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Thanks Guys. I knew 35's would fit from reading threads on forums and the Autonomous F350 thread by Pappawheely is running 37's on pretty much the same truck. The story on the wheels is I must have looked at 3000 different wheels and nothing really appealed to me. Then I saw these and really...

Something else Ive been meaning to do, just havnt found the time for it yet, is to tie the two filler necks together with a vent tube, to purge the displaced air out of the tank faster, when being fed fuel. The thought is that liner removed, fillers connected via vent tube, and with both fuel...

Nice camper Kenny. Originally I was going to mount the fillers in the side panels but after looking closer I realized the fuel would be going uphill on the way to the tank. So I looked closely at how they were mounted in the original bed and found them to be running level over to the tank with...

Got a late start but back at it this morning never the less. I started by drawing the out line of the cardboard template on to the .080" steel diamond plate. Then I clamped a straight edge to the material so I could cut the straight lines with the hand held plasma cutter. Then on to cutting...

Boxes hung Today I hung the under bed boxes. To me it made the most sense to hang them like they did gas tanks back in the day. I started by welding couple nuts to the flatbed. Hold your breath, we're welding on zinc plating. Using 2 x 1/8 strap and 2 x 1/8 angle, one thing lead to...

woohoo, Got my 35's today..... They Dwarf my 33 10.5's on stock Alcoa 16's. They are 35 12.5 18 12 ply F Terra Ridge Grapplers I also got my under bed tool boxes this week And I'd made a template for the sides So I got the bed up off the truck and this weekend it'll be a build...

This past weekend I went through and refreshed the rear suspension to regain the 2.5 inches the weight of the camper drops it. Below are some photos. Removing rubber bushings with 160k on them. Replaced with "prothane" bushings. Installing add a leaf to the stock spring pack. Would love to...

Cool! I gotta find a Warn Classic bumper for my OBS

Thanks for the info on the spring company. Unfortunately I'm on a tight budget so for now I'm going to re-bush and install add a leafs to the stock spring packs, replace the shocks and install Air Lift Load lifter air bags. If it goes as planned, the add a leafs should help to handle about 70%...

I just noticed F250 in your sig line. If that's the truck you're building on, I think you'd have a TTB Dana 50 front suspension / axle set up. If that is the case a shackle reversal would not apply to your truck. Also, if you do have a TTB suspension, read up on it on some of the ford truck...

I got the shackle reversal kit from Off Road Unlimited. On it's own it lifted the front the truck about 2.5 inches. The kit also comes with sleeves for extending the stabilizer links and a bracket to relocate the lower mounting point for the pan hard bar. I also installed a drop pitman arm...

I've been working on the flatbed for the truck but it's going kind of slow only having a couple hours here and there to work on it. Today I did a rear fuel tank conversion. It's a common conversion on the Ford truck to relocate the spare tire, remove the stock rear tank and install a 38 gallon...

Here's a FWC Hawk flatbed model on a Alumline flatbed. The flatbed is on a 2016 3500 Mega cab. It's super nice and the owner said it worked good. I think slide in campers on flatbeds with tool boxes filling the gaps on the side are cool too, lot's of storage. I think there's a thread about one...

Today I pulled the bed off the truck but before I got going I ran a couple loads of water out to the house so I could get an idea of where the truck would sit with the flatbed and camper on it and no rear suspension work. (before I did the shackle reversal a load of water would sit the truck...

This is a great thread! Gotta love a Burb. I have a friend that put an 8.1 in a late 80's with a "fossil fuels are yummy" bumper sticker. I have a 91 12 valve out of a 2wd mine truck. It has 1500 hours on it hauling miners down into and out of a mine in Rock Spring Wyoming. Anyway, I started a...

Thanks Pappa, I read your build thread last night. Lots of great info there. That's the best thing about forums is the wealth of knowledge. Really dig your Classic Warn front bumper too. I gotta find one of those. Or build something that's close...............simple clean like an OBS.

I really like the lines of the OBS. Super Duty's look fat to me. I like the way the truck drives too, compared to the 99+ super duty's. They're tight not cushy. The thing I like most is is that the lines of the FWC and the OBS really compliment each other. Or least I think they do. We'll see...

I've had several campers over the years and my favorite was my last. It was #261 of 262 Westfalia Airstreams built as a joint venture in 2005 and 2006 between Westfalia and Airstream, it was one heck of a rig. That's where I got bit by the bug for dispersed camping. Anyway, I lost the Westy in a...

The way I see it, the best year for the 7.3 was 2000. I have a 7.3 in a 99 F 450 box truck pushing 300k miles and it's run great since I got it 200k and several years ago. I read somewhere that in 2001 they went from forged rods in the 7.3 to powdered metal rods. Next, the 6.0 had it's issues in...