driving with no shocks

[cocy]

so I'm having issues with my truck at the moment, frame is rusted bad and shocks mounts are trashed, well I'm in Ohio and there's a winter storm coming, how bad would it be to drive with out my rear shocks for a little while till I can fix the mounts and frame?

[mvusse]

No rear shocks -> be carefull, especially in low traction conditions like snow.

 

No front shocks -> accident waiting to happen.

[vaquaro]

:agree: Park it

[cocy]

yea thats what I'm going to do, i wasnt at home when i psted that i made it home so I'm parking it till xmas i have a week off then and going to get working on the frame hopefully

[jpnjim]

Even just 1 rear shock is 10x's better than no rear shocks.

 

No rear shocks = you just keeeeeeeeeeeeeeeepppppppp bouncing after hitting that last bump.

 

1 rear shock = squirmy, and bouncy, by 10x's better then the above.

[kyleag89]

When I drive in the snow I like to have around 200lbs in the bed for better traction, and that wouldn't be good with no shocks.

[Jerry]

I once tried it on my RZ350 Yamaha, fun but very much NOT recommended - Boing boing boing wehay! Boing boing boing woohoo! boing boing boing EEK! :D

[jimmy21669]

Cocy, I live in Lorain if you need any help....I have some fab skills and a welder....

[86FUBAR]

Well when I lifted my jeep the first time I didn't have rear shocks for about 3 months and it drove quite well though I did have a rear add a leaf installed that made it alot stiffer , I don't know if that made a difference or not but it sure didn't feel " dangerous" as y'all make it sound . And the last time I lifted my jeep ( the same truck ) I again didn't have rear shocks right away and although it didn't get very many miles on it the second time around it still drove fine . Now when I drove the same truck around with no front shocks after second lift (only around the yard a bit ) it was fun but felt unbelievable dangerous and defeinetly not recomended . So there's my 2 cents.

[cocy]

thanks Jimmy for th offer, once I see how bad it is under there I just maybe asking for some help, lol. I'm not to bad at welding my self, but I might need a had getting the bed off sometime if u wouldn't mind.

[jimmy21669]

thanks Jimmy for th offer, once I see how bad it is under there I just maybe asking for some help, lol. I'm not to bad at welding my self, but I might need a had getting the bed off sometime if u wouldn't mind.

 

 

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