Who's made the conversion?

Where'd you get the parts? How hard was it? WHat wheels are you running?

Are you happy with the results?

 

DRW, right?

 

Yup....Thanks for the clarification!

 

you know i thought about doing it, our trucks and fords have floating rear axles so you could convert them in to a drw. i would think all you need is the wheels and the fender flare. anybody correct me if i am wrong.

 

I did it, very easy. Use Arrowcraft spacers, stay away from any aluminum spacers. You can call Arrowcraft direct to order spacers. She was very knowledgeable and answered any question I had, excellent to deal with. I'm not a sales rep, just a VERY satisfied customer. You can buy wheel/spacer kits, steel wheels and spacers or aluminum wheels and spacers. They use American Eagle wheels.

The hardest part was the money. I think after all is said and done, 4 new rear tires, $532, new steel flatbed, $2072, wheels and spacers, $1750(or so). Modify fuel neck to fit flatbed, $0, $120 stacks and the worry free feeling you get when you scratch your flatbed or jackknife the trailer and damage the trailer instead of the bed........priceless. As one guy put it you can fix it with a rattle can and a torch, no body shop pros needed. It took me one evening to put on flatbed, friend picked up old bed with towmotor, set new bed on and lined up. He went in house I stayed in the shop making brackets and attaching to frame. It took me another night, 5-10pm no dinner to mount my new rear tires and new front tires, install spacer and torque everything down.

Satisfied, completely. I'm posting up new pics in my sig. If you have any questions pop me a message.

 

I think if I'm going to do it, I'll upgrade to 19.5 alcoe wheels. What do you think?

Do the adapters make it so I can run dually wheels or am I supposed to run 2 sets of regular wheels?

Do I need adapters for the fronts?

 

i would like to convert my 2wd short bed 3rd gen to DRW. and use mega fenders. just becaust i have NEVER seen one before.

 

I've seen the megas with shortbed dually fenders (the regular looking ones)check out dually fenders USA.

 

I don't want a utility bed or a flat bed, So I'll be doing this with the fenders as well.

 

I think DWR axles are a little shorter in the rear, your rear tires may stick out farther than the fenders on a dually bed. As stated above...I know a flatbed conversion would work.
someone else will know for sure...

 

Ok, listen to what I am gonna say as I have learned...not an expert but have talked to many.

The cab and chassis has a narrower rear end, the regular dually as in the 3500 with fiberglass fenders has a wider rear end than the cab and chassis. They do this so you can fit your 4x8 sheet of plywood for you bathroom renovation between your wheel wells. With the cab and chassis you don't need that cause it's usually outfitted with some sort of utility bed.

If you buy the adapters(highly recommend Arrowcraft, again not salesman or affiliated just extremely satisfied with the knowledge and product) You'll want to buy the rear adapters then you can run dual rear(dished) wheels. You'll need the adapters or your inner dual will hit your brake drum or rotors. If you call Arrowcraft or whoever let them know what size tires you'll be running on the rear. I went with 235/85/16E's and she gave me a bit deeper offset on the inner steel wheel to accomodate the tire.

They sell the 19.5's and I recommend that you check on one of there adapter and wheel kits, comes with all you need. They even offer tire/wheel/adapter kits.

Do you need adapters for the front? Well, not really, will the truck look good with regular wheels on the front and dished in the back......nooooooooo, in fact will be ugly...I had an old 68' that I did that to...just never looked right, nor did the rusty body, bed....and all. Also without dished fronts and adapters you'll need to carry two spares....or none but you'll have two seperate types of wheels. Easier with dished all the way around.

Fenders- they also offer fenders to attach to your regular bed. Then all you have to do is paint and your done. Your finished rear wheel rig will be right near 8ft wide from outside tire to outside tire. On mine I had to run 265/75/16's on the rear until I gathered the cash for my new rear tires, about a week. They were real close to touching and if the air pressure was down a bit they would. I thought they looked bad anyhow, gave it a beefy look.

After your all done it'll be like this.....

Before:
After:
Then you don't feel bad about cuttin that whole in your bed for two of these:


Any questions feel free to message me and I'll help out as much as I can. As far as I know, understand your conversion won't be any wider than a regular dually, not cab and chassis

 

too bad you far away... i would hav traded you the parts. i have a 2000 drw and i want to convert it to a regular longbox. i was even thinking of selling it to get one...

 

I'm moving to Grand Rapids, Mi in August if you want to wait.
Why do you want a srw?

 

redneck-welding I am working out a deal with another person to do this swap but if that falls through I live in bismarck ND and would be willing to swap parts with ya what gears do you have

 

i want a single rear wheel as i bought the truck thinking i was going to go one route with it and i changed my mind. i dont need a dually. i have 3:55 gears in my truck.