Trucks | What Is Best Size For Small Boards?

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Best Size Trucks For Small Boards

@b264

On small decks with kicktails, anything over 185mm is too long imho. The short ones give you so much control over the vehicle.

Also wide rear hangers make kick-pushing without hitting the wheel difficult if you need to do it in an emergency.

@Linny

I’d say 9" RKP would be nice.
I used 184mm Caliber IIs on my Orbiter deck, which is a 25" deck, a smaller version of the Aileron, i like it.

@Skunk

Not a fan of caliber trucks on decks under 34"

@bwahl602

I generally wouldn’t recommend calibers. If you’re doing belt drive I highly recommend something with enough axle length to put the bearing on

• So <180 seems to be the best. I think 150/137 would be great for under 20mp/h if you have enough height to avoid wheel bite and you are using hub motors. If using Belt drive then you need either a longer axle or longer hanger depending on what system you use.

What Type of Truck For Small Boards | RKP or TKP

TKP for any board that does not go above 30km/h - 18mp/h
RKP for anything that will go faster than that

Here is a great quote from @mmaner on the other forum

‘’ I rode RKP forever because everyone, and I mean everyone, said they were better. I was broke so I didn’t wanna spend money on something that wouldn’t perform.**

I eventually bought a pair of Surf Rodz TKPs from @psychotiller because they looked so damned cool and his mounts had the stability that was lacking in others. I can’t go back now. I’m not saying all RKPs are better than TKPs, but the SR TKPs are better than any other truck I’ve ridden…under 20mph .**

I would further add, when NOT at speed TKP is more comfortable as the leans and carves are more fluid (linear) than RKP…which is why I like them. ‘’

Here is another from @RipTideSports also from the other forum

‘’ I also love using TKP trucks for various applications, especially when I have a short board and I want a long true wheelbase (measured from axle to axle). Since we make bushings, we made the same shapes available for TKPs that we have for RKPs. We call them our “StreetSeries and they come in 2 heights. ShortStreet is .4” tall and Street is .5" tall. ShortStreet height include a Cone and Barrel where Street height includes a Cone, Barrel, FatCone and Chubby. TKP’s can be wedged and dewedged just like RKPs with similar benefits but I normally will only dewedge the rear since most TKP’s turn a lot already so I am just looking to deaden the rear a bit for higher speed stability. The differentiating factor between TKPs and RKPs is the pivot axis is not perpendicular to the kingpin on TKPs. For more information, have a look at: http://www.riptidesports.com/streetseries-bushings/

Please correct me, Mike, Brad, if your minds have changed