No overload spring
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From: Wake Forest, NC
and there it is #7
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The "rules" that we are debating only really apply to the 99-04 trucks. There were more differences starting in 05.
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From: UNION, NJ
gvw's
Hey guys,
My 2005 Reg Cab F350 V10 4wd has a 10700 gvw.
(Ordered 9-2004) and has a overload spring.
It has a Camper Pkg., Snow Plow prep., and Payload Pkg.
I also believe the 18" wheels up the Payload capacity......
My 2005 Reg Cab F350 V10 4wd has a 10700 gvw.
(Ordered 9-2004) and has a overload spring.
It has a Camper Pkg., Snow Plow prep., and Payload Pkg.
I also believe the 18" wheels up the Payload capacity......
Last edited by Classic F-250; Jul 23, 2009 at 10:36 PM. Reason: double post.... and didnt se 99-04
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From: So Oregon
Yes but your response to the comment was in reference to capacity. So saying the difference is between gas and diesel would have implied that there was a different capacity between gas and diesel, not simply stating that there was a physical difference between gas and diesel as far as configuration.
and there it is #7
and there it is #7
I would like to stir it up some more and ask if the brake systems on the 250 and 350 are the same capacity?"
I think the different booster may change the brakes in a capacity sense, but maybe it doesn't, and it would be negligible anyway. The difference in the brakes is not between F250 and F350, but a difference between gas or diesel. That's all I was trying to say.
So, the answer is yes and no. The difference is between diesel or gas, not F250 or F350.
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From: San Diego, CA
I have the tow prep package and no camper package. The V code springs are for the front, rated at 5200lbs, and are standard on the diesel trucks.
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From: Greenwood, SC
Bayou, the "wig-wag" strobes are just xenon strobe lights at the four corners of the truck. Just like the various DOT construction trucks have.
Mine are installed in the front headlamps and in the clear reverse light lens in the rear. They are very cool. I use them because I work at hospitals all over the place and sometimes I need to take up the whole road maneuvering my trailer wherever they decide to park me.
They are also fun to cruise the neighborhood at night.
Mine are installed in the front headlamps and in the clear reverse light lens in the rear. They are very cool. I use them because I work at hospitals all over the place and sometimes I need to take up the whole road maneuvering my trailer wherever they decide to park me.
They are also fun to cruise the neighborhood at night.
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I always understood the camper package was the only way to get the rear sway bar and the auxiliary spring.
I thought the "towing package" was standard on the SD trucks for most years (towing package did not include a "Built ford tough trailer hitch"), so the tow pkg wouldn't imply it included sway bar and aux springs. So how are we getting the rear sway bar and aux spring?
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Don't know. I bought the truck used 2 years ago but I requested the build sheet from Ford. No camper package, but I have a rear sway bar and aux springs. I'm not complaining! 
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If there are no blocks under the springs of the 2wd drive models then what gives the f350 more hauling capacity than the f250? The f350, I would think, has to have a different spring in order to give it more capacity but it has been mentioned on here several times that the f250 and f350 use the same rear springs but use different blocks on the 4wd models.
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I just hauled 2.5 tons of gravel in the back of my F250, a job I usually reserve for the F350, but didn't feel like unloading the bobcat and unhooking the trailer from it. The 250 is a 2001, and it has the overloads in the rear. I'm not the original owner, so I dont know what criteria was used to get the aux springs, but is has the 6084 rear spring rating, and 4800 front (ext cab short box). Unloaded across the scales with only me in it was 6640, across the scales loaded was 11660, needless to say, the rear bumper was not far from the ground, but she handled it well, 70 on the highway with little sway. I'll be considering the taller blocks for this truck though, as the extra 2" would have helped keep the rear at a more reasonable height. The F350 on the other hand with 2.5 tons, the overloads barely touch, but that truck has airbags too, and I believe the rear springs are rated at 6800 something... I've had that truck to almost 13k (crew cab SRW short box). Psst, no telling MNDOT 'kay... 
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