Official Rock Therapy 2015 Eastern Rollers

Don't forget I'm straight axle not IFS

 

that's a good locker. it won't be locked all the time, just when u give it enough gas. I know numerous people who daily drive with front and rear lockers and do fine with it. You just have to learn to drive different then with an open diff. As long as your axle is strong enough, you shouldn't be worried at all about breaking anything. Now us ifs guys is a completely different story

 

I'm worried more about not having a turning radius worth a damn than I am breaking my axle.. I don't want the spartan to make my SWB Toyota's turning radius that of a LWB F350 dually.

 

I'll have a spartan in the rear. I just can't decide if I want one up front or not

 

It was a bitch turning on the trail with my front spartan locker in my 4runner, and it would randomly pop every now and then. I moved it to the back and put a selectable in the front.

 

Okay.. No spartan in the front it is! Thanks AJohnson! I was gonna ask you directly cause you had mentioned running one in the front but figured I'd throw it out for everyone!

 

My 1.5" wheel b.s. doesn't help, but there were times with the front spartan when I literally could not turn the wheel and almost flopped on an off-camber descent. I got tired of it and got a high pinion diff with a Yukon Zip locker and I love it, should have done it in the first place. That's just my 2 pennies.

 

Yeah I have a lock right up front and turning wasn't too bad last time out but I wasn't turning to full lock and it was still an arm workout. Twin sticks are still on the list.

 

So FAR away, to stay on here lol

 

I'm excited about this trip! I should be ready by then!

 

I will not be ready by then. But even if I can't afford the lockers and gears etc I think just making the trip and doing some med trails that won't require too much would still be awesome. Just the scenery alone is going to be sick.

 

It's worth it.

I saw an open/open DCSB sport walk up Hells Gate with no issues last time.

You'd be surprised what you can do.

Tires, sliders, & skids are the top priorities.

 

I got tires and sliders are cheap.. I have all my suspension besides a little hardware and the high steer kit.

I'm ordering gears and a rear Spartan this week. Im gonna own Hells Gate!

 

I just wish I could get duals before I went, but I really need to do a proper rebuilt and spice it up a little.

 

Then after you "own" that you can give the elevator a shot.

 

Not sure which one that is! But sure you gonna follow me? Lol

Hopefully Matthew will be towing me out there and back so I don't really care if I break as long as I'm able to pull it onto a trailer

 

Try not to take me too serious with the whole "owning" it thing.. I'm just joking around, but for some reason I'm obsessed with going up Hells Gate and I refuse to leave Moab without trying.

 

Sweet...I'll just jump in with someone for some of the tricky shit (ride along)

 

Shot gun

 

I did the Hells Revenge trail but not Hells Gate or Elevator. I just watched. Being so far from home and it still being my DD kept me a bit more on the cautious side that trip.
Next time will be different.