How should a 4x4 behave at full lock?

Mondo Calrissian · Sep 9, 2016

Got into some soft sand here today and understand what everyone here is talking about.

Mudman · Sep 12, 2016

Bluegrass Taco said: ↑

Yes....unless you're in wide open desert or on a fire road....The type of trails we have here in Midwest, you would be constantly shifting in and out of low if you didn't just leave it in low range.
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Ah okay, I'm still an offroading rookie.

DaveInDenver said: ↑

Slickrock is a tough one. For me it depends on how much I'm looking at, having a way to disengage 4WD on Hell's Revenge but keep low range is handy but Toyota eliminated that option with electric transfer case and lack of hub locks. In general I engage 4WD when I need it and leave it engaged the whole time. I also use low range probably more than average but I have a stick and try to avoid slipping the clutch as much as possible.
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Good point, I always wondered. I've only been in 4Lo once and it was in crazy soft sand.

eon_blue · Sep 12, 2016

I stay in 4lo 90% of the time I'm on a trail, unless I'm on the fire road leading in/out. I don't have Kings or Icons so I never really go above 15mph when I'm off-roading, so I just leave it in 4lo and work through the gears until I know I'm on a stretch of dirt that I can go faster on comfortably for awhile.

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