Alabama thread!

Yep, same. I love that area. It's like a hidden gem.

 

Eh. 12-15 is about perfect for my wife and I for a day hike.

 

sounds good! I’ll look into doing that before it gets too hot to camp

 

Yep,
I have it just about all thought out and found sources for all the parts, I will be making all the parts I can like the link mounting points, shackles, frame extensions... already have the drive shafts just need to know how long they need to be. I have most of the hydro assist parts I need too. Been looking at tubing benders to make the exoskeleton. I welded in the bar for the seat harnesses. Just so many little things to buy and do.

 

the jd^2 benders seem to be the way to go. Add a hydraulic ram to it and you are in business. Will be one of my next purchases.

sounds like a fun project for sure.

 

@baldridge i remembered to grab a photo. This is basically my rake with the full Dakar pack and overload leaf. Slightly lower ground on front end. 730# coils..

 

I have looked at a few, not sure which way I will go, looking at notches too.

Need this kind of flex, lol

 

I read somewhere Dakar is for sale

 

Like the company?

 

Hidden gem it is. What's great about it, is getting off the beaten path. There are so many waterfalls you can find off the main trails. You gotta explore off the main trails though.

 

Yes Sir, they were talking about it on TW. Not sure if it is true or not

 

Everything is for sale right? Lol

 

There is nothing on that rig to center the front axle, no panhard with what looks to be only 2 links to the frame. Also no steering components on the front axle.

that would be nice though

 

No, it was Alcans that was for sale not Dakar

 

Ah yeah Alcans suck so...

 

@InfernoChalupa Happy birthday dude

 

Oh yeah! Kinda neglecting the 1st gen a little without driving it as much.

 

Why? Seems to be a lot of people that like them

 

Dakar is just branding by Old Man Emu (OME), all owned by ARB. The initial reason they named the springs the Dakar line is when they stopped making them in Australia and started making them in Malaysia, and wanted to easily identify the real OME leaf springs from the new "Dakar" ones. Turns out, the Dakar quality was about 2x as good as the old OME's, although the designers still didn't get some of the spring designs right for a long time (aka all Tacoma springs until a year or two ago with the updated version).

And since companies like ToyTec and others did so well selling the Dakars in large volumes, the name stuck. They were planning to stop using the name to bring attention back to OME, but I think people complained that it wouldn't be a good idea to do that now.

 

Yeah I hate seeing things like that they are so hard to figure out sometimes. When I see things like that in person I take pictures at every angle I can.