To weld or not to weld?

[85mudbogger]

Im tired of pulling up to a little mound or rock and not being able to get my front tire up on it and just sitting there spinning and then have to back up and hit it hard then a little sami pull up and go right up it with no throttle. This is a jeep cheerokee with a stock dana 30 in it and chrysler 8.25 welded in back 3.55 gears and 33s. Should i weld the front up? heres why im thinking about doing it. I got a dana 44 and 14b 4.56s and 38.5 hawgs waiting to go under it thru the winter. Also its gettin a 496bbc 350th and 208 but all thats waiting till i run out of parts. i have spare axles and stuff so what you guys think, WELD IT?

[Bo Duke]

WELD IT!!!!

[Bigdaddy]

weld it? not sure if Id do that....
wont be able to turn to well ,
seen others do it & they were sorry they did
if its a daily driver, i surely wouldnt weld it.....  jmo

[Orangecrush]

weld it and kill it

[85mudbogger]

Oh this thing is striclky play and more play, mainly mud. think im just gonna try and weld it and if i dont like it ill swap an open carrier back in.

[Bigdaddy]

well then,   by all means,   weld it up

[slymer]

well then,   by all means,   weld it up

x2

[betterbeaters]

I got mine welded in my dana 60 and it dont turn very good and it will break parts but I would never change it!!!! it pulls soooo much better!!!!

[Ranger Dave]

[Econo-box from Hell]

You won't like it.  Pony up for a locker.

[KORNBREAD]

[85mudbogger]

i would get a locker if the axles were staying in it but when i run outta jeep parts its getting converted to chevy axles. So spending money on something small like a dana 30 seems like a waste of money to me, thats why im thinkin WELD.

[Econo-box from Hell]

i would get a locker if the axles were staying in it but when i run outta jeep parts its getting converted to chevy axles. So spending money on something small like a dana 30 seems like a waste of money to me, thats why im thinkin WELD.

Weld it up then.  You will be amazed at how tempermental your steering will become.

[BIG DOG]

  THREE   WHEEL DRIVE     YOU NEED THAT 4TH WHEEL THAT BAD        ALL THE TIME            THEN DO IT       I'D LEAVE IT OPEN

[the harvester]

by tempermantal you mean turn the wheel and it still goes straight

[TBigLug]

well then,   by all means,   weld it up

X1000

[Blake Scheuneman]

where is that welding smiley i cant find it

[Fraser]

aussie locker for the 30 front is under $300, and it ratchets so you can turn. i hope you are going to reinforce that unibody when you put that motor in there

[Econo-box from Hell]

Before I put the locker in the front of my rig, I broke a set of spider gears and it was causing my front axles to lock togther.  It was a miserable day of backing up and trying again whenever I had to make a turn.

[low900rr]

if you got lockouts with a welded front cant you just run with one unlocked and steer just fine???