Northern Virginia Roll Call

We're gonna get mostly rain on Saturday, aren't we?

 

I am possibly heading down there, depending on weather. Snow = hunt. Rain = Greentop. And I will be passing right by you on the way down.

 

Haven't been on the thread much, poke in every now and then to lurke. Hope everyone here is doing good! We had our first kid (she's 5 months now) and it's been going awesome, wife even let me buy a new motorcycle while she was about 7 months pregnant! I'm thinking of selling the Tacoma to get something different but I am having a tough time pinpointing what it should be worth. Any suggestions/recommendations on what I should be looking to get for the truck? It's honestly just been used to haul dirt bikes around and drive up and down 66, never got around to take it out for any real trail days.
2013 TX Pro around 86000. Was in a small fender bender last year, bumper and tailgate were replaced. 887s/5100s & Wheels 2" AAL and the Cooper Discoverer ST 285/75R16 126Q

 

That would be sweet! Let me know...

 

Pretty sure my sliders aren't ready yet.....

 

My old shell has resurfaced again

 

Do you have any other outdoor sales positions available at #randyfab? Seems like a pretty good gig.

 

Yeah won’t fit sorry man.

 

Im in Ashburn too.. Live over near the Ice Rink

 

I'd go broke eating at Ford's every night, but I think there's another one of those up near One Loudoun?

 

Its just the one near me. One Loudoun has its own slew of restaurants

 

The other Fords Fish is up by Belmont Country Club actually. We have DC Prime instead

 

Oh that's right, near the semi-tucked away Harris Teeter?

Is DC Prime good? I'm not even sure how to get there lol.

 

Drive Loudoun County pkwy across the bridge that goes over Rt 7, it will end at a stop light, turn left into the parking lot there and DC Prime is over there. It's OK, a little over-priced imo, but I love steak

 

Welcome! Im out by hammerdowns bbq

 

was up guys.

 

I’m so tempted to buy a fuel cell and four link at this point but I really don’t know the implications with the evap system.

 

@3pooches are you going to set the pinion shaft angle at the same angle as the small transfer case shaft to avoid vibration? And are the parallel bars the same distance apart front and rear? I saw a rock crawler go by on a trailer today with a parallel bar front suspension that look about 36”. I have been studying how dual spring suspensions work and how the calculations are made. I was thinking you could make a spring with dual rates. It is cool see what I have studied become reality.

 

Both lowers are equal and about 48” . I can change the pinion angle at will because all the links are adjustable, so I will fine tune that as needed. But I have it set at about 5 degrees at ride height as of now. I do have dual rate shocks that I will be mounting. They use two separate coils (or 3 if you want) to control compression.