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True Trac
So I bit the bullet two weeks ago and had a Detroit True Trac installed. Wow! I went hunting in Colorado last week. The road heading to the cabin was steep and muddy. I made it up the mtn in 2WD. I'm not sure I would have made it in 4WD before. Just wanted to share how impressed I am. If you are on the fence, I would say get one.
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Unless you use 4wd a LOT on the street in winter, a selectable seems like a waste of money to me with the hubs and whatnot. I'd be more inclined to put a LS up front over a locker, bit more forgiving during street use if on snow, etc. Really need the differential in wheel speed up front to make it around a corner, and a locker eliminates that.
I ditched the Detroit I had in the front of my Jeep for a LS, turning in the snow in town was...interesting... Talk about wicked understeer. Granted you can just coast and with little to no power applied a locker shouldn't engage. I preferred the 'looser' engagement of the LS over the locker for this reason, and didn't lose any offroad performance in doing so.
I ditched the Detroit I had in the front of my Jeep for a LS, turning in the snow in town was...interesting... Talk about wicked understeer. Granted you can just coast and with little to no power applied a locker shouldn't engage. I preferred the 'looser' engagement of the LS over the locker for this reason, and didn't lose any offroad performance in doing so.
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Unless you use 4wd a LOT on the street in winter, a selectable seems like a waste of money to me with the hubs and whatnot. I'd be more inclined to put a LS up front over a locker, bit more forgiving during street use if on snow, etc. Really need the differential in wheel speed up front to make it around a corner, and a locker eliminates that.
I ditched the Detroit I had in the front of my Jeep for a LS, turning in the snow in town was...interesting... Talk about wicked understeer. Granted you can just coast and with little to no power applied a locker shouldn't engage. I preferred the 'looser' engagement of the LS over the locker for this reason, and didn't lose any offroad performance in doing so.
I ditched the Detroit I had in the front of my Jeep for a LS, turning in the snow in town was...interesting... Talk about wicked understeer. Granted you can just coast and with little to no power applied a locker shouldn't engage. I preferred the 'looser' engagement of the LS over the locker for this reason, and didn't lose any offroad performance in doing so.
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Completely forgot how much heavier these rigs are than my old Cherokee, that definitely offsets the occasional ill manners - especially loaded for plowing good Lord.
Thanks bud, I do forget I stepped up to a big kid toy from time to time and not everything carries over.
Thanks bud, I do forget I stepped up to a big kid toy from time to time and not everything carries over.
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