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I went to Death Valley for my annual trip between X-Mas and New Year . We decided to run one of my favorite trails to get into Death Valley which goes from Ballarat -> Goler Wash -> Mengel Pass -> Warm Springs Rd.
We have run this trail before, but this year the waterfall at the entrance to Goler had the spring running pretty strong and all of the rocks were wet. After much rock stacking and 4 attempts at getting up, I was ready to give up and take the road.
Along comes a guy in a nice TACO (thank god not a heap), walked right up the falls, and proceeded to give me a yank with a strap to make it up. He was fully locked and I think just had the rear locker engaged. He made the falls look like they were made of sand on the beach by a 2yr old.
I also have on the agenda this year to go to Cruise Moab for the first time. This lame wet hill schooled my open diffs easily (perhaps I need to be a better )
I am thinking of adding lockers to my rig - ARB all the way. I am not sure whether I just need a Rear Locker or whether it makes sense to try to do both Front and Rear? If I do a front locker, are longfields a must?
I run 33's, OME, 4.11 Diffs on an H55F with the stock 2F engine.
Or should I really just get a winch? Thoughts?
(probably will just generate a debate but I thought I would put it out there)
Pics for the uninitiated attached...
We have run this trail before, but this year the waterfall at the entrance to Goler had the spring running pretty strong and all of the rocks were wet. After much rock stacking and 4 attempts at getting up, I was ready to give up and take the road.
Along comes a guy in a nice TACO (thank god not a heap), walked right up the falls, and proceeded to give me a yank with a strap to make it up. He was fully locked and I think just had the rear locker engaged. He made the falls look like they were made of sand on the beach by a 2yr old.
I also have on the agenda this year to go to Cruise Moab for the first time. This lame wet hill schooled my open diffs easily (perhaps I need to be a better )
I am thinking of adding lockers to my rig - ARB all the way. I am not sure whether I just need a Rear Locker or whether it makes sense to try to do both Front and Rear? If I do a front locker, are longfields a must?
I run 33's, OME, 4.11 Diffs on an H55F with the stock 2F engine.
Or should I really just get a winch? Thoughts?
(probably will just generate a debate but I thought I would put it out there)
Pics for the uninitiated attached...