Yes. That is EXACTLY what I'm telling you.

Because if it's truly, fully maxed out, to the point the vehicles weight is not pushing down at that corner any-what-so-ever, then no, you have no traction at that corner. All the tire is doing is APPEARING to have traction, since it's lightly touching the ground. But if you hit the gas, and you have open diffs, that wheel will spin like there's no tomorrow, and you'll go nowhere. And if you have a locker, that wheel will turn at the same rate as the tire that does have traction, and if that tire has enough traction to get you through, then you're going to believe they both had traction. But they didn't.

The one that was dangling had no traction, whatsoever. The weight of the tire/wheel assembly alone is not going to get you anywhere, at anytime. May as well have that tire sitting on ice, 'cause it's not doing a dyam thing for you. It's just dangling.