Short bed dually idea

248superduty · Feb 25, 2015

Ok so first off i might be slightly crazy and take all of this as just a thought of i wonder if this would work. So i was bored at work tonight and was reading old project forum threads. Well I came across Dennis's (strictly Diesel) old thread about building the perfect dually. In the pic i noticed that one of his trucks was a short bed dually. So this brings me to my idea. I have always loved dually's and have wanted to convert mine into one for a while now. My first question is are their dually fenders made by ford for a short bed or are the ones on his truck from an 8ft bed truck? As for the swap I am thinking that i can get a set of the front dually adapters from ford for the front and use the stock 10.5 rear axle with dually wheels for the rear. this truck DOES NOT tow. Its only for looks. And it would be on 40" tires so the rears would also need a spacer inbetween the rear wheels. so could this work?

SDS97_7.3 · Feb 25, 2015

Ford made short bed duallys

248superduty · Feb 25, 2015

They did? well hot daym i did not know that. Also forgot to ask. I know i will have to drill holes for the fenders but will i also have to cut out the wheel well?

Strokersace · Feb 25, 2015

^ What he said.

Plus you're going to need spacers on the rear hubs as well. Otherwise your inner dual is going to be in WAY to far and you'll have clearance issues.

248superduty · Feb 25, 2015

Ok so I can use the 10.5 rear axle. thats good to know. also i plan on running the military 40" XL tires so what size rear spacers would i need?

bad12jr · Feb 25, 2015

It was a Lariet LE model I know for sure you could get a short bed dually. Came with 4 buckets. And 2 consoles. A buddy had one. It was an 02 iirc.

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Strokersace · Feb 25, 2015

248superduty said:
Ok so I can use the 10.5 rear axle. thats good to know. also i plan on running the military 40" XL tires so what size rear spacers would i need?

Think about this for a moment...

You want to use your stock srw axle. Then use spacers just to get the stock size dually rims/tires out far enough so there are no clearance issues. THEN... you want to use more spacers to fit big tires???? That's severely retarded and down right dangerous.

Powerstroke Man 6.4 · Feb 25, 2015

248superduty said:
Ok so first off i might be slightly crazy and take all of this as just a thought of i wonder if this would work. So i was bored at work tonight and was reading old project forum threads. Well I came across Dennis's (strictly Diesel) old thread about building the perfect dually. In the pic i noticed that one of his trucks was a short bed dually. So this brings me to my idea. I have always loved dually's and have wanted to convert mine into one for a while now. My first question is are their dually fenders made by ford for a short bed or are the ones on his truck from an 8ft bed truck? As for the swap I am thinking that i can get a set of the front dually adapters from ford for the front and use the stock 10.5 rear axle with dually wheels for the rear. this truck DOES NOT tow. Its only for looks. And it would be on 40" tires so the rears would also need a spacer inbetween the rear wheels. so could this work?

08 CC Short bed dually here we got dana 80 in the rear.

Golddigger · Feb 25, 2015

http://duallyfendersfiberglasstruck.com/#FORD

Here's the fenders. I've been going to take f-550 axles and these fenders on my f-350 short bed.

248superduty · Feb 26, 2015

Strokersace said:
Think about this for a moment...

You want to use your stock srw axle. Then use spacers just to get the stock size dually rims/tires out far enough so there are no clearance issues. THEN... you want to use more spacers to fit big tires???? That's severely retarded and down right dangerous.

I honestly see no problem with it. Guys run inner and mid spacers on dually's all the time to fit wider tires. so yea like i said i see no problem. quality spacers and it will be fine.

248superduty · Feb 26, 2015

Golddigger said:
http://duallyfendersfiberglasstruck.com/#FORD

Here's the fenders. I've been going to take f-550 axles and these fenders on my f-350 short bed.

Thanks for the link.

248superduty · Feb 26, 2015

ok so i cant find inner 17" dually wheels that are 8x170. Am i just not googleing something correct or what?

Countryboy07 · Feb 26, 2015

In '05 they dually trucks switched to 8x200...

Strokersace · Feb 26, 2015

248superduty said:
I honestly see no problem with it. Guys run inner and mid spacers on dually's all the time to fit wider tires. so yea like i said i see no problem. quality spacers and it will be fine.

To each their own. And if "guys do it all the time" and you already know this, then why are you on here asking about it? Don't know where you live, but I'm just pray you're not in my area. If you are, I don't want to be on the road with you.

That's close to 6" of spacers out past the hub surface. You're bearings will love you!

Pockets · Feb 26, 2015

I love the look of short beds also. Here are a few of my favorites..

248superduty · Feb 26, 2015

does anybody know the width of the stearling 10.5 and the dana 80?

Golddigger · Feb 26, 2015

Pockets said:
I love the look of short beds also. Here are a few of my favorites..

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I like this one.

Isobaric · Feb 26, 2015

248superduty said:
I honestly see no problem with it. Guys run inner and mid spacers on dually's all the time to fit wider tires. so yea like i said i see no problem. quality spacers and it will be fine.

Google 'moment arm' and see if your opinion changes

lincolnlocker · Feb 26, 2015

248superduty said:
I honestly see no problem with it. Guys run inner and mid spacers on dually's all the time to fit wider tires. so yea like i said i see no problem. quality spacers and it will be fine.

more than likely its all dont on the factory dana 80 rear! its a bit stouter then the 10.5...

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