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| TuUrBoOo |
 Posted: Sun Jan 06, 2008 5:41 pm |
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TRUCKS
*Note that for "Purposes", it's what I personally recommend. If you want to use Randal 150's for downhill, knock yourself out.
**I'm writing these based on my experiences with the truck, so you may not find everything here!
Randal 150
Approx. Cost: $65
Hanger width: 150mm
Axle diameter: 8mm
Baseplate Angle: 50 degrees
Drill Pattern: Old/New School
Purposes: Freeriding, Carving, Commuting
Description: These trucks are used for conventional longboards. Quick turning.
Randal 180
Approx. Cost: $65
Hanger width: 180mm
Axle diameter: 8mm
Baseplate Angle: 50 degrees
Drill Pattern: Old/New School
Purposes: Freeriding, Carving, Commuting, Downhill
Description: These trucks can be used for general purposes, downhill, and whatever your imagination wants. They turn pretty quick, not as fast as the 150's. Hangar can be flipped for more stability (recommended for downhill).
Randal DH
Approx. Cost: $65
Hanger width: 160mm
Axle diameter: 8mm
Baseplate Angle: 35 degrees
Purposes: Downhill
Drill Pattern: Old School
Description: These trucks lean more than any other mother fucking downhll trucks I've ever ridden. They will NOT turn unless you are rocking them 65kph downhill. Stock bushings suck, I highly recommend them being replaced by some sort of Kiro combination or JimZ Stimz.
Crails
Approx. Cost: $80
Hanger width: 180mm
Axle diameter: 8mm
Baseplate Angle: 45 Degrees
Drill Pattern: Old/New School
Purposes: Freeriding, Carving, Commuting, Downhill
Description: These trucks r00l. Better quality cast than the Randals and come in steezy colors. Their stock bushings are surprisingly decent, but could be replaced (JimZ Stims fit perfectly). Very stable and liven up once you get up to speed in terms of carving as well. They do NOT require 65kph to turn.
Forces
Approx. Cost: $70
Hanger width: 180mm
Axle diameter: 8mm
Baseplate Angle: 35 or 50
Drill Pattern: Old/New School
Purposes: Freeriding, Carving, Commuting, Downhill
Description: These trucks are very similar to the Randals. In my experience every set I've owned or seen have come with awesome bent axles. There is nothing special about them.
Bear Grizzlys 852/1052
Approx. Cost: $65-70
Hanger width: 180mm
Axle diameter: 8mm (852) or 10mm (1052)
Baseplate Angle: 40 or 52
Drill Pattern: Old/New School
Purposes: Freeriding, Carving, Commuting, Downhill
Description: These trucks are the shit. Di-Casted and very strong. They can carve deep but but retardly stable for speedboarding. Trucks can be flipped to lower degree for downhll. Come with red Kiro bushings which is a plus.
Paris 150
Approx. Cost: $65
Hanger width: 150mm
Axle diameter: 8mm
Baseplate Angle: 50 Degrees
Drill Pattern: New School
Purposes: Freeriding, Carving, Commuting
Description: These trucks are as clean as they come. Comes in many rad colors, great quality control, and come with dope riser pads. Downside is that they are yet to be drilled old school.
Paris 180
Approx. Cost: $65
Hanger width: 180mm
Axle diameter: 8mm
Baseplate Angle: 50 Degrees
Drill Pattern: New School
Purposes: Freeriding, Carving, Commuting
Description: These trucks are as clean as they come. Comes in many rad colors, great quality control, and come with dope riser pads. Stable. Downside is that they are yet to be drilled old school.
Independant 169/215
Approx. Cost: $65
Hanger width: 169mm or 215mm
Axle diameter: 8mm
Baseplate Angle: NA
Drill Pattern: Old/New School
Purposes: Pool, Park, Downhill
Description: These trucks are dope. Usually used for pool and park, but if tuned right with wedge risers can be used for downhill (possibly with potentials of being more stable than a flipped Randal 180)
Holey
Approx. Cost: $85
Hanger width: 176mm
Axle diameter: 8mm
Baseplate Angle: 60 degrees
Purposes: Cruising, Carving
Drill Pattern: Old/New School
Description: These very-nicely designed trucks are certainly not just a �knock-off� of the Randal. With lightening, a fresh approach to kingpin geometry and a fabulous lower bushing these are high quality, high performance trucks. And you can open beer with 'em!
Gullwing Charger
Approx. Cost: $60
Hanger width: 184 and 160mm!
Axle diameter: 8mm
Baseplate Angle: 50 degrees-ish (couldn't find exact number yet)
Purposes: Cruising, Carving
Drill Pattern: Old/New School
Description: Despite Gullwing having a bad rep in the longboarding world, the chargers actually came out on top in a recent truck review done by loaded boards. They are a tad wider then randal or paris, and provide a less twitchy and thus more stable ride. though slower responding and tracking then their counterparts, they are touted as a good all-around truck for beginners and advanced riders looking for a solid truck.
