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20111
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They do raise the COG higher and make rigs more topheavy, and they do increase the amount of unsprung weight at the axle, so you end up with a higher pototential for a roll and a rougher ride and slower response time to terrain changes.I heard they weren't great for uneven terrain? Any truth to this?
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No.I heard they weren't great for uneven terrain? Any truth to this?
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe? Guardian of Forever in Star Trek's City on the Edge of Forever?I saw the thread title and thought it was a reference to "Stargate"
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So I see it the other way, a real crawler doesn't need to be as driveable as an overland rig so fancy suspension work and therefore huge tires aren't much of a problem, but just say you have a vehicle that is equipped with 33" tires and "overland suspension" , now put portals on and be the adult we pretend to be...My first thought is why? On an overlanding vehicle? I could see it on a rock crawler. If you are really going on a trip of the lifetime for perhaps weeks and months, it's just one more thing to go wrong. How will you get it fixed in the Congo? If you are going to Moab for a week and trailering it there....mmmmm!?
My second thought is from what I've heard it allows you to put on larger tires and that puts more stress on the axles, now you have to get bigger axles and that passes the stress on to the diff and drive shafts. KISS.
That said It coolness factor is sky high!