bighoss0331
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hello gentlemen.i need a little held with my m1008.its my work/play truck and ive been thingen of maken it a dually.what do yall think
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convert a srw to a dually
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Cucvnut
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why ? do you need a Dually ?
ODdave
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need a dana 70 rear axle and some new front hubs. techinicaly you should have the "double stack" rear springs and frame bumps as well
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Are you going to keep the stock bed......without the "thunder thighs" fenders it will look goofy.
You might consider a flatbed...then you can have stacks. Nothing says big truck like stacks.
You might consider a flatbed...then you can have stacks. Nothing says big truck like stacks.
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Oh, and trucks too!
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Chubby Chaser?Me likes 'em with big hips!!!
You could use a cab and chassis axle and use a stock bed. I have seen that before.
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You can definitely haul your two tons of buns around in a dually.
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Big girls try harder - PLUS - I'm a big 'ol boy. Wouldn't want to break one of them skinny'uns!
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i have 2 duallys.the one i do the most towing with is a chevy k30 with a caddy 500.i haul a tool box and 100 gallon plus diesel tank in the m1008.i was thinken about a flatbed or mabe fenders.i dont like single wheels be hide me.
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another thing,the exhaust.what size pipe shoul i run.i have a single 3 inch coming out in frount of the passnger rear tire
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The easiest way to convert one is with a parts truck. I can almost guarantee you will have to regear the dana 70 or take the 4.56s out of the front. The rear axle and stuff from a 2WD will work too. Not a difficult job. Of course there is the spacer route for the back but it''s cheezy. Shop on pirate 4x4 for someone wanting to trade dually hubs for singles.
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I am converting my m1008 to an m1028a2 soon, I have sourced a bed with dually fenders, a dana 70 drw axle, and dana 60 with drw hubs (I got got the whole axle because it was a good deal. I am not using my dana 70 because I bought an 14 bolt with the 60 for a good price. They are geared to 411 gears. I also have the m1028 springs.
People ask why I am doing the conversion and the best answer i can come up with is....... because I want to.
I am converting my m1008 to an m1028a2 soon, I have sourced a bed with dually fenders, a dana 70 drw axle, and dana 60 with drw hubs (I got got the whole axle because it was a good deal. I am not using my dana 70 because I bought an 14 bolt with the 60 for a good price. They are geared to 411 gears. I also have the m1028 springs.
People ask why I am doing the conversion and the best answer i can come up with is....... because I want to.
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Good answer! I'll use that in regards to my converted dually!
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how are you using a 14 bolt with dually rims? wont it be too narrow for that bed"
BiggHoss I have dually hubs and rear axles if you want to trade?????
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The 14 bolt and d60 i got were from a mid 80's dually chevrolet.
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That would have been a cab and Chassis. ( narrow dually) to make it look right (oem) to fill out the fenders you need the Dana 70.
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The later dually pickups used 14 bolts instead a Dana 70. That's what I have under my '67 C-30. There are 3 different width 14 bolt FF rears - SRW, cab and chassis dually, and Dually pickup/short bus.
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Yea and the 90's body style are hard to find and expensive up here. The 80's body style are to narrow to use on a box as previously stated
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what about a larger brum for the rear axle.i may just say to **** with the whole thing and drop my caddy 472 in it and have a pure play truck