Originally posted by Ken Cooke
| Quote: | Originally posted by David K
Lockers or Active Traction Control make a big difference in ability to climb or cross difficult terrain. Your Jeep Rubicon has front and rear lockers,
so are you saying the Tacoma is so nimble it doesn't need them, but a Jeep does?
True that experice in off road driving will often still get an open differential rig through, but when you have all four wheels able to pull instead
of just one in front and one in the rear, it really makes a difference in getting anywhere! |
In the photo above, David - a go-around had to be utilized because of a boulder blocking Basketball Hill on the Pole Line Road. Had TW been able to
travel past this point along the trail, he would have needed to be pulled through the 2 rock gardens that awaited him.
Being overbuilt for a trail is more important for the Point Vehicle and the Tail Gunner, but the ones in the middle of the run can be less built, and
still transverse the rocky sections with the knowledge that the more built vehicles can (and often do) take them through more difficult terrain.
I still want to see what Active Control can do in muddy terrain - such as the Swamp along the Mission Impossible trail. |
