Last week somebody decided to rearrange the back end of my F-250 with his Tundra. Needless to say, my truck won. I have $1200 from the settlement and I have been considering converting my truck to a flatbed. I already have a gooseneck hitch but I am worried about the tongue weight when hauling my military truck. The truck is around 10,000 lbs. I have a '97 F-250 Heavy Duty Crewcab with a 7.3l diesel and automatic transmission. I have 130,000 miles on the diesel and 40,000 miles on the transmission. I love my truck and I don't want to give it up. It is rated for 14,200 lbs towing and it is hard to find that kind of capacity these days. How much do you think it will cost to convert it? I have an estimate from General Truck Bodies of $2,300 to $2,700 for the flatbed itself. I am assuming I can sell the box and bedliner for around $1000. The guy at the truck body place said I was looking at a custom bed because the truck has a short box. What other costs am I looking at? Am I nuts for considering this??? SpookyDad
http://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/index.php You might get a better response over at that forum. Seems to be more along the lines of their subject matter. Good luck with it though!
www.chromewheel.com sells dually conversion kits for a number of different trucks. I've bought their stuff before and been happy with it. Just tell people it's on-topic because you need to haul Flatheads around....
well then I guess my 2000 land rover, or vintage bmws are on topic because I use them to run to the parts store to get parts for my on topic cars!~
So are you saying that no car-hauler talk is allowed on here? I am trying to get some advice from the best group of honest mechanics I know. SpookyDad
I have a 2005 ford f 750 with a 60' altec lift that helps fund my on topic cars and it has a hydralic problem ...... Get the point?Now back to the show
I have a '99 Jetta that I chase parts for my other car in... anyone know what the code is for the little pump that keeps 3lbs of pressure on the return line/tank vent for the EFI is and where I might find a relay, or sensor, or know what caused it to fail? The check engine light will not go out until I fix that... that and my airbag light is on...
no offense but, your 6x6 military truck is hardly on topic itself. (although i will say it is cool) this is a traditional hot rod site.
Here is a very good search engine: @ http://www.jaxed.com/cgi-bin/mash.cgi?cat=cpmoto You can use it to find an F350 dually close to where you live Personally I would not do a dually conversion, your rear end is not rated to handle the additional torque and the towing load I would buy another truck built to accommodate your towing needs
http://www.arrowcraft.com/arrowcraft.php?pageid=products&subpid=catalog&category=3&pagenumber Been using them on my Van for 10 years, they are on the second van with no problems.
This is based on GM 1-tons. Most duallys use a narrower rearend. Just get a junkyard dually rearend and swap it out. Done easy. The fronts you just need the dually rotors, the spindles and brakes are the same between single and dual wheel.
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