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Old 11-23-2009, 11:36 PM   #551
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Old 11-25-2009, 01:16 AM   #552
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My 1990 V3500 has a 6" lift (leafs only) and 35" tires.
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Only a few more inches higher and you can park the blazer under the crew
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This is a short box half ton conversion that I saw while driving through Ontario a few years back. I stopped and talked to the owner about it, and he told me that it was actually registered as a 1992 model. He said it was an ex government truck. I've seen a 73-91 body suburban listed as a 1992 as well. Has anybody else heard of this before? I've seen overlap in body/crossover body style years before, just not for 1991-1992 chevs
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Both of the Down-N-Dirty trucks out of Michigan are up for sale on ebay.

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...I hate the color, I hate the flames, to me it looks gimicky, and it doesn't look like it is ready to go to work......
It's unfortunate that you feel so strongly about something that you don't know anything about. Maybe if you took the time to educate yourself about air springs and what they are capable of you might not have so much hate for them.

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The Down-N-Dirty trucks are awesome! Id get in some trouble with one of those
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I'm not (as much I use to be) a 4 wheel drive guy but its something about those dually crew 4X4's that makes me think there is one for me in the future .....

Neat trucks ghetto ......

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It's unfortunate that you feel so strongly about something that you don't know anything about. Maybe if you took the time to educate yourself about air springs and what they are capable of you might not have so much hate for them.

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Woah hold the phone!

I never said I didn’t like air ride suspension, I love air ride, I would take a bagged truck over a sprung truck every day.

This is my old ride, I put down damn near 500,000 miles in it in the time I owned it.



I had dump valves on each of the trailer axles and I could use them to walk the trailer sideways allowing me to back into holes that most people could never dream of.

The thing to note in this picture are the tool boxes under the trailer, I had 8 of them on there when I started out, they cost 650.00 each. At the front of the trailer I had 6” of ground clearance. The trailer was a huge pain being set up that way because I always had to be crazy careful because I was always hitting the tool boxes on the ground. The reason there are only 4 of the boxes on it in this pic because one night running down the road in western Missouri I went over a set of train tracks doing 65 mph and ripped them off tossing about 6 grand worth of boxes, tarps, tools and rigging all over the place.

Eventually I would wind up removing all the boxes from the truck and placing a new set between the spread axles to protect them. This was because everywhere I went I was always having problems with setting the boxes down and scraping and busting the mounts. I cringe to even think about how much money I spent patching that thing up.





I also spent about 6 months driving an 8 axle haul truck that had 5 inches of ground clearance, when fully loaded, grossed out there were times I would weigh 136,000 lbs and it was a huge pain all the time setting it down on driveways and humps in the road as well as train tracks.

This ties into why I said I don’t like taking a crew cab dually and slamming it, because it makes the truck less functional as a hauler, when you have a long wheel base low to the ground you have to be very careful not to scrape, and even with air ride and the ability jack the truck up you are still going to have to be really careful not to scrape and jack your truck up.

Also when running the semi wheels turned down to 22” so you can run a super lo pro tire, they don’t have a good weight rating, for instance a tire like the Kumho Ecsta 285/30 r22 it only has a 1,819 lb load rating, times 4 tires that’s only 7276 lbs, where as the Michelin XDS2 that I am going to run on my dually is a 245/70 R19.5 with a 4940 lb load rating, that means times 4 tires you are looking at 19,760 lbs capacity.

That coupled with an air ride suspension that will handle the weight that means I could get 12,484 lbs more on the back end of my truck.

So when I say that slamming a dually is destroying the functionality of it as a hauler, this is what I am referring to. And to be honest I have seen a couple of em that I really liked the look of. Like Dragnasty’s truck,



I love the look of it, man I think it looks mean. I wouldn’t mind having it, but I also wouldn’t want to drive it cross country for the reasons I outlined above.

And I have a semi lowered dually.


I have also owned a couple of half tons that were lowered, I had a 95 1500 x cab short bed, and a 71 c/10 that were both lowered I really enjoyed em, My grandpa has the 95 now, when he passes on I am going to get it back, then I will restore and bag it.

