Best Traction bars for the Money?
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Best Traction bars for the Money?
Tired of the damn tires hopping and I'm scared I'll break something when I get heavy into the boost!
Just wondering what the best traction bars would be. Mostly Pavement Princess with little articulation demand...truck is just too heavy to actually play with
Found these:
Just wondering what the best traction bars would be. Mostly Pavement Princess with little articulation demand...truck is just too heavy to actually play with
Found these:
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I'd love the OUO setup...but that leaves no $$$ for other toys
I just want something that does the job. Pretty doesn't factor into it much for me
and....I might want to a burnout or 2
I just want something that does the job. Pretty doesn't factor into it much for me
and....I might want to a burnout or 2
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Farmboy Fabrications made some nice traction bars but I cannot find their website, which means they may be out of business. Their website now sells baby clothes... go figure. 
Their old address:
<TABLE style="BACKGROUND: #f0f0f0" class=colorborder border=0 cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=4 width=550><TBODY><TR><TD class=normal width=80 align=right>Manufacturer:</TD><TD class=normal noWrap>Farmboy Fabrications</TD></TR><TR><TD class=normal width=80 align=right>Location:</TD><TD class=normal noWrap>724 Middle Ridge Dr. </TD></TR><TR><TD> </TD><TD class=normal noWrap>Chesapeake, va 23322 USA</TD></TR><TR><TD class=normal width=80 align=right>Phone:</TD><TD class=normal noWrap>(910)367-8762</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
Link showing their products:
Farmboy Fabrications Product Guide for Trucks at Truck Hownd
Their old address:
<TABLE style="BACKGROUND: #f0f0f0" class=colorborder border=0 cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=4 width=550><TBODY><TR><TD class=normal width=80 align=right>Manufacturer:</TD><TD class=normal noWrap>Farmboy Fabrications</TD></TR><TR><TD class=normal width=80 align=right>Location:</TD><TD class=normal noWrap>724 Middle Ridge Dr. </TD></TR><TR><TD> </TD><TD class=normal noWrap>Chesapeake, va 23322 USA</TD></TR><TR><TD class=normal width=80 align=right>Phone:</TD><TD class=normal noWrap>(910)367-8762</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
Link showing their products:
Farmboy Fabrications Product Guide for Trucks at Truck Hownd
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I had Farmboy bookmarked, their site gives me a 404 error now
Does anybody run the ProComp's? They're the best price I can find. My buddy has a 80 Blazer with Dana 60's and 40" Mud Hawgs. His ProComp bars look pretty nice, and the 454 it has can really light them up without wheelhop
Does anybody run the ProComp's? They're the best price I can find. My buddy has a 80 Blazer with Dana 60's and 40" Mud Hawgs. His ProComp bars look pretty nice, and the 454 it has can really light them up without wheelhop
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Solid axle and frame mount has binding written all over it.
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Yet it is done every day... what is the alternative method? One Up Off-Road is the best in the industry. Check out their website for pics and videos of their traction bars. The cost for ORO "bolt-on" traction bars is $920.34 at TruckToyzPerformance.com.
ORO Traction Bar Page:
One Up Offroad
ORO "Bolt-On" Traction Bars at TruckToyzPerformance.com:
One Up Offroad Bolt-On Traction Bars - 1999-2010 F250/F350 2 & 4wd - Bolt-On Type - Truck Toyz Store
ORO Traction Bar Page:
One Up Offroad
ORO "Bolt-On" Traction Bars at TruckToyzPerformance.com:
One Up Offroad Bolt-On Traction Bars - 1999-2010 F250/F350 2 & 4wd - Bolt-On Type - Truck Toyz Store
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Yet it is done every day... what is the alternative method? One Up Off-Road is the best in the industry. Check out their website for pics and videos of their traction bars. The cost for ORO "bolt-on" traction bars is $920.34 at TruckToyzPerformance.com.
ORO Traction Bar Page:
One Up Offroad
ORO "Bolt-On" Traction Bars at TruckToyzPerformance.com:
One Up Offroad Bolt-On Traction Bars - 1999-2010 F250/F350 2 & 4wd - Bolt-On Type - Truck Toyz Store
ORO Traction Bar Page:
One Up Offroad
ORO "Bolt-On" Traction Bars at TruckToyzPerformance.com:
One Up Offroad Bolt-On Traction Bars - 1999-2010 F250/F350 2 & 4wd - Bolt-On Type - Truck Toyz Store
Good videos! The problem with bars is leaf springs make the axle travel in a arc. Solid mounted bars like the ones in the video have a more strait up and down "vertical" travel. The video shows without the bars the rear axle twists under load (excessively because of the 8" blocks they have between the axle and springs). The bars simply keep the axle from twisting the leaf springs but still actually "twist" the rear axle in order to have suspension travel. They are binding the springs even though you can't totally see it or feel it. I know people do it every day and thats fine, it just causes stress on stuff.
There is no real alternative using leaf springs. For it to be done totally right coil over shocks/coil springs and separate shocks should be used with a 4 link configuration.
Just how it is.
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Good videos! The problem with bars is leaf springs make the axle travel in a arc. Solid mounted bars like the ones in the video have a more strait up and down "vertical" travel. The video shows without the bars the rear axle twists under load (excessively because of the 8" blocks they have between the axle and springs). The bars simply keep the axle from twisting the leaf springs but still actually "twist" the rear axle in order to have suspension travel. They are binding the springs even though you can't totally see it or feel it. I know people do it every day and thats fine, it just causes stress on stuff.
There is no real alternative using leaf springs. For it to be done totally right coil over shocks/coil springs and separate shocks should be used with a 4 link configuration.
Just how it is.
There is no real alternative using leaf springs. For it to be done totally right coil over shocks/coil springs and separate shocks should be used with a 4 link configuration.
Just how it is.
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Riffraff Diesel: One Up Offroad Bolt-On Traction Bars=
1. The 64" "Fixed" traction bars with small gusset are $754.03.
2. The 64" "Fixed" traction bars with large gusset are $754.03 + $68.71 = $822.74.
3. The 54"-84" "Adjustable" traction bars with short gusset are $754.03 + $161.56 = $915.59.
4. The 54"-84" "Adjustable" traction bars with large gusset are $754.03 + $212.43 = $966.46.
The TruckToyzPerformance.com link is for the 54"-84" "Adjustable" traction bars with short gusset priced at $920.43.
Riffraff Diesel is cheaper by $4.84.