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crossent
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May 17, 2013

Low Buck Dually Build

After getting a nice bubble in the sidewall on my 95 f350 I decided it might be a good idea to look into a dually. I did not want to sell the 95 and looked into the possibility of converting the 95 to dually. Then a customer says he is parting out a dually. I went to go check it out and ended coming home with it for $1,800. It's a 99 f350,powerstroke,4wd,4door.It was well worn but with a little elbow grease it's coming along nice. Sold the front bumper, built new trans, exhaust, gauges,tires, ball joints and little paint. I took it out for a trial run to the eastern sierras with my son. Great trip. Have a 1 5/8" spacer for roof clearance and it is not enough. Thumped the roof hard but no damage to truck or camper. Have about 6k invested. Much better drive with the dually. Here are a few pics.









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  • Nice. You got a good truck at a low price and, it does everything a 50K+ truck will do.
    Enjoy!
  • Looks like a great day of fishing for you and the boy. He'll remember the camping and fishing trips for the rest of his life.
    Great score on the truck. I've been toying with doing that myself. It's unreal what the newer trucks cost and I don't want to have to be in debt ever again. Keep us posted on the progress of the truck upgrades.
  • The fish the size of your kids - it is all worthwhile!

    SO they where going to part out the F-350 just because the transmission was going bad? What a great deal to get that truck. The older 7.3 should outlast a couple of transmissions.

    Fred.