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Old Mar 26, 2019 | 03:09 PM
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I was wondering what it would take to swap a 3500s dually suspension (axles and all both front and rear) onto my 1500 if i have a donor truck. are the frames similar enough to do this? or should i just build the 3500 from scratch. the 3500 im looking at has a blown motor and trans and has bad rust on the wheel wells. so i was thinking instead of rebuilding itd be easier to swap the onto my daily. I use this truck for lots of work and when my 2 Mustangs are done ill be towing them a lot hence why i want a dually. just don't have the cash to buy one since im still in highschool. I'm very mechanically inclined and have been building cars for two years. have done 4 motor swaps, multiple rebuilds. many trans swap and about any other repair you can do on a car i have done. I have my own garage and hundreds of tools. ( point of me saying is to point out i can do it i just want to know if its bolt up or not). If the frames arent the same then ill probably just skip out on buying it. it is pretty cheap. Thank you for the advice in advanced.
 
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Originally Posted by Eric Daniels
I was wondering what it would take to swap a 3500s dually suspension (axles and all both front and rear) onto my 1500 if i have a donor truck. are the frames similar enough to do this? or should i just build the 3500 from scratch. the 3500 im looking at has a blown motor and trans and has bad rust on the wheel wells. so i was thinking instead of rebuilding itd be easier to swap the onto my daily. I use this truck for lots of work and when my 2 Mustangs are done ill be towing them a lot hence why i want a dually. just don't have the cash to buy one since im still in highschool. I'm very mechanically inclined and have been building cars for two years. have done 4 motor swaps, multiple rebuilds. many trans swap and about any other repair you can do on a car i have done. I have my own garage and hundreds of tools. ( point of me saying is to point out i can do it i just want to know if its bolt up or not). If the frames arent the same then ill probably just skip out on buying it. it is pretty cheap. Thank you for the advice in advanced.
Legally you can't tow or haul more than what the original manufacture says the 1500 can tow/haul. No matter if you put 3 dually axles under it. Your better off buying a dually. You'll just have a half ton with dual wheels.
 
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