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Old 04-29-2003, 12:43 AM   #14
Scrub
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Location: Sisters,Oregon USA
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Thanks for all the help.

As I said, with a new stabilizer, it drove like a dream. The shimmy problem did not occur when I had the cow squeeze on the trailer, it happened the day before with a much lighter trailer and a load on the bed of the truck also. I just took the picture of the truck to show that the problem was fixed and I was able to haul a load without the shimmy problem.

With the cow squeeze loaded, the front axle had 3500 pounds load. I would hope that is plenty of front end weight (sounds like a lot to me) I don't know what the normal front axle weight is, but maybe just a bit more.

What the picture doesn't show very well is that I cut almost 2 feet off the frame and the hitch on the truck is like 30 inches from the center of the rear axle, almost like a gooseneck.
Honest, It won't do wheelies, I've tried :-)

Thanks again.
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Sisters, Oregon - Home of the Sisters Rodeo.
70 GMC 1,000,000 + miles
72 K-20 project, 456 Dana60 front, Corp14 rear w/locker, 265R19.5 tires 20-ply. Warn 12k winches both ends, Cross-over steering with raised tie-rod, Powerbox steering, 4500 watt 120-AC power, Air, Hydraulic aux power, 4 inch lift, 5000 lb air-bags both ends.
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