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Yeah, they didn't move the axle - you can see how it sits a bit towards the rear of the wheel well, that's the clue the wheel base is like an inch or two longer than it needs to be for a reg cab long bed pickup truck. Also, your bed is off an '80-'86 truck, notice how the rear fender well looks more square than the front, and how it has that crease along its perimeter that is not present in the front? Still tho, these are just details for your own information, IMHO the truck looks pretty sweet.
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Does it close? If yes, then you're fine. IIRC the main difference between the '80-'86 gates and those '87-up is the newer ones have cables to hold them from walling off when open, while some of the older ones had metal bars kinda like a scissor setup. But if the gate and latches properly you're just fine. Or, for all I know, it could be just the fenders are '80-'86, the do swap over on the newer beds so with the truck being put together with available materials at hand who knows...
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Completely different axles and springs, the F-Superduty had a solid I-beam with leaf springs in the front, like the medium-duty and larger trucks have, also the rear axle is quite a bit larger too with usually much thicker leaf packs. Frame is much stronger as well.
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these generally cost much more than used f350's if that helps any.
serious heavy haulers.
these didn't come with a bed.you put beds like mine on 'em or other utility/boom/mason type dump beds.
(don't get me wrong though.i think it looks bad ars with this bed too! )
haha and yeah,like star says,they don't exactly ride like a gaddy either.
but with 15k GVWR or something,they can really move a load.
very low hauling gears in 'em too.you won't see the fuel economy of your f350 with 'em.
(but with enough bed,you wouldn't need too.you could make two or three f350 trips in one load.
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serious heavy haulers.
these didn't come with a bed.you put beds like mine on 'em or other utility/boom/mason type dump beds.
(don't get me wrong though.i think it looks bad ars with this bed too!
)haha and yeah,like star says,they don't exactly ride like a gaddy either.
but with 15k GVWR or something,they can really move a load.
very low hauling gears in 'em too.you won't see the fuel economy of your f350 with 'em.
(but with enough bed,you wouldn't need too.you could make two or three f350 trips in one load.
)
