nisaacs
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- Joined
- Mar 9, 2020
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- Location
- Snowflake, Arizona
- Tractor
- 970 John Deere 4x2, 970 John Deere 4x4, 4320 John Deere, 995 Case/IH
My 2000 F-350 has a 5200 pound front axel. There’s not much use in worrying about the build details of the truck IMO. If a 350 isn’t doing the job then get a 450 and if that’s not doing the job get something heavier yet. Putting a slightly bigger front axel in isn’t going to make all the difference. I just attempted to measure the rear axle tube and my caliper jaws are too small to do it accurately but it’s somewhere between 3.9 and 4”. And that on a 24 year old truck not a new one.
I assume a cab/chassis? I was talking pick up trucks, ya know, with a pickup bed. Also, the '97 Ford is apples and oranges with the 2000 model. In '99 Ford introduced an all new truck.
However, my '01 Dodge 2500 also has a 5200lbs front axle and a D-80 rear, 11" gear and 4" rear axle tubes. Dodge/Ram, since the Cummins, with a Cummins, has always built the 250/2500 nearly identical to the 350/3500 SRW.
Now, if ya wanna talk trailer builds, we can do that too
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