Finally got some pics of the completed conversion.
Parts list
1 dually service body, painted to match
4 arrowcraft adapters
6 wheels
6 Cooper Discoverer s/t 10 ply 235/85/16
4 stainless simulators
2 Mopar towing mirrors
new lights, gaskets, wiring
1 new strobe light
1 gal Herculiner

I'm sure I forgot something.



Edit by Shovelhead to fix picture link

 

not sure if I did that right, just click on my photo gallery, there in there

 

Gnarly looking rig......sweeeeet.

 

Thanks.
Also thanks for fixing the link fellow geezer-glider

 

looks good

 

Looks sweet. That list sounds like everything you need pretty much bolts on, right?

 

Nice looking rig, ya sure did a good job!

 

one niiiiiiice looking rig my friend, job well done!

 

Yeah, almost everything was a bolt on deal.
The rear bumper had to be fabricated due to the fact that the one that was on the body was pretty twisted.
The whole thing took a little longer than I expected because I did a 4 wheel brake job.
Front rotors, calipers, rubber lines. Rear shoes, hardware kits, drums, seals, 4 shocks.
Also fabricated a minute mount style plow for the front out of a bunch of stuff.
Now I can pull 2 pins and disconnect blade only, or pull 4 pins and a couple of plugs and leave whole setup.

 

Awesome - looks great. I am in the process of doing this myself.

 

Thanks for all the compliments.

Think about this: How many trucks with 170k miles on them would you feel comfortable doing something like this to?
And now it's a real work truck.

Only a truck with a Cummins.
Proven in the field every day by myself and many others.

 

Question- did you happen to try putting the dually wheels directly onto the rear axle without using the adapters? I know you need the extra width for a service body, but I am thinking of going dually when I build my rear body, and would like to keep it a little narrower. I know a couple 1st gen guys were able to bolt dually wheels directly on the axle without spacers, and they did clear the springs. How about the brake drums? Would the wheels clear the SRW drums?

By the way, great looking truck!

Jim

 

Oh yeah, brakes are fun. It took me about 3 hours by myself just to do the front pads on mine. I like the dually conversion, but what I really envy is the plow. No better than the city takes care of our streets around here, it'd be nice to be able to take matters into my own hands. But that would mean I couldn't get the truck in the garage, and I was pretty happy not to have to scrape the windows last winter. Ah well, the exercise with the shovel is probably good for me.

 

bitchin conversion, I love custom jobs.

 

The only thing that I notice that you forgot was the clearance lights on the cab


Just kidding man, looks good!!!


~Nick