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Old Jul 13, 2015 | 07:50 AM
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Originally Posted by schmidtp
Truck will be getting its workout this weekend. Time to move to the new apartment!
I'll be doing that in the next couple of weeks. Used it yesterday to haul a dresser in, and that was after working to get stuff out of my fiancée's storage unit. Got a lot of moving left to do though.

+1 on the nifty anchor points in the bed!
 
Old Jul 13, 2015 | 11:30 AM
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I find the four corners far more useful for securing loads. The points down in the bed are next to useless if you have are oaded to the max.
 
Old Jul 13, 2015 | 12:10 PM
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One of my favorite accessories for moving is a large cargo net that can cover the whole bed. Makes packing the small things that may fly away a lot easier.

On a side note - A week ago on the highway around Madison I witnessed someone lose a couch out of the back of their truck! No idea how it didn't cause an accident since it was sitting in the middle of the road.
 
Old Jul 13, 2015 | 06:33 PM
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I have the Cargo Net also... It does get plenty of use.

I rarely used the factory tie down points... I had flip up hooks in the stake pockets, and used those for any tie down.
I am loving the versatility of the bed rail tie downs I now have.
 
Old Jul 16, 2015 | 08:14 AM
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Old Jul 16, 2015 | 06:12 PM
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I think I'm going to hold off on the 1 ton axle swap. There are no good deals to be had and I would rather wait until I can fab it up with a ford axle like WK. So I'm going to put a Detroit Truetrac in the back and maybe the front too. Going to put the money towards a radio and speakers since mine are shot, and maybe build some bumpers with recovery points.
 
Old Jul 16, 2015 | 09:06 PM
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Dude you gotta stay on the look out. Do a manual swap instead lol.

Ford axles are cool but stick to the crummy dodge ball joints!!
 
Old Jul 22, 2015 | 09:47 PM
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couple weeks ago i towed the 2nd gen, with the new 3rd gen... about 8k total load, and the 3rd gen barely squatted!

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Old Jul 26, 2015 | 09:34 PM
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Well went to the store to pick up a few things and the truck threw a P0302. Cylinder 2 Misfire. I had already noticed the truck was shaking a little differently.

Anyway, got home, popped the hood and on the passenger side bank. The even numbers. I noticed it looked like a wire had fallen down onto the exhaust manifold. Well i reached down there to grab it and check it out.... while the truck was still running..... my arm still feels a little funny. At least I have good spark!!

This was tonight. And after dropping the wire after receiving some number of thousand volts through my hand I could see it arcing to the manifold. New wires tomorrow. Might check the plugs too. Been a good four years for the wires and 2 on the plugs. Up to 230xxx miles now.
 
Old Jul 26, 2015 | 09:44 PM
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Originally Posted by Ham Bone
Well went to the store to pick up a few things and the truck threw a P0302. Cylinder 2 Misfire. I had already noticed the truck was shaking a little differently.

Anyway, got home, popped the hood and on the passenger side bank. The even numbers. I noticed it looked like a wire had fallen down onto the exhaust manifold. Well i reached down there to grab it and check it out.... while the truck was still running..... my arm still feels a little funny. At least I have good spark!!

This was tonight. And after dropping the wire after receiving some number of thousand volts through my hand I could see it arcing to the manifold. New wires tomorrow. Might check the plugs too. Been a good four years for the wires and 2 on the plugs. Up to 230xxx miles now.
LOLOL. Been there, done that. Gave some farmer a REALLY good laugh too. Nice to see I am not the only one. Thanks.
 



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