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I think on that hill it helps it’s smooth steep hill and your tires can roll up it
Weight is not bad as long as you keeps the center of gravity low
On climbs when you have a straight vertical step up I think the weight can really start hurting you and putting a ton of stress on drivetrain...
Thanks spools in the rear so there always locked Detroit in the front it does pretty good at staying locked if the front is engaged
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I have air down before did not really seem to make much of a difference on the 46 inch tires
Have never played in anything like dune or beach sand
Have not played with air pressure on the tractor tires
These trucks are so heavy if what your driving on is a hard surface these trucks will make...
On 46 inch tires with stock suspension when off-roading the tires have the ability to rub on
fender’s
exhaust
Leaf springs ect
My vote for all out off road is lift kit for the front black rock fabrication kit is almost a bolt on kit pretty simple then you have plenty of space for the gear...
I personally like Waterloo kit better because of the style of pump being gear driven like the stock 5 ton pump
I do not believe Waterloo is going to make any more kits
I have broke a handful of the 710 gearbox’s under normal condition they won’t ever fail but these are not normal conditions...
Thanks
your mods listed above will help you the bobbed is situational might help might hurt
The power steering is the most helpful mod off-road
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I believe my 2.5 ton truck is one of the most capable 2.5 ton truck
There’s a couple different videos on my YouTube channel
10 inch lift in the rear with 5 ton suspension that I took most of the springs out of
Frame and bed shortened 30”
Spools in the rear axles
Both rear drive shafts are...
The truck is still kicking and making multiple events a year and still upgrading
Got modded 5 ton rear suspension to spread the axles a big mod since last post
Just got 51 inch tractor tires installed
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Correct not much snow and ice
Matter of fact have never had my Duece in snow or ice ever time it gets bad I’m on the road for work
I do off-road my truck
With lockers and tire chains I would assume with that much forward traction you could control it
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Tire wear is fine I run 395/85r20
When driving down the road I don’t feel anything like that
Now when I’m driving up something with extreme off camber that’s slick I go ahead and lock in the front axle to have better steering
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I run spools in both rears and Detroit style locker in the front but my trucks 99.9% off road these days
Before I ran some type of lockers in any of the axles I would get power steering of some type
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Yes There is a build thread on my truck it hasn’t been updated in a long time
Power steering I Feel was my most important mod as far as Saftey and off-roading went with a Waterloo Saginaw 710 kit it’s a nice setup and good but in extreme off road bouncing it I went through a couple gear box’s...
All of the above has already been done and all of the concerns below about drive shafts are some what not valid in the video below you can see how far stock drive shafts can go
I have since upgraded both rear drive shafts for more flex but stock might be enough for you...
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