no personal experience BUT i know many people who have wheeled the piss out of there TTB rigs that had both d35 and d28 give me lectures about how bad it is to lock the front and not lock the back. simply put, count the number of u-joints (AKA failure points) in the front and the rear. look at it this way, 2 open diffs really means 1wd up front and 1wd out back so a 50/50 split, imagine if you had a 66.66% front traction and a 33.33% rear traction, thats got broke parts written all over it. as for the mini spool on the 8.8, i have one going under my b2 soon and i have seen a buddy in a jeep BEAT THE PISS out of his without a problem. a mini spool on a 8.8 should not be a problem and i will offer a more personal evaluation as soon as i get mine under the b2. as for a lunch box locker or similar such ratcheting locker i have no experience with them but why the heck not just lock the thing if you are going to install a silly expensive devise that in the end does what ever the heck it wants? either spend the cash on a ARB or similar unit or put a spool of some sort in.
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