emcvay wrote:
Reddog1 wrote:
If you modify the overload springs to make contact sooner, it will only reduce the amount the rear of the truck squats when loaded. The same amount of weight is on the tires.
Wayne
This is not my understanding. What engaging the overloads does is ensure a more stable ride because when cornering the overloads, as stock, can disengage causing more sway and bounce. If you watch the torklift videos it's quite interesting.
Adding this does not change your capacity but does make heavy loads more manageable. At least so it seems when doing the research I've done.
Wayne... with a static load you are correct but with a dynamic load (sway, etc.) you will load and unload from side to side as emcvay said. The more you can keep the load centered over all the tires the better. Not really a sticker for it but you could say worst case is that in a hard corner with the truck leaning way over almost all the weight is on 2 (3) tires with the other 2 (3) along for the ride. The nerd in me would love to see a set of force vectors on the tires and wheels at various locations when going through a slalom course with different speeds, loads, and cg placements.
