I went on this trail yesterday up to these hot springs that I've gone up many times with no issues. It's a little rocky, and I am bone stock with the stock tire size and no lift. Usually I have just enough ground clearance to get over the rocks without it hitting the skids. Yesterday though, I had three other big guys with me, so I'm guessing another 650 or so pounds of extra weight vs just myself and another passenger. I scrapped and hit the skids so much more, and eventually realized I had to choose different lines to avoid tearing things up. So I think I lost a bit of ground clearance with the extra weight.
Is this normal? Or are my shocks possibly bad/ going bad? I replaced all four about 60,000 miles ago with some Rancho RS5000X. Still drives okay, I tried the bounce test and it doesn't bounce more than once. But I don't know if the extra weight causing me to lose some ground clearance is normal.
BTW side question, how bad is hitting the skids? I felt so horrible yesterday because I hit them quite a few times, not super hard, but still made me cringe. I didn't see any damage when I checked the underside.
Is this normal? Or are my shocks possibly bad/ going bad? I replaced all four about 60,000 miles ago with some Rancho RS5000X. Still drives okay, I tried the bounce test and it doesn't bounce more than once. But I don't know if the extra weight causing me to lose some ground clearance is normal.
BTW side question, how bad is hitting the skids? I felt so horrible yesterday because I hit them quite a few times, not super hard, but still made me cringe. I didn't see any damage when I checked the underside.
