they don't build them like this anymore !!!!!

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they don't build them like this anymore !!!!!

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Now that's pretty neat!

But the lift blocks front and rear are too much...

Wished I had something like that last weekend when I was trying to get in to our cabin. (I had to walk as the snow was too deep!)
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Neat truck!!!!!!!! I'll bet it's a thirsty brute.
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Smiliesafari wrote:Neat truck!!!!!!!! I'll bet it's a thirsty brute.
It is a multi-fuel so it will run on most anything.
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Bidding has ended.
Sold for a $ a pound.
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1990 Astro (Z motor) mostly original @ 343,584 miles (552,944.8488960001 Canadian) (03/2008). Bad startup puff. Starting to spray for skeeters. Gone 06/07/08.
1993 Astro with a bad W motor. Parked next to a chicken coop in Talking Rock GA
I'm 'tween Canton and Holly Springs (North NorthWest of Atlanta GA)
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mdmead wrote:Now that's pretty neat!

But the lift blocks front and rear are too much...
Those blocks help to clear the HUGE 52 inch Michelin radials.
And Michelins are NOT CHEAP at that.
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1990 Astro (Z motor) mostly original @ 343,584 miles (552,944.8488960001 Canadian) (03/2008). Bad startup puff. Starting to spray for skeeters. Gone 06/07/08.
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I'm 'tween Canton and Holly Springs (North NorthWest of Atlanta GA)
I haul bottled water everyday- between 500 and 2500 pounds (226.796185 and 1,133.980925 Canadian) INSIDE the van.
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Water Boy wrote:
mdmead wrote:Now that's pretty neat!

But the lift blocks front and rear are too much...
Those blocks help to clear the HUGE 52 inch Michelin radials.
And Michelins are NOT CHEAP at that.
I understand the 'why', but it wasn't the best solution. I'd have lowered the leaf spring mounts myself as it is still a fairly cheap and easy solution.

My F-250 has factory rear blocks (pretty common) and the axle wrap is terrible. I'd guess this beast suffers worse.
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Sweet rig alright. At a dollar a pound, its a steal. Love those Michelins.
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I wonder if axle wrap is even an issue with soemthing like this. But the front blocks are definitely a no-no. I'd have welded an extension perch (or simply weld the blocks themselves) to the axle.
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