Alright guys I wanna see pics of

everyones truck! Post em up boys! I’ll start...

Here’s the truck I almost bought before my truck. 91 12 valve 5 speed with 236k on the clock. 

2 hours ago, NIsaacs said:

Delivered another load of wood, he said keep it coming

 

If you ever make it out here and you have a trailer full...I'm happy to lighten the load.

This old pickup got a sound upgrade today.  

3 hours ago, NIsaacs said:

Delivered another load of wood, he said keep it coming 

 

 

 

 

Boy howdy, if that was oak and hickory imagine how many briskets and slabs a guy could smoke...

11 minutes ago, trreed said:

This old pickup got a sound upgrade today.  

Looks like it has already blown the passenger seat.

Hey, no girlfriend, no need for a passenger seat! 

9 hours ago, KATOOM said:

 

If you ever make it out here and you have a trailer full...I'm happy to lighten the load.

 

That would be a fun trip. This customer bought 10 cord last year and wants 10 more this year but I will only have 8.

 

I hauled this Cat 508 Skidder from Redding with my ol Ford in 1991, then spent 3 days in Kingman, AZ with a blown clutch hub. The shop stripped the threads in the flywheel for the pressure plate

 

 

On 1/25/2019 at 10:41 AM, 98whitelightnin said:

Yes, they fit perfectly. The ford center caps screw onto the wheels so you’ll have to drill two holes in the dodge caps to get them to stay on.

So are you saying the ford center caps go underneath the Dodge second gen caps? 

I did get a set of Dodge 2nd G center caps to stay on with Ford Alcoas wheels. They don't pop on all the way but with a little trimming of the tips of the clips/ holders you can get them to go on a little further. They have been on there this way for about 65k miles.

 

The Ford Alcoas (Ford 95-97) carry the highest load rated out of all 16 inch wheels ever made. Even a steel wheel doesn't come close because the Alcoas are forged wheels. Very expensive to make over cast wheels.

Edited January 28, 20196 yr by JAG1

22 minutes ago, JAG1 said:

So are you saying the ford center caps go underneath the Dodge second gen caps? 

I did get a set of Dodge 2nd G center caps to stay on with Ford Alcoas wheels. They don't pop on all the way but with a little trimming of the tips of the clips/ holders you can get them to go on a little further. They have been on there this way for about 65k miles.

 

The Ford Alcoas (Ford 85-87) carry the highest load rated out of all 16 inch wheels ever made. Even a steel wheel doesn't come close because the Alcoas are forged wheels. Very expensive to make over cast wheels.

I believe these came off of a 2002 f-250. I’m only using dodge center caps but there aren’t any clips inside the caps and the ford wheels have two holes for bolting on ford center caps so the dodge caps have two holes drilled in them so they may be bolted onto the wheels. I’ll get a pic up later this afternoon.

Edited January 28, 20196 yr by 98whitelightnin

I gotcha. Your Ford wheels look just like the older Alcoas. I was told it was only 95-97 Ford wheels that where forged by Alcoa because they were so expensive.

 

If you have time to post up a close up of your wheels I can tell you if they are Alcoas. I have 3 sets of them because craiglist folks didn't know what they are and got them affordable that way.

17 minutes ago, JAG1 said:

I gotcha. Your Ford wheels look just like the older Alcoas. I was told it was only 95-97 Ford wheels that where forged by Alcoa because they were so expensive.

 

If you have time to post up a close up of your wheels I can tell you if they are Alcoas. I have 3 sets of them because craiglist folks didn't know what they are and got them affordable that way.

I know! I found a full set with caps for $100 locally.

39 minutes ago, 98whitelightnin said:

I believe these came off of a 2002 f-250. 

In 1999 when Ford changed body styles of the F250-550 Superduty they went to a metric bolt pattern of 8-170mm. I'm sure they are from the 97 and older.  

59 minutes ago, BBHD said:

In 1999 when Ford changed body styles of the F250-550 Superduty they went to a metric bolt pattern of 8-170mm. I'm sure they are from the 97 and older.  

I heard the the vans continued to use the old bolt pattern for a few more years after the trucks changed.  I don't know how much truth there is to that, but have seen it mentioned a couple times in the Ford forums. 

 

I had a set of the Alcoas on my 93, I traded a guy a set of 17x9 chrome wheels for them.  They were the uncoated conversion Alcoas though, so you had to keep them clean or they corroded.  They also didn't have the notches/holes for the ford center caps so I got some aftermarket caps that attached to the lugs.  Unfortunately, all the front caps required the notches so I used rear caps with holes cut in them on the front. 

 

Now that I think about it, they are from a 97, not an 02

Am I cool yet? Last year for Xmas I got a Smarty S03 for the dually, and this year for my birthday I get a Quad! Super excited for what's in store for the Street Truck, Little White! Goodbye Edge, hello custom tuning!

 

17 hours ago, 98whitelightnin said:

Now that I think about it, they are from a 97, not an 02

Yep those are the real McCoy . They even have a better sounding ring to them than the cast wheels. Them things are still available new and are over 300 bucks each.

 

A forged wheel is amazing. Alcoas website shows their forged wheels side by side with steel wheels in a huge press. They press down on the steel wheel and on the Alcoa wheel with equal pressure. The steel wheel ends up distorted and damaged, but next to it, in the other press, the Alcoa bounces back to its original shape no damage.

 

Get those lead weights off the front though.or you'll get a reaction (different metals) that is hard to remove. It can ruin them.

Edited January 29, 20196 yr by JAG1

Some sweet trucks on here.  Got a little crazy on mine in a few ways.  Shortbed conversion was probably my best use of insanity.  First time I ever cut a truck in half...wasn't too hard but a ton of work. 

4 hours ago, Bullet said:

Some sweet trucks on here.  Got a little crazy on mine in a few ways.  Shortbed conversion was probably my best use of insanity.  First time I ever cut a truck in half...wasn't too hard but a ton of work. 

Good job man! Not my style but a defiantly a piece of art. Couldn’t have been easy!

4 hours ago, Bullet said:

Some sweet trucks on here.  Got a little crazy on mine in a few ways.  Shortbed conversion was probably my best use of insanity.  First time I ever cut a truck in half...wasn't too hard but a ton of work. 

May I ask if it's top heavy or anything? Being lifted and having a short wheel base?

Edited January 29, 20196 yr by TheGreatWhite

Some quick photos of my dirty truck leaving work yesterday. Looking forward to the new Bluetop steering gear! 

24 minutes ago, TheGreatWhite said:

May I ask if it's top heavy or anything? Being lifted and having a short wheel base?

Not at all...drives very flat and stable.  The 12" wide wheels are deep and kick out the tires better than 2.5 inches on each side.  Also I'm running 1.5" wheel spacers to kick the tires out even more.  So at the same time it got lifted 12 inches the distance between the outsides of the tires increased about 8-9 inches. 

Edited January 29, 20196 yr by Bullet