Holy Moley, Haven't posted in a while, currently on hiatus in MN again to work on some more projects, Had to build a new steel flatbed for a new work truck for fathers company, its for a 2008 F-350 6.4 Twin Turbo diesel with dual tires. It has the longer wheelbase so its a 9.5" long bed and 8' wide. Turned out real nice, will snag a few pictures for here just for fun. Anyway, haven't been on line lately but will post some pictures of the new truck mods soon. They will be an extra 30 gallon gas tank, full rear steel bumper with placement for backup lights, winch, hitch reciever, hi-lift jack points, and pull points. And full 1/4" skid plate from the engine back to the rear driveline. It will cover the whole bottom of the frame and up to the rock sliders on the side, so it will really be a full skid plate. only downside will be 800 lbs. of extra weight in shear steel, but it will all be low so good for lowering CG.
87GMC, thanks so much for the comments, it really is nice to have a group of people like yourselves to keep us moving along with our project. I also like your 87, honestly sometimes I wish I had a simpler truck electrically, so many more options and no computers telling you no. Fantastic keep it up!!!
Chevy Z71, very jelous, thats what I have to do next is get something to sleep in on it, for now we use a tent, works good, but sometimes a paint to put up and take down while its raining or really dirty or cold, i like RTT so maybe thats the best route for me, you can't beat the functionallity of a topper though. You have any pictures on the forum by chance? I don't mind people posting pictures of their rigs on my thread to showcase build ideas, always love more ideas and input from others.
aardvarcus, I like them fairly well, I wish I would have used LVL's, I just used 2x12, that being said they work really well if your carful with them. They arn't for getting them under the tires and spinning like crazy as I would think you would lose some tread on the tires, and that could be expensive. If your careful with them they have crazy good traction for any terrain, especially sand and snow, I have mainly used them on snow and while using them its like driving on perfectly dry terrain, with fantastic traction forward and back as well as sideways. I might consider also making them 2" wider and maybe some longer ones for larger tires and more side traction as if you get them off the side they will just slip out from under the tires and 3' isn't too far if you need all 4 tires up on boards. I hope you have good luck with yours as well. I like that K2500, simple, effective and i love steel wheels, they just look bulletproof, are easy to take care of and need little maintenance, I need to get some. I sometimes wish I had the 8.1L/Allison, although worse milage in town, i've read better on the highway, the 6.0L is good, but the tranny lacks the use of low speed torque sometimes. Its reliable though and no matter what driving I do i get 12 mpg, in town, highway, off road (not crawling). I guess its good cause I can figure on the same milage per tank each time.
Thanks again for the comments and looking at the thread, more updates to come soon!
