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Old Feb 19, 2012 | 06:35 PM
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Originally Posted by Truckin4life
It's in Trucking magazing in an article about the Sema show...

While, NOW it might be out blasting the desert....
It was BUILT for sema.
It's life past that is irrelevant
so as Larry said, it is now a mall crawler.
 
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Old Feb 19, 2012 | 06:38 PM
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Go to One Up Offroads web site and watch it work. Their stuff is pretty trick. I don't personally know anyone that can afford their stuff, but it is trick!
 
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Old Feb 23, 2012 | 06:01 PM
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Most likely its a mall crawler. But i bet that thing could take some abuse and keep ticking.
 
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Old Feb 23, 2012 | 11:19 PM
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That's gayer than thornbirds in mud
 
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Old Feb 24, 2012 | 07:03 AM
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I still don't think theres anything holding it from moving side to side. A track bar is mounted to the frame, and so is the top links to a triangulated four link. Its gonna move side to side.
 
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Old Feb 26, 2012 | 03:55 PM
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Triangulation = no side to side movement...
Alot of people don't fully understand the physics and the geometry behind link suspensions
 
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Old Feb 26, 2012 | 07:32 PM
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I could have sworn I explained it a couple times already.
 
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Old Feb 27, 2012 | 12:28 AM
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links, sausage, dave's a homo...
 
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