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I drove my old beast on paved & unpaved roads with the box loded up with 10K of dirt all day and the steering really didn't bother me at all. The ratio makes for a lot of turns lock to lock, but short of needing to be tightened up it was easy to drive. I haven't found that I need P/S unless dealing with really bad roads, and even then a simple bolt on dampner could fix that. Personal preference I suppose.

Even the single M/C with the hydrovac has worked fine for me, I replaced everything I could, rebuilt the rest, and installed all new lines. With the HydroVac pushing 7/8" slaves up front and dual 2" in back, even at max weight it stops quickly. Also between the HydroVac bypass and my rebuilt shaft brake, even if I lose vac pressure I can stop easily enough. A properly rebuilt and well maintained system works great, but the added safety of a dual circut system would be nice if you deal with a lot of hills (or idiot drivers with cranial-rectumitis).