I'll take a look at them Dave. They were new in '05 or '06 but
now that you mention it, that was ten years ago and 16,000
miles. Even though all of the components that could go bad
were replace with new stuff back then, much of it still isn't
up to the standards of the new cars/trucks.
The old litmus test for bad shocks was always to jump on the
bumper to see if the snubbers were working. This truck will
bounce once and stop. One thing I did notice if you stand in
the back corner of the bed and bounce on it, you can see
something like a wave or twisting of the box-frame-body. It
really moves around a lot. When you have a structure that is
that flexible I can see where vibration and harmonic vibration
could be a real concern. The way the AD frames were built
allows them to flex quite a bit. and the way the cabs were
hung gives it lots of room to move around as the frame flexes.
Although I've ridden in Brian's '55 TF and a couple of other
guy AD's they have all been 1/2 ton trucks. I've yet to take
a ride in a 3/4 ton so I have something to compare the ride
to.
My '54, 3604 made the ride from one town five miles away to
the barn before the engine got tore down so I didn't get a
chance to get a feel for the way it rode.
Tks
dg
