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Nov 14, 2003 | 07:22 PM

RedneckF-150

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Idea.....

I was wondering what people would think of this idea I had for a major off-road truck...

Start with an F-150 body on a tube chassis, but with a flatbed. Have Rockwell 2 and 1/2 ton axles with a tandem rear, making 6 wheel drive. A turbocharged semi-truck I-6 diesel engine(600+ horsepower) 6 speed manual trans(granny 1st and O.D. 6th), Klune-V underdrive, Atlas 2 transfer case, running 44 inch boggers on beadlocks, and smokestacks to top it off.

I call it "Big Six".

What do ya think?

Nov 14, 2003 | 09:08 PM

rebel_ford4x4

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sounds good, go for it.

kinda costly though

Nov 14, 2003 | 10:15 PM

proeliator

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Awesome. Go for it. I'd run something like 56's though instead of the 44s.

Nov 15, 2003 | 03:34 AM

Txquadhunter24

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if ya don't wanna build Look on the truck trader site and search 90 and up model trucks in the texas area. There is to one is a reg cab setup like big foot and the other is a crew cab. One has a hopped up 460 and the other a hopped up 7.3 with a ZF5 or 6 speed. With all there mods not bad priced.

Nov 15, 2003 | 12:44 PM

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A 3126 Cat might work.

Nov 15, 2003 | 03:05 PM

rebocardo

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Just buy a 6x6 2.5 ton truck (about $3500) with a 478 c.i., put your body on it, and call it good. I doubt you could ever put a tube chassis truck on the road legally.

Nov 18, 2003 | 07:34 PM

RedneckF-150

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Who says I wanna put it on the road? I can actually get most of the parts used, because I live near a semi-truck junckyard. It's got tons of these old vehicles, and parts would be easy to get.

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Nov 19, 2003 | 01:30 PM

824x4ride

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well redneck i like the idea i was looking around the allmighty ebay the other day and they had a buch of military 6x6's and tandem axles for sale from 2 1/2 ton up to 10 ton

Nov 19, 2003 | 11:47 PM

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85351ho

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you might want to try to stay under 1000 ft/lbs of torque, really under 500 if your gonna try to run an atlas and a klunev

Nov 20, 2003 | 07:19 AM

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A guy down the road from me already has somthing similar to what you are talking about, For Sale Its a 79 f250 with a 428 d 60 front with a tube frame from the cab back with dual axles sitting on 40's with a flat bed. It's cool but needs finished.