Do you really need A-TRAC if you have a Locker

ENOUGH IS ENOUGH! I've had it with these MOTHERFUCKING A-TRACs on this MOTHERFUCKING FORUM!
EVERYBODY STRAP IN! I'ma bout to open some fuckin windows

Now buckle up people
It's gonna be a bumpy ride

 

The pineapples are gonna fly!

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lv3AY1zTzaE&feature=related

 

LOL... you guys are funny!

I have had 3 Tacomas... all 3 had the rear locker. The 3rd also has A-TRAC.

I could get my first two Tacomas everywhere I wanted to go with the rear locker... it took some effort sometimes as I go into really rough sh*t in Baja and the desert with a stock truck.

The A-TRAC has taken me to all the same places and even tougher ones as my rear locker before had... only smoother, easier and with more confidence that I wouldn't get stuck... as I often travel alone (no other vehicles).

The A-TRAC makes my 3rd Tacoma seem like a tank or a tractor off road... I cannot find a place it doesn't get me through... including 2-3 ft. deep water crossings or with both back tires off the ground while high centered, pointing uphill.

It indeed is like front and rear lockers (compared to no lockers or just the rear locker)... It also doesn't cost a dime over the price of the 4WD with a rear locker. You get both with the Off Road 4WD Tacoma!

 

In all of seriousness, I like A-TRAC too.

 

So thats what that was...

I thought a-trac was so awesome it automatically set your gearbox on fire and made your diffs explode

 

(messed around with my dad's 2010 TRD OR over the summer)

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86wxa9yuM98&feature=youtube_gdata_player



I'll keep my lockers

 

No stuck here... where was this Australia? What model vehicle, a Prado? Diesel? Can you do better... and not just ones with inexperienced drivers who would fail at walking a straight line, either.

 

Ok. Heres one with my Buddy who had ATRAC on. This is Odessa Canyon at Calico. The video didnt show the first part, but he sat there for a long time with one wheel spinning. If he had a front locker, just engage it, and would have climbed up it no problem with one wheel off the ground. ATrac is cool, but it has weaknesses. I know because I have driven both. Like I said before, its all about what you want to do with your rig (off-road wise). Nothing wrong with any setup

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_profilepage&v=Ne-0NoCHVag

 

Sorry, but his A-TRAC was either OFF or NOT WORKING.

In the video, the front passenger tire is spinning while he is stopped by a rock blocking his driver side tire.

A-TRAC stops the spinning and matches the rotation to the traction tire. If the traction tire doesn't rotate, then neither does the other tire in the air.

 

This. Nice system to have, but has weaknesses like all others.

 

Not gonna argue, but His ATRAC was on. I checked it myself.

 

i was there as well, and his ATRAC was on.. im the one who's spotting

 

meh..

ATRAC is good, and works well over moderate conditions. a fully locked front/rear vehicle well get you over severe conditions a lot easier then say...someones ATRAC equipped vehicle


how's that for trolling!?

 

WATS ATRAC

 

fwiw a stock tacoma, without sliders, without a lift, without clearanced bumpers will never fully test the capability of a locker or atrac

 

except for me..remember that one time at Azusa Canyon when we were on our way out!?

but that was entirely my noobness fault for not having the experience with having something as worthy as.. having a front locker

 

It could, it just wouldn't look very pretty at the end