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Thank you Chet, all of the above has been done- scaled it all out and am about 400 lbs less than the GVRW including all our gear and full tank of gasoline. I’ve spoken to Jeff @ Deaver and he is working out a solution to improve the spring rate. Here is a copy of my CAT scale readings. All...

You guys are spot on- I should know better than to cheap out on this- the expo guy, “my conscience” says do it right, the farmer in me says do it cheap. I left the farm 50 years ago. Hmmm- Is Deaver associated with Carli?

Thanks Mike, I’ve come to that conclusion now as well. I’ve got 6330 lbs on that rear axle, that is rated at 6780. I see that add a leafs have different ratings- I’m thinking if I add a leaf that is rated for 500 lbs each, that would cause the rear to handle as if it were 1,000 lbs lighter...

Agree- I’ve scaled it out, fully laden 4560 up front & 6330 out back. This weight will only change as we use water and gasoline. I’ve got to get honest with myself concerning your 3x3 matrix- that is great advice.

in our travels we recently did our first long stretch of forest roads in our fully laden F-350. The truck has the 4FX package. With the stock shocks there is a bit of porpoising that goes on after almost any whoop de do transition. I’m considering the Bilstein 5160s to replace the rear shocks...

I have a ‘24 350 with just about the same options you pointed out with the XL including the 4FX package. I ran BFGs for nearly 3 decades, then for the past 10 years General Grabbers- never had a flat. Our 2nd week out the Duratracs picked up a piece of logging equipment tire chain which...

Here in the northeast we have Erie Insurance which is for preferred drivers. We pay a little more, however, 100% replacement on everything- the truck & the custom flatbed are primary. The 4WC Grandby and all the contents are on a rider. The rider was based on a $100,000 total loss and cost 250...

4 months into long term/full time overlanding/touring/camping, or whatever one chooses to call what we’ve been doing for a very long time. The truck is a ‘24 F-350 XL with 4XF package along with dual alternators and dual batteries. Stock included the 6.8 gasser and a 48 gallon fuel tank...

It’s a work in progress. As far as the 2” blocks, I, for the first time in my life, took my truck to a shop for suspension work. Told them I needed to get the rake back to stock. The shop said sure, we can put 2” blocks back there. Naturally I checked out their work and only one block is...

I’m running a ‘24 F-350 with a Grandby Flatbed, loaded up we scaled out at just over 10,000 lbs, which is just under our GVWR of 11 and change. Currently on the stock 33s but will eventually go up to 35s. 2” leveling blocks in the rear got it back to the correct height. Truck handles great...

I'm watching this conversation. I come from the overloaded 80 series LC world ( 7,000 lbs and a 2,000 lb trailer) and never removed the fronts or the rears. Now we have an F350 and are getting ready to install a pop up camper with a dry weight of 1700 lbs. Add gear, rear bumper, H20, gas...

Only the ford F 150s were twin I beam, 250 were solids.

agreed, back when we were buying farm pickup trucks in the 60s and 70s we bought Fords because we thought Chevys were cheap and could not afford a GMC, knowing full well the GMCs were as good a work truck as an International. Power Wagons were high on the cool scale, but very rare. Then the...

so, let me get this straight. If I have an F350 with a 4WC pop up on it, outfitted for full time living as we explore the very remotest regions in North America, with a five year plan bent on immersing ourselves into the different cultures of these regions, staying off the interstates and...

Ah, the vernacular thing. Crew cab, double cab, etc, each manufacture has a different name- yes, the double cab with an 8 ft bed was considered but we needed a full crew cab. Then yup, the payload thing. Pickup trucks, by design, perform at their very best about half loaded.

I had to correct the payload sentence; we will be a couple hundred pounds over 1/2 the payload of 4k lbs

My brotherinlaw's Chevy Colorado has 92,000 miles on it. He is on his third set of front suspension bushings, his second set of shocks, and his second set of upper control arms. Along with multiple front end wheel alignments. He has replaced the rear leafs with OME heavies in a futile attepmt to...

Hello all, I am installing a midland GMRS radio in our new F350. Bolting it to the bottom tray is a very good place for it. Does anyone know the secret to getting that bottom tray out so that I can drill holes in it to attach the radio bracket and to run the power lines and coax? Thanks in...

Hmm, we are specing out a 400ah system as well. Tell me about the 12v ac system. Is 400ah enough? We’ve been tenting for decades without AC. The rep at FWC recommended using the AC with shore power. We might do shore power sites a couple times a month, primarily for a long hot shower.

I’ll be building out the rear seat area for stowing camera gear, laptops, hiking gear; a small Engle fridge, along with a 17 gallon water tank. Yes, just my wife & I, and yes, we’ve been on multiple month trips. It’s time to retire the 80 series, the tents and all the gear that goes with it...