Duallies, I love them.
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Yeah he does.
Stu, I'm looking at that '56 you posted, and I'm thinking I could see myself doing something like that. I've been researching how to make my '78 F150 4x4 better for towing, but have been reconsidering if I can find an old F350 with a 9 foot bed, and make it a duallie hauler. Hmmm, the wheels are turning.....all 6 of 'em.
I need to finish my assessment of everything else first, though.
Stu, I'm looking at that '56 you posted, and I'm thinking I could see myself doing something like that. I've been researching how to make my '78 F150 4x4 better for towing, but have been reconsidering if I can find an old F350 with a 9 foot bed, and make it a duallie hauler. Hmmm, the wheels are turning.....all 6 of 'em.
I need to finish my assessment of everything else first, though.
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You know I'm sure that the '53-'56 F-350 with the 9" Express bed was single rear wheel only. The cab/chassis and flat bed were the DRW models. So you'd be looking to widen fenders, and since they used 6 x 7.25 pattern DRWs and hubs you'd maybe be best to start with a DRW flat bed then find an express bed to put on it. The wheel base of both should be that same 130". Changing the rear to a later D60 makes sense and would be straight forward, but finding one with a good gear ratio and 6 x 7.25" pattern gets hard. Unless you don't worry about matching front and rear bolt patterns. Stu
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If I ever did, I don't think much would be stock except the cab and front clip. The 9 foot bed would have wider fenders, Dana 60, 8 lug F250 modern wheels and brakes front and rear, 5sp. OD, modern engine, etc...
I've got plenty of trucks already, but none of them are really set up for towing a 5th wheel, and that's kind of the whole point of my wanting a truck. That and to replace the Bronco's plow duties. The F1, F6, and IH KB2's aren't set up for towing such a load across country. I'm at a fork in the road, so to speak, as to what I want, what I need, and what I can afford. Plus where am I going to park them all?
I've got plenty of trucks already, but none of them are really set up for towing a 5th wheel, and that's kind of the whole point of my wanting a truck. That and to replace the Bronco's plow duties. The F1, F6, and IH KB2's aren't set up for towing such a load across country. I'm at a fork in the road, so to speak, as to what I want, what I need, and what I can afford. Plus where am I going to park them all?
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Who was it said, "When you come to the fork in the road, take it."? Sounds like a Yogi Berra quote, but I don't know for sure.
I've had similar debates with myself, like I guess we all have. I've got all the stuff to make one of my '51 F-3 2WDs into a M-H Express bed dually. Wider fenders, etc. Those IHC and Studebaker pics one of the guys posted early in this thread have been burned into my brain for a while. Stu
I've had similar debates with myself, like I guess we all have. I've got all the stuff to make one of my '51 F-3 2WDs into a M-H Express bed dually. Wider fenders, etc. Those IHC and Studebaker pics one of the guys posted early in this thread have been burned into my brain for a while. Stu