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Hotshot
Joined: Jul 2003
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From: Newport, WA
why not use add a leafs??? from what i have read ppl don't normally have problems stacking small blocks like that, it's just when they start trying to stack 2 4" or 6" blocks when there becomes a big problem. also with the added blocks you will add to any axle wrap that you may have had before.
Elder User
Joined: Feb 2004
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From: Birmingham, AL
No, they were on it when I bought it several years ago. They were manucatured but I don't know what company made them. The rear bumper was made by Luverne Truck Equipment Co out of South Dakoda. They may have made the boards as well.
The truck itself came from near Atlanta, GA where the first two owners lived, so the running boards may have come from a South Eastern manufactrue.
It's always been someones toy since new, never a work truck. It's semi retired now. I took it out for a maintainance drive yesterday and it ran beter than it ever has before. It's pretty much box stock with 160,000 miles.
I have a E350 Power Stroke as well.
The truck itself came from near Atlanta, GA where the first two owners lived, so the running boards may have come from a South Eastern manufactrue.
It's always been someones toy since new, never a work truck. It's semi retired now. I took it out for a maintainance drive yesterday and it ran beter than it ever has before. It's pretty much box stock with 160,000 miles.
I have a E350 Power Stroke as well.
Elder User
Joined: Feb 2004
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From: Birmingham, AL
The DAWG is a nice looking rig. I like the running boards on it. Was your truck customized by an aftermarket company like Southern Comfort etc? I haven't seen a paint scheme like it before.
My main boards are very strong and I step on them every time I get in or out of the truck, but the short sections that are at the front of the bed are not very strong. One corner of them is (was) supported by a bolt through the edge of the fiberglass dually bumper and the other supporting brackets for those sections are a hodge-podge of angle iron. I consider them a "no step" area.
Your rear bumper looks like it may be the same brand as mine but maybe with less drop? Mine has ten inches of drop and is rated as a V5 hitch, but I always use the receiver under it.
My main boards are very strong and I step on them every time I get in or out of the truck, but the short sections that are at the front of the bed are not very strong. One corner of them is (was) supported by a bolt through the edge of the fiberglass dually bumper and the other supporting brackets for those sections are a hodge-podge of angle iron. I consider them a "no step" area.
Your rear bumper looks like it may be the same brand as mine but maybe with less drop? Mine has ten inches of drop and is rated as a V5 hitch, but I always use the receiver under it.
Post Fiend
Joined: Feb 2009
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From: Texas Coast
Thanks Gene
Yes customized by Centirion. All of the runners are strong. If you look close the passenger side of the rear bumper is crushed in.
I had the truck for 12 years when that happened and the truck finally got coined with the DAWG name; after my daughter backed clean over, a fire hydruant. So it hicked a fire hydraunt and became the DAWG. lol
Yes customized by Centirion. All of the runners are strong. If you look close the passenger side of the rear bumper is crushed in.
I had the truck for 12 years when that happened and the truck finally got coined with the DAWG name; after my daughter backed clean over, a fire hydruant. So it hicked a fire hydraunt and became the DAWG. lol
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Joined: Feb 2004
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From: Birmingham, AL
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Good story. I have a long history with fire hydrants myself, but I never backed over one.
I named mine Chuck in honor of one of your fellow statesmen, Paul Thorne. He is a musician from Louisiana who is known for is comedic turn of phrase and having boxed with Roberto Duran during his hay day. Anyway, in one of his songs (Butterbeans) he says he got in his "chuck" and the rest is history. If you have never heard Paul Thorne, check him out, he's a hoot!
Gene
Thanks Gene
Yes customized by Centirion. All of the runners are strong. If you look close the passenger side of the rear bumper is crushed in.
I had the truck for 12 years when that happened and the truck finally got coined with the DAWG name; after my daughter backed clean over, a fire hydrant. So it hiked a fire hydrant and became the DAWG. lol
Yes customized by Centirion. All of the runners are strong. If you look close the passenger side of the rear bumper is crushed in.
I had the truck for 12 years when that happened and the truck finally got coined with the DAWG name; after my daughter backed clean over, a fire hydrant. So it hiked a fire hydrant and became the DAWG. lol
I named mine Chuck in honor of one of your fellow statesmen, Paul Thorne. He is a musician from Louisiana who is known for is comedic turn of phrase and having boxed with Roberto Duran during his hay day. Anyway, in one of his songs (Butterbeans) he says he got in his "chuck" and the rest is history. If you have never heard Paul Thorne, check him out, he's a hoot!
Gene
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Joined: May 2010
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That's a nice lookin truck, really like it. I like the short bed extend cab trucks, only problem is I would only have like 4' of bed if I had a 6' bed with stacks and tool box.
Laughing Gas
Joined: Feb 2010
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From: johnson city tn
ya, there are time id like to have a tool box but i LOVE my short bed.
Fleet Owner
Joined: Aug 2004
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From: AZ
Rocky, After fixing a couple of boost leaks better but not up to par yet. Did you paint your truck?
