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Jul 12, 2004 | 10:33 PM

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hoxiii

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If the deal goes through put me down for two, or four, or. . .

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Jul 12, 2004 | 10:47 PM

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85351ho

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i wish i had a gooseneck with dual tandems....cuz like 5 fronts and 5 or so rear would be pushing the limits of our gooseneck

Jul 13, 2004 | 12:22 AM

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ivanribic

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I can't believe the weight of those things. Isn't the front axle alone close to 700 pounds??? But then again I guess that's why they can handle the heavy tonnage.

Jul 13, 2004 | 12:25 AM

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85351ho

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with drums the fronts are over 800 maybe near 1000, rears are 700 or so...i cant remember exactly

Jul 13, 2004 | 12:30 AM

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ivanribic

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Yuck! How much work/cost is involved in going to disc brakes or are most guys using the pinion brake instead? I've seen some of the professional setups converting to disc but their prices are insane.

Jul 13, 2004 | 01:12 AM

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85351ho

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thats why you dont see many people running rockie son the road...thats where they become "not so cheap" pinion brakes are ok for the trail, but they are dangerous on the road.....

ive never seen or heard of a homebrew setup for 4 wheel discs on rockies...just the 2 grand setups from place slike usa6x6 and chucks trucks

thats the only thing stopping me from putting rockies under my truck....i wanna still be able to driv eit on the road occasionaly

Jul 13, 2004 | 02:06 AM

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ivanribic

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Originally Posted by 85351ho

ive never seen or heard of a homebrew setup for 4 wheel discs on rockies...just the 2 grand setups from place slike usa6x6 and chucks trucks

Hmm, guess it's time to start saving my pennies. We'll see how well rockies and full hydro 4 wheel steer does on the street. Cool thing is from as high as I'll be sitting it won't matter much if I can't stop.

Jul 13, 2004 | 02:26 AM

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85351ho

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haha, ye just save your $$ and dont run any brakes at all....use imports for emergency stops!!

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Jul 13, 2004 | 05:44 PM

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