Subaru Torq Locker vs Open Diff on the Trail 

Great video, thanks for including our Jeeps and thanks again for a fun day. maybe we will get to go with you again sometime.

I can´t believe that video with such a small amount of views and subs can be that pro. This could be on Subaru official channel and I´d believe that it´s made by Formula Production such as Launch Control series. Awesome job!

Thats really impressive. did not expect that but that baja from a stand still while diagonal and how it just went without a hesitation was just...wow.

This is the best Torq locker demonstration I've seen yet! Get it!

Great video showing the difference a Torq Locker can make while still providing beautiful videography that we can all enjoy. The shots around the lake were incredible! Thanks to Colin for his help!

Nice to see jeeps actually go off road. And I love seeing the Baja hang out with the “normal” subarus

Great trip! Thanks for taking us along! A lunchbox locker will almost certainly be going in my Yota, glad to hear something similar is available for my Subaru too.

I love the adventurer lifestyle you lead, the way you make the videos and most of all, your Subaru Forester, this channel deserves many more subs than it has, thanks for bringing us these videos

Simply beautiful, I love days like that with fresh snow. 💖

Love seeing the demonstration during the journey guys! Im working on my '17 model trek and plan to get the torq locker Installed along with the lift ko2s.🙌🏽

...Brilliant comparisons, brother... well done. Definitely getting a locker, now... awesome info and representation, thank you

My 3rd time watching and I still can’t get enough. What a masterpiece

Oh, this was exciting to watch and quite inspiring! I'm even more excited to drive this winter. I've thought of going winter camping with my spouse. Off-road!

I see you all the time around town, & I've seen that Baja in my apartment complex! I recently just got an '02 Outback and these videos are REALLY making my set my eyes on some well deserved modifications. Hope we might be able to go hit the trails someday!

Another amazing adventure. Great Videography! Thanks for sharing it with us all.

Awesome seeing the Torq locker in action.

Dude, another great film. You have some true artistic talent. I look forward to the piece of mind your videos bring. Keep up the good work.

Another great video! Such good video, editing, commentary, and music. Now I'm considering Torq Locker for my Subie.

4:06 "disappointingly easy" is my favorite kind of dirt road :D

I appreciate all of the work that you put into you videos! This is the best yet! Loved those snowing shots!

Freakin' awesome - thanks for bringing us along!

LOVED THE VIDEO ! BEAUTIFUL COLORS SCENERY VIEWS ! BEEN LOOKING AT THE SUBARU CROSSTREK IF I WAS GETTING A SMALL VEHICLE . NICE TO SEE ONE ON THE BACK ROADS BESIDES IN A COMMERCIAL ! JUST WANT SOMETHING THAT GETS GOOD GAS MILEAGE & GET AWAY FROM THE NORMAL CROWDS & INTO NATURE . BE SAFE ! HAVE FUN ! GOD BLESS YOU ALL ALWAYS ! ENJOYED !

Awesome video, your Cinematography keeps getting better and better! Great job Colin!

Hatch Patrol 2020! Like it. Cool to see all-wheel and four-wheel playing together. I am going to take a look at the torque lockers for a build I want to do this summer. Huge advantage.

Videography, editing, narration, subject matter, and music are all superlative. So happy that I ran across your channel. Guess I’d better head on over to do the Patreon thing.

Great shots and camera work! Awesome to see so many Subarus

I can’t wait to get one of these lockers!

Nice Video, Thanks for Including our Jeeps :)

Awesome video!!! Makes me love my forester even more

Loved the snow scene at the lunch break. Top notch cinematography and editing... Love your channel!

How did I miss this video last year. My little bell did not ring. I saw the red & silver Baja on the cover, and had to see it in action. And much to my surprise, there were a huge variety of Subis. Great vehicles.

Thank you for this video. You make a solid case for the Torq Locker.

Another amazing video! Love your work 👌

That was really cool!! Top notch video and great shot of the lockers prowess!

Just another outstanding video my friend. While it may be a while, unless, I hit the Megabucks😀before I can outfit my car so that it can run with the big dogs in the wilds of our state, I know that I can at least live vicariously through your posts. Thanks so much for a rollicking great time. 👏🏻👍

Great video, you’re a great narrator!!! I got a 03 Baja Sport, and love these trails

That was awesome. Would love to see a torque locker and a new Forester with the two different X-modes on the same trail. Usually computer wizardry is no replacement for the real deal but it can do pretty good, tho it will have a lag in deciding what to do. That green Outback (I think) could use some new rear springs, looked to be sitting really low fully loaded.

