# Equipment Thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Equipment and Reviews\ **Created:** [April 3, 2019, 8:01am UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/equipment-thread/295 "2019-04-03T08:01:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 124
**Author:** ![Mike](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/user_avatar/ukskateforum.co.uk/mike/32/15747_2.png) [@Mike](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/Mike)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2024, 5:58pm UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/equipment-thread/295/2562 "2024-04-28T17:58:59Z")
Indy/Thunder do have axle heights listed somewhere but I’m hungry and I’m going to make some food. ![Independent-Trucks-Size-Guide-Chart](https://uksf-media.lon1.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/original/3X/5/9/590ef415c72e06be5c9baf0e0448b24a6751a1a7.jpeg) ![Thunder_Buyer_s_Guide_1024x1024](https://uksf-media.lon1.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/original/3X/1/9/19018b25685267511a1d50110e01f4730be0a3a7.webp) ![vent-size](https://uksf-media.lon1.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/original/3X/7/c/7c502c377449252050b56c005865022535781bae.jpeg) ![ACEtrucks](https://uksf-media.lon1.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/original/3X/2/a/2a09dd8bb0725ff10ea596bce02aae8abd2fa8c3.jpeg) ![geturslapon](https://uksf-media.lon1.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/original/3X/4/e/4e293e11e47ac71c89b786d456a239c168eb8e12.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![KeithBeef](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/user_avatar/ukskateforum.co.uk/keithbeef/32/31559_2.png) [@KeithBeef](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/KeithBeef)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2024, 6:04pm UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/equipment-thread/295/2563 "2024-04-28T18:04:07Z")
Nice work @Mike I’m sure I’ve heard that thunder are all the same height now. I think Frank Gerwer said it on the 9 club once. ---
**Author:** ![franc](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/user_avatar/ukskateforum.co.uk/franc/32/1752_2.png) [@franc](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/franc)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2024, 7:29am UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/equipment-thread/295/2564 "2024-04-29T07:29:29Z")
Somebody in a skateshop should make a chart with most trucks available and the deck width they’re made for, kinda like this: [![](https://myfavoritethings.fi/cdn/shop/products/Film-Trucks-size-chart_jpg_11e50594-0664-4549-b920-7fbb4ad27617_1024x1024.png?v=1618912584) ](https://myfavoritethings.fi/cdn/shop/products/Film-Trucks-size-chart_jpg_11e50594-0664-4549-b920-7fbb4ad27617_1024x1024.png?v=1618912584) ---
**Author:** ![nav](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/user_avatar/ukskateforum.co.uk/nav/32/30170_2.png) [@nav](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/nav)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2024, 7:36am UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/equipment-thread/295/2565 "2024-04-29T07:36:53Z")
Someone on an Australian facebook group did this useful graphic: ![image](https://uksf-media.lon1.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/original/3X/5/1/517a7d708252240c212e65ac990282646be6f901.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Sleipnir](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/d26b3c/32.png) [@Sleipnir](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/Sleipnir)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2024, 8:03am UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/equipment-thread/295/2566 "2024-04-29T08:03:06Z")
That’s useful! For me, Krux and Slappy have the simplest and easiest system. Got an 8.25 deck? Get 8.25 trucks. No need to think about it. ---
**Author:** ![nav](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/user_avatar/ukskateforum.co.uk/nav/32/30170_2.png) [@nav](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/nav)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2024, 8:27am UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/equipment-thread/295/2567 "2024-04-29T08:27:44Z")
The stupidest system might be Ace and the fact that their two trucks, the classic and the AF1 use the same numbers, but for different widths… ![image](https://uksf-media.lon1.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/original/3X/d/f/df3c466e4090aeaf0a4aaca81e10c51e17b63fc6.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Mark](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/user_avatar/ukskateforum.co.uk/mark/32/11_2.png) [@Mark](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/Mark)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2024, 8:48am UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/equipment-thread/295/2568 "2024-04-29T08:48:23Z")
What is the reason for using anything but axle width?!? They may as well use days of the week, or fluid ounces ---
**Author:** ![jimo](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/user_avatar/ukskateforum.co.uk/jimo/32/19796_2.png) [@jimo](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/jimo)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2024, 9:31am UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/equipment-thread/295/2569 "2024-04-29T09:31:26Z")
CSC did this: > **[Ultimate Skateboard Trucks Size Guide | CSC UK Skate Blog!](https://cardiffskateboardclub.com/blogs/news/skateboard-truck-size-guide)** > > Looking to buy some trucks but confused by all the numbers? Don't worry, we've all been there. That's why we've put together the ultimate guide to skateboard truck sizes to save you the hard work. Shop our full range of skateboard trucks and buy now... ---
**Author:** ![Sleipnir](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/d26b3c/32.png) [@Sleipnir](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/Sleipnir)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2024, 10:33am UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/equipment-thread/295/2570 "2024-04-29T10:33:01Z")
> [@Mark](#): > > What is the reason for using anything but axle width?!? > > They may as well use days of the week, or fluid ounces I’d go for phases of the moon. ---
