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General Site Info => Welcome => Topic started by: collect t/as on November 27, 2010, 12:36:33 am
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Hello, just checking in to say hello to everybody. :)
I just purchased the truck that I have wanted since I was 12 years old. It is an '88 model 3+3 silverado pickup, 2 wheel drive, long bed, 350 with TH 400 transmission. My eventual plans are to redo everything on the truck, including installing a cummins turbo diesel engine in it like my brother did to his.
Q: I was told it was a 3/4 ton, but the title indicates a 1 ton. A good friend of mine told me that all of those year models of that particular body style had 6 lug wheels for 3/4 ton and 8 lug wheels for 1 ton, is that true?
Any help would be appreciated. 8)
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8 lug was the 3/4 ton as well in 1988. Welcome from NW Indiana
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Welcome from Ohio.
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8 lug was the 3/4 ton as well in 1988. Welcome from NW Indiana
Do you happen to know the rear leafspring count for a 3/4 vs. 1 ton?
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8 lug was the 3/4 ton as well in 1988. Welcome from NW Indiana
Do you happen to know the rear leafspring count for a 3/4 vs. 1 ton?
They can vary based on GVW. I have a 85 C20 and a 85 C30 both have the same count. My C30 don't have overloads either....
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Thanks for the welcomes and the help. 8)
I don't know if this will help any, but the title says: Mfg.capacity in tons 1, and weight 5200?
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hello from Illinois
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Is it a R20 or R30 ? What do then emblems on the side indicate ?
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Frame on a 3/4 ton will be 6 inches tall, 8 inches tall on a 1 ton. Measure it right behind the gas tanks.
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Also 1tons I think had helper springs
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Frame on a 3/4 ton will be 6 inches tall, 8 inches tall on a 1 ton. Measure it right behind the gas tanks.
Thank you for that information, I knew there had to be a sure way to figure it out. The frame definately measures 8" tall. 8)
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Welcome!