Originally posted by OffroadX:
>>Ah, so he's lugging around turning all that extra hardware

A lil extra hardware yes.

>>taking a minor mileage hit

Probably small, but not really noticable, I get 16-18mpg normally w/ city and highway, so it's still good. I have hit 23mpg on my best freeway run so far when I went to Moab last summer.

>>wearing it all out .

Nobody from my board has ever worn them out. I mean, there's a lot of items on your truck that spin all the time and don't really wear much like your driveline and rear axles. But even still, I plan on switching over to manual hubs sometime far in the future when I do a long travel front suspension setup.

>> (or at least requiring more frequent >>maintenence) faster than we are...

It's sealed, no maintneance at all. When I switch to manual hubs then I will have to inspect them from time to time.

-Chris