If I had to pick one out this bunch I would put the blue ribbon on @Redmanf1 truck. Good job man. As far as why lift. Well for rainy/flood days. Un maintained roads. Snow. Running over Prius's. Not everyone lives in the city.
Yes I’m into lifted trucks! I love the red it looks great! Here is my black 05, white 12, and green 03 Yukon. All of them are fully loaded, leather, sunroof etc. Screw a truck payment I want trucks I can abuse!
"There will be far, far better things for you ahead than what you leave behind you" Stay strong big bro and keep away from the booze, it won't help nothing. Finding out what you found out is a gift and a curse. Better to find out who has your back then to live fooled. Praying for you.
I put a 6" Fabtech lift on my previous GMC Dually. Also used American Forge ductile iron wheel adapters that go from 8 lug out to 10 lug that allow the use of tractor trailer wheels on a pick up. I ran 255/70R22.5 Michelin XD2 tires. To this day my wife claims that my hip problems are directly related to climbing up in that truck every day!
Phil, a lot of guys do that around here and I think it looks bitchin' on a lifted dually. I've always wondered, how does it ride? What tire pressure do you run?
For the most part, lifting a truck/SUV makes it less useful for the things that you would use it for. Seems the fun would wear off quickly and reality would set in. The best thing I ever did to a Cherokee I had was to take the lift off, and put sensible tires on. I wonder how many folks get tired of the loud tires, shitty gas mileage, poor performance , etc. If you've ever watched races where cars/trucks conquer the toughest roads on the planet, they don't sit way up in the air. They sit as low as possible to allow for necessary suspension travel. I suppose I look at everything by it's usefulness. Why would you lower a car to the point where you can't go over a speed bump or out of a driveway?
Lucas as far as I'm concerned it didn't ride any different with the lift kit or without. It is a 1-Ton Dually so the suspension is pretty stout from the factory. I've always thought a GM Dually rides and drives more like a car than a truck anyway. I think it helps to load the suspension a little to take the hard bounce out of it. I always had a full tool box and a 100 gallon fuel tank that was usually full too. An almost mandatory upgrade is D-Max Store's Kryptonite Death Grip tie rods. They are expensive but with all of that added weight on the wheel end you need something extra to keep them under control. The stock pencil-sized tie rods just won't cut it. With the Michelin tires it drove and handled effortlessly. We took it on trips dragging a Montana 5th wheel camper. It was a sweet ride! As for the tire pressure, an H rated tire calls for 115-120 psi for a max weight capacity of 5070 pounds. At that capacity I could have loaded the whole truck on just two tires! If you drove it on 120 psi I think you'd only make it about a mile before you'd swear the tires must be square! I usually ran 45-50 lbs in the rears and 60-65 in the fronts. Never more than 70 up front even when towing. The sidewalls in those low-profile tires are so stiff they wouldn't squat or bulge even when it was fully loaded and towing a skid steer. Never made a bunch of noise either. I know some guys like it but I couldn't drive a truck every day if it had that "Monster Mudder" tire roar. Might not be too bad driving to a trail or off road park, but not as a daily. I'd say those Michelins would sing more than they would roar. They'd drive thru snow like a tank too. I don't think I ever had to put it in 4 wheel drive either. Wasn't necessary, but we only get inches of snow here, not feet! Usually got 16-18 mpg too. But I would've driven it if it only got 8 mpg. Fuel mileage is obviously not your main concern when driving a truck like that. A lifted truck will do anything a stock truck will do, but it does it with more style. Was it practical? Probably not, but I'm not a very practical guy. I carried a two-step ladder with me so my wife could climb in while wearing a dress on our way to church. Was it economical? Who cares!?!? Was it useful? Absolutely! It did all of the work I expect any of our pick ups to do. I loved driving that truck, I truly enjoyed it. I wasn't begging for attention either, I had seen one once and liked it so I decided to build one of my own. I guess that's hard to understand for some people. A truck like that obviously isn't for everyone, but I usually did get thumbs-up every time I drove it. Hard to get in a downtown parking garage tho....
My Two... Do not be tempted for buy a cheap lift setup! The F250 is my daughters and the F350 is mine... Mikey
I like the grille surround painted red Hugger! Makes it look more finished! And I'm glad you didn't go too far and paint the mirrors body color. To me, it's the little bits of contrast that really make it sharp!! Looks Sweet
agree, I've always had lifted trucks, never really off roaded them I just love how they look. I'm building a 99 F-150 now, rust free from Arizona. as I get older the tire sizes drop tho, when I was 20 I ran 38's on a full size blazer. when I was 30 I ran 35's on a "brick light" F-150. now in my 40's ill probably be on 33's or so?
