no doubt... and since I am going to have my transmission out next week it will be the perfect time. I'll start looking.

 

you have a lift, tires, bumper, winch, install the CDL and some good ceramic pads and let the LR system do what their supposed too.
Then when it becomes an issue that the LR systems cant get you home, then you can start locker and gears.

 

Do not let just any machine shop setup your third. That is terrible advice. I would make sure they are reputable and actually know what they're doing. If they have never done a LR diff before, ask them if they have experience with setting up Toyata thirds. If so, then you may be ok. We have repaired and rebuilt many diffs for people who went the "let any machine shop set them up" route. Hell, even guys who are supposed to be known for this have been having issues lately.
We just recently sent a customer a set of diffs we built off of one of our own trucks because he was in a bind. He originally purchased his built diffs from a highly reputable place whom he was referred to, only to have them grenade on him multiple times (3 times). The original diff builder has not returned his phone calls.

With that being said, there are many ways you can go about setting your truck up. Do your research and take everything you read here with a grain of salt. There is a lot of good advice on here from people who truly know and actually take them out, and then there is a lot of advice from people whose fingers do more typing than repairs and gear shifting.

 

and after building them they use dodge trucks to get them back and forth, un-like you who will be using it as a DD

 

Yes, we do use a Dodge to tow our trucks to events. For numerous reasons.

Fuel Mileage: We normally show up with at least 2 trucks. At 12mpg in the D2 and 13mpg in the LR3, we feel 11mpg in the Dodge makes the most sense. The main reason we trailer is for Product Testing. Trailering our trucks affords us the opportunity to do our jobs. What sets Lucky8 apart from others is that we show up to events all over the country with our trucks, ready to wheel our trucks. We do not baby them. We beat the snot out of them. Then when someone calls, we can give an educated answer backed up by real-world experience. You wont get that kind of advice from people the just sit behind their keyboard all day or vendors like partsgeek who don't even own them.

 

yeah gas mileage that's it,

 

As far as you guys drive to these events Erik, like in the Southeast and in Tx for example it only makes sense to trailer it...believe me most of my tire wear on my KM2s is from highway. I kinda wish I could trailer mine more to tell you the truth

David

 

Holy cow I want that D90 pickup on Lucky 8's site!!!!

I bet it already has 4.11s or better!

Want!

 

^ agreed. Who wants to drive their rig to push it to the max only to breakdown and be stranded. The comfort of knowing you can get home with your Land Rover broken or not is worth it. Half the battle with wheeling your rover is hoping you don't break down.

 

Who want's to push your LR to extreme were it can't get you home is a failed logic.

Some places in Utah and Colorado (BLM or Indian Reservation) if you get stuck because your vehicle did not have the proper equipment (CDL, rear/front lockers, winch etc) the recovery fee's start at $2000 minimum just to get you unstuck. No your AAA membership will not come and get you.

It's better to have the LR well equipped with CDL, locker, recovery equipment etc. for you to have a better chance to get out of a stuck situation. That $2000 minimum recovery fee could have gone towards lockers etc. The old saying is "better to have it and not need it, than to need it and not have it".