From: Bonnie (bfeamster@cox.net)
Date: Sun May 25 2003 - 09:50:12 PDT
How about lockers on all 3 axles with lockout hubs on the "front" two axles.
Having the last axle being the drive axle for road use and locking the other
two when off road. Shouldn't this save on fuel as well?
Richard Feamster
1970 Jauser M35A2c w/w
U.S. Navy Seabees
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Subject: [MV] Detroit Lockers with Locking Hubs
> After watching and participating in the "Mud Pulls" at Churchville, and
> seeing the additional traction that Keith Boda's pipeline truck had with
> his lockers, I was seriously contemplating the installation of Detroit
> Lockers in all three axles. Certainly air actuators, especially for the
> steering axle appeared to be a necessity. However, why couldn't manual
> locking hubs be installed, along with the Detroit Lockers? Unlocking the
> hubs for road use, and locking them again for off road or ice/snow, etc.
> seems like a reasonable, as well as fairly inexpensive alternative.
>
> Any nays or yeahs from the peanut gallery about this idea?
> Thanks in advance for your thoughts.
> Bruce
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