Made in USA leaf springs

[Geronimo John]

Now I understand why the new Oliver's cost so much.  Its the cost of bandwidth we consume on the web!

Street legal 250cc Enduro with a X2 seat and super duty bulldog shocks and Alcan springs! 

Oh, with a lithium battery and a Truma hand washing station.

GJ

[Geronimo John]

I can't wait to see the GIF that a certain Moderator is sure to post!

LOL

GJ

[John Dorrer]

7 hours ago, Geronimo John said:

Now I understand why the new Oliver's cost so much.  Its the cost of bandwidth we consume on the web!

Street legal 250cc Enduro with a X2 seat and super duty bulldog shocks and Alcan springs! 

Oh, with a lithium battery and a Truma hand washing station.

GJ

👍

[topgun2]

OUCH!

[jd1923]

21 hours ago, 2008RN said:

I  just figured we would try to hit 50 pages.   I have gone back a couple of times through the thread when I couldn't sleep.  better than counting sheep.😳

Well we just hit 26 pages. I remember asking the Mods to close this thread after 12 pages, but it was not my thread to close. Most of the additions I've read here in the last 10-15 pages are slight variations of the comments and questions made in the many pages before.

I just reviewed pages 1-2. And yep, that's all you need to know on this subject. Except that a few pages later we learned that the Alcan springs are actually rated at 2750 vs. 2000 lbs. There was the same concern on page 2 about this rating being too much. I had that concern early but no anymore.

We're on a long road trip where we have not before towed so many highway miles. Our OEM springs are in very good condition, no sag, still nicely arced and perhaps Dexter used better steel in 2015 than more recently. Who knows but htey're in excellent shape and no rust given where we live. When the other day, I crossed railroad tracks that were on about a 30 degree angle to the road, I watched our Oliver in the side view mirror. The Oliver waddled like a duck going over those tracks, side-to-side, the top of the Oliver swayed a good 1 1/2 ft like a pendulum both ways! These springs are under-rated, as the Alcan rep stated.

It's crazy that this is our 2nd longest thread, just behind "Where's Ollie" at 28 pages! This truly means not enough of you are posting travel pics! 🤣