Are locking differentials recommended for touring the backroads? Would it be worth my while to have one installed prior to heading out?
Locking differentials, sometimes called “lockers” by the old salts, are not necessary on the vast majority of dirt roads in the Death Valley territory. Lockers keep both wheels of the locked differential turning no matter what traction shortcomings either wheel faces. While this can be useful in some extreme situations (as might be found in Goler Canyon, for example), most of the time most people will get by fine with standard factory configurations, which often include a “limited slip” differential in the rear. Without going into the details of differentials here, suffice it to say that if you have a lot of money to spend and want to make your rig more capable for class 4 and 5 trails, go ahead and get a locking differential (or two), but otherwise don’t bother. Now, if you have a BEV or truck by one of the manufacturers such as Hummer, Jeep, Land Rover, Nissan, or Toyota that can include an electronic locking differential from the factory, consider yourself very well prepared, and ev
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