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You'll be fine. Especially if you're only locking up for extra traction in mud and farm grass. What diff are you putting in the rear.

Non vented or slotted Brembos. Just plain smooth rotors. EBC Yellow pads.

To be honest. Napa rotors are fine on 4 wheel disc vans. But Napa pads are garbage. Too much material. ...

You had a TTB on an OBS F250, yeah those ate joints. I'm not talking TTB joint and rod eating junk. Every time your suspension cycled, it tugged on your steering. So every little dip and bump in...

My Airlift bags are mounted over the springs. The best place to reduce roll. They can be stretched and have no damage. They also run well with 0psi and have internal jounce bumpers. I...

Funny? I'm getting 180,000+ on mine. They're cake to replace, but I don't recall ever having to them more than once per truck.
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Kingpins are nice, but harder to find and extra $$$.

Yup. The Raptor has very soft suspension for dirt road driving. I can respect that. Ultralight camping, even "ultralight car camping" blows away heavy RV camping. But I need to haul bikes. ...

I've never seen a 99+ Dana50 solid axle fail. Leaky pinion seal or bad bearing maybe.

But I could climb to the moon on the stacks of broken TTB's I've seen. That's a whole different game. ...

You got so many options with that size truck. I've even seen people pull those HI-LO popup trailers off thier frames and slap them up on a flatbed truck. I doubt weight is really going to be a...

Nope. That's a darn good start. Pics, darnit!
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If I remember right 2200 RPM was the sweet spot with our F450's. So yeah, she should be screamin a little at 65mph. Who needs a flatbed? ...

Especially if it's a TTB! I hate those things!
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But the solid axle 99+ Dana 50's are pretty good. Those are actually Dana 60's with a Dana 44 ring/pinion. So it can handle the torque a 44...

wth?

One of these dinky little things:
http://www.easyexport.us/lt/vehicle-finder/lot-21534922/1990-toyota-sunrader-non-repairable-va-danville

Any F350 chassis cab drw can do that. I...

'99+ Ford superduties had solid front axles called Dana50's. Those are plenty strong. Pinion gear and bearings are thier weak point that was solved by the Dana60 in 2003+ish Superduties.
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Lock...

Sure. Throw some serious $$$$ at it.
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But for a mild cost build with leaf springs in the rear. The Bilsteins should work fine if you don't mind stiffer overall damping onroad, but stiffer...

2008 F250 4x4= 2910 payload.

I'd look towards 285/75 r17 sized tires. Not sure what wheels you have.
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2" leveling kit and highend bypass Bilstein shocks. Fox air bumps. Airlift air bags in the rear and the bags that...

Those super expensive expo rigs are setup to carry some serious weight. Many Rv'ers can carry thousands of pounds of useless stuff and not know it. I've seen 20' travel trailers weigh in over...

Just got back from my trip to Florida towing a trailer to my home in Ohio. So now I can start the mods.
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Minor setback: A Suzuki DRZ400S made it's way into my stable as an "ExpeditionPortal...

Stock tires- 4.10 for diesel and v10. 4.30 for 5.4L and 6.2L.
33" tires- 4.30 for all, or 4.56 for 5.4L
35" tires- 4.56, 4.30 is fair for diesels.

I have 4.10 stock in my F250. Wished I had...

+1. I added a few things in red. I'd keep your truck or trade for an economy car, then buy a used bike. A bike isn't very practical on it's own unless you live in a city like Gainesville FL.
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That's classic GM. And they've only been worse ever since.

Our Fleet trucks, and especially the vans, don't even come with shocks anymore. You can bounce the bumper on a brand new GM and the...

It was. The Econoline van is also nothing but left over parts.

Ford updated thier Superduty mirrors. What did they do with the leftover old style mirrors? They put them on the Econoline....

The Excursion felt like a truck. Didn't win the applaus of soccar mom's the way Yukons and Suburbans do. Didn't win the applaus of men either, they'd rather have a truck that felt like a truck....

Yeah, +1. Those year Rangers and S10's are right smack in the middle of Ford/GM "screw the customer" days. They only existed as a cheapo alternative to F150's and import trucks. That was thier...

Yup. ZR2 or Tacoma. That's about it for the older used minitruck market. The rest is mostly garbage. Sorry.

I had to give someones car a Detroit parking push once. Hippie sticker car blocked me in on purpose. Momo's walked right past me, in the store, bragging about it. But after I nudged myself free, I...