yes, but the flip side is that a selectable locker can save you from a lot sticky situations. An automatic locker can be scary on ice, but is inexpensive. I started with a pretty much bone stock truck with a locrite and I could keep up with my buddies in their Jeeps with 35" tires and winches and I never got stuck. In fact I was the one doing the pulling. <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/nana.gif" alt="" /> I'm 20 and have been driving since I was twelve and have had four years prior experience on a dirtbike, so it might be different, but I don't know your story.