My VX replacement.

[WormGod]

Wow, did that thing come with a crow's nest and mast?

LAND YACHT!





*ball'bustin"* Enjoy the new ride.

[Ebenezr]

OK, I found it. One of the previous owners added a 3" lift. I'm not sure if you were the fourth of fifth owner, but it looks like your VX made it's way slowly down the eastern seaboard over the years. New Jersey to Florida.

You are correct in your research. and a 3 inch lift is about right. I dropped the front diff by 1.5 inches and that helped a lot with the front CV's.

it'll pull 8 tons no worries.....16,500 I think is the limit. Stealerships will tell you 12 or 13 because of most folks licenses, but GM says 16+. (with all the right stuff) The 650 and 750 Fords are frequently used as race haulers or horse transport. Crew cabs and airbrakes....they are just a bit smaller than full sized class 8 Tractors and tug 40k pretty easily. I ran a Peterbilt for a few years, and am really leaning that direction again....but I have the only class 8 license meaning I have to drive it if I do...best to stick to trucks everyone can drive...you know?
We move a bunch of cars around...kinda inconvienient to have a vehicle only the one guy can operate

8 tons...that's a lot. If I get a fifth wheel or pull behind I will stick to around 8,000 to 10,000 pounds.

Wow, did that thing come with a crow's nest and mast?

LAND YACHT!





*ball'bustin"* Enjoy the new ride.

Hey I want one like that!!!!!

No crow's nest but it did come complete with cat pee in the rear. It stunk like male cat urine and I didn't catch that till I bought it. I tore the bedrug out yesterday and powerwashed it with detergent.

[Y33TREKker]

You are correct in your research. and a 3 inch lift is about right. I dropped the front diff by 1.5 inches and that helped a lot with the front CV's.

So you cranked down the torsion bars yourself? What kind of difference are you referring to with the front cv's? Was it going through boots, did it just make the drive-line feel smoother, or ???

[Ebenezr]

So you cranked down the torsion bars yourself? What kind of difference are you referring to with the front cv's? Was it going through boots, did it just make the drive-line feel smoother, or ???

I didn't mess with torsion bars. The CV shaft angles were quite acute. and some dum dum put a tripod style cv on the passenger side. When I traveled over rough areas and the wheel would drop lower into a lower area of road this would cause the cv to bind up in the green cup on the diff side. and there was an brump brump noise. Another way to discribe this and this is how I found it was when I jacked that wheel off the ground naturally it falls a little lower. I then crawled underneath and spun the wheel by hand and watched the cv. I could see the cv bind and actually pushed the entire differential upward then drop again with each hand revolution of the wheel. I solved this by modifying the differential brackets - as seen in other threads- and dropped the diff by about 1.5 inches.

[Y33TREKker]

I like the LOOK of a lift, but it's beginning to SOUND as if stock ride height means less P's - ITA's for the VX in the long run overall.

[VXR]

I like the LOOK of a lift, but it's beginning to SOUND as if stock ride height means less P's - ITA's for the VX in the long run overall.

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[tom4bren]

I like the LOOK of a lift, but it's beginning to SOUND as if stock ride height means less P's - ITA's for the VX in the long run overall.

Not really ... as long as you factor in a diff drop for your lift plan.

[Y33TREKker]

Not really ... as long as you factor in a diff drop for your lift plan.

That's what I mean.

Even diff drop (as described above with custom welded brackets, etc.) SOUNDS like a PITA.

[VXR]

Wow, did that thing come with a crow's nest and mast?

LAND YACHT!

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