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Old 05-24-2007, 09:56 AM
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Will a 2/4 drop effect the amount of load you can carry in the bed? I imagine it would only effect the suspension travel and not the amount of load.
Old 05-24-2007, 10:06 AM
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yes it will, your truck will bottom out if you put to much in. i had 2 dirt bikes in mine and it was significantly close to having the bump stops touch. infact if you do a 2/4 you have to replace the back bump stops with one thats like only 1" tall or they will touch the axle
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IT WILL DEFINATELY EFFECT YOUR LOAD BE CAREFULL
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What is the appx. weight of your two dirt bikes? 500 - 600 lbs? any additional gear in there at the time?
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ya probably about that... just our helmets, gloves, and boots. no like i said, it wasnt bottomin out... but at the same time i probably wouldnt have thrown 2 more bikes on there if we coulda got them to fit lol
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I think I can live with a 700 - 900# payload.
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ya its not like you plan on going to get a yard of gravel ya know. you should be ok
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My buddies running a 2-4 drop on his 04 4x4, he also put some bags on it for towing heavy stuff.
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what if you put a set of air shocks on a 4" drop, air them up when towing/loaded and when done drop the air

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Not good, because then the load is perched upon the shock mounts, baggin' it would be the way to go.......


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