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FYI when I installed an auto locker in my 4x4 XJ in both front and rear I found on trails where I had used 4wd before the install I now could go through most of them using only 2wd with the rear locked. It makes a world of difference in overall off road performance and no more one-wheel-peel!
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So basically all you are worried about is grade and wet grass with not much weight in the rear? I keep my recovery gear in a 20mm ammo can on the passenger side next to the hatch and my "small" tool box next to the spare tire. You should be golden with a good A/T tire and if you want to do a little extra work you can put a limited slip or an auto locker in the rear. If you want to do more to your Jeep you can do whatever you want to it. As the owner no one else has to like it so long as you do. I wouldn't call a muddy construction site mudding, we got started about 7:30, maybe a half hour later it started pouring, at the end of the day I made it out in 2WD, my coworker's Subaru Legacy wagon made it out but the bosses 4X2 Chevy 1500 with all the heavy tools loaded on it didn't make it out, a little tug from the cherokee and he was clear, he just needed a little help over coming inertia and that was it.
Originally Posted by Basshark7
Horse ranches and mudding, two things that don't belong in the same sentence. (Hey Dale why does your truck stink so bad? Well Cletus I went mudding in the little mud hole at the horse ranch. Dale, you know that is the manure pile right?)So basically all you are worried about is grade and wet grass with not much weight in the rear? I keep my recovery gear in a 20mm ammo can on the passenger side next to the hatch and my "small" tool box next to the spare tire. You should be golden with a good A/T tire and if you want to do a little extra work you can put a limited slip or an auto locker in the rear. If you want to do more to your Jeep you can do whatever you want to it. As the owner no one else has to like it so long as you do. I wouldn't call a muddy construction site mudding, we got started about 7:30, maybe a half hour later it started pouring, at the end of the day I made it out in 2WD, my coworker's Subaru Legacy wagon made it out but the bosses 4X2 Chevy 1500 with all the heavy tools loaded on it didn't make it out, a little tug from the cherokee and he was clear, he just needed a little help over coming inertia and that was it.
Thanks for the info
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A good LSD or auto locker along with a good set of AT tires will suffice. Don't worry too much about being 2WD. There's a reason most Jeepspeed and Baja trucks are 2WD.
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Where about in FL are you located?
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Where about in FL are you located?
Sarasota Area
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West Palm Beach here. We have a lot of guys from FL4x4 and CJK over your way who meet and ride.