Ready.....Begin

The truck and cab made it to Chris’s shop and is ready for the rebuilding phase. The first day was dedicated to taking the suspension apart and getting it to the lowest point. From that point we will build everything up. We took out the front springs and took out all but two leaf springs in the rear. We will be replacing the springs with air bags. At this point we are the lowest we can go without doing any C notching. We will set the Cab on for a test fit next.

We removed the engine, transmission, steering box and master brake so that we could place the cab on the chassis today. Unfortunately the cab didn't go as low as we hope for. It was good for ride height but not for being on the ground for serving out the window. We need to go lower. Talked about Z notching, but that would mean that we would need to c notch the back axle and that would bring up the floor height. Chris heard of Charley’s Drop Shop that did fabrication on the A arms that would change the geometry of the ball joints to give us a two inch drop and not lock out. We gave Charley a call to see if he had done one ton stuff before and said that he did his own motor home a few years ago and worked out great. So we decided to give it a shot.