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I ran my rig with no shocks at all and couldn't tell a difference
Brian, you touched on something , here. The term "shock absorber" is a bit of a misnomer. The job of a "shock absorber" is actually to damp the natural occillations of the suspension springs. The suspension is what absorbs the shocks of hitting bumps (all bow) or potholes. A more appropriate name for the things would be suspension dampers. And as such, actually have little work to do on an unladen M715. The springs are so friggin stiff, they just won't occilate to a degree that one would notice. Brian's anecdotal evidence bears this out. If the springs can't compress and rebound, the dampers really have nothing to do. Let's cae it, for hte vast majority of us, our useable suspensions are tire sidewall flex!