Well, Jess ...
... let's just do a quick review ... then see if we can come at this from a different angle, shall we ...?
Russ in California wrote:Why do you suppose he went with the straight tongue?
stomperxj wrote:Because he didn't research on how to build a frame properly?
That's my guess ...
grant whipp wrote:You
are joking ... right ...
...? ... Trust me, he knows his stuff ...
stomperxj wrote:I'm actually not joking Grant. The fact that Larry has been off roading, and has been a truck mechanic forever is irrelevant ... The point I'm trying ... to make is that for the minimal additional cost involved, a triangulated tongue makes the most sense when building your own frame from scratch or buying and modifying an existing one for serious off road use.
Just my two cents
Jess
Now, just think about this for a minute ... and maybe you'll get
my point:
For someone who has received so much encouragement and support for designing and building an admittedly "outside the box" and purpose-built "teardrop", you were kind of quick to knock someone else's effort because they didn't do something the way
you thought they should have!
There are a
lot of people on this forum that have way more experience building teardrops
of all kinds than you do, and I don't recall
any of them questioning your methods and/or suggesting that
you "didn't research on how to build [it] properly?
..."
There are a
lot of
incorrect ways to build a teardrop, but there is no one (as in singular)
right way. That same statement applies equally to chassis/frame construction and suspension choice.
So, what I am suggesting (encouraging, actually), here, is that you at least consider extending the same courtesy to others as you, yourself, have received. The mere fact that Larry was/is one of the pioneers that helped blaze a path for off-road teardropping should be cause enough for that little bit of respect ...
...!
You've got a helluva build going, there, and although I personally wouldn't be doing some of the things you are doing and/or how you are doing them, I nonetheless am eager to see the finished product and hear/see reports on how well it accomplishes the tasks you've set forth for it. I wish you Continued Good Luck with your project!
I can't remember whose tag line this is, but it sure fits here:
"I'm not sayin' ... I'm just sayin' ..."
CHEERS!
Grant