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[blue dog]

dodge ram

The front is basically a Kore kit with vr coils, kore control arms, kore race sway bar, i re valved the fox 2.5 shocks to get them where i liked them, took me 3 shots. Rear has a bed cage i built with 14" fox double by pass shocks, 2 fox bumps and a 12 leaf deaver pack. 35" tires, tried 37's, just too big for a second gen, you would need control arms that are a few inches longer to stuff 37"s in there. Truck has lots of Baja time under her belt, she works great for a big heavy diesel pig.

Here is a few more pics if you would like to see her undressed.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/desertbluedog/

 

[blue dog]

The white one had a swing out tiregate, it worked pretty good, it could handle bombing roads in baja with no issue. It was a pain in the ***** to get a 35" toyo mud terrain up on it if you were not the hulk.

The white truck ran the exact same setup all the way around except i had 12" fox 2.5's that did not come up threw the bed, worked out to be a 15 degree angle going back at the top. white truck was an automatic, darker truck has a 6 speed nv 5600. Both good trucks, but the 6 speed clicks 22 on the highway if you drive it right, white one never got over 18.

 

[Black Dog]

Was the tire gate on the white truck a homemade unit or did you buy it from somewhere?

 

[blue dog]

tiregate

The tire gate was from tiregate. It was a bit on the expensive side, but it worked well, and i wanted something you could take off the truck easy.

 

[Black Dog]

Do you have a pic of the rear of the old white truck? I want to get the spare out from under my truck, but also I want to do a topper to sleep under and it looks like the Tiregate is a replacement for the stock tailgate so I'm curious what you did. So far the only thing that fits exactly what I want is an aluminess, but those are mucho deniros.

 

[blue dog]

tiregate

This is all i have. On the 2nd gen dodge a 35" tire will not fit in the factory spare location, and the way i re did my rear shocks was a factor as well.
It is not the best spare tire holder, but the fact it goes on and off easy by sliding into the receiver makes it handy. You can put a hitch on the receiver of the tire gate as well, just not sure what weight rating it had, i never used it.

 

[Black Dog]

Ok, I see how you did it. I was assuming you had the one that replaced the tailgate and not the one that works with the lift gate on SUVs. Thanks!

 

[blue dog]

The tiregate that replaces the tailgate is a POS. if you do any wheelin with it, it will tear your bed apart. Just saying.

 

[Black Dog]

Thats good to know too. I don't really "wheel" per se, but I go on some impressively rough and bumpy forest roads pretty much any time I'm not on pavement.

 

[ExpoMike]

I too have the Hitchgate (by Tiregate) and have been very happy with it. I have even used a U-Haul car trailer and towed a '65 Chevy Panel Truck using it. Worked perfect. I was lucky to find one on Craigslist for about half of new.

 

[BCHauler]

Would you have to remove the whole Tiregate to remove the camper?

 

[Black Dog]

That tiregate just slips into the receiver hitch, so just take it off and then take the camper off.

I'm looking at the possibility of getting a contractors truck cap with the two barn doors and whatnot, so I think I'm either going to have to take a receiver hitch unit like this, or shell out the big bucks for an aluminess, or learn to weld.

 

[blue dog]

It is easy to take out, The tire needs to be removed unless you are the strongest mo fo in the world. Slides in the receiver very easy.

 

[Mountainhound]

I like that tire gate. What size tire will it carry?

 

[SilverBullet]

This is from the Great Western Trail ride yesterday.