PRECISION TRUCKS
JimZ Speed Trucks
Approx. Cost: $420 (Hangers: $300 Baseplates: $120)
Hanger width: 174mm or 200mm
Axle diameter: 8mm or 10mm
Baseplate Angle: 35 Degrees (45 degree in near future)
Drill Pattern: Old/New School
Purposes: Downhill
Description: These are fucking awesome trucks. I'm not sure if they are worth what they cost but they do include a lot of useful features used in downhill racing. The spherical bearing provides ZERO slop in the king pin and every move you make is felt thru these trucks. Very sensitive. Their hangers are built for JimZ Stim bushings, and are stable once you are used to them.
Bear Smokey's
Approx. Cost: $300
Hanger width: 174mm or 190mm
Axle diameter: 10mm (split axle)
Baseplate Angle: 40 Degrees
Drill Pattern: Old/New School
Purposes: Downhill
Description: I haven't ridden these so here's the description off Landyachtz site:
"Designed to be super stable and provide maximum traction. Precision 10mm axles in line with the king pin create a low, stable ride. In order to reduce as much unwanted play as possible within the truck, the Smokey uses spherical bearings at both pivot points. The two bearings work together to provide a ride with incomparable traction, responsiveness, and stability."
Randal Comp 1 and 2
Approx. Cost: $160 per truck
Hanger width: 170mm(comp 1) 205mm (comp2)
Axle diameter: 8mm
Baseplate Angle: 35/42/50/60 Degrees
Drill Pattern: 35 and 60 is old school only, 42 and 50 is old and new
Purposes: Streetluge, Downhill
Description: These trucks have floating axles, meaning the axles ride on bearings that are in the trucks allowing the axles to also spin. There is no advantage in speed with this, just a added safety incase a wheel bearing locks up.
Maguns
Approx. Cost: $450-550
Hanger width: 200mm
Axle diameter: 8mm
Baseplate Angle: 45 Degrees
Drill Pattern: Neither Old or New School; Custom Drilling
Purposes: Downhill
Description: Insanely stable trucks, cant really carve with them, dont have to much lean, hard to get as the are made in very small runs. Next version coming out this month (Jan.2008) are suppose to have more rebound so they won't feel so dead, different axle location I think. Not a truck you can ride around town. Come with hard tracker freestyle bushings. Also a low truck.
Kahalani
Approx. Cost: $330
Hanger width: 205mm
Axle diameter: 8mm
Baseplate Angle: 45 Degrees
Drill Pattern: Old/New School
Purposes: Downhill, Carving
Description: This truck has the most lean and is the turniest out of all precision trucks that I have tried, they come with 4 red and 4 blue khiros and are built arround Khiro bushings, Jimz can be trimmed to fit and make the truck feel sweet. The truck is as low as a Smokie (half inch lower ride height then JimZ) The trucks are very lightweight and the baseplate easily ways half of a JimZ plate. |
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| slob-air |
| Posted: Sun Jan 06, 2008 6:09 pm |
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| motorpsycho67 |
| Posted: Sun Jan 06, 2008 8:27 pm |
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Extremely helpful! Thanks Turbo. I still think I'm going with the Grizzly 1052s tho.
What 10mm bearings do you recommend? |
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| slob-air |
| Posted: Sun Jan 06, 2008 8:57 pm |
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I modify Skookum 10mm Stainless bearings (tear 'em down, degrease, rebuild and lube with low viscosity Rocket lube). Great if you know you're going to hit water from time to time.
I'm going to do a cermic ball version soon.
In all cases, if you want them, I build to order and then ship. |
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| Posted: Sun Jan 06, 2008 10:38 pm |
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slob-air wrote: I modify Skookum 10mm Stainless bearings (tear 'em down, degrease, rebuild and lube with low viscosity Rocket lube). Great if you know you're going to hit water from time to time.
I'm going to do a cermic ball version soon.
In all cases, if you want them, I build to order and then ship.
Slob, we all know what you sell. |
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| motorpsycho67 |
| Posted: Sun Jan 06, 2008 11:09 pm |
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I'll take some French blues..........  |
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| Buckethead |
| Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2008 6:45 pm |
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| Nice work. The description on the Crails makes me know that they are the ones I need to get. I thought they would work but now I know they will. Too bad nobody around here sells them. |
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| TuUrBoOo |
| Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2008 9:03 pm |
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glad I can help guys  |
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| motorpsycho67 |
| Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2008 9:35 pm |
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Buckethead wrote: Nice work. The description on the Crails makes me know that they are the ones I need to get. I thought they would work but now I know they will. Too bad nobody around here sells them.
http://www.landyachtz.com/D27.cfm
You're welcome. |
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