I carry a 2 1/2 ft ( might be 3 ft) screw anchor that I found at Tractor Supply Co. It has a helical plate near the bottom and has an eye on the top. I used longer anchors at the phone co, when I worked there for temporary guying loads. It depends on the terrain you are in. This works better in sand of course It can be screwed in or, dig and bury. They worked well at work. I don't know how much strain they will take. I may be the anchor that gets me out some day.
Locker or Winch??
- Thread starter Kingdaddy
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I'd go with a winch first. You can still get stuck with rear lockers, whereas if you have a winch you can get out of some bad situations as well as the above mentioned help other people in the process.
Having owned a 04 Nissan Frontier with an open diff and Warn M800. With my experience taking that truck on the trails, the open diffs were extremely frustrating. Any sort of off camber or even a lil bit of snow "obstacles " and you lose momentum immediately. Also the steering linkage is the weakest point. I suggest carrying a spare tie rod assembly with the tools to replace it. I bent tie rods on three separate occasions. Other than those couple of things they are solid rigs and geared super low from the factory. If yours is a manual trans it is geared 4.9, my supercharged auto trans was 4.64.
As nice as it is to have lockers they are prone to adding extra stress to components which leads to axle shaft breaks. If my jeep didn't already include them I would still get the winch before buying the lockers.
Even though it was awesome when I made it through a obstacle that 2 other folks had to winch out of cause I had lockers. A bone stock Rubicon vs a couple of lifted up sports with 35s.
Even though it was awesome when I made it through a obstacle that 2 other folks had to winch out of cause I had lockers. A bone stock Rubicon vs a couple of lifted up sports with 35s.
