I currently have a set of Warn lockouts on my truck and was looking into getting a cheapo lunchbox locker (aussie, spartan, lockright) My truck has a D44 and 33" tires. Since I wasnt planning on going bigger on tires I figure the stock 44 would hold up pretty well as long as I don't romp too much on full steering lock. My question is do you guys think that the Warn Lockouts are up par with the whole set up? I am running a mild 400 and a C6, all my hardcore offroad days are behind me, so there won't be any crazy stuff going on, just trips camping, fishing and hunting in the mountains.
I realize that selectable lockers are the bees knees and I had an ARB on my old Land Rover, but I really don't want to go that route so I can save money for an actual restoration. Thanks

 

Assuming that you are using this in the 79 F-150 in your avatar. Which Warn hubs? they have 2 different versions, the standards which are basically the same as the old stock manual hubs and the premium which are all steel and much stronger. Standards have the black plastic paddles, and premiums have the gold colored metal paddles. Either will work under normal use, but the premiums will stand a little more abuse. I've had both and each served their purposes. Currently I run a set of the Superwinch Premium hubs on my race truck.

As for the lunchbox, I personally had bad luck with the Lockright in the front of my old F150 and broke several of them. I've heard that the Aussie deal is much better.

 

not sure which hubs they are, the PO put them in. I guess I will just run it and see. I had just heard some good and bad about shredding hubs and also good and bad with lunchbox style lockers. Being this is my first truck that had a D44 I figured I would see what info I could drum up.

 

Aussie is the way to go. Lock rights break all the time. Never had a issue with the Aussie.


As for hubs. Warn, the internals are the same between the premiums and standards.

I have yet to break a old style stock Ford lockout tho.

This kind.

https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/a...ictureid=23481

Can't get the [IMG] crap to work from my phone with album pics on this site.

 

^^ I busted a set of those dave....

 

I've busted multiple sets of those. I have the best luck with warn premiums

 

I had good luck with a Spartan in the front of this thing. Broke plenty of shafts/u-joints, never had a problem with the locker