Another one I really like is your truck.



I used to have a 78 that is identical but a 4x4, 4x4s4allie has it now.

And for my girlfriend I am looking at getting her a 2WD K5 and lowering it with air ride.

I hope that this clarify’s the point I was getting at, and it might be worth your while to check out the build on my 85, im putting air ride on it and stuffing a Cummins in it, as well I am building a 48’ tilt deck tripple axle goose neck to pull behind it that will have air ride as well.

Also my 94 3500hd wrecker is eventually going to get an air ride suspension.



I have to get my other wrecker built first.

Just one thing though, please dont say I dont know what I am talking about because I have about 700,000 miles worth of towing experince behind me. I have done it in 47 states, 3 canadian provences and mexico, in about every weather condition imagineable.

I think it is safe to say I am speaking from experince.
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I'm not (as much I use to be) a 4 wheel drive guy but its something about those dually crew 4X4's that makes me think there is one for me in the future .....

Neat trucks ghetto ......

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I almost bought this one last year, kind of sad I didnt. It was a pretty cool truck, but it came out of michigan, it has some serious rust on the underside.
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yep its bagged and I seen it tow a 40' gooseneck from arkasas to california and back LOADED

last time I talked with him he just got a cummins to put in it

Holy Cow!!!
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Also when running the semi wheels turned down to 22” so you can run a super lo pro tire, they don’t have a good weight rating, for instance a tire like the Kumho Ecsta 285/30 r22 it only has a 1,819 lb load rating, times 4 tires that’s only 7276 lbs, where as the Michelin XDS2 that I am going to run on my dually is a 245/70 R19.5 with a 4940 lb load rating, that means times 4 tires you are looking at 19,760 lbs capacity.

That coupled with an air ride suspension that will handle the weight that means I could get 12,484 lbs more on the back end of my truck.
so you are going to put 15,000 pounds in the bed of your truck?
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so you are going to put 15,000 pounds in the bed of your truck?
Oh, I will need the capacity, the truck is getting one of these stuffed under it.


This unit puts a ton of stress on the back tires, it has a 4,000 lb lift rating, but it is putting that weight 10 feet behind the rear axle so that is one heck of a lever.

As well once my 48' tilt deck is finished I will be picking up a contract towing motorhomes and medium duty vehicles, so it will be a constant that I am sticking 10K+ loads on that trailer, expecially if I am picking one up that has been in an accident and can not be towed on its wheels.
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That was a quick hook ....... the non payers better watch out!!

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That was a quick hook ....... the non payers better watch out!!

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Makes you realize how full of it Operation repo is doesnt it.
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Can the average public buy those, or do you have to have a repo/wrecker service?
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Can the average public buy those, or do you have to have a repo/wrecker service?
Anyone can buy em, they cost about 6800.00

They make a version that is not an auto hooker for about 5 grand.

The catch 22 with these is that you have to reinforce your frame.

On my 85 I am plating it with a piece of 3/16" cut to contour with the frame starting from behind the front cab mount.

I really like the setup though because I can still use my truck as a hauler, and because it will have the wheel lift it will mean that I dont have to push vehicles that I am picking up, and since my trailer is a 48 footer, instead of having to back it in some place really occuard taking a whole bunch of time, I can unhook from it, grab the vehicle I need to load, pull it out, and then load it in an more conveniant spot.

I am toying with the idea of starting a salvage yard here, if I do this truck is gonna be great for going and picking up any vehicles that I buy, expecially if they are non runners.
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The blue truck looks familiar....
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Woah hold the phone!....
I think it is safe to say I am speaking from experince.
Ok, you have proven that you do have knowledge of air suspension. I was incorrect.

With that said, I go back to my point. Posting pictures of trucks stating "I hate this" is considered posting in a negative manner and is not acceptable.

With that said, please keep all posts on topic here. The topic is "How about some pics of 73-91 crew cabs" .
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Here is one I found up by dallas for sale, it is a 4x4, has a small block 400/th400 in it, I am seriously thinking about buying it.



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