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Sweet crew cab

Heres a few before and after pics, well semi after. I still need a bed, I just barely finished lifting and putting the rims together today. So the rest of this week will be finishing up some trimming that needs to be done, obtaining and installing a bed, then of course will come the paint.

And yes I took a perfectly clean stock original 80K dually and had to go and molest it. I just proved to myself that I cannot have a truck and not do anything to it.

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1-ton said:
This is a nice truck. One thing I would like to know is how did they get the step bars to bolt up for the rear door? The saddle gas tanks obstruct the ability to mount a step bar for the rear doors. I was planning on getting a 50-Gallon auxillary fuel tank in the bed of my truck, just behind the cab so I could get rid of the exploding gas tanks on the side. Another thing I cannot understand is why some one would put so much time and money in a truck, and then want to sell it. They will have to bury me with my old Chevy Crew Cab.
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Why not use a 40 gal. burb tank in between the frame rails?
 
steve_kibbe said:
Why not use a 40 gal. burb tank in between the frame rails?
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Probably because he still has the rear glide out under tire carrier mount. Now that I put those meats on my truck I have no need for a little spare between the frame. I was sitting there the other night and thinking that it would be cool to add another big tank under there. But I dare not fathom the amount of cash it would take to fill another 30 or 40 gallons worth of fuel. But I would have one hell of a mileage range. That or just run one tank, which might be a good idea because it is asinine that every time I want to fill up I have to pull the truck completely around to do it. My old ford (its gone now dont worry) had both tank filler necks ON THE SAME SIDE! :doah:
 
Probably because he still has the rear glide out under tire carrier mount.
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Actually, that is always one of the first things to go, whenever I buy a truck. I like carrying my spares in the bed of my truck.

Why not use a 40 gal. burb tank in between the frame rails
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That is an ideal I will look into.
 
I still need a bed
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Have you considered going with a flat bed? You could build one yourself. Installing a flat bed on my Crew Cab is what I was thinking of doing. Eliminating the duallies and going with Hummer rims is an interesting idea.
 
It's ALL about the flat bed, baby. There was a thread about 'em a while back. Lotsa pix.
 
As much as I would like to put a flatbed on it, I need a box on the back for my dirt bike, and to able to throw stuff in the back when I tow. This is my clean driver/tow/fun/cruiser rig so I want it to be stock looking other than the lift and tires of course. A little trimming will be required but after I get a bed its time for a new paint job. My blazer is finally getting somewhere so now I have a rig to drag it places. If anyone cares its sitting on a 4.5" lift and a 1" block in the back.
 
As much as I would like to put a flatbed on it, I need a box on the back for my dirt bike, and to able to throw stuff in the back when I tow. This is my clean driver/tow/fun/cruiser rig so I want it to be stock looking other than the lift and tires of course. A little trimming will be required but after I get a bed its time for a new paint job. My blazer is finally getting somewhere so now I have a rig to drag it places. If anyone cares its sitting on a 4.5" lift and a 1" block in the back.
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All you need to do is build a flat bed, which can have fence gates to enclose it.
 
Lowe's has these trucks you can rent to haul stuff with a nice flatbed with foldup sides.
 
beater_k20 said:
i've got a buddy with a strandard cab K20. he measured up once for his truck to put a crewcab frame on it. it wasnt quite long enough, the tires would've just got into the cab corners. if you're using 56" springs, you could just turn them around and put the long side towards the front, extending the wheelbase 4", might be enough to clear the cab. :thinking:
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I was bumming around the JY taking that same measurement, and I thought it looked like there was room to just clear 44s. I measured a 4-door 80's cab and a 80's 3/4-ton longbed frame with regular cab. Not that I'm claiming precise measurements.:rolleyes:

I was figuring the same as you mentioned if the clearance was too tight, flip a set of 56s. Especially if you're using a 3/4ton frame that already has em. At the very least you could gain an inch with zero-rates.

Definitely a custom flatbed.
 
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