery gear. I would highly recommend investing in a winch before the expense of lockers particularly if you are going to be traveling alone. You can...

Fully agree. I ran a lot of the old 12K Warn winches on Wildland fire engines. They where all mounted foot forward per Warn.

I ran the factory Rochester for a number of years. Then a holley 2bbl. Now the Autolite. The Autolite has been the best of the bunch. I'm currently being REALLY picky with its performance overall. It does things I NEVER thought a carb could do off road but everything has a little quirk or two....

I have almost killed myself a few times trying to move multi-mount winches from one end to the other in bad conditions (snow, ice, or mud ). Personally, I just don't like that kind of system. The winch never seems to be on the end you need it.....at least with my luck.

I really like my 1st gen dodge Cummins, but I won't lie, it is a bit wearing on you at times. All those problems could go away with some more time and money however. Spring and shock technology has come a LONG way since 1992, you just have to invest the money to fix the issue. My dodge is...