So, I am used to driving 2000 F350 crew cabs (SRW and DRW). I recently spent time driving a 2010 F350 DRW crew cab and it seems the turning radius is way smaller on the 2010 (these are all pretty long wheel base trucks...maybe 180", or so). Was there a front-end re-design, or am I imagining the difference?

Roy

 

once the front leafs became coils in 05 turning radius was improved
you can imagine why

 

Thanks! I thought it must have been some major thing. Coils in '05...right.

Roy

 

The '08-'10 dually had a "wide-track" option available that provided an even tighter turning radius than the '05 and up. You might be driving one of those.

https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/6...ide-track.html

 

Thanks Bill,

That's interesting about the wide track. From the pics, I don't think the truck I was driving had that option....but, it sure did turn well. Time and time again I would approach a turn-around situation, while pulling a good size 2-axle trailer, and just bust out the turn without any fill/backfill. Very different from the 2000 F350s.

Roy

 

I have seen images and I couldn't tell the widetrack from non on the duallys?

not having leaf springs for the tires to hit was decent plan plus the coils ride softer IMHO
but I still have 2 front leaf sprung vehicles so Im not bagging on them lol

 

Well Z,

I could easily be imagining the difference I see in the pics. There is one pic from a straight-head-on view that makes me think I can see a couple inches difference. It would be best if there were side by side pics.

Is the extent of front-fender flare the same on wide track trucks?

 

maybe the flare is bigger? I was tring to find side by side pics

I guess if we had the wheelbase specs we could see how much wider they are ?

 

From the link below (Page 70 - STEERING SPECIFICATIONS), it appears that the F450 Crew Cab Long Bed has a slightly smaller turning radius (Curb-to-Curb & Wall-to-Wall) than the F250 Regular Cab Long Bed due to an enhanced 18:1 gear ratio versus the standard 17:1 gear ratio. Amazing!

https://www.fleet.ford.com/truckbbas...kups_PRINT.PDF

 

So how difficult is it to modify the suspension on a 97 F350 crew cab to go from leaf to coils?