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This guy lol...."Stay the path better" Is this the best you guys have? If one wheel is in the air the other presumably has a fair amount of weight on it. I have been wheeling for decades and never experienced a problem "staying the path". That is what the steering wheel is for.
Face it, this a made up issue. Without lockers it is a real issue because if you lift a tire you lose traction on that end. With lockers, lifting a tire really makes no difference.
front and rear articulation do, as a matter of fact, increase stability of the vehicle. The tires being on the ground is a consequence of the articulation. The suspension supports the frame/body of the vehicle. As the springs expand or compress due to unevenness of the terrain they distribute forces equally on all four sides to be able to support the body/frame as much as possible (they offer a 4 point platform for the vehicle to sit on). When you lift 1 tire you lose support on one side. Weight of the vehicle has to shift to one side which creates an unstable situation. Vehicles suspensions are designed to distribute weight equally on 4 points, even regular cars articulate a little bit on the road, otherwise driving would be very unstable. The Bronco suspension isn't properly designed for rock crawling as it is not supporting the vehicle as it should on bunny slopes.
In terms of traction, yes, lockers do compensate for lack of articulation. But having 4 tires and lockers on the ground will always be better than 3.
Id take a wrangler with SFA over lockers all day long. Articulation comes with a SFA axle vehicle easily, and can be improved if necessary without much trouble. Improving the front articulation of the bronco is gonna be quite expensive. Adding lockers to a Jeep comes to about 3k with parts and labor (front and rear) which isnt that bad over the total cost of the vehicle. Bronco cheap out. Sure sasquatch comes with front and rear lockers omg so cool, but lockers are cheaper than a better front suspension. so...
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