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From: Buckley, WA
my ttb has a 6 inch skyjacker and 2inch add a leafs and let me tell you it was a bitch getting it done. took me and a buddy 14 hours and had to fab the lift a bit to make it work. i have pics of the installation if you wanna see anything
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From: Pikeville
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the other 2 pics were from trips to the rubicon. if you google ice house rd. in ca or 38.769376,-120.447321 on google maps, it winds and climbs 2000FT in a matter of miles (7.2 miles) and it tows just fine.
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From: Nutter Fort, WV
2000 feet on 7.2 miles, average of 6.2%.
Come on over and try our city streets at 30% plus.
That 2000 feet vertical would fit in one mile of road.
US 33 East from Elkins has five mountains with 4 to 6 mile stretches of 12% grades, and that is a main highway east and west in W.Va.
Wonder why they have four tractor trailers over the side of one of the mountains tonight with the snow.
Come on over and try our city streets at 30% plus.
That 2000 feet vertical would fit in one mile of road.
US 33 East from Elkins has five mountains with 4 to 6 mile stretches of 12% grades, and that is a main highway east and west in W.Va.
Wonder why they have four tractor trailers over the side of one of the mountains tonight with the snow.
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2000 feet on 7.2 miles, average of 6.2%.
Come on over and try our city streets at 30% plus.
That 2000 feet vertical would fit in one mile of road.
US 33 East from Elkins has five mountains with 4 to 6 mile stretches of 12% grades, and that is a main highway east and west in W.Va.
Wonder why they have four tractor trailers over the side of one of the mountains tonight with the snow.
Come on over and try our city streets at 30% plus.
That 2000 feet vertical would fit in one mile of road.
US 33 East from Elkins has five mountains with 4 to 6 mile stretches of 12% grades, and that is a main highway east and west in W.Va.
Wonder why they have four tractor trailers over the side of one of the mountains tonight with the snow.
i am not trying to compete for grades, for almost all of that you can see hwy 50 directly below you. it is not only the grade but the windy road also. we see a few trucks off the road a year. the point is i lifted truck can tow in those conditions.
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From: Faibanks Ak.
A lifted truck can tow Power is still there. Also you have a higher center of gravity,so just know your limitations. Another thing that limits your load capability is steeper drive line angles, and then you are more suceptible to axle wrap. So while you can tow you just cant tow as much on the same amount of broken parts lol.
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A lifted truck can tow Power is still there. Also you have a higher center of gravity,so just know your limitations. Another thing that limits your load capability is steeper drive line angles, and then you are more suceptible to axle wrap. So while you can tow you just cant tow as much on the same amount of broken parts lol.
edit; i wish i would have taken pics of the 25 ft bumper pull trailer hooked to the tow pig that weighed in at the dump at 17k
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From: Faibanks Ak.
I am not arguing that it will not tow. But everything is not equal, your center of gravity has changed no way around it. your driveline angles have changed also no way around it.
The longer your springs are or the taller your blocks are mutleplies the spring wrap. there is a way around this but to me traction bars or ladder bars limit yhe 4 wheeling ability. I run and heavy towed with a highboy without a lot of problems but I can't claim there was no more wear than a normal height pickup. the higher you go the problems compound. All that said I likem lifted, like big tires some things the truck is not equal to but other things low trucks are not equal either it is personal preferance. It's a free country everybody gets to set there rig up to perform the best for their use but every has tradeoffs even slight ones.
The longer your springs are or the taller your blocks are mutleplies the spring wrap. there is a way around this but to me traction bars or ladder bars limit yhe 4 wheeling ability. I run and heavy towed with a highboy without a lot of problems but I can't claim there was no more wear than a normal height pickup. the higher you go the problems compound. All that said I likem lifted, like big tires some things the truck is not equal to but other things low trucks are not equal either it is personal preferance. It's a free country everybody gets to set there rig up to perform the best for their use but every has tradeoffs even slight ones.
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