What locker do you recomend for me?

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VermontWheeler

Discussion Starter · Jan 8, 2005

I have a 98 taco regular cab. Only 'mods' are 31 inch Kuhmo M/T's and a lot of CB and Scanner stuff. I wheel at least once a week but clearance has never been a big problem. Traction, on the other hand, is. So i'm in the market for a rear locker. I was thinking Aussi or Lockrite for a while because they're cheap. I drive quite a bit on the highway and we get a ton of snow up here, and I've heard that being permanently locked in will be detrimental to both of those driving conditions. It it that bad being fully locked for daily driving and during the winter? If so, what do yall recomend?

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Mike

· #2 · Jan 8, 2005

VermontWheeler said:
I have a 98 taco regular cab. Only 'mods' are 31 inch Kuhmo M/T's and a lot of CB and Scanner stuff. I wheel at least once a week but clearance has never been a big problem. Traction, on the other hand, is. So i'm in the market for a rear locker. I was thinking Aussi or Lockrite for a while because they're cheap. I drive quite a bit on the highway and we get a ton of snow up here, and I've heard that being permanently locked in will be detrimental to both of those driving conditions. It it that bad being fully locked for daily driving and during the winter? If so, what do yall recomend?

I've been driving with lockrights for a long time. Cheap, easy to install, and once you get used to them it's no big deal. You just have to know what your truck is going to do in a particular situation.

Later,
....Mike

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Mike

· #4 · Jan 8, 2005

98 Taco said:
I have an ARB, and other than the high inital cost, they are very reliable.
I have had mine for over two years.
I would find some fellow VT Tacoma owners and wheel with them.
Good luck!

Air lockers are very nice, but I have seen a few ARB complications out on the trail, some not so easily fixed. And if you lose your air source, open diff time.

I like to keep things simple.

Marlin doing ARB emergency surgery in the middle of the Rubicon trail last summer.

Later,
....Mike

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