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yes still air brakes and nothing is changed only thing that is different is the air ride suspension and the drive shaft getting lengthened.

Been a while but the truck is running great, put 2k on the truck since the fall. So far the panhard bar has worked fine the way it is and the truck is very stable. Ended up cutting out the 6"c channel frame for the bed and putting a 2x4 tube in instead to drop the bed height down so a gooseneck...

Just wanted to update on this truck. Its running like a champ, all that has really been done was to add a double hitch on the back of the truck and a gooseneck ball to the frame above the axle. The bed rails that are 6" now are going to be removed and 1" tall rails are going to be put in to drop...

This weekend I will

Yes I agree in that the travel is identical on the sweep of the end, but a J bar is very common on cars and hot rods. If it makes people feel more comfortable that it resembles a common part then I could change it but this truck is performing amazingly. Had it doing a bit of construction roads...

The truck is coming along, was sitting for a while without a bed as we looked to win a parts truck but ended up setting a date to get it done by (Gilbert Show) and went dsown to John Apple to get a bed. Johns a great guy to deal with and boy are his toys nice. this week will be busy bed went on...

Tobys, yes half of what you said is not quite right but you are correct with describing the panhard bar and watts link. Issue with the panhard and the reason for the way I mounted it was believe it or not but it its very crowded in there. The way I have it now is the only real straight shot at...

Toby, the way it is mounted now does stop sideways movement when at ride height but i will certainly look it up, the way it was mounted before on the freightliner was different. I will more than likely drop it lower under the frame if i can but the only thing is it is tight down there and the...

Moti and tobys, you guys are right with that panhard, when it is set at ride height it is true and all but when manually cycling through the different heights it goes out of true. I think i will remount it with a drop bracket off the frame. The way the truck sits it has about a 2" positive rake...

tobys, I think a 4 link is possible may be a pain to bracket it to the axle pumpkin but if you do brackets on the 5x5 and use some of the old mounts for the dogbones you might be in business, the bags on the axle will certainly give a good ride for cruising but im not sure if it would haul well...

Ill have to measure the wheel base but to me personally its a land yacht as the turning radius is kind of large. Better than the duals but since the axle was placed in the center of where the duals were, its not that much better than the last axle's placement. the annular cutters IIRC are...

1) 3rd link mounting 2) general view 3) 3rd link mounted to the axle housing 4/5/6) general pics of the truck 7/8) my deuce with the five ton overall not really that bad to do, only thing was everything was heavy as all heck and the double frame was a pain to drill. Thankfully the mag drill...

1) drilling the hanger holes 2) Spring Hangers bolted on 3) outside view of hanger 4/5) One side Hung 6) Axle on 7/8/9) general pictures of the truck 10) Air ride self leveling valve

2/3) truck in the workshop 4) busting the bogie from the frame 5) removing the bogie comepletely 6) mocking up axle placement

Will do but right now they will not clear, we are hung up on how to move the can pairs and what the small cans even do so it is slow going. Frame is all busted down ready to mount everything but we are figuring out how to move the cans in order to fit the bag and shock

So my buddy has been drooling over my bobbed deuce with the dump bed so I sent him a few gl postings for the 5 tons and he was sold. The past two weeks kin d of spiraled out of control. Last week we visited a reseller a few hours away and got advice and the ability to look at them up close. I...