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<blockquote data-quote="bgredjeep" data-source="post: 727626" data-attributes="member: 2797"><p>My rig wasn't built with trailing arms in mind. Now if I wanted to add them it would be very difficult to package. without setting the rear axle back a good bit further.</p><p></p><p>Another issue on a crawler is that many (most) trailing arms are bent down to limit rotation, and this can really hang a rig up in crawling/breakover situations. Straight arms, like Burkey's, or upper link mounted shocks (several of the Jimmy's 4x4 rigs) avoid that issue.</p><p></p><p>If I was building a new rig today, I'd strongly consider including trailing arms in my plans from the start. The guys I know that have them love them, and their rigs work really well, other than the random obstacle that hangs them up and gives them hell. No matter what you build you'll always end up with a certain situation that has your rig's number. I think trailing arms on a trail rig are a great idea, and you don't have to run bypass shocks to make it work.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bgredjeep, post: 727626, member: 2797"] My rig wasn't built with trailing arms in mind. Now if I wanted to add them it would be very difficult to package. without setting the rear axle back a good bit further. Another issue on a crawler is that many (most) trailing arms are bent down to limit rotation, and this can really hang a rig up in crawling/breakover situations. Straight arms, like Burkey's, or upper link mounted shocks (several of the Jimmy's 4x4 rigs) avoid that issue. If I was building a new rig today, I'd strongly consider including trailing arms in my plans from the start. The guys I know that have them love them, and their rigs work really well, other than the random obstacle that hangs them up and gives them hell. No matter what you build you'll always end up with a certain situation that has your rig's number. I think trailing arms on a trail rig are a great idea, and you don't have to run bypass shocks to make it work. [/QUOTE]
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