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newbie question
I know I'm prolly dumb for asking but I was wondering if I use F350 rear blocks and maybe some 4 or 4.5" shackles up front. Would I have to start changing all of the other front end items ie: pitman arm etc. etc. Or would it work with the stock I have now? 
I'm currently running 2inch leveling shackles on my F250.
I'm currently running 2inch leveling shackles on my F250.
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Raising the front will make the problem worse. The real problem in that pic is that your trailer is way off balance. 600 lbs of tongue weight (guessing at 10% of your trailer weight) will not even move a SD bed closer to the tires. I put over 2000 lbs in my dually (no haters please on going over 1 ton) and I notice about a 1" drop. It looks like you lost about 2" in the rear.
I'd (a) redistribute the trailer weight or (b) get bigger blocks in the rear
I'd (a) redistribute the trailer weight or (b) get bigger blocks in the rear
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I was at a shortage for trailers that day. If I had turned the chevy around on the trailer I wouldnt have had enough tounge weight. And there was no room behind the real axle that I felt safe traveling with. I'm not real concerned about that I have hauled a 13k goose neck with about an inch of squat. I'm just looking for a little more ride height when unloaded. But every lift kit I've seen for 4 inchs or more has come with new front end parts. Just curous if I'd need the parts with four inchs of lift? and making the truck level.
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You would definately need a longer front trac bar, or a drop bracket for the trac bar to properly center the front axle on the truck. If you would have asked me this before my current truck, I would have told you that you also need a dropped pitman arm and also sway bar drop links. My current truck has a 4.5" DR lift with an additional 1" DR spacer under the coils and all they did was put in a longer custom adjustable trac bar. It was lifted when I bought it, and I was surprised when I climbed underneath to find no drop pitman, tracbar drop, and swaybar drops, but I have absolutely no bump steer or any weird handling characteristics.
The more you lift the truck, the more the axle will come towards the drivers side if you dont lengthen or drop the trac bar.
The more you lift the truck, the more the axle will come towards the drivers side if you dont lengthen or drop the trac bar.
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