Hi guys, This video has gotten more views than I anticipated. I would like to reiterate that this is NOT the correct way to convert your truck to a dually. I always recommend buying STEEL wheel spacers and upgrading your suspension if you want improved payload capacity. Enjoy the video, and don't take it too seriously!
The stock ten ply single wheel tires will carry more weight then them 4 ply tires this entirely counter productive if you don’t run ten plies honestly no point at all
Hey I thought about doing this to my k2500 it works. But through research I found Toyota did the same thing with motor homes in the 80s had to recall due to to many axle shafts snapping and wheels rolling away from the vehicle. You have the right axle for doing it though. They used a semi floater your using a single rear full floater. Thanks for the video!
A Rural Vermonter - Qqjmcb 182 I think if you bought the steel spacers , add a couple leaf springs ,, your in there ! Great job , I like it . Long as you aren’t hauling heavy and just like the looks and extra traction , it’s a WIN !! 🇺🇸
The happiness in your voice when the tires went on and you said “aythinkitlookspurtycule” I know that feeling. I too have had a lot of cheap thrills in my life
You shouldn’t lift by the rear axle if it’s not a solid rear axle. Then again if you buy a vehicle that doesn’t have a solid rear axle you basically bought a POS toy anyway.
The thing I dont trust the most is I didn't see the use of any loctite on those lug nuts holding the spacer down.I have seen spacers come off far too many times,blue threadlock fixes that.
Duals rock for towing as any wrecker driver knows because double the sidewall count reduces sway. It's also nice to be able to limp a greater distance if you have a rear flat at an inconvenient location. BTW keep an eye out at the salvage yard for the DRW front hub extensions which are basically factory spacers.
I did this to my 1/2 ton a 94 chevy using the dually adapter kit from JC Whitney catalog in fact I still have the kit it allows you to use stock 5 lug tire and rims it served the purpose but yes it looks good just keep an eye on the tork of the lugs from time to time. Great vid.
It’s already getting that cold in Vermont. I’ll have to bring some warm clothes when I drive up to Woodstock in October. We’re still in the 90s in Houston.
You get what you pay for. I highly recommend staying away from aluminum ones and getting the steel adapters. Arrowcraft sells some stout and dependable ones.
Thank you for your video. I have acquired the 1997 version of the same truck and was planning to do the same. However, I will change my transmission to a manual
...had no idea! Awesome redneck conversion! Looking forward doing this on my suburban! All i need now are tires/rims and flares! Thank you for this info
I love your new truck and the other ones you get cheap fix and use been a fan of your vids for a while ps I just had surgery and got put on pain pills too hope you get to feel in better real soon!👍 ps love the budget tutorials for us not so rich guys appreciate it!👍 keep on keep in on
Actually the factory dually rearend is wider. Swapping the hubs out would be safer and stronger for sure. The spacer multiplys the stress on the bearings.
Sadly I see this is a four year old video, but this would help anyone who decides to do this. Make sure those dually adaptors are steel and have the little extension of steel for the inner rim to help center plus keep the rims from walking around. You will notice that the original wheels were also done this way so regardless of type wheel used, all rims need this to keep that from happening. Next is to do the same on the front wheels as it also keeps you from carrying two different spare tires. I see many different brands out on the market since american tire makers are struggling with labor costs which add to costs of doing this. Just a hint of troubles ahead is the rear stabilizer or sway bar as some call it. Go up to the one ton dually sway bar/stabilizer which is much larger and keep from breaking those rims when loaded. I am seventy four as for age and a mechanic for a large amount of this time.
I might do this to my F-350 because Id love a dually but my F-350 is so clean, I might just pull the bed and put a flat bed and make it a dually and when I’m done put the bad back on and take off the extra wheel.
Luv to see the way you go about things, your inocence and honesty will do you well in life. Its great that You Do As You Please. Dont Ever Change. I hope your Surgery went as expected ♡♥
I had a set of 4 on my rav 4 sport done pretty good at 20k miles and at 4 tread in the front being a little off in alignment so i cant say bad, they did great in the snow!
a 15, a 14, and another 15 in.car rim sta ked like that with no tires on them is a safe, stable way to raise a jack. you may need a hunk of 2x6 under your jack if it is smaller than the center hole. welded together, they make an industrial strength stand to set a car on while you work under it. it is what we used when i was a parts puller at a junkyard.
