And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
When you run a dozer like that it's called 'High Trackin'. Seems like an appropriate term here, too. Full disclosure: This expression dates from the days long before Caterpillar made high track dozers.
This exact same thing has been going on since the 60's. There is now a vintage class that regularly stay right up there with the latest and greatest. You can make a 1965(up to 1979) Ford pick up do that with a few thousand bucks.
The cab is almost level the whole time.
ReplyDeleteWhen you run a dozer like that it's called 'High Trackin'. Seems like an appropriate term here, too.
ReplyDeleteFull disclosure: This expression dates from the days long before Caterpillar made high track dozers.
...and that's why the shock-absorbers on vehicles like that have separate reservoirs with heat sinks...lots of energy to shed!
ReplyDeleteThis exact same thing has been going on since the 60's. There is now a vintage class that regularly stay right up there with the latest and greatest. You can make a 1965(up to 1979) Ford pick up do that with a few thousand bucks.
ReplyDeleteLove that vid. It makes it clear that the purpose of a suspension is not to give the passenger a smooth ride, it's to keep the wheels on the ground.
ReplyDeleteTree Mike,
ReplyDeleteI would be very interested in doing that for my next vehicle, if you could point me in the right direction
I'd like to hear about it too....
DeleteGrandma Riggs used to tell me, "Drive fast over the ruts and you'll glide right over the tops of 'em!" as she did 40 mph down the Quansoo, sand road.
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