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Originally Posted by alkaline747trio

I'd rather spend my time making big axles fit then to replace a blown birf on the trail. I'm capable of fixing that broken birf, but if I never have to fix one (mini axle in a bud's yota at 2AM isn't fun in a dust bowl) again I'd be one happy camper.

Once I get out of college and have more spare time I can devote to my cruiser I'll take a few more risks, but I can't handle long term downtime and I don't have enough long weekends to fix a good break.

Its all well and good to want to not have to pull out the tools when you go out wheeling, but i would much rather just get out there and push what i have and carry spares than sit it out because i dont have the money for longs or 1 tons or whatever the part du jour is. If you havent broken anything with 38.5s and you dont have a problem getting where you are going open in the front, id wait till you actually wheel it hard to put 1 tons under it. I t doesnt take much to pop a birf, just feed in a little rpm in reverse and they kinda just spit all their innards out. I cant imagine how many i would break if i had 38s.

I follow built cruisers and minis with duals and longs and all that jazz, i just beat my shit up and have to fix a birf from time to time. Not that im not going to get longs, but for the time being im content to run what i have.