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Re: RideTech HD four link four your 1 Ton Build
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Originally Posted by Advanced Design
You have a really nice looking truck James. Did you need to do a notch?
One concern I have with doing this is frame integrity with the heavy loads a dually can take....I know, lot's of them on the roads for many miles and years.
With leaf springs, the forward thrust and vertical load forces are spread over four points on the frame wrere the leaf springs attach as designed by the GM engineers. With the four link, the forward thrust is on two points of the frame where the links attach. The vertical load is supported only at the two points where the bag brackets attach. Doesn't seem as strong as the four leaf spring attaching points.
Yeah, I am over analyzing it. Would be pretty cool to drop this truck. One more thing on the wanna do list.
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The ride tech kit came with a over the top c-notch, after 13yrs I have no concerns with the frame and I have used it as a truck, all my miles are over the road.
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James
63 GMC V6 4speed carryall
65 chevy swb bbw V8 auto
68 K20 327/4 speed, buddy buckets
2002 GMC CC Dually Duramax
64 GMC lwb 3/4 V6 4speed SOLD
66 GMC swb bbw buddy buckets SOLD
IG duallyjams
The only thing that stays the same is constant change!
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