finished pushing the 22"+ of snow we got since Friday night...truck worked perfectly!

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pushed a friends car out also...she thought for some stupid reason she could go out with her car...i was not about to try to hook a tow strap so i just pushed it with the truck/plow
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Wow. Didn't realize your clearance was that close before. Just space the bumper until you do all the axle, 4x4, & lift stuff.

Ha! That won't last long! :D

It really wasn't all that close before. The of brand tires just came in closer to 32s than 33s. So now I get a very slight rub on the bumper at certain spots. Everyone I know is telling me to just run a body lift until I do my 4x4 stuff. That would give me tons of clearance but I'm not sure I want to go that route. If I wasn't trying to buy a house I'd just buy the solid axle stuff now. I hate having money I can't spend.

your sure its bumper, my tires come within a 1/2 inch of my bumper, and i thought my tires were rubbing on the bumper turns out they were rubbing on the radius arm:'( oh well only does it some time when the wheel is turned full lock

Wish I had that issue, haha

I'm rubbing those too. This isn't at full lock and it's only in certain corners when there's body roll. I'm not concerned with the radius arms, that's only at super slow speeds and doesn't hurt anything.

What happened to your truck to end up doing this to it?

Bought my project truck with a dent that wouldn't buff out. So finally after catching up mostly on my other must-do tasks I'm finally able to get back to my 4x4. That pic is of the piece I cut out of the parts truck to repair my project.

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Then instead of the pickup bed I'm putting a steel/wood floor flatbed on it.

That's amazing!

I've done one F250 before but usually I have the pieces put in professionally. I cannot justify the cost of pro's on a truck like this so I'm in DIY mode here. Besides, practice makes perfect. If it was a $30K vehicle I wouldn't have the cojones to cut into it!

Like this one.

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Let's see. My new work truck needed some love so here is the list I accomplished today

Installed new exhaust manifolds
Installed new up pipes and gaskets
Inspected and reinstalled turbo
Replaced front main seal
installed new pilot bearing and throwout bearing(for rebuilt tranny)
resurfaced flywheel and reinstalled
New axle seals on the rearend
Inspected and cleaned Brakes on the rearend
Inspected frontend (turns out I need a u joint and ball joints)
Service on the welder
service on the air compressor
removed and cleaned oil cooler, reseal and install tomorrow


Tomorrow I should have her back on the road...maybe.

My grandfather blew a power steering fitting early this morning in his oldest business truck on the way to pick up a load. He dealt with no PS on the way back, and I got a new pressure line to put on it and it's good to go. Easy 15 minute fix.

It's a '96 F-250 7.3 Powerstroke. Guess it was time for that fitting to go after 18 years and 317k miles.

https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/p...ctureid=144874

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I'd just space the bumper out. If you get he body lift you need to cut a piece out of either the bumper or the frame end to raise the bumper to match the lift. And then you need to deal with the rear.

When I put 33's on my 95 I spaced it out with 4washers on each bolt. Gave me about 1/2" and that's all I needed.