Please keep in mind that conversion to dually ALONE, would not increase loading capacity. It only .. . . - improves stability of vehicles with tall vans when encountered with strong winds. - improves stability when tall vehicles (specially when loaded) goes over 40 kph. - gives better grip when braking, specially on wet roads or when cargo is stack higher than cab height.
Remember something my young friend, don't worry about want someone thinks, what you do to your vehicles is your business. There your vehicles. Not there's. Am glad to see your getting over your surgery so fast. Also am glad to see you put socks and shoes on half way thur that video. Don't work in those other things you had on. You've got people out here that care about you. In U tube land. Sincerely, Jim. Hi Beetle......
Good plan, but I still wouldn't get under it with that bottle jack, need to have a floor jack so you can stay out from under it. That's how I do it, just settle the jack plate right under the strut mount and lift away :D
I own 2 6.5's and a 7.3, I love the 7.3 engine but I like Chevy trucks better, also have driven a Cummins numerous times those are excellent but they are hard to find in decent shape in NE.
I know this is 4 years old but I got to mention a major mistake. The wheels you took off were lug centric with coned lugnuts. The dually wheels are hub centric and should have flat lugnuts with a hub centric spacer. That could be a bad combination using no flat lugnuts and no hub centering that wheel.
yep, had a rock bust through both panes of my windshield in a 45mph zone because a guy in the oncoming lane had a flatbed on and no flaps in front of the tires. People never think about flinging rocks forward. it happens a LOT.
Well at least you had a one ton rear end to start with. That’s a plus. The tire load increase helps, but you still only have the strength of the original lugs. By the way, a true duely will be a 2 ton plus. The rims fit snug on the hub so the weight isn’t only on the studs themselves. Only saying so that anyone who tries this doesn’t overload the capacity of the original rear end. Looks good, but doesn’t help. The original single wheels would have done the same job. And you woulda had $600 for fuel.
Looks good bro I’m thinking to convert my 2004 Dodge Ram 2500 with some Crome 22 inch rims mine is a flat bed now with single wheel looks ugly but thanks for the video
You said the spacers are steel, they were bought new on ebay under $100 bucks? I'm looking for a pair like that if there steel an under 100 bucks you know the name brand? Thanks......
Hope this is only for looking good in the driveway and not for on the road. My friend just sheared off his studs on his factory dually and wasn't using cheap adapters made out of soft aluminum. Wheel adapters should only be used for boat anchors.
That seems sketchy as hell, those cheap eBay wheel spacers are known to crack, but even if they are ok your putting a ton of stress on the stock wheel lugs. Triply so if your towing. On a side note those 6.5 have some known issues (nothing near as bad as the ford 6.0 or 6.4). but they can be easily fixed and rectified. They still make a ton of parts for it if you look up marine applications.
Ah I'm not concerned, these are tough steel. I have friend with 200k on aluminum ones. As for the 6.5 issues, luckily the previous owner took care of all the common problems. (Lift pump, pmd, cooling, balancer, head studs, etc)
I just bought the truck recently and they came with those tires on them. Last year I used really aggressive all season tires year round on my s10 and I'll probably do that again
Its funny, I live in NH and really don't see it here much but in VT I've seen many people run winter tires even studded all year. I figure with the short summer it must not be worth paying for different sets or dismount/mounting fees. Just run one set till their worn and replace em!
I've watched this video like 3 times and I have no clue how I missed that this truck is a 6.5 until now. Anyways- time to turn my truck into a road hazard
You need air bags in a bad kinda way. I'd want to replace the original wheel studs and lug nuts with good quality ones while I was at it. Cheap insurance 😁
Hi guys, This video has gotten more views than I anticipated. I would like to reiterate that this is NOT the correct way to convert your truck to a dually. I always recommend buying STEEL wheel spacers and upgrading your suspension if you want improved payload capacity. Enjoy the video, and don't take it too seriously!
