You need tires... not a locker.

 

What's wrong with MT tires in snow ?

Every rig In that pic was running a MT we drove up and down the mountain with no issues even with snow that was 28" deep in a few spots.

 

yeah that type of snow is fine where you are off road and you have nice fluffy powder snow. When you get snow on the roads and it gets packed down and icy, MT tires will be worthless.

If you are only doing off roading %80 of the time regarless of the terrain MT tires are fine but if you doing moslty street driving with snow conditions go with a good AT.

i am curretly running cooper discoverer ATP on my 05 WK and it does great in the snow. The cooper AT3 would also be a great choice.

Just my opinion with what i have had experience with. Those are great pics by the way. I love taking my jeeps off road in the snow, same with the sand dunes.

 

Full time 4wd is not the best choice if you need traction. Regular 4hi is what you want to use for snow. And 4lo has taken me up some pretty nasty icy hills where creeping up at a very low speed is the only way up.

 

The only reason I'm asking about the locker is for future reference. I also read somewhere today that some people basically say that a 4x4 without a limited slip differential is basically like having a 2 wheel drive. I consider myself a pretty good driver in the snow, but my jeep really isn't doing it for me right now. So for starters I'll do tires, but I also think the Locker may be looking into for my XJ.

 

MTs are what you want if you do any wheeling. Just have the tire shop cut sipes in them and they will work great on ice and packed snow.
I've had every set of tires I've ran in the last 20 years siped, and it just flat works. I run cut siped tires on the Cherokee, even had the 40/13.50 r17s siped on the Blazer, and the 32/9.50 15s on the 1948 CJ2 siped, and on my wifes car, and my pickup

UpNorth: A Limited Slip Differential isn't a Locker!

A Limited Slip Differential is a waste. If you want added traction for wheeling get a locker.
The LSD uses clutches that wear out really fast and in most cases don't work that well if at all.

 

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Is that Aussie Locker the type that will rachet or click when you make turns. i drove an xj that had one in the front and the back and it was loud, Sounded like there was something broken in the front end. I was thinking about getting a locker for my jeep but i don't want to pay 800 bucks for one with a cable to activate it.

 

Yea a Aussie locker will ratchet but mine is not loud u can't really even tell its there in 2wd

 

I have only been here were there is dry powdery snow for a year. I've been wheeling and driving with Mudtires for the past decade on the east coast. With heavy *** wet snow. I have never had an issue driving in the snow. Even with tsl radials.

 

So is that ratcheting noise always going if you have that locker?

 

I never noticed it unless I was making low speed turns usually into parking spots.

Lets face it jeeps are not quiet vehicles in any way shape or form. If you are worried by a little clicking noise. Look into selectable lockers like Ox , Arb , E-Lockers.

 

Just a thought: lockers don't allow the tires to differentiate when accelerating. So having an auto locker up front in the snow would, and countless front vs rear threads can back this up, tend to go straight instead of turn. As for MT's in the snow, I run Cooper STT's and they're better than any AT I've ever run in the snow. I also have a rear Aussie and as long as you're used to how it performs it's an awesome thing to have.

 

your XJ is also going to be a lot more "tail-happy" in snowy corners with a rear locker. Keep that in mind. And you would be surprised just how much of a difference new/near new tires will make. I had some ~30% at's at beginning of the winter and it SUCKED in the snow. got new Grabber AT2's in 235/75R15 and ive gotten up nearly every snow covered hill on the street in 2WD NO PROBLEM. Tires are also much easier/cheaper to install htan a locker as well.

 

That's funny my Xj isn't tail happy in the snow or rain with a rear locker. Unless I really get on the gas and kick it out on purpose