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burningman
Mar 13, 2017Explorer II
My Stable Lift was a standard width model that I modified for my dually.
It's really easy. To widen the lift you can simply unbolt the two pipes that go across under the truck from one side to the other and replace them with longer ones. Since I had a few feet of similar pipe lying around I chopped mine in half and welded in some to widen it.
You can weld extra 1/4" plate to the top camper mounting plates, or have a welding shop do it if you haven't got a welder. (Which is kinda like not having a coffeemaker... )
It's easy while you're at it to buzz on some square or rectangle tube under the plates to beef it up a bit. That's about all there is to changing it to a "dually" model, so if you want to use it later on the dually, it's certainly do-able.
My suggestion if you do this is not to go too tight on the side-to-side clearance.
It's gonna be technically over-width so you have to keep it fairly tight but leave a few extra inches of clearance for your fenders otherwise inevitably there will be a crunch some day.
I think I set mine at 107" wide.
It's really easy. To widen the lift you can simply unbolt the two pipes that go across under the truck from one side to the other and replace them with longer ones. Since I had a few feet of similar pipe lying around I chopped mine in half and welded in some to widen it.
You can weld extra 1/4" plate to the top camper mounting plates, or have a welding shop do it if you haven't got a welder. (Which is kinda like not having a coffeemaker... )
It's easy while you're at it to buzz on some square or rectangle tube under the plates to beef it up a bit. That's about all there is to changing it to a "dually" model, so if you want to use it later on the dually, it's certainly do-able.
My suggestion if you do this is not to go too tight on the side-to-side clearance.
It's gonna be technically over-width so you have to keep it fairly tight but leave a few extra inches of clearance for your fenders otherwise inevitably there will be a crunch some day.
I think I set mine at 107" wide.
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