Colorado B.S. Thread

I have the longer archive shackles (4.5” I think?) and heavy duty Old Man Emu leaf springs.

the longer shackle isn’t recommended because it allows leaf separation, but I like droop so I got them anyways. Never had issues with it and I use 13.5” of the shocks stroke, even with the axle mount set to high so I’m lacking up travel

 

Hard pass on OME leaves, but keep me in mind for the other stuff... I'm waiting to hear back from a friend if he's sending me his 12" smooth bodies from his 2015 DCLB.

 

That might be a thing

 

sweet. Just gauging interest. It’ll all go up for sale when I cut my truck in half after the wheeling season is over

 

Alright school me.. how do longer shackles make for more droop?

 

They drop farther than short shackles, but only if your 2nd/3rd gen has a shackle reversal done to it.

 

Right, Noah you don't have a flip kit do you?

 

Wheeling season ends?

 

No I just have heavy duty hangers. As the leaf spring droops, it pulls the shackle forward and down, the longer the shackle, the further down it pushes the eyelet on the leaf spring. OME designed these leaf springs (all of their Dakar’s) for the Hilux which actually requires a slightly longer spring. The Dakar’s being slightly too short allows this longer shackle set up to fully droop out. Mated to any high quality leaf springs designed for the Tacoma, you wouldn’t get extra droop, because the shackle would be too long to drop out. I spent way too many hours reading this shit to just end up cutting it all off. Oh well

 

Eh, snow wheeling is fun, but if I was going to make my truck immobile for an extended period of time I’d rather it be winter

 

Good info. I can get almost all 14 out of the rxt pack surprisingly

 

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/jackery-day-giveaway.710915/

For those that haven't seen this. Solar setup giveaways. All you have to do it type "I'm in" to enter.

 

“I’m in” to enter.

 

Enter is a funny name for a dog

 

Its pretty much beer flavored water.

 

After much thought, I have no idea what that was supposed to mean.

 

You're in a dog named Enter.

 

Nope. Still doesnt make sense. It must be yalls first Monday this week.

 

https://twitter.com/NRCS_CO/status/1349515283619213313

Time to start paying attention to this, don't want a repeat of last year with Wild Fires.

 

Another good source of info for stream data and water storage is Northern Water, for those who like to keep track.