and that's why serious off rood racing shocks have remote reservoirs, more
fluid enables more heat dissipation.
and that's why serious off road racing vehicles have two or three shocks per
wheel.
Three rear shocks per wheel, and two front per wheel would not be uncommon -
for a total of 10 shocks,

'regular shocks' will 'go off' in mere minutes at speed over rough stuff.
Regular road-intended shocks aren't built for wild stuff like you can get in
high speed off road travel.  They're just not built for it.

----- Original Message -----
From: "David Beierl" <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Sunday, September 27, 2009 2:34 PM
Subject: Re: Science of Washboarding

> At 03:48 PM 9/27/2009, Rocket J Squirrel wrote:
>>The shock absorbers must be doing a lot of in and out travel, continuously
>>and rapidly when floating the body over washboard. Friction at the seals
>>where the smaller diameter portion of the shock goes into the larger
>>diameter bit could cause them to get mighty warm. A little KY perhaps?
>
> They get hot because they're converting mechanical energy into heat
> -- that's their job and their nature.
>
> :-)
> D