Hello,
i am thinking about using on of those class 5 trucks as a bse vehicle for an expedition truck, but since both are quite rare in europe, i like some input first.
Both look pretty equal at first sight, both have a quite small 7.000lbs front alxe, but a massive 13.000lbs rear, both feature an open c-channel frame, both have nice big engines. Of course cummins may be the better option worldwide, but ford is much more common over here than dodge.
But are there any impoirtant diffeences? The dodge has this kickback frame and a higher steel rating, but i guess this is not of too much importance, since they are both 19500lbs trucks in the end. (well i guess for offroading it is necessary to redice the weight quite a bit)
One thing that i am not shure about: is it possible that the doge has the smaller width? Wat i found so far sounds like 80" incase of the doge, but 96" for the ford. Of course i will replace the dueal rear wheel with single tires, but i guess this will not change the width right? This dimension is quite crucial over here, 80", or maybe 84 with offroad-tires are no problem, but 96 is a completely different class, i can get an unimog of that size.....
Maybe someone knows a little more about this, as far as i know, ford trucks used to be smaller at least in the front area back until 2004, before they replaced the 6000lbs dana 60 front on leaf springs with the 7000lbs dana super 60 on coil.
Greetings
i am thinking about using on of those class 5 trucks as a bse vehicle for an expedition truck, but since both are quite rare in europe, i like some input first.
Both look pretty equal at first sight, both have a quite small 7.000lbs front alxe, but a massive 13.000lbs rear, both feature an open c-channel frame, both have nice big engines. Of course cummins may be the better option worldwide, but ford is much more common over here than dodge.
But are there any impoirtant diffeences? The dodge has this kickback frame and a higher steel rating, but i guess this is not of too much importance, since they are both 19500lbs trucks in the end. (well i guess for offroading it is necessary to redice the weight quite a bit)
One thing that i am not shure about: is it possible that the doge has the smaller width? Wat i found so far sounds like 80" incase of the doge, but 96" for the ford. Of course i will replace the dueal rear wheel with single tires, but i guess this will not change the width right? This dimension is quite crucial over here, 80", or maybe 84 with offroad-tires are no problem, but 96 is a completely different class, i can get an unimog of that size.....
Maybe someone knows a little more about this, as far as i know, ford trucks used to be smaller at least in the front area back until 2004, before they replaced the 6000lbs dana 60 front on leaf springs with the 7000lbs dana super 60 on coil.
Greetings