Continued

Alrighty, back to the story. The first thing that you need to do after you buy a perfectly good truck out of a field is drive the hell out of it. Really get to know it.

Next, pull the bed off and move the axle from the bottom of the leaf spring to the top. This is not going to be as easy as you think it will be.

Now you will notice that the spring perches are on the wrong side of the axle. Easy fix. Run down to the Trailer supply store and buy new ones. They are going to run you about $2, and well worth it.

Now, you call your good buddy who is a genius welder. I know you think you can do it, but trust me this is a pretty structural part, so call him. In my case I know the manager at a local metal shop, a guy named Dutch, if you know him you too are lucky.

Mark the frame and cut out the section that will be replace with a piece of pipe cut in half.

Cut and weld the outside (leave the bottom attached for now, structure)

Then cut out the bottom.

Now your going to find out that the drive line is too long. So back to the welder buddy to shorten it. This is probably something to have done at a machine shop, but hey your reading a blog from a redneck what do you expect?

Lower the truck, pull it out on the street and admire your handy work.

Bad Ass.

Next time the start of lowering the front end.

C