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Anybody else take their 1st gen flying?

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Old Jun 16, 2010 | 01:39 PM
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Anybody else take their 1st gen flying?

Hit that jump a couple times. Only damage was a blown out shock and a broken motor mount. Both needed to be replaced anyways. Truck will be in a well known magazine next issue. Just a testament to what these trucks can take. Stock suspension with 33's and some fender clearance.
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Old Jun 16, 2010 | 01:42 PM
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That's sick man!!! Weird stack location though....lol
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Old Jun 16, 2010 | 01:49 PM
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I didn't want to move my bed box. With the stack in front of the bed box, I can't get my dirtbike in with the tailgate closed.
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Old Jun 16, 2010 | 03:23 PM
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I have trouble keeping mine from breaking something from daily driving it I would hate to see what happened if I did that.
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Old Jun 16, 2010 | 04:22 PM
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Yeah these trucks' frames do not like to leave the ground. I've seen a handful of them that are bent at the spot where the fenders and cab meet from that!
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Old Jun 16, 2010 | 05:01 PM
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seems to fly pretty straight...
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Old Jun 16, 2010 | 05:59 PM
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That is sweet
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Old Jun 16, 2010 | 06:00 PM
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I've been driving like this for years. Frame was cracked at steering box bracket on frame, on the bracket, and I've even cracked the steering box itself as well as bending a few rims and "adjusting" the camber on my front axle. I have welded, gusseted, and de-tweaked all of that since. The truck has been jumped so many times, maybe I just don't notice any new bends. The doors close and open fine and that is the extent of my cares.
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Old Jun 16, 2010 | 07:24 PM
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Remind me not to ever buy a truck from you. lol
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Old Jun 16, 2010 | 07:53 PM
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I don't know about the rest of you guys but even driving over train tracks makes my back hurt in my truck. I could not imagine getting air under the tires.
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Old Jun 16, 2010 | 08:40 PM
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man these trucks are getting so rare i couldnt see myself doing that. i want to collect them all just so i dont see that happen to them. it hurts my eyes.
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Old Jun 16, 2010 | 08:49 PM
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Actually, I am now in the process of setting my truck up with long travel. As for that jump, it had a downhill landing. I still wish I was wearing a kidney belt.
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Old Jun 16, 2010 | 08:58 PM
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easy, this isn't Dukes of Hazzard, its a diesel! I don't know if i could do that to mine, just hitting a pivot track makes me cringe.
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Old Jun 16, 2010 | 10:20 PM
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I didn't know bricks could fly..... just needs to be painted orange, and have "01" painted on the doors....
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Old Jun 16, 2010 | 11:25 PM
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I think potholes and my concrete suspension is why I have never had any kidney stones! They turn to powder before they can get big. Unfortunately, my vertebrae are now powder too.
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