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  1. 85hauler

    Did all Crew Cabs have locking rear diffs?

    The '89 Dually I sold my sister is open. My other 3 crewcabs (2 SRW and 1 Dually) are Limited Slip. I've also had 2 460 powered Crew Cab Duallys and they were both limited slip.
  2. 85hauler

    truck history

    We've been taking good care of it for sure. Right now it is sitting in my shop waiting for me to put new brakes on it tonight. On saturday it is getting new tires. Hopefully within the next year it will get a gearvendor.
  3. 85hauler

    truck history

    My '85 Hauler. It was converted by Schwalbe Mfg. when it was new.They added the 55" sleeper and the hauler bed. I believe it spent the first part of its life in Wyoming. The second owner used it as a Hot Shot truck. He had some sort of loan against it and defaulted. It took the Repo man nearly...
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    truck history

    My current '88 F350 . The original owner bought it (in Oregon) to haul his cabover camper. He had the lift put on, the air bags installed, etc. He traded it in '94 then the second owners bought it. They were semi retired and living in a Airstream. They took it to Tucson for a while then moved up...
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    Check out our house

    That's basically what we do every year. I take my 18' car trailer and decorate it. I run an inverter off the winch battery, run lights, strobes and a smoke machine. We get as many kids as we can on it and go thru the neighborhood. The Kids,parents and most of the houses we stop at love it. There...
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    seen a cool idi today! anyone ever seen one?!?!

    It is most likely a LWB Cab/Chassis truck. Most Hot Shot type haulers were built on Cab/Chassis trucks. Mine was a Cab/Chassis standard cab on a 190"wb. The back of the cab was cut out and a 55" sleeper added to it.
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    seen a cool idi today! anyone ever seen one?!?!

    Well it's interesting looking. Defintely makes my old hot shot truck look nice even after all the neglect it got after I sold it. I need to find some pics of my '85 from when I first bought it.
  8. 85hauler

    Nevada burners UNITE!

    I'm just north of Reno.
  9. 85hauler

    6 door IDI

    I'm getting ready to cut a couple trucks and make a 6 door IDI. I'll be using the '88 in my signature and a '92 crew cab dually 460 truck as my "donors". If all goes well when it is finished it will be a 6door 4wd Turbo IDI Dually. I'm planning to start cutting some time in August. Was going...
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    Preparing for Hot August Nights

    We are probably going to the Tahoe event too. This year I will have my '39 Ford truck. It's channeled 6 inches over a '53 Chev frame with a '34 grill. Powered by a Wicked tunnel rammed 383. We will also be using our '72 Riviera Boattail unless I have the '62 Cadillac done by then.
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    Preparing for Hot August Nights

    As a fellow Hot August Nighter when your in Reno and need to work on something I have a nice shop at my house 10 miles north of town. Rot Box Hot August Nights is a 10 day Car event celebrating the 50's and 60's. There are 5500 cars registered in the event and they estimate 6000 more show...
  12. 85hauler

    Another "contraption" on CL

    It is all steel and welded into the cab. They basically cut the back wall and part of the cab roof out. Then built the sleeper frame from square tube then covered it with sheet metal. The sleeper has a flat floor in it. there is plenty of room in it. I've considered cutting out the 2 door cab...
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    Another "contraption" on CL

    My '85 Hauler built and stretched by the same company that built that craigslist truck has nearly 600k miles on it. the frame stretch has never given any indication of weakness. When that truck was my main hauler it rarely moved without a trailer attached. I used to weigh in over 30k pounds on a...
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    Another "contraption" on CL

    On my Truck which was built by the same company (except 2wd) they stretched and plated the frame. It also has a 3 piece driveshaft with 2 carrier bearings. It's built on a Cab/Chassis frame, not sure if they were available in 4wd from the factory.
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    Interesting IDI

    That is a Schwalbe coversion similiar to my '85. I've only seen a hand full of these trucks over the years. This makes only the second 4 door one I've seen. The other 4dr was in an old US Gear brochure.
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    Saved from neglect

    Some of my best nights of sleep were in that truck. It's essentially a 55" sleeper on it. plenty of room for everything. It had multiple 12v power outlets, reading lights, etc. in it. Its hard to tell from the pics but the "sleeper" gets wider as it extends back from the cab. It just barely...
  17. 85hauler

    Saved from neglect

    The truck is only a 2 door. You can only enter the rear from the front. I've been thinking about grafting a 4 door cab into it. The truck will be just over 24' long then, it's a little over 21' now. The roof of the original cab is cut back to match the raised roof. Plenty of head room. It...
  18. 85hauler

    Saved from neglect

    I paid $1800 to get it back. I would let it go to someone who loves IDIs for the same. Delivery could be arranged depending where. It is sad to see it now. It used to be a beautiful truck. Originally it was 2 tone light tan and the upper areas were dark brown. I owned it for years and pulled...
  19. 85hauler

    Saved from neglect

    All the custom work was done by Schwalbe Mfg. when the truck was brand new. It was their "Dakota II" conversion package. The "sleeper' is 55" The WB is 190" The fuel tanks and gooseneck hitch are under trap doors in the bed. Sycostang, the taillights are Ford Van units.
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    Saved from neglect

    I sold my '85 hauler a few years back. Since then I've seen it occasionally show up for sale on CL. A couple months ago it showed up for sale again. It seemed that the current owner didn't know much about the truck. So I emailed him and told him its history and some details. He gave me some...
  21. 85hauler

    California trucks?

    For those who aren't familiar with Nevada, only two counties do emission testing of gas or diesel cars and pickups. They are Washoe and Clark counties. In those two counties diesel powered vehicles 14,000 GVWR and less have to pass the opacity test. Vehicles 14,001 and above are subject to a...
  22. 85hauler

    Old Banks W/CDR

    I'm running a RDT with a nonwastegated banks on my '88. I still have the CDR bolted on but not connected. If you end up with oil everywhere when using a RDT then you probably have something causing too much pressure in the crankcase. There are a number of things that will cause too much...
  23. 85hauler

    Differantial Oil Questions

    I run Royal Purple in all my diffs. The limited slip rear in my Super Duty has a real bad chatter in slow turns with conventional oil (even with Fords additive). I had the pinion seal replaced at a shop once and they topped it off with whatever brand of synthetic they use and the chatter came...
  24. 85hauler

    Axle Width

    A SRW pickup and a cab/chassis use the same width rear. The spring perches on a pickup rear are mounted wider than a cab chassis. A pickup Dually rear is approx. 4" wider overall than a SRW or cab/Chassis rear. The frame of a Cab/chassis is 34", the frame of a SRW and DRW pickup is 37.5" Not...
  25. 85hauler

    Cool IDI Hauler on FleaBay

    That thing is just begging for some stacks.

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