Anybody running full hyrdro steer?

[crawlink5]

If you inspect your stock style setup at least once per year and every time you go off road you are not likely to have a complete and instant failure of the components. You can get bigger tie rod ends to handle bigger tires.

You can have instant failure of full hydro going down the road at speed. If you do and kill someone you will be sued for as much as they can get out of you and they will win. Half of you paycheck for the rest of your life sounds awesome. Pitch a fit to the judge about that not me just don't expect him to listen.

Many states will not pass inspection on steering components that are not factory - if they get anal about that most rigs would not pass. I would not pass a full hydraulic unless it came from the factory that way - but I am not an inspector.

As far as dump/concrete/cranes trucks etc, they go slower, have far beefier parts like hydraulic lines, have much bigger hydraulic fluid tanks so a leak won't be instant failure, and the vehicles are actually designed to be that way and they don't drive them 70 mph.

 

[Cruz89K5]

As far as steering goes, I've had a steering box lose ears and come off the frame in a K5 and a dodge drop a TRE out. No nuns were harmed, but I came close to ruining some underwear. Anything is possible. I'd run hydraulic steering on the street if I knew all of the components were high quality and in good condition.

This is something I wish I had more experience with, as my pig could use a steering upgrade.

As far as dump/concrete/cranes trucks etc, they go slower, have far beefier parts like hydraulic lines, have much bigger hydraulic fluid tanks so a leak won't be instant failure, and the vehicles are actually designed to be that way and they don't drive them 70 mph.

I dont know where you drive, but I used to commute 90+ miles of interstate a day and I've been passed by all of the above at well over 70mph. Some of those cranes can really move. Those weird looking cab forward cement trucks run down the interstate at speed with the drum turning, so I'm sure they're fully loaded.