Astro camping: 5 days of enduro riding and overlanding

[astrozam]

How the heck did i miss this thread? ](*,)

Cool stuff Tom...

[Vanjoe]

I welded an extra reciever ontop of the moto tray for the mountain bike tray to fit into. This way, i don't have to keep switching back and forth all the time, I can just add or subtract the mtn bike tray.

Hey Tom,

Just curious... with the bicycles and moto on the back, do you feel a lot of bounce when driving? Also, what shocks are you using in the back.... doesn't seem like you have much sag. I just bought a Kawasaki 250 and before I get a moto rack for the van I wanted to do some research. Now that I've seen you do it, it'd probably throw my mountain bikes on as well. =D> Advice before I start? Thanks!

-dp

Thought to jump in and add my 2 cents. I run air shocks on my rwd Astro. The bike and carrier seen in my ativar tends to cantilever weight off the back. And, I like to fill the shocks to the max when I tow my 5k camper. Lots of guys don't do air shocks but I love the adjustability for whatever I find myself doing with my Astro!! Running empty and low air in the shocks sure beats running empty with heavy duty springs! Also, I picked up my dirtbike carrier at Harbor Freight.. cheap and cheap. Took an hour or so to beef it up . I also added angle iron that goes up under my hitch to lessen the twisting of the carrier in the receiver.
Joe

[raSafari]

Thought to jump in and add my 2 cents. I run air shocks on my rwd Astro.

Is your Astro lifted? I wonder (without having searched the forums) who is running air shocks with a 4+ lift on an AWD and if they recommend it for the heavier loads. Thanks for the change Vanjoe

[Vanjoe]

Definitely not lifted!! Stock? metal leafs in rear. And the extra weight of the added conversion.

[LiftedAWDAstro]

I wonder (without having searched the forums) who is running air shocks with a 4+ lift on an AWD and if they recommend it for the heavier loads.

I did on my old 98 AWD and they worked perfectly fine when wheeling. I needed the added support due to all the spare parts. tools, supplies and camping gear/coolers we carried.