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PostPosted: Mon Oct 13, 2008 1:53 pm 
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Is there any difference in the tip over angle between going up a hill and coming down? I'm assuming that the front end is the heaviest due to the engine. Would weight shifting cause it to tip over easier going down hill?

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Theoretically it should be easier to tip over going downhill.
Although I was assured by the folks at Moab -that in reality they never flip end over end - it's always slip and then roll sideways

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not according to this guy!!! hahaha :lol:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7fMmHar97M

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RAYMAN975 wrote:
not according to this guy!!! hahaha :lol:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7fMmHar97M


I remember the video! :lol: :lol: Kinda disproves the "above" theory. :lol:

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I've climbed up things that I would never want to go down. I remember MOAB back in February driving up a switchback on the side of a canyon that was one long sheet of ice. I was with some insane dude from Western CO. I drove up without a 2nd thought but when I saw my friend lose momentum, turn sideway and slide back down the narrow road without benefit of a guard rail; I was pretty concerned about the return trip.
This event was the birthplace of a very prestigious award.

On Fins-n-Things, driving up and seeing nothing but sky was not as scary as driving down and seeing nothing but headliner!

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