Hey I noticed your from Vermont, I’m from mass. I have a duelly rear end from a 95 c3500 if your interested
@@uhyoudead5 free?
The stock ten ply single wheel tires will carry more weight then them 4 ply tires this entirely counter productive if you don’t run ten plies honestly no point at all
Hey I thought about doing this to my k2500 it works. But through research I found Toyota did the same thing with motor homes in the 80s had to recall due to to many axle shafts snapping and wheels rolling away from the vehicle. You have the right axle for doing it though. They used a semi floater your using a single rear full floater. Thanks for the video!
A Rural Vermonter - Qqjmcb 182
I think if you bought the steel spacers , add a couple leaf springs ,, your in there ! Great job , I like it . Long as you aren’t hauling heavy and just like the looks and extra traction , it’s a WIN !! 🇺🇸
You’ve just given me an incredibly horrible idea. Thank you!
Hahahah agreed! what this guy said! Hahaha
Finally I can dually a Ford ranger
@@bryanmartinez6600 yessir
@@bryanmartinez6600 did you end up doing that? I've wanted to do the same thing on my ranger.
I duallyed my Nissan Altima thanks to your advice thanks son
The happiness in your voice when the tires went on and you said “aythinkitlookspurtycule” I know that feeling. I too have had a lot of cheap thrills in my life
You should put dually adapters on the front too so the front matches the back
Actually that would probably a really funny thing to watch.
Knalltüte duh well it’s a 3/4 ton already. Making “look” like a dually wouldn’t be very deceiving because they tow about the same.
Bahahaha! That would be epic!!!
No just dully on the front and single in the back
@@james10739 I'm glad you told those Joe Biden loving gun banning clowns off.
People that tell you not to lift by rear axle have never worked on straight axle trucks and should never be allowed to work on them either.
Or the people that say not to lift it by the differential. It's literally a lifting point given in the book 😂😂
Seriously, it's the strongest part of the damn truck.
My first job with 98 2500 was rear brake switch keked when he said that
You shouldn’t lift by the rear axle if it’s not a solid rear axle. Then again if you buy a vehicle that doesn’t have a solid rear axle you basically bought a POS toy anyway.
I would use a 55 gallon drum cut it to make your wheel fenders under the bed then hang mud flap off them
*eye twitch*
Use the blue plastic barrels for even more comments from people at the gas station.
I usually put jack in the middle of the axle
That's how an old mechanic taught me. When I was tryna jack up a 3500 dually dump truck, he was like, "put the jack under the pumpkin"
You were not kidding about redneck video lol.Good .straight forward video and funny too😁
I would not trust aluminum wheel spacers supporting the weight of a 3/4 ton truck.
They're steel
A Rural Vermonter - Qqjmcb 182 they do look aluminum
@@johnleu3217 Well they might be cheap steel but they are steel!
Stricklinator stubs will break lol
The thing I dont trust the most is I didn't see the use of any loctite on those lug nuts holding the spacer down.I have seen spacers come off far too many times,blue threadlock fixes that.
LingLong 😂🇨🇳...I feel a Scotty Kilmer moment coming
Lol it is a funny name, people will think I'm being racist if I tell them I have linlong tires the name sounds made up
Made by ntb :) or for them
Scotty Kilmer is annoying
Duals rock for towing as any wrecker driver knows because double the sidewall count reduces sway. It's also nice to be able to limp a greater distance if you have a rear flat at an inconvenient location. BTW keep an eye out at the salvage yard for the DRW front hub extensions which are basically factory spacers.
I did this to my 1/2 ton a 94 chevy using the dually adapter kit from JC Whitney catalog in fact I still have the kit it allows you to use stock 5 lug tire and rims it served the purpose but yes it looks good just keep an eye on the tork of the lugs from time to time. Great vid.
Now looks like a proper flatbed dumptruck. Awesomesauce idea.
Two tread patterns to be ready for any weather... I like it.
It’s already getting that cold in Vermont. I’ll have to bring some warm clothes when I drive up to Woodstock in October. We’re still in the 90s in Houston.
