hi guys havent been around for a long time

what would be involved in turning my truck into a 1 ton truck thinkink of buing a 35 ft 4 axle trailer and doing some heavy hauling give me all opinions and ideas

 

get something bigger than a 1-ton.

 

For three thousand or something you can just start all over with a 1 ton cummins

 

i don't think there is a difference in SRW other than the listed GVW. I could be wrong though. Off topic (sorta) if your auto is stock i would invest some money in it before you start pulling heavy.

 

Since he has his truck listed as a 3/4 ton REGULAR cab, he has the short frame, same as used in 1/2 ton reg cab long beds. The Crew cab and xtended cab 3/4 tons have the tall frame same as 1 ton SRW and DRW. If your truck was a 1 ton reg cab SRW it would have a super beefy frame as well....

Yah man I wouldn't mess with trying to beef up the 3/4 ton with a bigger axle. The frame is the weak link.

 

IF you are gonna do some heavy haulin, find yourself a nice one ton Dually.. They pull the heavy loads nice.. Much more stable.. Auto or stick, whatever you prefer..

 

do the dually's have a bigger rear end? Dana 80 or something?

 

Anything you might tow that needs to go on a 35 foot 4 axle trailer is gonna be wayyyy too heavy for a light duty truck.

 

All 1st gens have the 70. 80's did not show up til second gen time.

 

get a 3rd gen dually to pull that load GGEEZZZ.

the only diff. between a SRW 350 and 250 is maybe one leaf spring and .5 inch difference in rear brake shoe width.

 

That is incorrect. If you don't have a tape measure, go out and look at the fwd shackle of the rear axle leaf springs on the two SRW trucks. The shackle will be hanging down below the bottom of the frame on the 250 and will be well within the height of the frame on the SRW 350 reg cab.

Point being, the 350 SRW has a much taller, beefier frame.

 

bout to say.... frame scantling will be different

 

my 91 350 has the short frame jsut like my 91 250, the only difference i see is the 350 did not come with factory overloads 250 did and the 250 has 4 inch rear blocks vs. the 350 6 inch blocks

 

Ya right on i just finished mine tonight 20ft X 8ft deck 26ft overall 3 5500lbs axels 10,000 winch and all LED lights it was a blast

 

In '93 the 1 ton and the 3/4 ton frames were the same. In '90 they weren't. I don't know the year they became the same but his truck is listed as a '92. Could be the same.