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speedy previously said:
Not a problem. I am still contemplating wether to lift it or not after my scouting trip. I came close rolling it but felt I had a degree or two to play with.. So the pucker in my rear told me.
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You'll typically pucker up all your sphincter muscles LONG before you get ready to lay it over on it's side. Granted, with the head room, the hard top, the roof rack, and the fact that you can put gear up there, the FJC has a little bit more weight aloft than a lot of other designs. However, the thing weighs in at 4500 pounds even before you load it up! Most people have no concept of how much that really is. It's a $#!+load. Most all of that weight is lower down, in between and just above the frame rails. The body and interior parts are very very light compared to the solid engine and transmission components and thick structural elements.
It's a lot like skiing. When you look down a slope from atop the summit cornice, it looks like you're staring down the face of a cliff. When you're riding along going up the gondola, it looks like the slope isn't much steeper than the sand dropping into the waves at the beach. The perspective change is nothing more than pucker factor. The same is true of sidehill driving. What you feel like when you're there, is NOT what it looks like from outside.
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