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Old May 16, 2005 | 02:28 PM
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dented the tailgate

went wheelin over the weekend, and my buddy wanted to take shots of my flexing my suspension i got one of my rear wheels like 6 inches off the ground and there was so much torque on the bed and cab that my tailgate dented. it undented after i came off the rocks. just something i wanted to throw out there
 
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Old May 16, 2005 | 03:35 PM
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wow. 6 whole inches? thats incredible.
 
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Old May 16, 2005 | 04:03 PM
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awesme man, 6" is crazy



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Old May 16, 2005 | 06:49 PM
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i know that 6" really isnt that much but i thought it was something pretty cool cuz i dont have tons of money to put in my truck cuz i go to school full time so for what i have in my truck and for what i have done with it im impressed
 
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Old May 16, 2005 | 08:25 PM
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did u crawl under the tire and act like u were holding it up in the pics?
 
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Old May 16, 2005 | 09:27 PM
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hey, ya gotta start somewhere, right.

props to ya for trying... and wird of advice, next time you blow all that cash into a truck make sure it performs. just to give you an idea i can get my rear tires up about 38 inches and i am working on the front now to soften them up and i didn't spend hardly anything doing it

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Old May 16, 2005 | 09:36 PM
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what are you running for a rig, and how long you been wheeling?
 
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Old May 16, 2005 | 09:38 PM
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85 f250 with one ton drivetrain and 39' iroks

i have been wheelin with trucks since i was a freshman in high skool but i have been riding 4 wheelers, and still have 2 of thema warrior and a lakota, since i got my first plastic honda when i was 2

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Old May 16, 2005 | 09:44 PM
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since i was a freshman in high skool
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Well, that was longer ago for some of us than others

I dub this thread hella XTR3ME!
 
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Old May 16, 2005 | 09:53 PM
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lol, yea true. i have only been graduated for exactly 4 years and 11 days. so i have been wheelin for abou 8 years.... a lot more so the past 6 years

ya but we should be nice to him, he hasn't really done anything and didn't ask one of those pesky redundant questions. i am gonna be nice

stick around bigtruck, learn to take a proding from us and learn something.... its actually quite fun.

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Old May 16, 2005 | 09:56 PM
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stick around bigtruck, learn to take a proding from us.... its actually quite fun. -cutts-
Holy Cow, Fishy's going all Deliverance on the new guys!

"You got a perdy mouth boy"
 
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Old May 16, 2005 | 10:00 PM
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hey, ya never know till ya try

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Old May 16, 2005 | 10:08 PM
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one thing i want to do with my truck is go bigger, but its tough to do in mass because of the stupid lift law in this state that you cant go more than 2 inches and the cops around my area of the state love to write tickets for altered vehicle height
 
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Old May 16, 2005 | 10:22 PM
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so lift it and make bumpers that are removable. something simple like whats used on the back of tractor-trailers. just simple tubing that has pins in it that you can pull and gain all your clearance back. also dont fall into the bandwagon thinking that to go offroading you have to have 3 feet of lift and the biggest tires you can stuff. really, i lost track but to give you an idea i am running stock f-150 rear springs in the rear and have pulled the overload leaf so i am running lower than stock trucks.

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Old May 16, 2005 | 10:23 PM
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So drop it, and add the little funky things you can do to make it flex, i've seen a few fullsize broncos up in the mountains to keep the center of gravity low, they could sidehill ditches that were around 65-70 degree angles.
 
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