Hehehehe....don't knock it 'till ya try it. ;)
- Bernd
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From: owner-dakota-truck@BUFFNET.NET
[mailto:owner-dakota-truck@BUFFNET.NET] On Behalf Of Andy Levy
Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2001 5:30 PM
To: dakota-truck-moderator@bent.twistedbits.net
Subject: Re:DML: raise vs lower on a 4x2
Not to mention the damage you do to the local environment (ground) when
you
"hammer" the landscape by just launching. And what happens when you
catch
a wheel on something and go careening into a tree or rock?
gt6416b@prism.gatech.edu wrote:
> Thats the problem with a lot of lifted 4x2's. Launching can get you up
> some obsticals that a 4x4 can go up, but the "thing" in offroading is
> making it look easy and coming out with a ride that is in the same
> condition that you brought it in. I have seen a couple 4x2's literally
> take off and land in 30 ft deep ditch where I have gone over the
> years(plenty missing this ditch but coming away crying because their
> truck was now smashed on a rock.. between a rock and a hard or err an
> empty place). Try explaining to your insurance company why they need
> to pay for a crane to come and get your truck ;)
>
>>Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2001 07:40:36 -0500
>>From: "Bernd D. Ratsch" <bernd@texas.net>
>>Subject: RE: DML: raise vs lower on a 4x2
>>
>>Ya see....it goes something like this:
>>
>>2WD: "Line'em up and runn'em"
>>4WD: "Follow the line and watch the leader"
>>Lifted 2WD: "Line'em up and LAUNCH them!" ;)
>>
>>And then there's Ed...2WD, 4WD...it doesn't seem to matter...he's
>>always got the wheels in the air. ;)
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-- -andy andylevy@yahoo.com Maintainer, DML FAQ - http://www.dakota-truck.net/faq/ http://home.twcny.rr.com/andylevy/dakota/ '99 CC 4x4 318 auto
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