Does slippery mode and 2wd work in the snow

[UncleBrad]

This is all true.

Lockers won't get you out of everything, but it is nice to just hit a button and get out and over, rather than have to drag all that stuff out, hook it up, pull, unhook it all, clean it all up, and re-stow it.

If it's just a once in a blue moon - yeah, all that stuff is about half the price of adding a locker. I get that. If it's a few times a year, dragging that winch cable out ~again~ or throwing traction boards in the back covered in mud ~again~ does get to be a bit old.

All a matter of perspective. I've used my locker quite a few times since I got it working last year. And it's like @Uhdinator says - lock just to get out, then turn it off. But I was going places that would likely need it - lots of loose soil or rock, steep climbs, etc. I did grab a winch this fall, thinking I would probably never need it, but figured if I bought it I definitely wouldn't need it. I was up in the snow not too long ago and lost both my locker and the FDU (long story posted elsewhere) - the winch got a workout, as did I.

But if I weren't an idiot going places I probably shouldn't be going, yeah, I totally get what you are saying. But I kinda like going to those places.

Agreed. Being old now, I figure if my open-diffed Big Bend can't get me there during a snowstorm, I ought not be out in it.

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