Locker in the Snow & Dirt

DO NOT use a locker for general driving in snow (I assume you're talking about on the street in snow). You will spin out at the first bend/turn. In a turn the outside wheel has to spin faster than the inside wheel. When you are locked, the outside wheel can't spin faster so it will begin to drag/slide. Only use it off road.

 

i think we all have kinda said the same thing...lockers only for off road, and even then, only when needed, any other questions dude,,, we got ya and welcome to wheelin. or at least street wheelin!

 

So its safe to say someone that does not wheel or even go off road (maybe a dirt path, etc...) a locker won't come in handy?
I'm just saying I'm set on getting an OR Pkg but I do not wheel. I do not plan on going off road where its going to be difficult. I do however go off road in the sense of fields, dirt paths, etc... will run into the occasional ditch, mud, etc... but nothing serious. Would a typical SR5 be able to handle that just having 4hi/lo?

What about towing a boat? Would a locker come in handy when pulling it out of the water on a trailer?

 

I can go through a lot in 2hi I would suggest you just get a prerunner, or possibly a prerunner off road with the locking diff just incase you ever do get yourself in a sticky situation

 

if you never plan to have any wheels in the air ( as in rock crawlin) then no you do not need lockers...you can go with the trd sport and get the awesome hood scoop.

 

Seriously, I can't believe people buy this truck just for the hood scoop.

 

lmfao

 

One thing to add to this.. lockers in the snow on twisty roads is a BAD IDEA, it counteracts the LSD and will make turning on slippery surfaces more dangerous and causing you to spin out a more likely outcome.