Do i hurt my truck by doing this......

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Rollin Thunder

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I u-turn alot (va roads suck) But its usually 2- lane on to another 2 lane, with traffic coming FAST so i make the turn, but I dont have time to back and fill 3 times (truck has good turning radius, but not that good), I jump the curb then floor it and stay ahead of the traffic and not get fingers. LOL, but am i hurting somthing by jumping the curb all the time. My tires dont pull or anything, but my trucks making a funny squeaky noise (not any belts) its sounds like its under the truck, towards the rear end.

SO does jumping a curb at 5-10 mph kill stuff, i do it in the Jeep all the time, but I know jeeps are built tough to rock climb, but as i recall a heated duscussion about jeeps being far suppier than yukons when it comes to climbing. But the yukon can hold its ground.
 
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See, this is why the south has a bad name sometimes... I got a mental picture like this based on your description... :smilielol: :smilielol: :smilielol:

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Naw, man, it's not bad for your truck at all... You got a Southern Cross bumper sticker on there, boy?
 

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LOL, why do you get that picture, aint like im trying to jump the river LOL, onetime a guy behind me did the same thing, only in a toyota camary and he bottomed out and i heard SCRAPE!! then a OO $hit from the driver. :D

well ok if it dont hurt nothin then away i go.

I hop over medains from time to time, same drill?? What about those medians that are grass and have the dip in the middle??

o yea and i got my confederate flag decal on there, cept its a magnit so when i head in to ghetto town norfolk Va (No offence norfolk folk, its the news media, plus i dont wanna get beat up by a bunch of gang members) i can take it off. :D
 

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I think there's no problem in jumping curbs, well because I do it a lot.
But then again, Its a big car, and I have scraped the curb a few times. Don't know how, but I'll be getting off the curb and "scrape". I think its just the bottom of the running boards.
 

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Well, it surely isn't doing your vehicle any favors. It can't be good for the vehicle, the real question is what extent of damage is going to occur. Will it be relatively minor or will it end up seriously damaging the components of the suspension? That I do not know.
 

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If you go slow it's not gonna break anything, but you could knock the alignment out, especially when you hit it with the wheel turned. Either one time or a little bit each time. Check your alignment after doing this for a while, it might still be okay but I'd love to hear the results of it.
 
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