WHY NOT
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I ordered some OUO adaptable length traction bars and 5" traction blocks from Jared at River City Diesel, and got them much sooner than I expected, and was really helpful on the phone.
Came home one day and got this sitting on the front porch LOL
It took me 45 min to unwrap everything. All the parts looked very nice, my fiancé who was not at all excited about me spending money on "sticks for under my truck" even mentioned how nice everything looked.
I went ahead and PTM'd the bars them selves to match the lower half of my truck.
primer
Painted - Got some rattle cans mixed up with my paint code at NAPA
Here is how close it matches
OUO 5" traction blocks vs my stock F-350 ones LOL
Blocks installed, it flips the U bolts on the 11+ trucks to the right side up to be able to use the adjustable top plate to recent the axle - Please don't judge the dirty truck. Also mounted the bags to the plates that come on the block.
Drilling the frame was killing my arms so I used my head muscle and did this
Getting closer
All done. It took me a while doing everything by myself and drilling everything really wore me out.
I know you can't see in the pictures but my front coils are PTM'd as well, so they go great together
Went and took the truck out for a drive this afternoon and the shifting is really smoothed out. I went out on a back road and gave it a few WOT runs and it is day and night with the shifting now. No more axle bouncing all over the place, it just stays planted and spins the tires with no feeling like something is going to break in the cab when it shifts. Around town and on bumps you can't even tell they are on there (no harsh shutters like I have heard some get with bars).
I would buy the exact same set up again, wouldn't change a thing. Thanks to Jared for helping point me in the right direction with all the options that OUO offers.
Came home one day and got this sitting on the front porch LOL
It took me 45 min to unwrap everything. All the parts looked very nice, my fiancé who was not at all excited about me spending money on "sticks for under my truck" even mentioned how nice everything looked.
I went ahead and PTM'd the bars them selves to match the lower half of my truck.
primer
Painted - Got some rattle cans mixed up with my paint code at NAPA
Here is how close it matches
OUO 5" traction blocks vs my stock F-350 ones LOL
Blocks installed, it flips the U bolts on the 11+ trucks to the right side up to be able to use the adjustable top plate to recent the axle - Please don't judge the dirty truck. Also mounted the bags to the plates that come on the block.
Drilling the frame was killing my arms so I used my head muscle and did this
Getting closer
All done. It took me a while doing everything by myself and drilling everything really wore me out.
I know you can't see in the pictures but my front coils are PTM'd as well, so they go great together
Went and took the truck out for a drive this afternoon and the shifting is really smoothed out. I went out on a back road and gave it a few WOT runs and it is day and night with the shifting now. No more axle bouncing all over the place, it just stays planted and spins the tires with no feeling like something is going to break in the cab when it shifts. Around town and on bumps you can't even tell they are on there (no harsh shutters like I have heard some get with bars).
I would buy the exact same set up again, wouldn't change a thing. Thanks to Jared for helping point me in the right direction with all the options that OUO offers.
