HaveBlue
Well-Known Member
Electronic traction control has been around for at least 20 years on 4Wheel drives. It is still no better than a limited slip differential. Doesn't matter if the vehicle is diesel powered or electric. You can muscle your way through obstacles with it but inevitably you will break something. Beam axles cantilever weight to the opposite side unlike IFS/IRS but in the end a locking diff always takes you further off road.
I've owned solid axle open diff vehicles and they go amazing places. I've also owned locked trucks with lockers front and rear. They are beasts and Kyle's video would qualify as the road that leads to the trail for them; not the actual trail.
On occasion I've shifted into 4Lo on my current vehicle but forgotten to lock the transfer case center leaving it in all wheel drive low range with the traction control struggling like crazy; similar to this video. With it locked it behaves better of course but locking the rear axle changes the whole game immediately. Those who aren't Web Wheelers just understand this.
Unfortunately, Kyle was actually driving in the worst possible way for traction control to function. Letting off the throttle right when it started moving or even worse stepping on the brakes. Traction control designed for off road doesn't work at zero wheel rpm. On a gas powered rig, the best is to just maintain 1500 engine rpm steady through the obstacle. Subconsciously he realized he was going to break something (bumper, undercarriage, etc) using the traction control.
I've owned solid axle open diff vehicles and they go amazing places. I've also owned locked trucks with lockers front and rear. They are beasts and Kyle's video would qualify as the road that leads to the trail for them; not the actual trail.
On occasion I've shifted into 4Lo on my current vehicle but forgotten to lock the transfer case center leaving it in all wheel drive low range with the traction control struggling like crazy; similar to this video. With it locked it behaves better of course but locking the rear axle changes the whole game immediately. Those who aren't Web Wheelers just understand this.
Unfortunately, Kyle was actually driving in the worst possible way for traction control to function. Letting off the throttle right when it started moving or even worse stepping on the brakes. Traction control designed for off road doesn't work at zero wheel rpm. On a gas powered rig, the best is to just maintain 1500 engine rpm steady through the obstacle. Subconsciously he realized he was going to break something (bumper, undercarriage, etc) using the traction control.
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