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The oil tanker came to our house yesterday and they (new supplier)
didn't send the small lorry requested, but rather an ordinary large one
"to see if it would fit". So it got stuck, and I had to haul it up the
drive with the LC80.
I was a bit worried about pulling this much weight uphill, and bearing
in mind the comments about breaking diff-locks - especially the front -
under heavy loads I decided just to use the centre locker. We made it,
with some wheel spin, and I was glad about this because I felt that it
limited the loads on the transmission a bit.
However it got me thinking: is it better to engage the diff-locks or not
in this sort of situation? I suppose in favour would be that it
distributes the loads equally on each half shaft, and against that it
puts more load on the locking mechanism.
Ideas anyone?
Christopher Bell
Devon, UK
1996 1HD-FT
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didn't send the small lorry requested, but rather an ordinary large one
"to see if it would fit". So it got stuck, and I had to haul it up the
drive with the LC80.
I was a bit worried about pulling this much weight uphill, and bearing
in mind the comments about breaking diff-locks - especially the front -
under heavy loads I decided just to use the centre locker. We made it,
with some wheel spin, and I was glad about this because I felt that it
limited the loads on the transmission a bit.
However it got me thinking: is it better to engage the diff-locks or not
in this sort of situation? I suppose in favour would be that it
distributes the loads equally on each half shaft, and against that it
puts more load on the locking mechanism.
Ideas anyone?
Christopher Bell
Devon, UK
1996 1HD-FT
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