Idaho BS thread in the PNW

Is that fjc heading down the trail?

 

ha!

 

Thanks rich.

I do think it'll be slow going a pretty intense. But I think we will do fine. You gonna come or what

 

Not recently. When was it? I usually don't sign that way.

Got this at lunch today.

 

Hey new banner pic!!!

 

We aren't new friends

 

I am hoping she is cute.

 

Well..meg is in rock springs..hasn't been on here in forever..plus I think she is taken

 

all the good ones are taken...

 

Don't know. I want to spend some time explorering those lakes and such between Long Lake and the switchbacks but...not in a big rush to do those switches again. My Jeep feels VERY wide on that section of road. lol

 

Can't be worse then mine

You could come down for the goose creek part. Or co,e to the lander part

 

Air bang are for heavy loads man. Not offroading or flexing. In short..they will not be worth it.

 

You need OBA usually for them. Again thou they are for super heavy loads. If you need them for real then it's loads that put your truck on the bumps as it is.

Not worth it just for your camping gear. For the same cost you could get a real leaf pack and some real shocks for better all around travel.

Not worth it for what you do.

 

This is how i would use airbags.

 

nope, not advisable for an off road rig, the constant abuse, stretching, fast paced suspension movement and extreme flex can cause pre mature wear and certainly rip the bag. Those things are not designed to be on an off road rig. Adjust your suspension with the springs, not helper bags.

 

It looks to me like those bags attach the top of your leaf pack to your frame, so depending on how much they can stretch I would think they would become your new limiting factor in droop and if they aren't long enough I imagine there are good odds that when you put a tire in the air, your leaf spring is going to try to tear that bag in two...

 

You would need OBA if the trail terrain changed

Still bad idea IMO

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Well I can tell you that you won't be wheeling on many trails with me if you go to a forest service road rig lol. I don't mind doing those but I'm going to still do some real trails as well

Think about rubicon man..no way are those things going to help

 

Dude you'll have another did here before too long. That how I see it. My RTT will probably never come off after this winter. Then you won't have the weight issue with rake. The only way you'll have rake is if you really beef up the rear springs. The Dakars and AAL aren't going to be like mine with uber rake. I have rake with 400lbs on the truck at least. How I wanted it. Still retain rake when I have all the camping gear. Cause that's what I wanted. If you pick your suspension carefully. It'll still ride fine unloaded.

You also have to think. Are you getting a rear bumper? Tire swing? Bed rack? And how those things will most likely stay on most of the time.

And yes I do believe that my truck can go places yours can't. I have more protection so that alone gives me the option of taking worse trails. You..not so much not with out denting your baby which I know you'll never do. And due to that fact alone that YOU won't take your truck the same places I will seeing as how I don't mind a few dents and rash and you do. S yea. Frankenstien will trump e Green Machine any day just due to the drive behind the wheel

But I'm tired of trying to keep you and a good path of mods. I see now why Mike doesn't talk when this stuff comes up you get a small idea in your heaped and do everything to make it work..only to find that what we told you weeks before was right in the first place lol. So you do what ever you want man. It's only money. And only a truck. Long as it still moves and your in Wyoming this summer. IDGAF what your truck has on it lol