CT May B/S Thread
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Jim i'm thinking of just keeping the current rocker. Structurally it is there, i can get the slip over ones, and then get the outer floor part. I need to patch and hole with some fiber glass bondo, or por-15 putty on the drivers side, get a new passenger fender and door or try to save the door, get new wheel wells for bed on passenger side, get big sheet with gas tank holes for drivers side and lower part and straightening what ever is left, which shouldn't be much, and also new bed floor. Seems daunting but nothing that can't be done.
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Evening all.
OK don't shoot me but my nephew is looking for a D-max pickup.
He wants a short bed extra cab 4X4.
If you guys come across anything just let my know.
I have tried and tried to get him to change his mind but if just wont work.
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OK don't shoot me but my nephew is looking for a D-max pickup.
He wants a short bed extra cab 4X4.
If you guys come across anything just let my know.
I have tried and tried to get him to change his mind but if just wont work.
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miles did you get your zip strip?
andy, those trucks really arent all that bad. they are very low profile though, he will have a really hard time trying to plow with it because the plow frame ends up 6" above the ground, and scrapes on any driveway that isnt flat. i have a couple die-hard GM friends with duramax's, they have been pretty reliable, and have good power. ill keep my ears open for anything.
now i am eating thin mints, and then going to BED!
andy, those trucks really arent all that bad. they are very low profile though, he will have a really hard time trying to plow with it because the plow frame ends up 6" above the ground, and scrapes on any driveway that isnt flat. i have a couple die-hard GM friends with duramax's, they have been pretty reliable, and have good power. ill keep my ears open for anything.
now i am eating thin mints, and then going to BED!
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Aaron, they end up a LOT closer to the ground than 6" if the torsion bars aren't cranked as hard as they can. And they have a tendency to crack frames on some of the later model years (around the same era as the 6.0s I think)
The issue isn't even so much that they start low (I'm not arguing that they don't just saying...) but with the IFS they drop like rocks in the front end as soon as you add weight. I've measured our 06 and with a 9 foot fisher MC it drops exactly one inch (ground to top of front bumper) when you raise the plow. On most GM products they drop 2+ inches.
If you want a diesel pickup that rides like a luxury car then GM is where it's at. If you want a truck that you can put a 1300lb plow on the front of then put a 16' trailer with large skidsteer on it behind it and go through a snow storm... You want a Ford. I've see me do it.
Although I wouldn't turn down a Dodge so long as it had a manual trans...
