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I have rolled the truck across the scale at 9300 lbs, and have rolled with trailer at 16,500 lbs. Daily curb weight now is 7100 lbs. 2cents

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Pics added. The gap problem is below the bed. There is only a couple of inches between the bed and cab.

I agree with you Recovery, I am still figuring out how to properly fill the open areas after the swap.

If my memory serves me right, the m1101 trailers are shorter and the wheel well was located too far back.

Recently did this myself. The swap was pretty straight forward. Here are a few things to be aware of. Inside measurement of wheel wells is narrower on the trailer bed. Problem if you want to haul plywood or a camper. You need to plan something for your tail lights. I used L.E.D. ovals...

FWIW, I was apprehensive about purchasing the TWF inserts due to cost. I am very glad that I purchased them instead of wasting time sourcing the material and fighting fitting them up. Nice machining and well worth the money.

Update So I figure it is about time for an update on the ol truck. I have done quite a few things to it over the last 2-1/2 years, focusing on reliability repairs and upgrades. In no particular order.... Doghead mod AC 60's Glow plug resistor bypass New glow plug relay Glow card bypass New...

They are a trial set of 37"s on Ford 16.5 steel discs. I am eventually going with 12 bolts. The fenders were bent up from GL so I cut the fenders to see how well the 37s would fit with no lift. I ended up replacing the front springs, shackles, and bushings with stock height springs and...

This is the only one I have so far. It was a rpetty straight forward process. If you look carefully, you can see the GM tail lights zip tied to the bumper!:-P

Romoved stock bed and installed a M101A2 bed.

On my M1008 I added a junction box, fed that via a civilian harness plug, then ran wiring to 7 way plug. I also added a class V hitch and a brake controller. As others have said, it is a slow ride.

I was quite glad to have it (and at the angle it was at) when I had to load the shredded tire in! So, I am obviously in the market for a tire if anyone has one out there. Even though I "blew" my budget this weekend on goodies.

The drive home was fun. After taking 4 hours to get to Seattle because of traffic, I got a break from driving when my right steer tire blew. Now where did I put that jack....

Aaron, We had a blast as well, EXTREME thanks to you and Amber. Jerrod & family

Departing Bellingham at 0800 Friday morning if anyone wants to meet up along the way.

That thing is shaping up to be a beast!

And someone has to chaperone the Canadian so I am in, with kinfolk.

I chose to scour Craigslist and found a 24 volt ReadyWelder mig welder for a reasonable price. I picked up a slave cable plug and wired it up like the military versions. All in all, a pretty slick set up for about $300.

I hacked my fenders to fit 37's on Ford steel wheels with no lift. The tires rubbed the firewall area during turning. I replaced the front springs(stock), HD shacles, & bushings. Raised front 2-1/2" and no more rubbing.