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    80 Series vs Contemporary Domestic Trucks

    Perhaps I should add that we were "overlanding" in my K5 when it was stock height, 33s, and an ARB locker in the rear !/2-ton axle, and didn't even know it. Camino del Diablo, IIRC ~ 120 miles of desert track down in Southern AZ near the border to Mexico, a tent and camping supplies, extra water...
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    80 Series vs Contemporary Domestic Trucks

    Speaking of size - looks ok here ... But it was quite handful here... much more so than the 80... Level of build on the 80 is quite different. Don't know about Dodge or Ford, but the frame on the Chevys is C-shaped, and the steel on the 1/2-ton trucks is not very thick. I once bent...
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    80 Series vs Contemporary Domestic Trucks

    I have one of these; got it 26 years ago. Takes a bunch of upgrades, such as axles - D60 for the front, 14b for the rear; lockers, of course. The stock front axle, even with upgrades, can be a real problem with 35s. The leaf spring boogie needs to be calmed down with a traction bar for the rear...
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