I dont think we got a single 90 degree day this summer. Forecast calls for low of 59 and high of 73 tomorrow so getting warmer again I geuss
Thank you for the tip I didn't know anything about Woodstock up there. I love the 50'S & 60'S music.
Thanks again.
You get what you pay for. I highly recommend staying away from aluminum ones and getting the steel adapters. Arrowcraft sells some stout and dependable ones.
Thanks for the tip. I thought the same thing I wish somebody made these in steel instead of aluminum. Your comment should be on the top.
Now let's do a cold start... walks past the camera in shorts lol! But seriously truck looks great.
lol
Just like in So.Cal.,you know its getting cold when people start wearing jackets
In southern Ohio we go from 90 degrees one week to 30s the next
Richard Long NC weather be like
Thank you for your video. I have acquired the 1997 version of the same truck and was planning to do the same. However, I will change my transmission to a manual
Blue loctitie should be used when you put on spacers. Oh and ling-long rhymes with ding-dong. The more you know.
All you had to due was pull the break drum and change out the studs didn’t need that spacer
Really they'll fit?
...had no idea!
Awesome redneck conversion! Looking forward doing this on my suburban! All i need now are tires/rims and flares!
Thank you for this info
I want to do this to my suburban too, have you done it yet?
I left my ass off when he put on those fenders
Looks good man, I love 90s chevys. You should probably look into getting clearance lights if it’s over 80” wide
Yes please it would look great
I love your new truck and the other ones you get cheap fix and use been a fan of your vids for a while ps I just had surgery and got put on pain pills too hope you get to feel in better real soon!👍 ps love the budget tutorials for us not so rich guys appreciate it!👍 keep on keep in on
Thanks man, I appreciate it!
Looked amazing until you added that piece of wood
Gotta admit I wasn't aware of this method. It definitely will provide some payload benefit and the truck looks so much better.
Thanks!
I can do hotshot like this?
I'm the type of person that can't look away from a train wreck lmfao
Interesting concept. I'm not sure how you'll like her in the snow given dually trucks tend to "float" a bit, but you can always undo it. Good vid.
yep. I doubt i'll even use this truck in winter much being a diesel and having a clean frame
Just put sandbags in back on top of axle area.
What did he mean by dually floats a bit? I'm getting ready to do this to my 95 Chevy Silverado 2500
@@wildestcowboy2668 probably because the weight is more spread out over 4 tires on the back instead of focused on 2 so it’s more “floaty”
That fender flare is something else lol
The dog like”that cold start ain’t it chief”
I believe going to a junkyard or even eBay and ordering the dually hubs just a hubs that's all you would need and you could convert it
Actually the factory dually rearend is wider. Swapping the hubs out would be safer and stronger for sure. The spacer multiplys the stress on the bearings.
@@BJSmith-ll3uw yes tru dual rearends are wider than the single 3 quarter ton rear ends
Sadly I see this is a four year old video, but this would help anyone who decides to do this. Make sure those dually adaptors are steel and have the little extension of steel for the inner rim to help center plus keep the rims from walking around. You will notice that the original wheels were also done this way so regardless of type wheel used, all rims need this to keep that from happening. Next is to do the same on the front wheels as it also keeps you from carrying two different spare tires. I see many different brands out on the market since american tire makers are struggling with labor costs which add to costs of doing this. Just a hint of troubles ahead is the rear stabilizer or sway bar as some call it. Go up to the one ton dually sway bar/stabilizer which is much larger and keep from breaking those rims when loaded. I am seventy four as for age and a mechanic for a large amount of this time.
So just an FYI on those bottle jacks, that center stud actually unscrews to give you a few more inches of lift.
I might do this to my F-350 because Id love a dually but my F-350 is so clean, I might just pull the bed and put a flat bed and make it a dually and when I’m done put the bad back on and take off the extra wheel.
It would be really cool if you found a old service bed to put on there
Yea but it already has a sweet dump bed so I'll probably keep that on it
Highly impressive I wasn't even looking for this
Luv to see the way you go about things, your inocence and honesty will do you well in life.
