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On Sun, 08 Oct 2006 13:55:35 GMT, "JoeSpareBedroom" <dishborealis@yahoo.com>
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><dc.nc@verizon.net> wrote in message
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>>I do a lot of driving on desert dirt roads to get to hiking trail
>> heads. Most of these only require 2wd with high clearance, but the
>> occassional road is 4x4 recommended. These are not really hard core
>> roads, although sometimes sandy. Even if I have 4x4, I'm just not
>> willing to go on crazy roads as I'm often by myself.
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>> Question - I'm looking at the basic 2006 Tacoma 4x4 with the SR5
>> package, not the TRD. This does not have the locking differential. Do
>> you think this will meet my basic needs of light 4x4 use?
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>I've got it in my TRD and I've used it exactly once in 4 years. Middle of
>February, when everything had been frozen solid for a month. Drove into a
>parking lot covered with a foot of snow, but the area was apparently sitting
>over the only source of natural heat in all of upstate NY because under the
>snow, there was 6" of UNfrozen slippery mud.
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OTOH, I have it in my 2002 DC.
Use it for coming up out of dry washes _ loose sand/gravel.
Use it for steeper hillsides with loose rock or lots of debris.
Use it in sand to maintain stability.

Probably put it on (switchable) about 2-3 times per off road run.
Had -=one=- case where I'd probably still be in a wash. The front had NO
grip and one wheel wasn't going to get me up and over. Locker 'walked' the
truck out.