The Detroit locker in my 14boltff made noise when I went around a corner, but it wasn't a ratcheting sound, it was more like a beating the s**t out of something sound.

I've driven at 70+ MPH on packed snow and ice and never been in the ditch, but I have every tire I buy siped. ( I've siped all my tires for over 14 years now and it is the single best thing I've ever done as far as traction on slick surfaces. )

 

Doesn't "ratchet" mean the sound, as in the rapid clicking, that a "ratchet type" wrench makes? The No-Slip locker doesn't make that sound in a turn.

70+mph on snow and ice.......... Don't we hear about those kind of multi-car pile-ups on the 6:00 news?

 

70+ on snow and ice, got to know where, not in traffic, or any congested highway. ( so no 6"00 news ) You need to have your vehicle set up the right way, with great tires and by great tires I mean tires with more than 2-4/32nds of tread on them, and siped, and by siped I do not mean just one sipe for every couple of tread blocks I mean tire shop siped. One of the most important factors in driving on snow though is just doing it a lot. Someone once said experience is the best teacher, they were right.

 

Im not trying to start any state wars here, But when I lived in Texas we happened to have the first snow in like some amount of years, I dont remember exactly how many, I want to say 16. And all the people where I was living, around Ft. Hood, were crashing and piling up in a half inch of snow if that. lol. People that grow up in Oregon, Washington, etc, are used to the snow and are able to drive in it at those speeds. I grew up on Mt hood where it snows like 6-8 ft every year and everyone drives at 60-70 mph in the snow up there... Like he said, experience is the best teacher.

 

For folks that grew up driving in snow, 60-70mph on snow packed roads is simply another day... 60-70mph in fresh unplowed snow is a relaxing blissfull drive.
Of course these folks also know when to slow down, how much room to leave between other vehicles and how to overtake safely in such conditions.

On the whole locker thing.
A locker in a daily driver is a pain in the butt. Sure lots of people do it. Personally I hate the click pop bancg tire scrub darty characteristics of an automatic locker. I've driven powertrax, lockrite, full detroit.

If it's a daily driver, coin up for selectable lockers, or, settle for a good limited slip.
I cannot say enough good about the Detroit True-Trac for a daily driver w/e warrior.

 

^x2 Tru-Trac best of the LSD.

 

What does the "S" stand for in LSD?????

I thought most of the multi-car pile-ups we see on the 6:00 news were from up North.

God gave us Texans New Mexico.......so we could go play in the snow but when we got tired of it, we could leave. LOL

 

I thought LSD was a well known acronym for a limited slip differential. All though the Tru Trac is actually a torque biasing differential it does operate in much the same way as a LSD in that it doesn't lock, but uses gears to transfer around 40+% of the available torque to the axle with the most traction. ( Just used LSD because some people don't understand that a Tru Trac isn't a locker. )
As far as the multi-car pile ups being from up north, well you live in Texas, so almost everything is up north. I like snow wheeling it is maybe my favorite, but when I get tired of the snow, I hop on my motorcycle and ride south to Arizona.

 

I was being facetious.......and as u said the "S" stands for slip, which LSDs do quite often, lockers don't.

I once met a man who was crying 'cause he could not wheelie....then I met a man that didn't have a motorcycle. Ride safe bro.

 

Thanks, you too.

 

I just finished a shake down run on my new power trax no-slip. I love it so far!! It works great, you do get tire chirp on accelarated turns. I ran it through some tight "S" curves on pavement and even under throttle I felt no pushing or under steer. Worth every penny in my opion.

 

Glad you are liking it. You'll love it when you take it wheelin.

 

my no spin by detroit works great, it cluncks some times and you know its locked up in the sand but it doesnt do any of that annoying stuff that you guys are talking about. ill buy another one when i get a new rear end.