Its great that You Do As You Please. Dont Ever Change. I hope your Surgery went as expected ♡♥
Thanks!
My brother in law runs ling long on his one ton and has great luck with them and have lasted a long time for half the cost.
I had a set of 4 on my rav 4 sport done pretty good at 20k miles and at 4 tread in the front being a little off in alignment so i cant say bad, they did great in the snow!
Me too, I put Hong Kong special mud tires on my truck and I ran them 10 years
Truck:crank crank crank blat blat blat blat
The dog:ima sleep now
Awesome videos as always and I love your dog beetle
What are the chances of those spacers failing? Dont get me wrong it looks cool but I'd be worried the old studs would snap or something.
Your "fender flares" made my day!
Haha
If you jack it up by the rear end you don't have to worry about all that suspension travel great video btw
CROCKSWORK !! YEAAAAH !!!! best way of work, is the way you feel confortable !!!
I'm here to see if tire flew off while doing 65mph! LOL! Cool vid.
a 15, a 14, and another 15 in.car rim sta ked like that with no tires on them is a safe, stable way to raise a jack. you may need a hunk of 2x6 under your jack if it is smaller than the center hole. welded together, they make an industrial strength stand to set a car on while you work under it. it is what we used when i was a parts puller at a junkyard.
I love Chevy dark green just had my truck painted that color
Love your s10! Super clean!
Good to see a fellow Vermonter
I underestimated this truck, I thought it was a dumpy chevy. but honestly it's pretty nice with the dump bed and the diesel engine.
Looks like a little Rig" especially when you fire up that diesel,,cool,,,!
After I saw the way he started lifting the truck I lost all faith in the video, it was a huge relief when he corrected it
That’s cool man actually not bad it really looks like Chevy dump truck looks good I like it.👍
"Linglong" lmao and I thought I was bad for buying a Firestone tire made in Costa Rica.
With all those lawn mowers in your outro I would assume nobody in an apocalypse would mess with you
That license plate is crazy lol
“Holy sweet baby Jesus” lmao
Please keep in mind that conversion to dually ALONE, would not increase loading capacity.
It only .. . .
- improves stability of vehicles with tall vans when encountered with strong winds.
- improves stability when tall vehicles (specially when loaded) goes over 40 kph.
- gives better grip when braking, specially on wet roads or when cargo is stack higher than cab height.
New set of shocks and front end alignment, that will pull a trailer without tiring you out.
I read through a bunch of comments. Didn't see anything about the width of the spacers? 2" ?
Remember something my young friend, don't worry about want someone thinks, what you do to your vehicles is your business.
There your vehicles. Not there's. Am glad to see your getting over your surgery so fast. Also am glad to see you put socks and shoes on half way thur that video. Don't work in those other things you had on. You've got people out here that care about you. In U tube land. Sincerely, Jim.
Hi Beetle......
Thanks Jim, beetle says hi back
The real problem I see is the leaf springs, either they are collapsed or they're not rated for the weight of the dump bed.
I enjoy your upgraded 1995 chevy 2500 green work truck!
Why didn't you jack it up from the axle
Good plan, but I still wouldn't get under it with that bottle jack, need to have a floor jack so you can stay out from under it. That's how I do it, just settle the jack plate right under the strut mount and lift away :D
I love this truck you have hear nobody shows love for the 6.5.
I own 2 6.5's and a 7.3, I love the 7.3 engine but I like Chevy trucks better, also have driven a Cummins numerous times those are excellent but they are hard to find in decent shape in NE.
I know this is 4 years old but I got to mention a major mistake. The wheels you took off were lug centric with coned lugnuts. The dually wheels are hub centric and should have flat lugnuts with a hub centric spacer. That could be a bad combination using no flat lugnuts and no hub centering that wheel.
Please add real fenders to prevent flinging high speed gravel on to other vehicles and chipping windshields.
Some generic trailer fenders would do the job fine and just screw onto the bed wood.
@@VeyronBD yup...... anything.
I will this was just so I could work the next day without getting pulled over
@@ARuralVermonterQqjmcb182 Of course, and you said as much.
yep, had a rock bust through both panes of my windshield in a 45mph zone because a guy in the oncoming lane had a flatbed on and no flaps in front of the tires. People never think about flinging rocks forward. it happens a LOT.
