TJ:

while I hate to agree with JeffW on most any issue...

This is not "heresay" or "i've heard" garbage. This is PERSONAL observation of 2 virtually identical rigs, one with revolvers and one without.

The trail was off-camber, with a bump on the driver's side at the same time as a tree on the passenger's side. Both rigs were crawling, aka, not bouncing at all over the bump. Both took the same line, which was as high as possible on the trail so as not to hit the tree with the top of the cab when they got to the bump. (By bump, I don't mean it was a "bump" feeling; I mean the driver's side had a short area that was higher, causing the rigs to go even more off-camber than before.)

The first rig did not have revolver shackles. It went through the trail with it's driver's side suspension fully flexed at droop, and it's passenger side at full compression. At the bump, the cab tipped over more, and came within a couple inches of the tree. Close, but never even hit it.

The second rig, with revolver shackles, started right behind the first so he could take the same line. When it got to the bump, the driver's side was fully drooped, with revolver at max unloading. Passenger side was fully stuffed. The cab leaned over far enough and hard enough to not only bang into the tree, but to dent the roof and passenger side door badly enough it shattered the window, and mangled it enough that the door has not been able to be opened ever since.

Both vehicles had the exact same suspension brand and tire size/type combination. The ONLY difference, literally, was one had revolvers. If the tree had not been there, there was a fairly good chance the 2nd vehicle would have had a side-rollover, considering how hard it slammed into the tree. Without that tree stopping the swing to the side, I just don't see how that rig would have stayed on all-fours.

After that weekend, the owner of the 2nd rig took off the revolvers and sold them on Ebay. He'll never run them again.

This is an event I PERSONALLY witnessed, from behind both the rigs as they went through. From this particular instance, I can say with certainty that revolvers DO allow for more roll-over on an off-camber situation than regular shackles, and COULD lead to a roll-over in a situation that otherwise would not.

As to other situations, I haven't seen any problems with them. I've never seen them unload on a downhill, hard braking, etc.