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Originally Posted by alkaline747trio

I can definitely wheel, and in more places than a fullbodied SUV should go. But to keep up with rigs like your's, or Christos, or Mace's I need a few key parts. I'm dying to regear and get a locker and beef up my axles, because that would be a HUGE improvement over what I have. But that's a good hunk of cash I wont get back in full. And I'm worried I would still end up wanting more, or in the case of 42" tires (if I ever get that large), NEEDING more.

In my opinion (which im not gonna try and say is the most experienced) you wont need more than 38s on the east coast. All the guys in my club say that it was more fun on 35s because now 95 percent of the trail is just a bumpy road with an obstacle that actually requires thought every so often. An 80 i wheel with ran every trail at tellico and has done about the same in PA. He is full bodied on 35s with 4.88s and stock lockers. You dont have to have 1 tons and 42s to wheel, you only need those for the 1% of trails where you look at it and go wow thats a stupid hard line. Shit, i dont wheel with anyone under a 36 and i run the same trails they do, and i dont take bypasses.

Im a firm believer in dont fix whats not broken, but if you have the money for one tons (this is direceted towards the actual poster
then by all means, it would be nice to never worry about breaking anything in the axles no matter how much your truck weighs or how stupid you get with the skinny pedal.