My Blue Beast sits way up high on its axles, even with stock tires. This is really good for hunting and fishing trips in mud and snow. Off road mobility is the main reason I own such a tall vehicle.
But my highway mileage sucks, in part due to the height. I'm looking for suggestions to reversibly (and cheaply) lower my truck while driving to and from my camp, but then revert to normal height it when I go off road.
Has anyone done this in a full size 4x4?
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If it was a half-ton 4x4, you could adjust the torsion bars to lower the front. All you do is jack the truck up, turn a set screw, and lower it. However, your truck has leaf or coil springs, right?
How often do you expect to switch heights? I don't think there's a cheap way to do it easily (except on the half ton 4x4 as described above).
Perhaps a removable air dam could get you some of the benefit?
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co de pen den cy
Pronunciation: \kō-di-ˈpen-dən(t)-sē\
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Interesting that his air dam has a gap in the center. Guess he figures air must be going more sideways than up. Or it was just hard to do.
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Main Entry: co de pen dence - see codependency
co de pen den cy
Pronunciation: \kō-di-ˈpen-dən(t)-sē\
Function: noun
Date: 1979
: a psychological condition or a relationship in which a person is controlled or manipulated by another who is affected with a pathological condition (as an addiction to alcohol or heroin) ; broadly : dependence on the needs of or control by another
My first thought was to remove the shocks and replace them with double-acting air cylinders to pull the truck down. Air cylinders are cheap. But then I'd have no shocks. And I'd need a compressor.
I also thought about a set of springs to do the same thing. I'd disconnect the springs when I got off road. But where would I get tension springs?
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