How loose are your trucks?

[Mongoose]

this loose

http://www.silverfishlongboarding.co...2&d=1192043535

deathboard

[dustm]

I'll give you a hint, its not for DH

but theres no wheelbite!

[Foxen]

Holy crap that is intense. That must be hella fun and sketchy.

[lager478]

loosey goosey baby, only way



ps- Gooseman, ur sig rules. HST is the man

[samhell]

I like my trucks looser than a TJ Hooker.....

[07boardrally]

well.. on my vangaurd... the nut for the kingpin is just barely on the stock R2 trucks...

[Slim]

well.. on my vangaurd... the nut for the kingpin is just barely on the stock R2 trucks...

Buy some softer bushings then, so you can actually put the nut on far enough to be safe!

[Ogre]

Get soft bushings and snug them up! A hard bushing w/ no pre-load sucks !!!!!!! That's called slop!

[AJ]

Ehh...my trucks...they are loose...eh like mouth of tired dog...

[moldyghosty]

Get soft bushings and snug them up! A hard bushing w/ no pre-load sucks !!!!!!! That's called slop!

Here, here!

[kayakr]

Really loose! I had wedged R2-180s on a vanguard with blue khiro hourglass cones in the front, and jingling bushings on a 3 inch kingpin. Pumped good, but still couldn't turn as tight as I wanted on steep hills. So I swapped out the randalls for original s10s. Now they have some stability at center, no jingle and turn the pants off a randall.

Go original!

[hexagon5un]

Get soft bushings and snug them up! A hard bushing w/ no pre-load sucks !!!!!!! That's called slop!

I'm with Slim and Dave.

There's a rather small range of proper tightness -- bushing just a bit deformed, minimal/no washer rattle, snappy rebound to center. If you want turnier, get softer bushings or bitches/inserts. If you want tighter, go harder or barrels.

Tightening/loosening is for fine-tuning. Soft bushings save lives!

[jtkessler]

I ride my trucks so loose my 12 pound baby can do stand up slides on my boards. 8)

[PimaBombz]

I ride tight...but I have enough weight to make tight seem looser than your hot, slutty cousin who makes you feel uncomfortable.

[JamieReis]

I'm with Slim and Dave.

There's a rather small range of proper tightness -- bushing just a bit deformed, minimal/no washer rattle, snappy rebound to center. If you want turnier, get softer bushings or bitches/inserts. If you want tighter, go harder or barrels.

Tightening/loosening is for fine-tuning. Soft bushings save lives!

I'm also one of those guys. I have the bubble gum pink hourglass shaped bushings snugged down. I can litterally turn around in a 3 foot area. Its insane. Kind of feels like s8 trucks with this setup. Super duper responsive. If my longboards were dinosaurs, most of them would be carvisaurous rex's.

[GodPunchedMe]

I ride my vanguard as loose as i can.
I really dont think i could stand having that much flex under me with tight trucks.
=/

[Dewey]

i have 85a combo 2 khiros in front and 9... coned randalls in the back. (the red ones)
and i run my tricks too loose to be safe . if i try hard i can even turn the bushings around, on my front truck. really, the first week i had this setup i crashed two times of which 1 time was pretty dangerous. but i like them now

[OHboarding]

I replace my bushings in my chargers every month because I ride so loose they end up ripping.

[phil7153]

so loose it makes women gasp.

[AFTT]

I ride mine tight with soft bushings.(blue venom cones in front, and orange in the back)

Great rebound and still carves very sharply/