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how wide is my truck??

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Old 12-04-2009, 11:34 AM
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how wide is my truck??

i need to know the width of my 88 f150. i am going to get a trailer so that i can pull it home and i need to make sure that it will fit on the trailer. its 4x2 with no mods. thanks
 
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Old 12-04-2009, 11:46 AM
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it should fit on any 16 foot utility trailer or on one of those uhaul full car haulers
 
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Old 12-04-2009, 12:19 PM
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Track width is ~ 65" depending on tires/rims. The width of the body is about 74" excluding mirrors.
 
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Old 12-04-2009, 01:01 PM
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Originally Posted by bren_tx
i need to know the width of my 88 f150. i am going to get a trailer so that i can pull it home and i need to make sure that it will fit on the trailer. its 4x2 with no mods. thanks
Don't you have a tape measure?
 
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Old 12-04-2009, 01:13 PM
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My guess is that the truck isn't where he is and he needs to tow it home.
 
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My guess is that the truck isn't where he is and he needs to tow it home.
Yeah, but it's more fun to ask smartass questions and pad my post count.
 
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Old 12-04-2009, 02:38 PM
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I tried to trailer a 1988 Bronco with 31 inch tires and factory aluminum wheels and the Broncos tires were too wide for the U haul tandem axle trailer. If the Bron had 235/75 x 15 tires-I think that it would have fit on the trailer.

I tried this back in 1998. It is possible that the U haul trailers are now different.

The best bet would be to actually measure the width of the outside sidewalls of the F150 and actually measure the width of the trailer-before moving day.
 
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Old 12-04-2009, 03:07 PM
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You're bad, bad man.
 
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Old 12-04-2009, 05:09 PM
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Yeah, but it's more fun to ask smartass questions and pad my post count.

Oh, so that is how the post counts get so high for some!!!!
 


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