Sled deck on 1/2 ton?

Lem Lamb

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Add brick or fire wood betwee spring and frame,,, load heavy and go...

Turn rearview mirrors so we can't see anything behind you and pin it... Ha...

All flashing lights disappear when the tires get into the loose snow... win win for sure...
 

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Add brick or fire wood betwee spring and frame,,, load heavy and go...

Turn rearview mirrors so we can't see anything behind you and pin it... Ha...

All flashing lights disappear when the tires get into the loose snow... win win for sure...

Hockey pucks are the only way to go
 

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Yeah they have a 5.5' box and terrible payload, like 600#'s


You must be new here. It's not ok to overload a 1/2 ton cause that means you're poor you can only overload lifted diesels cause then you're a baller.


According to SkiDoo and mud yes absolutely.

my 6.2 supercrew is 5.5 box 1,860lbs is my payload max. 2 sleds on aluminum deck and she was leveled. not lights ski high, just pure perfection:beer:
 

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You were gonna post some pics so I could see your set up!
I will try to keep my jabber to a min. If you have any questions shoot me a pm. To get the front legs to fit in the 5.5 you need to do some trimming depending on you're deck. Only deck with adjustable legs to "properly" fit the 5.5 is Marlon. Would be easier if they made the front legs like they do the denalis or x deck and have one big front leg support instead of two front single legs. As you can see in the pictures the front left leg hits the curve in the box where the fuel neck shape is. That leg wouldn't sit flat until i moved it far enough forward to get past that hump in the box. Poor design from ford to lose some box space. To move that leg forward 2" to get it to sit flat i had to cut off the two front tabs on the legs and remove 2 out of the 6 bolts per leg for adjustment. Thoes tabs are just for tunbuckles, couldn't even get a tie down hook through them, the holes were so small, useless anyways. F150 box is deep too so i had them sitting on 2 2x6 boards to get it high enough.
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They are sprung very light for the ride .
3-400 lbs is noticed . Lol
Air bags required if pulling anything or hauling .

i wouldn't buy it to haul a trailer. I like hauling ass down back roads. but just going to get some fox 2.5''s for the dodge.
 

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Real good shocks make a world of difference, especially coupled with a good spring rate.

Exactly, takes more then just a good set of shocks as everything has to work together.
Tires and tire ply, rim size , tire size and weight , spring rates ,shock valving , truck weights , suspension travel and so on .
Good shocks do help for sure.
 
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