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Oct 29, 2003 | 09:24 PM

bigskyllc

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removing a rear leaf

Has anyone removed a rear leaf on F250 or 350 4x4 to level the rear with the front. What about putting some low profile 22 or 24's. I'm contemplating this but have only seen a couple trucks on the road with this look. Obvoiusly most people lift these trucks but I load motorcycles in and out on a daily basis and would like to have a lower tailgate height without compromising too much ground clearance etc. I'm not a big offroader but need the 4x4 for ski trips, pulling the boat out and stuff like that.

Any pic's or ideas???

Oct 29, 2003 | 09:35 PM

wolfmanagh

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I had to look only a little bit for this one, I saw something like this in a snowmobile catalog. http://www.tkloader.com/

Oct 29, 2003 | 10:30 PM

bigskyllc

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Wolfmanagh,
That's interesting but it's a little more involved than I want to get, I need the back of my truck for other normal day uses also. Thanks for the reply though.

Oct 30, 2003 | 12:02 AM

SouthernDually

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Lowering

Have you thought about either a airbag system or just putting some smaller blocks in.

Oct 30, 2003 | 08:09 AM

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Hadn't thought of that but smaller blocks would probably do the trick pretty inexpensively huh...

Oct 30, 2003 | 09:44 AM

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If you have an F350 it came stock with 4" blocks, you can get the stock 2" blocks from the F250 for around $40 I think.

Most guys on this board raise the front to level the truck, lowering isn't the "thing" around here.

I wouldn't mess with the rear spring packs.

An air bag system would be the ticket, but it's a pricey ticket.

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Oct 30, 2003 | 03:18 PM

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Thanks.... I like that idea, I'm going to look into it. If it doesn't work out I'll raise the front to get it leveled out like you mentioned is the popular thing to do and probably better for re-sale too.