Why?
Not the point, the point is they are very often over the GVWR and really pay attention to the laws.

 

More like dodging scales. I do it every day in the tractor trailer grossing 100k

 

How much of a PIA is it to get a reconstructed title?

 

You have to go to a certified Enhanced vehicle Inspection station. I needed to go to one that was certified for heavy trucks because of the weight class(class 7 / 17,000+ lbs)
Then they need to look the truck over to a T to make sure it was put together correctly.

Then you are looking at about $1,500 in fees

Oh and then the title is brandished that it has been reconstructed(like it was totaled and rebuilt) killing the value of the truck. We call then R titles

 

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To put a roof over my head and food in my stomach. YES

I get paid by the ton. the more I carry, the more I get paid. I have a permit to run 100k in NY, NJ and CT(on certain highways). But PA will only allow 80k

And maybe on the west coast pickups are not getting bother by the DOT, but on the east coast they have been getting nailed for the past 15 years

 

Best way to do it imp is Do what I did and buy a 4x4 srw F350 and comvert it to dually. Get a stock dually rear axle and swap it in, put a dually bed on it, and then get factory Dana 60 adapters for dually off a cab and chassis. These combinations are few and far between and I was fortunate enough to find my sig truck at a good price. This to my knowledge is the only way to build a factory style 4x4 dually and keep the weight rating. I understand hunting down this truck and parts is difficult to say the least and I've spent a lot of time hunting the bone yards to find those front hubs but it is worth it if you can stay dedicated to it

 

Actually no. YOU only have a 9200lb GVW A Factory dually has a 10,000b GVW
cab n-chassis have a 11,000lb GVW

 

I have a 97 C&C 2wd that I want to swap my 92 f350 4wd suspension and driveline in. How difficult is that? Any issues with the front crossmember? The C&C is 460 gas & auto. The F350 is 460 gas & manual. I may have bent my F350 frame in the middle. The C&C frame is much stronger, no?

 

Actually NO the cab n-chassis frame is no stronger than the pickup frame

As for making a 2wd into 4wd...
You need to mount the spring hangers, track bar mount, 4wd trans, t-case and driveshafts.

BTW the cab-n-chassis have different wheel base length than a pickup, so you need a pickup rear shaft

 

My 1990 cab & chassis had a strip of metal running on top of the frame rail, wasn't this added by Ford to increase the strength of the frame?

 

No, that wasn't Ford. That was probably added by whoever installed whatever was on the back.

 

It was added top and bottom, at the transition from the cab to the "bed". This was to strengthen the frame where Ford offset the frame rails to match the industry standard 34" width. A straight rail is stronger than a factory bent one with a reinforcement plate