Wyoming B.S. Thread

That looks fun. Where is that?

 

Sneaky spot on the Rez. its an old fire road that keeps getting worse and worse... nothing like Shoshone lake tho.

 

Noice, looks like a chill spot. Yeah, Shoshone is a tough run. Glad to say I've done it in the truck but can't say I want to do it a lot.

 

I want to do it again. I'll have a locker and LT this time. Should be a breeze.

 

@Blackdawg

have you found your foxes w/ 8.5 travel enough? i was thinking about grabbing 10"

 

Single cab 1st gen crawler.

 

Well....






no..haha

But 10'' will be long for the stock location too. You can run them but you'll want to extend the bumps and unless you have 3-4'' or more of lift out back not sure its worth it. I run 10'' shocks on Frank in the stock locations.

Igor's rear travel is pretty meger though. I would love to improve it. But not a huge priority right now. obviously. For what it is, it works fine....not sure i have any photos showing full stuff and all. The droop is pretty weak, but still stuffs nice.

Heres an okay stuffing photo

M~D~U-16.jpg by Monte Nickles Photos, on Flickr


This is pretty much all the droop i have.

M~D~U-36.jpg by Monte Nickles Photos, on Flickr

Now, mikes are the same, but his again are relocated so he gets more travel, and longer shackles help a bit.

I'd go with the 10'' if you have a good lift. If you are running low lift, then you'll be in your bumps a lot. Tough call really. Thus the need to relocate as the stock setup..well...sucks.

YAAAASSS DO IT!

 

Actually this is a better shot of the droop..not a ton. But okay.

M~D~U-72.jpg by Monte Nickles Photos, on Flickr

Im used to Frank though and he can droop a 35'' tire below my sliders.

 

i plan to relocate in the future, just need to get my feet rolling with a welder and such

so maybe i'll just go 10s so i dont wish i did in the future

 

in that case yes. Go for it. 10's work great in a || fasion inboard the axle a bit. Tons of flex that way.

still only 10'' vertical..but better then 8.5''

 

Yep, CVT's 55" awning. Great for cooking on the tailgate and quick lunches out of the sun (CA) or rain (AK). I'll have to see if I have any pictures of the attachment. The brackets are aluminum "L-shaped" brackets from the hardware store, nothing too crazy. They slide into the extruded track on the bottom of the TENT and bolt into the tent track. It has more flex/flop than I would like, especially on washboards. In Alaska we found the nuts holding the awning to the brackets would loosen and suddenly the awning would slide all the way to one side. Caused a couple of panic moments when I looked in the mirror and suddenly couldn't see the awning anymore. I need to get some nylock nuts to keep them tightened up.

I'm the shipping manager for NOLS Wilderness Medicine, we manage the inventory and shipping of the training gear sets that are used to teach the Wilderness First Aid, Wilderness First Responder, and Wilderness EMT courses.

 

I've heard that wilderness EMT course is pretty good.

 

when you say inboard i imagine / \

 

No. I mean further in on the axle. but still ||. The more inboard you put the shocks the more articulation you'll get. But the less dampening the shocks will do. If you go about 3-4'' more inboard then stock give or take, you'll gain more wheel articulation. Then you'll want to revalve the shocks to keep them effective for going faster and body roll.

 

Sweet. But that reminds me... I'm due for WFR recertification... so I'll probably be using your managed inventory here in the next year. Always need lots of epi vials for training

 

An inch is a mile in the game we play.

Also, go look at Adam's old setup on his tacoma. That's what im talking about. His may be more inboard then 3-4'' im not sure honestly. He ran 9'' shocks and could hang his 33'' WELL below his sliders in articulation. Had longer shackles too which again changes the geometry of things.

Re do that thing but change the location of the end point. The wheel isn't the stopping point, the bump is which is again, inboard of the axle. Be curious to see the differences..

 

IMO, inboarding the shocks if a halfass solution to gain a little more articulation, with a lot of compromises. If all you're doing is crawling, go for it, if not, you'd be better off with the shocks as outboard and vertical as possible.

Which is why I'm ripping apart my setup in the next month or two and completely redoing it.

 

I agree, but they are two different setups that serve almost different purposes.

Going outboard has lots of problems on our trucks. To get the same 14'' of travel ben roughly got in his mini simulation, you'll need a 14'' shock outboard. Which is basically impossible to mount without going into the bed a bit.

Our axles barely have room for outboard shocks. Then there is the space between the frame.

There is no doubt it works much better for dampening and going fast! But you will compromise your articulation travel numbers.

Doing it inboard works for lots of people as you just need to valve the shocks accordingly. Its much easier to valve them outboard as well as the lever ratio is closer to 1:1.

Cool. Pretty interesting really.

 

Where at in MT?

Slow.. Lol I start there March 1st. They are putting me up in a hotel for up to 30 days while i look for a place. Also getting a different work truck so the truck shopping is on hold again.

Just got back from Phoenix for the Waste Management Open...good lord. So much alcohol in such a short amount of time.

Work is a pain, playing catch up and 20 different projects.

 

Yea lots of other factors at play. Still interesting to see. But yes, the /\ way with a shorter shock works well. Why Mike's is that way