Anyone install one of these Detroit Electrac, or something simiar.

http://www.detroitlocker.com/DE.htm#

Thanks.

 

Wow, that looks expensive!!!!

Detroit locker put their name on it, so it's bound to be plenty tough enough IMO, but it would be difficult to justify the expense of somethng like that in a truck that wasn't purpose built.

 

I've put in electric and air lockers. Never don the etrac, I think the electric I did was an eaton. I like the idea of switching between posi and spool, instead of open and spool. Electric is nice because you don't have to deal with a compressor or leaky lines. They don't have as many applications available though. I don't think the locker itself (eaton) is much more than an ARB, but as I mentioned you don't have to buy the compressor to go with it. No idea how much that detroit one is. Selectable lockers are awesome, truely the best of all worlds. The only argument I can think of is reliability of an automatic locker (detroit) is better than a selectable in that theres less stuff to go wrong, but thats usually an installer issue.

 

I have found them for around 700-800 bucks.

Mine is a 4x4. I do a lot of work in the high sierras and have to travel on unplowed back roads with snow as deep as 2-3 feet. Even with the fronts locked it can be a real pain getting through, especially with the rear end slipping from tire to tire. Even with a 100olbs of ballast in the rear end, when you hit a icy point or go around a steep emabanked corner that rear is pretty hard to control.

Last year I took a good friend of mine up to our local mountains, during a pretty severe snow storm. We took his H2 Hummer. He had never driven a 4x4 in the snow so he had me drive it at first. As overrated as they are once you figure out how lock the rear end, (took two grown men about 20 minutes of reading the manual) the thing was like a tank, with worn down BF All terrains to boot. 18 inches to 2 feet in some areas and this thing had no problem plowing throw it. I was impressed, with that locking rear.

I have owned other 4x4's and AWD. In the past I could get away with a AWD however due to the nature of work now the truck is the only way too go and a locking rear is the best form of security I can think of when it comes to bad icy, and snowy conditions.

 

$700-800 isn't any more than you'd pay for any other good locker for this truck.