I was cruising along yesterday and had two serious pucker moments within a few minutes of each. Here's what happened:
#1 - I was going about 45 and hit a series of 3 recessed manhole covers in rapid succession. They were recessed about 2" and were within a foot of each other. I should have steered around them, but I've got to say I didn't expect them to upset the chassis as much as they did. The truck ended up bouncing a bit sideways. I was able to steer out of it, but I'm not too certain I want to have that happen again. The last time I experienced anything similar was in a 1994 Jeep Wrangler.
#2 - I wasn't paying enough attention and had to jam on the brakes at 45 mph. The front end seemed to be skipping along the road like rocks on a pond. I'm running 265/75/16 BFG Rugged Trails with about 80% tread. I don't think what I felt was ABS; it was much harder than that. It was almost like the weight of the truck and the extreme braking overwhelmed the traction of the tires. I just read some reviews and the braking performance doesn't seem to be that bad on this series.
Like I said, #1 is easy to remedy. #2 is as well but I don't really look forward to having to brake that hard again. Any ideas(other than the obvious eyes on the road) on how to improve the breaking? The shocks are Bilsteins but I don't know how many miles they have. All 4 are on the short list of things to upgrade soon.
#1 - I was going about 45 and hit a series of 3 recessed manhole covers in rapid succession. They were recessed about 2" and were within a foot of each other. I should have steered around them, but I've got to say I didn't expect them to upset the chassis as much as they did. The truck ended up bouncing a bit sideways. I was able to steer out of it, but I'm not too certain I want to have that happen again. The last time I experienced anything similar was in a 1994 Jeep Wrangler.
#2 - I wasn't paying enough attention and had to jam on the brakes at 45 mph. The front end seemed to be skipping along the road like rocks on a pond. I'm running 265/75/16 BFG Rugged Trails with about 80% tread. I don't think what I felt was ABS; it was much harder than that. It was almost like the weight of the truck and the extreme braking overwhelmed the traction of the tires. I just read some reviews and the braking performance doesn't seem to be that bad on this series.
Like I said, #1 is easy to remedy. #2 is as well but I don't really look forward to having to brake that hard again. Any ideas(other than the obvious eyes on the road) on how to improve the breaking? The shocks are Bilsteins but I don't know how many miles they have. All 4 are on the short list of things to upgrade soon.