Lockers make everything off road easier.

I’ve been binge watching a lot of your videos and I don’t know if anyone has brought this up but you make a good narrator haha. I enjoy listening to what you have to say and enjoy the video

What a great demonstration of how much difference lockers make, it's cool to see the exact same vehicle with vs. without. Also I think it shows how a locker/lockers maximize what you already have. Your car already has 4 tires and decent ground clearance, if you can make all 4 of them work (or 3) you might be more capable than lifted on bigger, more aggressive tires but only 2 of them getting power. Some of the stockish Subarus W/lockers climbed more easily than the lifted ones with bigger tires because the real issue was putting power to the right wheels not the tires being too small or not aggressive enough. It was also cool to see the Jeeps along, you could really see how the solid axles offer an advantage but open diffs still stopped the YJ where the locked Subarus made it through.

Thanks for uploading this

Great video, i love the trials you riding.

That was awesome, thank you!

Real neat! Torque locker, is on my short list- for my 1st gen forester!

Despite some of the “challenges” there towards the end on the forester that was impressive to watch those Subaru’s attack that terrain! I guess I made a good choice purchasing a 2016 forester. It’s not ready for that type of off-roading but it’s a great ride where ever I go Thanks for a great video. (Nice seeing a crosstrek in there also!)

Been eyeballing a Torq locker for the front diff of my CanAm x3, might have to put one in our Crosstrek too! Your video production is top notch, thanks for the content. East coast trail rider here, your wildness looks a little different.

Nice video, really nice narration, thank you

ABSOLUTELY LOOOVE the beginning of this video with all the Subies riding in the mud!!

Love seeing these lockers in action, definitely need to get one!

So glad you finally witnessed this locker in actions and believe in its ability. I had one on mine and loved every moments of it barring the not-so-bothering noise anymore. :) For new FXT 14-18, it is greatly enhance with the ATV, and newer VDC. I found myself no longer needed to turn off traction while on trail. Can't wait to make it to Oregon to meet up with all of you soon.

Definitely gonna get a locker for my 04 2.5X 5mt!! Great vid man 🤙🏾

Amazing quality content. Thumbs up!

I wish I was out there with you guys looked perfect

Awesome video! Thanks for filming all of that. Definitely going to have to go out again together!

Gotta appreciate my oem rear LSD in SG FXT. Digging the Recces on your Foz.

Wow that’s some beautiful country 👍🏻

what a gorgeous trail, we got some nice trials down here in the south, but we don't get anything like this, im so jealous, and my bone stock 09 outback would have some major trouble. fantastic video

Very nice video guys ! love your country ! From Peru !

the quick cuts at 3:31 That 1st gen and Baja are my idols!! Awesome video man! When you guys get some deep snow could you do a review of the torq locker in deep rutted snow, and on road snowy paved roads.

I'm a huge Subaru fan!! I for sure "liked" this vid and man this vid is super good quality it should be on Subaru wed site

⚡️FANTASTIC VIDEO!!!

I’m enjoying rewatching your old Subaru videos. I kind of miss them lol. More relatable to me with my Bronco Sport I guess. New videos are great too don’t get me wrong.

Dont do any offloading in the 09 forester but with this locker I would definitely give it a go.

Awesome video. Looks like a spectacular track!

La différence entre les 1st gen forester avec et sans torq locker est bluffante! En tout cas, même dans la neige, l'Oregon est superbe!

Upvote just for the awesome Forest Service cabin scene!

I have a 2005 wagon with a 4.5 inch lift and now I’m waiting for one of these lol

That Blue Gen 1 Forester reminded me of my 2000 Outback so much. It was great right up until it lifted a wheel. Fun video!

Wow, thanks 😊

Awesome to see the torque locker improve capability. When I had my SJ Forester XT (the one with the CVT) I was jealous that the 1st and 2nd gen non-turbo foresters were more capable. It looks like CVT Subaru’s have the most to gain from these lockers, since VDC will cut power as soon as wheel slip is detected (in xmode 1.0 CVT’s). With no slipping wheels, CVT Subaru’s will keep on keeping on. I figure this is also healthier for the CVT’s.

