DRW-FS J-Trucks ?'s

[AMGeneral]

I have only seen 5 of these in my life 6lug duel wheels appearing like a deuce and a half lug pattern and the owners of which all seemed a touch snobby/snooty.
3 of were long and 2 were short, They looked like about an 84" Cab to axle and a 60" cab to axle.

I tired talking to the owners of them and they all seemed a bit snobby/snooty.
Must be an FSJ-Dually thing ? ! ? ! ?

Anywho, Searched online a while found there were 2 styles one that was single wheels dueled and one that was an actual duel wheeled truck like an F350 or K35.

What can you tell me about these if anything ? ? ?

I am fairly certain I want one
AM-G

[jaber]

On the other board, member Elliot that does the hydroboost kits has a registry for duallys in his sig over there. You should check it out.

[Stuka]

Refer to this post:

http://fsjnetwork.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=150

[AMGeneral]

I clicked the link, 3 very nice trucks! The red dually is ideally what I would like to have one day.

AM-G

[jaber]

Heres a link to Elliotts Dually registry.

http://www.txfsja.org/forum/viewforum.php?f=16

[AMGeneral]

) I at first thought your smilie was flippin me off =)) lots of DRW J-series info there tho it seems to be a regional site for the texas area, Also looks like there is lots of long delays inbetween posts but good info.

Thanks much
AM-G

[fulsizjeep]

this one recently sold over on the mother ship...
http://ifsja.org/forums/vb/showthread.php?t=155435

[AMGeneral]

That's a gorgeous truck ! So it sold ?

AM-G

[hutcho]

Jpcoutts on the mother site (pretty sure he is here also) had a couple. Pretty sure he was selling one of them. I got to see the red one a while back and its pretty neat, never seen one in person. If I had the $$ I would have tried to buy it when it was up for sale.

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[AMGeneral]

I'd be happy if I could just find beat up one that ran and drove without it being outrageously priced

AM-G

[AMGeneral]

I would love to be rolling down the highway with one of these pulling a loaded goose neck, The look on peoples faces when you pass them with a Jeep dually pulling a loaded gooser

AM-G

[Stuka]

I would love to be rolling down the highway with one of these pulling a loaded goose neck, The look on peoples faces when you pass them with a Jeep dually pulling a loaded gooser

AM-G

I would not pull a big load with a 60's Jeep. Even a dually. The brakes suck , and the power isn't much better. Better off taking a J20 and adding DRW axles and a bigger engine.

But It would be cool!


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[carnuck]

My '73 J4000 was basically a '60s rig that I swapped the rear semi-float for a full float from a J20 so I could haul stuff. Before it got rolled, the plan was a fifth wheel hauler with baby duals. The only upgrade was power brake booster from something that the PO (a Supreme Court judge in WA state) had added along with the QT with part time and O/D. 6500lb loads were common and I pulled many vehicles that were bigger as well as hitch mount trailers. I'm putting the fifth wheel from my '82 Chev C20 I just sold for parts onto the spare short box bed I have and putting that on the Honcho until I can afford new side fenders for the Step Box.

[AMGeneral]

To my knowledge the only DRW axles that fit right are the factory ones Jeep used. I was going to convert one my Generals over to DRW's once and decided against it as the axles I found were to narrow.

I had a 1966 Chevy C30 DRW it pulled goose necks and fifth wheels just fine with an SBC-327/SM420 combo.
So I figured a J-DRW with a 343/360 or 390/401with a T18 n D20 or 300 would do just as good.

AM-G

[Stuka]

Drum brakes front and rear are horrible to today's standards and speeds though.

As for axles you need an axle from a DRW pickup. A C&C axle will be way too narrow.


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[AMGeneral]

Oh yep that would be why, I was measuring axles on old dump trucks and flat beds. As for drum brakes I'm used to them most of what I drove had drum brakes. That '66 C30 had drums at all 4 corners I dropped 8,000-12,000lbs on trailer ball all time and routinely dropped a good 15,000 -18,000lbs on the fifth wheel/goose neck. Cruised 60mph@3,250rpm's lots of gear pulled nice.

I had no issues stopping just have to drive it properly is all.
AM-G

[Kaiserman]

The power actually isn't that bad. My 230 is pretty peppy with the 2bbl and 4.27 gears. And I've got a good 1,000lbs of wrecker in the back with all my recovery gear added in.

The duallys also have 5.89 gears. So pulling a big load isn't an issue. Pulling a big load at a decent speed is though. Brakes, huge drums. Nothing wrong with them and they will stop the truck just fine, but not at todays speeds. These trucks weren't made to do 65+ loaded.

A 327 or 350 powered DRW would have more than enough power. Not sure what the axle ratio was with the V8's. Probably 4.88.

[AMGeneral]

65+ ? Oh I don't worry about road speed, I'm in no hurry as long as it pulls the load and gets there.
Most of my pulling trucks only ran 58-62mph, some only did 55 others only went 45mph.

So I go according to the trucks needs, Then plan the route and loads accordingly.
I would love an AMC-327 V8 4spd truck.

AM-G

[AMGeneral]

I found a cheap 90's turbo diesel Chevy extended cab dually, I didn't get much time to get any details. I might go this route for a DRW truck instead

AM-G

[AMGeneral]

I found 2 GM-diesels, a 1996 Chevy K3500 with 110K-miles, GM-6.5 turbo diesel, automatic, extended cab, and its $4,500 and a 1994 Chevy K3500 with 145K-miles, GM-6.5 turbo diesel, extended cab for $1,200.

The '96 is going to need a transmission soon I think didn't seem to shift right.
The '94 needs fuel lines and a sending unit, My guess a fuel tank too.

Anybody had one of those 6.5 diesels ? ? ? How did ya like it ? ?
AM-G