**Author:** ![jamjar](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/user_avatar/ukskateforum.co.uk/jamjar/32/25349_2.png) [@jamjar](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/jamjar)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2024, 10:35am UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/equipment-thread/295/2571 "2024-04-29T10:35:11Z")
> [@Sleipnir](#): > > I’d go for phases of the moon. I measure my trucks in the Egyptian cubit. [History of measurement - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_measurement#:~:text=The%20Egyptian%20cubit%2C%20the%20Indus,ancient%20peoples%20to%20measure%20length). ---
**Author:** ![notactuallyhere](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/user_avatar/ukskateforum.co.uk/notactuallyhere/32/26258_2.png) [@notactuallyhere](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/notactuallyhere)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2024, 11:13am UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/equipment-thread/295/2572 "2024-04-29T11:13:09Z")
I hold it against my board, crazy I know. Don’t buy trucks online unless it’s a repeat of what you know. ---
**Author:** ![judithpriest](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/user_avatar/ukskateforum.co.uk/judithpriest/32/37_2.png) [@judithpriest](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/judithpriest)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2024, 12:09pm UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/equipment-thread/295/2573 "2024-04-29T12:09:02Z")
i run indy 129 with an 8" board which is completely wrong, but 139 don’t feel right to me. i felt like a village pariah until i read Cory Kennedy does it too. ---
**Author:** ![nav](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/user_avatar/ukskateforum.co.uk/nav/32/30170_2.png) [@nav](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/nav)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2024, 12:55pm UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/equipment-thread/295/2574 "2024-04-29T12:55:56Z")
What-year-is-it.gif ---
**Author:** ![Scurbrampwoody](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/user_avatar/ukskateforum.co.uk/scurbrampwoody/32/16083_2.png) [@Scurbrampwoody](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/Scurbrampwoody)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2024, 3:07pm UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/equipment-thread/295/2575 "2024-04-29T15:07:06Z")
![IMG_0143](https://uksf-media.lon1.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/original/3X/e/5/e559f1683c3ad81e855c45a85204f98329d82c27.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![jimo](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/user_avatar/ukskateforum.co.uk/jimo/32/19796_2.png) [@jimo](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/jimo)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2024, 9:55am UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/equipment-thread/295/2576 "2024-04-30T09:55:25Z")
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**Author:** ![Scurbrampwoody](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/user_avatar/ukskateforum.co.uk/scurbrampwoody/32/16083_2.png) [@Scurbrampwoody](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/Scurbrampwoody)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2024, 12:03pm UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/equipment-thread/295/2577 "2024-04-30T12:03:40Z")
Suicide bolts for the 2020’s. Plastic thingamajigs to stick on your board - just had to be related to Powell somehow. ---
**Author:** ![nav](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/user_avatar/ukskateforum.co.uk/nav/32/30170_2.png) [@nav](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/nav)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2024, 12:08pm UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/equipment-thread/295/2578 "2024-04-30T12:08:09Z")
If you really thought that was a good idea, you should be forced to diy a solution, not buy one. ---
**Author:** ![jimo](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/user_avatar/ukskateforum.co.uk/jimo/32/19796_2.png) [@jimo](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/jimo)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2024, 12:15pm UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/equipment-thread/295/2579 "2024-04-30T12:15:21Z")
Made me think of rip-grip! Which people used to put under the grip to achieve a similar result. Remember people putting rip grip under the grip on the nose for a squishy grab? ---
**Author:** ![Scurbrampwoody](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/user_avatar/ukskateforum.co.uk/scurbrampwoody/32/16083_2.png) [@Scurbrampwoody](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/Scurbrampwoody)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2024, 1:03pm UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/equipment-thread/295/2580 "2024-04-30T13:03:56Z")
Yes, I’m afraid I do though I never succumbed to the fad. I did, however, cut out a square piece of grip where my thumb would be on melon grabs and substitute a piece of rip-grip because I was using Madrid flypaper at the time and my thumb would have been worn to the bone in no time. Didn’t do those Powell heel bone tail enhancers either. Clever marketing on their part though. We have a surplus of tail savers, what shall we do? Convince grommets that ratnutting one to the top of their decks will do something something. ---
**Author:** ![h\_palmer627](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/user_avatar/ukskateforum.co.uk/h_palmer627/32/20079_2.png) [@h\_palmer627](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/h_palmer627)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2024, 3:55pm UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/equipment-thread/295/2581 "2024-04-30T15:55:03Z")
If Chico can nollie heel a 2X4 then it’s clear we don’t need these! [Previous page](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/equipment-thread/295.md?page=123) [Next page](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/equipment-thread/295.md?page=125)