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please post tire differences front to rear on the XDE's along with wheel offset, etc. Front seems to be a wider floatation tire and rear are skinny due to dual configuration? (as shown in the leaning tires picture) many thanks

Cool colour on the truck, different for sure. stay away from Trail Ready, Stockton and Stazworks and anything made by Daniel from USA6x6 (which is thankfully dead and gone, though he will probably pop his head up somewhere before too long) I would not hesitate to use MRT (Marsh Racing) Walker...

cheap on the east coast. I will give you the one under my deck if you pay the shipping and handling on it.... serious

dammit, that is huge... a Dana 80 (Dodge 3500/Ford F350 size trucks) only has 11.25" ring gear and can be rated upto 11,500 pounds (GAWR). The Dana S110 has 11.8" ring gear and is rated at 14,000 pounds (05+) and the Dana S130 has a 12.25" ring gear and is rated at 16,000 pounds. Those are...

sorry man, crazy day... looked back through all my fuso notes and have nothing about the specs on the FE/FG ring gears.

If you are sure about the Canter specs, this PDF has the Montero specs: http://www.pirate4x4.com/tech/billavista/PR-ARB/articles/14b_ARB_install-review/ARB_apps_INT.pdf

I was advised by a truck body builder a few years ago that small trucks (under 150-160" wheelbase and 10-15k GVW) should be built to resist frame flex as much as possible and let the suspension do the work. You dont want a frame/chassis that weighs 2000 pounds but its much easier IMO to let...

thought I wandered into another forum for a second... what does Mitsubishi Heavy Truck have to do with a Sprinter or a Land Rover? :victory:

absolutely bad *** man, love it... might paint the doors and access panels to match the lower gray section just for aesthetics, but not much else really. What wheels and tires are those, they fit perfect on that rig. Interior pics? Cheers

John, Depends on what part of the country you are in I guess, but as you know we dont get the cool stuff that you guys get. Fuso trucks here are not very common, at least not in the SE US. I found a few breakers that will sell engines, transmissions and body parts, but I have never seen a Fuso...

John, Thanks for the insight on those points. Nice to have info from someone who does this everyday. I think jdlcruiser is on the right track though with swapping things like rear axles or adding a divorced transfer case being easier than swapping cabs over. Maybe I am wrong on that, never...

A C&C FE Crew Cab has a curb weight of just over 6,000 pounds and there cant be more than a ton on the rear axle, if that much. Stock rear axle is rated at 10,000 pounds and the GVWR is 14,500 pounds. This leaves about 8000 pounds in carrying capacity, overall and on the rear axle. What kind...

looks like about the size of an Atego and if you blow the picture up, you can clearly make out Unimog to the right of the star.

Mog axles on a Fuso would entail quite a bit of work. The smaller model mogs like a 404 have an axle that is roughly the size to fit an FG, while the larger mogs, like U1300 - U2350s are pretty big and heavy. The few problems they have, like portal box deflection on a 404 axle, can be easily...

thanks chip, thats the one and I have both of those pics.... looking for more on the crew cab along with specs for it... thanks end of hijack :D

Andrew, Great points and that is kind of where I was going. With a GVM of 20,000 pounds, you would probably not exceed or even approach that weight by adding a body onto the chassis cab which weighs less than 8000 pounds empty. If you are going to add 12,000 pounds, you need to get rid of a few...

how about an FK200 that is less than 20k pounds.....lol in the words of the great Colin Chapman (founder of Lotus), "add simplicity and lightness" you are smart to stop if its over your head, out of your budget, etc. as you can tell I have been researching this same project for quite a while...

I know you have been around (literally) so if you say you have broken driveline parts, I will believe you..:D I could be wrong on the comparison, thinking about drag racing and rock crawling that I see and do, expedition use seems light. Maybe a larger case would be in order then? Whats the...

most of the "one ton" factory parts are rated for at least 26k GCVWR and I know several guys who tow a 20k trailer with a one ton dually that probably curbs at 8k, so while you are over the factory recommended ratings and this is certainly not advised or recommended, one ton truck parts are very...

Check out steel soldiers for all the info you could ever want on a 2.5 ton. Just search through whats there already and you are bound to find the info, as it has all been discussed before, bobbing, axles, highway travel, engine mods, tire sizes, all of it. For lockers you have two choices, a...