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Thanks RRworker. I am glad I could help. You idea sounds good too! The air bag trick would be easy enough for me to do, so I may just do it and see how it works!
RRworker I wish you luck. A deuce turns better than a five ton. My suggestion was not meant to Hijack this thread. I was just thinking outside the box. this set-up would just be for slow tight turns. I will continue this discuss on it's own thread.
Airbags come in different sizes and weight capacities. If a deuce's suspension is like a 5 ton the travel is not more than 12 inches. I am sure you can find a off the shelf bag that can handle that distance. I work on a crane truck that has bags that travel about that much.
with every modification there are usually compromises to the original design. I think that I could design something that would work with minimal draw backs.
I have come up with a way to decrease the turning radius of our trucks. I work as a heavy truck mechanic and came up with the idea while working on a tag axle. just put two air bags on the forward tandem axle. when you inflate the bags it will push the forward axle down and the rear axle up off...