This is fabulous video! Beautiful sceneries, nicely edited. Would like to do this every day in my Outback BR. Still I think that torque locker is not necessary when your car has VDC with braking of slipping wheel. Torque locker will probably do better job, but VDC should do job anyway. Still thanks for that super video!

Nice video , like watching videos like this

I would so love in that ol cabin!!!

Thanks, guys, this video is really good! It is the first time when I see Subaru Baza. Crimea, Sevastopol

I owned a BAJA in the same color for 3 years.... great car! Mine was manual. Little tank.

Looks like fun

If you're driving a stock subaru and having the problem like the stock forester in the video you can apply light pressure on the brakes while your spinning the wheels slowly and get the same effect the new ones do with the traction control and the xmode, it can help in a sticky spot lol.

Green Gen3 outback was a beast

I was a bit worried at the end for the crosstrek since it looked like it was sliding around just on the snow and how it did on the rock on the mud puddle, but it impressed me just beeboppin up that hill.

Why the heck are there 17 dislikes???? Awesomeness and more Awesomeness. You all rocked the trails!! Beep Beep Jeeps and Subies❣️ Great Videography too👍😎

I need to see more of the Legacy Outback with that EZ30

I love this. Love my Outback! One thing though as a hearing impaired person the music was a bit loud. To hear you had to turn it up but still music made it hard. Love your adventures. Thank you.

awesome video! It's a very hardworking video. I will just push de inscribe button hopefully we see another videos like that. This is quality.

Dam haha Roy made that rutted area look like nothing haha

Yup! Its official. I'm getting into off-roading. BTW, great video, i watched the whole thing. I also sub'd

Hello from union County bty love the Baja

Wow great video- you!

When you get a locker pls do an install vid and review.

From the video - which is great, BTW! - it looks like the Torq Locker diff is especially helpful for Subs which do not have the brake-based 4-wheel traction control. The advantage over the traction control vehicles is that there's no delay between losing traction and the electronics figuring it out and applying the appropriate brake. I've always looked at those "auto-locking" diffs as more auto-*unlocking*, since their default mode is be locked and they only unlock an axle when the ground is turning that wheel faster than the diff would.

Nothing new, just new to the Subaru community. I don't off road too often, but when an event comes up, I swap my rear diff to my welded unit. The torque locker is a great option now. Give a thumbs up to those who have them fitted.

that is awesome a locker came out for Subarus. youre going to need it with very little suspension droop.. But the r160 isnt known to be a very tough unit. cool stuff regardless

Showed up on my homepage. A Baja??? Didn't know you had a video with one.

Airing down is one thing.....But changing tires! That is crazy! Where they go? Love the snow wheeling and what a beautiful area. I saw the snow on Three Sisters last weekend when I was in Brothers. Getting close to winter for sure. George.

The best is the Baja!!!

The YJ (older Jeep) had open difs front and back. They also have leaf springs on both axles. While it's flex (ability to follow the terrain) is still better than an independent suspension (like in your Subaru's and many other 4wd/Awd vehicles), once you lift a wheel off the ground it's just going to sit and spin. The JK (newer Jeep) has coil springs on both axles and much better flex. IDK if the one in your video had open difs or not (Jeeps come in everything from both axles being open to both axles having full lockers and everything in between), but since it never lifted a tire, it never lost traction. Your traction control system in your Subaru's probably gives you a little advantage over the old YJ just in terms of ability to get traction. However in overall capability the YJ is going to have a pretty big advantage (very big actually).............approach/departure/breakover angles are all vastly superior, an actual low range transfer case makes it able to "crawl", rugged construction (solid axles/body on frame construction) very durable and able to take a pounding off road. That being said your Subaru's are very impressive in what they can do off road and they have a huge advantage in overall comfort (like on the drive down the highway getting to the actual trail head). Try driving that old YJ down the highway getting to the trail and You'll be damn glad you have that Subaru............hell even my old TJ is kind of a beast on the highway................but once you hit the trail with it................it's un-beatable. Great video btw. Beautiful country. I'd love to get to Oregon one day and explore.............coming from the Mohave desert where I do all my off roading, it would be a different world.

Hey Oregon gang! i have a Baja too that i will soon be throwing offroad money at

Damn dude...I miss my Baja 😭

If this is the trail I think it is, we were out there this summer. Mud would probably make it a little more interesting.

Saludos desde chile🇨🇱 hermano

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