may soon be owning a square body dually on semis...question!

ok.....so, theres a possibility i may be the new ownder of a clean ass 86 square body crew cab dually. It currently has 22" semi wheels.

my questions are these:

I want just bassicly lay frame with it right now, From my basic measuring, i see the rear dually fenders will need to be widened a bit.....does anyone know how much? and does anyone know if they need stretched legnthwise also? and.... there metal right?


also, is there an atlernative to stretching or widening the fenders? like does grant make a set you can throw on that solve your problem?

it has a 454 with a 400 tranny, carburated, can anyone tell me what approx gas mileage i will get with it on the highway? not towing, just crusing.


Does anyone have a picture of an old body on 22s? just curuios to what it will look like laying frame only, not bodydropped.....or if i will need to SFBD it to get the look i want.


I appriceate the help, i excited about the new purchase, and just want to know what im getting into. Im a fairly experinced builder, i just like to be prepared.

thanks


Taylor

Roughly 3" wider maybe less maybe more depending on the rearend under the truck. Fenders will not need to be raised unless you body the truck. Fenders are glass not metal.

Options to get away from stretching the fenders are : Get a cab/chassis rearend (roughly 7-8" narrower) or switch to the Townasty rear outer wheels (going to cost more cash but less work).

I dont have any pics of the square trucks just laying frame all of them are boddied but here is the link to my customer section with some pics.

Tennessee Wheel & Tire Customer Rides

Damn, i cant believe that those dually fenders are fiberglass......thats shitty


does anyone have any links to a thread or pics of someoen doing this as a project, showing how they went about doing it. Im not much of a fiberglass guy, if it were sheetmetal, i would be happy....but fiberglass makes me sad lol

Im curious to see how other people have gone about widening them.

Thanks for the help.


Taylor

taylo u lyin sob thought u were getting out for a whileLOL glad to see u steppin up to the big boy toys hahaha its keith

you bastard, i was hoping you wouldnt see this lol


yea, its been something in the works for a while now, but i think i finally found one that i like....

we will see i suppose.


Taylor

hahahahah busted but i wont say a thing over on Midmichigan........ yea talk to either dragnasty(Chase) or trevor(lockone) they know there shiat, lus lock can hook u up for wheels hes the resident semi wheel guru, but dont ask how to machine them semis he stil lwont tell us.....

Dragnasty and PigRig are the squarebody guys. I stick to the shitboxes and semi wheels myself. But if you look at Liljlowrider's garage on here there are some pics of his shitbox fenders after he widened them. The pics will let you see what needs to be done and one way to do it.

speaking of duallies u bd my ford yet LOL

Still have one of yours I got to finish before we start another.