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Planning on ordering a BB as opposed to Base just so I can get a rear locker. Is it just me or is a locker important to anyone else? Haven't seen any discussion here
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It's important if you do off-roading, if not, it isn't.
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I'd like a rear locker or a locker at all for that matter but they really get you in price if you do. Minimum ~5k going from base to the cheapest build with a locker with minimal additional amenities. Most people don't even need a locker, and modern traction control systems are pretty robust. I'm sticking with my base build and adding 32 inch all terrains.
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There are a lot of people that like to go camping/hiking/fishing/biking/skiing/etc. that frequently go off of the paved path, but they don't necessary go on complex off-road trails. For those type of people... they don't need rear lockers.
If I was that type of person, I personally would probably be in more in the market for the Bronco Sport instead of the full-sized Bronco. But the full-sized Bronco is larger and is based on a truck platform rather than a car platform... so I can see the desire to get a full-size Bronco regardless.
But if you are a more serious off-roader and are buying a base Bronco... you probably fall into two camps:
If I was that type of person, I personally would probably be in more in the market for the Bronco Sport instead of the full-sized Bronco. But the full-sized Bronco is larger and is based on a truck platform rather than a car platform... so I can see the desire to get a full-size Bronco regardless.
But if you are a more serious off-roader and are buying a base Bronco... you probably fall into two camps:
- Those that are ordering Base with the Sasquatch package
- Those that are going customize the crap out of it
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I’d rather have it and not use it, opposed to needing it and not having it. Worst case, helps resell value.
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Yep, BaseSquatch is the absolute cheat code for pricing. I may actually change my Badsquatch order to that and save 15k
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Don't need the Squatch pkg. and I like the radio upgrade/voice recognition with the Mid Package that is not available on the Base. I also like the Sandstone interior which isn't available in the base. The BB build is only around $2500 more than the base-squatch.
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Since you don't plan to off-road, unless you have some special pavement consideration (pulling a boat out of the water on a slippery ramp or something like that), a locker would not be of much use.
Even if you off-road, you still don't need a locker for many trails. Many (most?) persons buying lockers will have little use for them. I wouldn't worry much about a locker, unless you've been off-roading in situations where you simply could not continue the trail without a locker.
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from this info, you don’t need a locker.
I live in a village in Montana that averages over 500 inches of snow every winter and my current vehicle does not have a locker. My Base won’t have one either and I’m not concerned at all.
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Lockers suck on snowy/icy roads. The wheel that doesn’t lose traction is used as a stable pivot for spinning wheel. Don’t turn on locker on ice. Slide central.
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On one of the Road Kill shows they took 3 90s stock jeep Cherokees and put lockers on one a lift with bigger tires on a other and sliders and winch maybe had skid plates the 3rd and them off-roading in Colorado to see if you can only add one which one should you add and at the end of the show they said lockers should be the one thing you should add.
The video on Youtube from awhile back shows that the Bronco's traction control doesn't work well at all. If you plan on going off road you need a rear locker AND winch minimum. The front locker will keep you from needing to winch so much. If it's a mall crawler then you don't need either
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