Re: Semi OT: What's old is new again...

Jeff DeWitt wrote:

> Grumpy AuContraire wrote:
> 
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>>
>> Lee Aanderud wrote:
>>
>>> Just read in the current Popular Mechanics magazine that in 2009 
>>> Dodge trucks will have the new and revolutionary coil spring rear 
>>> end.  "New Rear Suspension.  The '09 Ram is the first full-size 
>>> pickup to use coil springs instead of traditional leaf-spring packs.  
>>> Dodge says this will deliver a class-leading ride."
>>>  
>>> If this is true, what do I have on my '65 Chevy C-10?
>>> http://laanderud.com/65chevy/011507/image_12.html
>>>  
>>> Lee
>>
>>
>>
>> They never learn.  Coil springs on any commercial load bearing load 
>> have always been a failed design...
>>
>> Maybe the next innovation will be a miracle device that holds a 
>> vehicle still while waiting for a light to turn green on an incline..
>>
>> JT
>>
> 
> It sounds like it's probably a decent design for trucks who's heaviest 
> load is normally the driver, but not for trucks that actually have to do

> some work.
> 
> Jeff DeWitt


Heh!  Speak fer y'sef!!  I'm a mean 'n lean 165# but...  I don't have a 
truck ennymoor and when I did, it wuz 'n ottomatik!

<G>

JT