Long Travel BS Thread

I wonder how much that forced articulation setup cost him in the end. Proper pneumatics cylinders and hardware like that aren't the cheapest thing.

 

Wow, haven’t seen that before. I’ve seen a suck down winch, but nothing like that. Would look GREAT in the parking lot.

 

In theory, that setup is really cool but if it breaks on the trail and you are stuck all the way up or down I could see it being more headache than it is worth.

 

I dunno how much it cost him but when you got that kind of money I don't think it matters.

If his truck broke he could walk away from it and never touch it again and it wouldn't be anything but a write off.

Their RCLT kit was touted to be "reasonably priced" when it was in development and last I checked it would be 14k if you did all the installation yourself and reused what little you can so I think they're just out of touch at this point.



Sad really used to be a hug fan of MC but maybe I'm wrong.

Just a penny pincher's observation of the IG culture from the outside.

 

You aren't wrong but Mike would never walk away from his truck, that's like admitting he was wrong on the internet. It'll never happen

 

Must be boring as shit to be behind him on the trail in quadruple low or what the fuck ever.

 

I could be wrong but it appears it’s just a secondary thing so if it failed, it would just have no air in them and it would function as a normal poor persons truck.

 

I am jelly of the TacoBox. But ya know, his for the manual was a complete " One Off" no plans for making them for the manual. So, theres that. Plus even the auto guys are waiting longer than for a RCLT for a Tacobox.

 

Looking at the pictures further it seems you are mostly correct. It looks like they are longer air cylinders. He is probably using multiple valves so they can stay open to not affect ride and then pressurize either side of the canister to apply the appropriate pressure. If a valve fails worst case you have an air leak or have to disable the system and could disconnect the lines to let it operate in an open configuration. Either way it's not likely to be a product that see's production.

 

If you price out different LT kit + fabricated spindles, double sheer, steering upgrade and new shocks. You wont be far off from what marlin is.
5-10k per corner of the vehicle is usually what your gonna spend for a bullet proof system.

Im over 7k into my front suspension and steering and im still oem lower control arms.

 

No kidding, I’m at $10k-$11k for my front end suspension and steering.

 

Forced articulation is kinda niche, but it's basically a hydraulic (or pnuematic) ram that forces the suspension to compress or extend. In theory it sounds awesome especially if you were on an off camber section and you could manually adjust roll. But I'm not sure many people run it. It's not legal in most race settings so there's not been a lot of experimentation. Big Mike's (Marlin Crawler) 3rd gen has it and it's pretty neat. But it's also a heavy system to add. If someone engineered a way to apply pressure to an existing shock with an air system, or some specialize remote reservoir, that'd be cool, but again a niche market. Pure rock crawlers also sometimes use 'suck down' winches that forcefully compresses the suspension by using a winch attached to a solid axle, but that's a one way system. From what I can tell, you want it to drop out fully and suck up fully on the opposite side. You can try to achieve this with sway bars to some degree I guess as others mentioned. Personally, I think sway bars limit articulation and so aren't on the table for me.

 

If I don't know how much it costs in total, it doesn't cost that much....

 

Anyone have a favorite brand of y strap for their spare tire?

 

https://www.macscustomtiedowns.com/collections/tire-block-straps

Super high quality and USA made.

 

You can have this one for the price of shipping if you’re interested. I might have used it a month.

Pro Armor A040225 Ratcheting Y-Strap (1.5") (Black)

$60 Pro Armor A040225 Ratcheting Y-Strap (1.5") (Black)

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07QKQL3QB

 

Definitely want something 2” for the size of my spare and how I drive but appreciate the offer

 

I use a SpeedStrap and have been happy with it. They give you different hook options so make sure you order the correct orientation for how you're mounting the tire.

https://www.kartek.com/parts/speeds...-down-strap-for-spare-tires-in-truck-bed.html

 

Appreciate the suggestions. I’ve been happy with my prp products but also have always heard great things about macs. Wasn’t sure if there were others out there that were notable. Ordered up the macs because it is more tire size specific and won’t have the extra strap length and what not

 

Yeah I get that, my current set up is probably in the neighborhood of 5k (RC Fab spindles, JD fab double shear heim steer, TC sway gussets, Fox 2.5 with DSC and 700# King Coils, All Pro 1.25" Uniball uppers poly bushings all around, TC cam tab gussets, durobumps and probably forgetting something, still mid travel) but the 14k stated as I recall for the RCLT kit doesn't include shocks or extended CV shafts which you have to source on your own so really all in the Marlin kit would be closer to 20k which is a far far cry from "Reasonably priced" in my opinion.