Originally Posted by
Ruflyf
I have officially realized I am a newbie offroader...
Sorry, but I can’t help but laugh…
Although, if it helps, I’m laughing at MYSELF!
Last October, in Uwharrie, while running the Daniel trail in my Rodeo, I was quite pleased with how well it was doing… I simply pointed, and it went right on along without protest – of course, having a rear locker makes a HUGE difference over stock.
After 3-wheeling it over one section, with a front tire at least 3-feet in the air for about 20-feet - finally I arrived at the base of the steep S-curve hill climb and parked it, awaiting my turn on the 4-foot ledge immediately beyond (where everyone had been having trouble all morning). --- While I was sitting there waiting, some of the Toyota guys from behind me walked up and we started talking… then suddenly, out of nowhere, one of them asked me, “Do you know that one of your hubs is unlocked?”
“For real? - Well, if one of them is, then they both are!”
And then it hit me…
I had intended to lock them while I was airing-down, but in my rush to get out there on the trail, apparently I forgot. 
Despite how well I had made it up-to-that-point in 2WD, if that Toyota guy hadn’t noticed my hubs when he did… a few minutes later, on the ledge, I would have thought my Rodeo was broken for sure!
Trust me; it’s not a ‘Newbie’ mistake 
"This trail is so bumpy, it's knocking my bra straps off!" - Miss Kathy
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