(Non) vibration observation.
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(Non) vibration observation.
Howdy guys. My truck has been running smoother than ever. One thing is I've been carrying a load of approximately 50-60lbs of wood in the bed of my truck for about 3 months. Just never had the time to unload it. Anyhoo, I finally ditched it early this week and was anticipating maybe a bit more "vibration" in my daily commute. I'd read that others had had this experience and even purposefully carried sand bags to "get a smoother ride". Well, after one week of driving normal traffic I can report no difference. Bed does not shake and I truely don't feel the ride is any different at all. It must be noted that I have had the Line-X spray in and possibly that is mimicking what the sand bag solution would be doing. I'm ordering a Penda bed mat (about 1/2" thick) for the truck. I'll report if that has any effect on the truck's driving. If anything I'd expect it to help the ride but most likely won't notice much.
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Any weight in the bed will change the characteristics. All the frame is, on a pickup truck, is a fancy cantilever. Once you even out the load on the barren end (bed), the tendency for movement is dimished.
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Yeah WheelMa1, but do you think that the Line-X liner weighs about about fifty or so pounds for the materail that they use in the application? Or, could it just be, that the Line-X liner, is basically like a vibration dampening material (Which is used to reduce the resonating factors of metal and thus reducing the vibrating qualities.) like what you would use in a car audio application? Only it is taken to a differnet level of density, for the added strength and durability. I was just curious about this, because I have a little more knowledge in the Mobile Audio enviroment than in some of the materials and products that we put into our trucks.
