My new Tow Piggy

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lawl congrats boattail
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They did all the 2011 duallys last week, was sadly a total joke and no real tech.
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It's always a joke, they never carry spare parts and drive like dumbasses.

But, it's still fun to watch.
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they did a burnout contest, couldnt get the duramax to light up, i was very disappointed, i wanted to see tires explode
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This poor truck has been a bit neglected over the last year. Time for some TLC.

Just bought brand-spankin'-new 285/75/R16E's for it.

Gonna do some fluid changes, give it a nice cleaning, buy a new column, and put the interior back together.

Also, I might have a line on F-350 springs and blocks, steering, and panhard for eventual Dana 60 swap.
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Here is a complete d60 with all parts to complete swap.. its a little far away though :flipoff2:

http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/axles-ti ... g-out.html
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He's getting a shipping price for me.
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BTW, have done a bit of work recently on the truck. It looks alot better and not so sad and messy. I've done a good bit of maintenance like brakes, fluid changes, fixing burnt out bulbs, new headlights and lens cleanup, door shimming, etc.

Plans for the reasonable future include:
Dana 60 swap (stock first then RSK)
New turbo-back exhaust
TS Performance chip
Bilstein 4600 shocks

New Tires:
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1969 Cadillac Deville 7.7 Big Block
1978 Ford F-150 6.4 FE
1993 Ford Bronco 5.8 Windsor
1994 Ford F-250 7.3 Powerstroke
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BadAssEddie wrote:He's getting a shipping price for me.
Nice. Is that a decent buy? I wasn't even sure
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http://blacksburg.craigslist.org/pts/3704490877.html

This guy has two steering columns out of a f150..one tilt one without tilt dont know if they would work for your truck or not just saw them and figured I would post this up
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Nah 87-91 columns are different from 92-96/97 columns. Thanks though dood.
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I've done some odds and ends to the truck over the last year or two. Figured I could update:

Got those Bilsteins:
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Last time I updated I had new 33ish tires. Now I have new 35ish tires :cool: :
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New lights and grille:
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New Interior:
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Superduty Cab lights (had these before):
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Overall from its good side:
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Still working on those performance parts. Really want them after getting 315's. Got my JF updates done :cjerk:
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1994 Ford F-250 7.3 Powerstroke
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I put a locker in the Sterling too, but can't find any pictures on my phone unfortunately.
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Didn't realize those were 35 all terrains you put on. Are you an all terrain fanboi yet? hah Truck looks good! Some day I will have a clean OBS. What kind of locker in the Sterling?
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Lil Whitey wrote:Didn't realize those were 35 all terrains you put on. Are you an all terrain fanboi yet? hah Truck looks good! Some day I will have a clean OBS. What kind of locker in the Sterling?
I like them. I think the KO2's are pretty badass and got them for $200 a tire. Interested to see how they are in the snow. My Coopers blew and these BFGs are "snow rated". It's a Lockrite, the only lunchbox I could get for the 10.25. Impressed with that too. The lockers and tires made a big difference in mild stuff like Mt. Lake and towing offroad.
1969 Cadillac Deville 7.7 Big Block
1978 Ford F-150 6.4 FE
1993 Ford Bronco 5.8 Windsor
1994 Ford F-250 7.3 Powerstroke
2016 Ford F-250 6.7 Powerstroke
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