I just want a link to that guy's gallery. I want to see that thing in more action than just on the ramp

 

I think those are goodyears too. I don't know that he has a gallery...he's not a member here or pirate that I know of.

 

Yeah.......wheelbase, he is wrong....Trackwidth, he might be onto something, but I wouldnt sell my vehicle over what that moron says.

 

After rereading it, it sounds like he is one of those guys who probably doesn't have either a jeep or a truck. Just some idiot who is spouting what he read in his favorite mag. There is people like that. They just can't handle the fact that they are too scared to try something on their own, so they criticize others. If you aren't into rocks, why worry about the flex anyway

 

I wouldn't worry about what some joker says about your truck, the question si are you happy with it then tell them to take a leap. And no the skyjacker springs will not flex like a $10k custom suspension, but a stock suspension will out flex a jeep stock style suspenion in most instances. plus the jeeps are 10 times more likely to roll over. I used to take my old 73 F150 long box all over the mountains in WA. when I still lived there, and went places with that truck that jeeps owners were to wussy to go, and usually had to pull them out of the mud. And now that I live in Iowa the jeeps don't even come to the mud drags, as they are eliminated in the first 2 rounds (unless they have stuck fullsize truck axles under them), so the next time some one says something like that drive your F250, and park it on top of his Jeep, and then ask him is that is enough flex

 

If you do alot of mud or alot of driving in deep snow, wheelbase is a MAJOR asset. It'll track straighter and keep you more in control. In the snow all you have to do is cut the wheel a little and hit the gas and my dad's Xterra spins. I've tried to get my truck to go round in the snow and it wouldn't. It's also an advantage for towing.

Also as has been previously stated, alot of jeeps guys that start to get real serious extend their wheelbases. This is because the short wheelbase isn't stable enough to climb ledges and flips front to back.

If your weehlbase becomes a limitaion, the best way to overcome it is a lift and tires, get that frame as high as you can. But again, most of the time your width will become a liability before your length or break over angle.

Another advantage of wheelbase is frame flex. I don't have any pics to prove it, but I have more frame flex than suspension travel when i hit the trails. My suspension drops about 4" and then the frame starts to flex, and flex, and flex some more. It flexes out so much that i've torn two body mounts, the front of the bed has made contact with the rear of the cab, and i've split my exhaust between the cats. It's a 133" WB that has only seen mud once, besides that it's been a trail runner and has gone places a jeep couldn't (a jeep on 33's was following me and i had to pull him up the hill)

If mud is what you do, go out and have fun in the mud. If you wanna do rocks, hit the rocks but be ready for body damage. Either way they guy was/is a moron. Have fun

Justin

 

Thanks Pro, that's just the pic I was talking about. I realize thats not what he was talking about, but that's what I think of when I hear people say fords can't flex. I totally forgot about AZ's ford. Anyway thanks for the reply.

RubberDuck

 

No problem, Duck. I always find that pic inspiring, myself.