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The Stig previously said:
Atrac is great.
I've been wondering if Atrac is better in some situations(icy, slippy) than even being fully locked?
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In some cases yes. Lockers can hamper your ability to steer the vehicle in tight places and it adds a lot of stress to the drive line. ATRAC does not, but with a locker you are not steeling power from one wheel, all wheels have power all the time with a locker thus a fully locked rig is a real 4x4 with all 4 tires spinning.
I use my ATRAC only 90% of the time and the locker only comes on for short spurts and then I turn it off to avoid possibly breakage. Problem is with the IFS front end, the locker is often needed when tires lift off the ground.
As for Ice and lockers, lockers will do crap on ice, maybe make it worse. ATRAC might do you some good...maybe. Best thing for ice are tire chains or tire spikes, 4WD on ice is just having four tires spinning rather than two.
