13-14 Desert Season planning

[Jaydee914]

Perfect! Lets get out there! Ideally, I'll be mounting up my new gas tank skid next weekend, so I'll want to go put some scrapes in that thing ASAP.

[troyboy162]

Sounds like a plan. Gas tank skid sounds like a wise investment. Theres nothing worse then hearing metal on rock and knowing its your tank. Clawhammer ate my tank twice Hopefully i can get one e d or the other put together for testing

[Jaydee914]

Yeah, I've been kind of saving for either a locker or winch (should I be able to get myself into trouble or out of it first?) but found a deal on the last piece of protection I needed and couldn't pass it up.

[Seanz0rz]

FWIW, I use my locker a WHOLE lot more than I use my winch. But, those times you need the winch, you NEED the winch! It's a tough call, but since you typically go with guys that have a winch, I wouldn't worry so much about that now. I think a rear locker is more useful.

[Jaydee914]

Pretty much what I was thinking. For now, I think I'd really only need a winch for solo runs. A locker would get me farther and keep me from holding others up. Rear locker first, followed by winch, front locker and taller m/t tires, in no particular order.

[troyboy162]

thats what I ended up doing. The winch is nice, but a high lift, rock stacking and lots of time can fix most any stuck. I'm going to try and have my rear suspension done for the run.

[04 Rocko Taco]

I went rear locker, front locker, and still no winch. I dont really do solo runs. So rock stacking, a hi lift and recovery strap and a buddies tuck will get you out of just about anything. Mind you, I DO have a winch.... in the garage, just sitting there.

[Seanz0rz]

For me, a winch was much more useful than a front locker. The times I've needed a front locker I can count on one hand. All of those situations were solved by either a careful line, a stacked rock, or my winch. I don't have to worry so much about breaking things up front too.

[04 Rocko Taco]

For me, a winch was much more useful than a front locker. The times I've needed a front locker I can count on one hand. All of those situations were solved by either a careful line, a stacked rock, or my winch. I don't have to worry so much about breaking things up front too.

Thats true. I happened into a front locker in a package deal with my gears, so thats how I ended up with one. I dont worry nearly as much about breaking anything up front as you IFS guys do, and I dont use my rig as a DD, so the front locker really has no downsides.
If I had to street it everyday, I might reconsider.

[Good Times]

if you're in the buying mood I'd say a locker up front (w/ regrear if you've gone larger tires) before a winch. though this is coming from a guy that never bothered to lock the front up since I was a bit more careful on the line I took. Honestly speaking I'd say save up for a rainy day on both the locker/gears and/or winch. Neither of which are really critical needs so long as you've got good tires, sliders, skids and a rear locker.

Worst case, just use a hi-lift / bottle jack and start stacking away.