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dodger, I am planning on the same trick for my truck. It is a cheap bandaid till I can come up with the cash for a GOOD air conversion. I have driven "air ride" Medium duty trucks that rode worse than my spring ride. It seems that its worth the extra money to do it right. Anyway I had a buddy...

The talent will come in on the paint and graphic matching. That's worth a lot of money (especially on a high dollar rig like yours). As far plunging the SawZall, it can be done. As GeofKaye said, it takes preparation, planning, a few helpers, and a good SawZall and blades. It also helps to...

I built so many extra braces for my overhead cabinets, that they can be easily be seen. I would rather have safety than pretty. Doc

Since you said we weren't answering,I'll give you the econo-answer. I bought a door of a wrecked RV for little of nothing. The trick is to get up the courage to take a SawZall to the side of your RV. I have less than $200 in the whole thing. I also have a few extra blood pressure points Doc...

The tilt never works

You would be surprised how cold that floor can get. That was the biggest shock of my first trip. When I got back home, I doubled the insulation (foam rubber)under the carpet. Doc Weaver

Let me preface this with I have no personal experience with this type of lift: It would seem to me that placement of the rear wheels and structure of the rear of the truck would be paramount to the ramp/lift. Wouldn't a lift this powerful, be highly stressful on the structure of the truck? Is...

I'm glad mine came with the lift gate. They are very expensive. I looked into it when I was still looking for a truck and they start at $1500 for the small gates and go way out quickly for the large ramp/lifts. http://www.kaffenbarger.com/ this is the people I got information from. Good Luck...

Big Mike, I hadn't thought about the salvage thing. Thanks for idea. I am supposed to get pricing for two of the units today (new). Radman, the local suspension shop described the two units as such: 1) hybrid air ride conversion = cheaper, uses stock springs and replaces rear shackles with air...

I have been doing a bit of investigation on the possibility of converting to some type of air ride. I have looked online at the Hendrickson, Tuthill as well as the American Carrier Engineering hybrid system. Anybody got experience with this.......okay....anybody got an opinion on this? Doc Weaver

I checked out your link. I didn't know you were in Jackson. Believe it or not, I've been through there a few times. Next time, I'm dropping in. Doc Weaver

I love my freight-shaker, but I have found that the nick-name is well deserved. It rides and drives good, but the dash vibrates loose every now and again. don't get me wrong, I would make the same decision to buy the Freightliner. I hear truckers say,"Oh, it's just a Volvo", but the road is jam...

Hawk, If the grease gets dirty, and in the screw threads, how do you clean before re-lube? Do you use special tools, or pardon the pun just elbow grease? Doc W

BaHahahaha!!! If you can do that without getting arrested, post a picture. DW

Don't hold back GK...Tell the Doc how you really feal...

I did the same thing. Doc Weaver

My FL60 w/24' box title says 15k lbs empty. It was taken from the previous title, so I am not sure of its accuracy. Doc Weaver

Hey Boxtrucker, I did the very same thing last year. Mine is converted, but not finished. I'm not sure they are ever finished. I am in Ohio and here is what I did (after many phone calls and headaches): 1) got commercial insurance till I got the minimum requirements for a re-title 2) The...

I hadn't thought about that. Those would be great for the army/ national guard.

I was actually there after Katrina (Ike in Galveston too). The TV can't even begin to show how devastated that place was. It was a mess. We had to setup camp in Mississippi. It was the closest place with electricity. That being said, that was the most crooked place I have ever been. Not only...

Well.......with global warming and all...

If you deflate the air bags, would that make them brittle in such cold weather? Just curious. Doc Weaver

The doctor says to plug the truck to shore power and hide from the world. Tamiflu with a side of peace and quite does a world of good. Doc Weaver

GK you scare me. I see me own future. NNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!1 Doc Weaver

"2nd CAREER!!!" I just started my 4th. Come on and join me on planet Stress. Doc Weaver