Riho:
In my opinion diff lock is the worst thing that you can use if you are stuck, its better to get out of the cab and pour a bit of grid under the tyres and then try to move.
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in my opinion you are unaware of what the difflock can do and how to use it to its full potential,
The biggest problem that most drivers seem to have in snow and ice is thinking that giving it bags of welly with their right foot will get them out of trouble, and while they are slipping everywhere I will creep past on just over tickover, with the difflock in and a higher gear than normal
Well I didnt say that diff lock is bad, I said its not not good if you get stuck, because majority of drivers will do what you wrote, put their foot down and if the diff lock is on, it will cause the unit to slide, like it did in the video.
Its was not because of the difflock, but because the driver didnt know how to use it to its full potential.
A truck with a difflock will get out of a difficult situation far easier than one with out, dont blame the tools if the craftsman doesnt know how to use them correctly
This is a pretty pointless thread really, difflock or no difflock, none of you will be going anywhere as soon as the first couple of inches land on the road ,because as usual the whole country will grind to a halt
i got stuck last year in an an automatic in the snow, and you can rock an auto.
go back as many inches as you can, then put the handbrake on, put it in drive, wait for it to click in, DAFs take a bit longer. . go forward a few inches, then handbrake on, put in reverse, etc etc etc.
make sure the dif lock is on.
but you can’t beat a manual gearbox for icy conditions.