Well at least you had a one ton rear end to start with. That’s a plus. The tire load increase helps, but you still only have the strength of the original lugs. By the way, a true duely will be a 2 ton plus. The rims fit snug on the hub so the weight isn’t only on the studs themselves. Only saying so that anyone who tries this doesn’t overload the capacity of the original rear end. Looks good, but doesn’t help. The original single wheels would have done the same job. And you woulda had $600 for fuel.
I worked for the importer of linglongs they are the cheapest of cheap
Finally been waiting for this chevy
My buddy had a 78 f250 2wd ranger with a 400 and 4 speed and he swapped a dually rear end it would get sideways af it was so much fun. 🤪
Good solution on your budget to save your tires and provide a safer, more stable vehicle for others on the highway.
linglong is a hilarious brand name
That was really cool. Thanks.
Looks good bro I’m thinking to convert my 2004 Dodge Ram 2500 with some Crome 22 inch rims mine is a flat bed now with single wheel looks ugly but thanks for the video
You said the spacers are steel, they were bought new on ebay under $100 bucks? I'm looking for a pair like that if there steel an under 100 bucks you know the name brand? Thanks......
If this is done just for the looks, what could go wrong? Any safety concern?
In Vermont the tire can't extend the fender. Safety, you know. But Linglong Tyres from Crazy Han's Tire and Paper Lantern Company...no problem.
Hope this is only for looking good in the driveway and not for on the road. My friend just sheared off his studs on his factory dually and wasn't using cheap adapters made out of soft aluminum. Wheel adapters should only be used for boat anchors.
Looks really good man
So in theory could you throw a spacer in the front and do the dually “conversion”
Nicholas Procknow A youtuber named ‘Sendit Steve’ has already done it lol
I can see it now the new river mod 8 wheels on a Honda lol
That seems sketchy as hell, those cheap eBay wheel spacers are known to crack, but even if they are ok your putting a ton of stress on the stock wheel lugs. Triply so if your towing.
On a side note those 6.5 have some known issues (nothing near as bad as the ford 6.0 or 6.4). but they can be easily fixed and rectified. They still make a ton of parts for it if you look up marine applications.
Ah I'm not concerned, these are tough steel. I have friend with 200k on aluminum ones. As for the 6.5 issues, luckily the previous owner took care of all the common problems. (Lift pump, pmd, cooling, balancer, head studs, etc)
Yep, no way I would trust aluminum spacers holding all the weight a 3/4 ton truck might hold/tow.
They are steel
Love the the older gm trucks the newer stuff looks like everything else.
I'm not a fan of the 2020s. They look too strange to me.
I noticed that you have ran winter rubbers all year. I normally use all weather tires.
I just bought the truck recently and they came with those tires on them. Last year I used really aggressive all season tires year round on my s10 and I'll probably do that again
Its funny, I live in NH and really don't see it here much but in VT I've seen many people run winter tires even studded all year. I figure with the short summer it must not be worth paying for different sets or dismount/mounting fees. Just run one set till their worn and replace em!
if you get the dually hubs and convert to rear diskbrakes you can use youre original axle al long as its a 14 bolt one ton
You can lift if by the rear diff as well if the bed is empty
Do you have any video of you driving this truck? I really like it.
Glad im not the only one that collects shitty old trucks for fun. haha
Didnt feel like tourqing the spacers down?... I mean at least you ran it down with a few ugga duggas
I've watched this video like 3 times and I have no clue how I missed that this truck is a 6.5 until now. Anyways- time to turn my truck into a road hazard
It dude future reference put your jack under your axle and jack it up that way that's how trucks are meant to be jacked up
Good to let some of us about it
Where did you say you got the rims and tires. I can't find them anywhere for about 500 bucks. ( Dually 8x6.5 rear wheel package? ) . Thanks
Long long tires are shit 😂😂 I have them on my Miata and they are like 20 a piece for the performance version 😂😂
After watching this I'm contemplating doing this to my Corolla just to piss people off.
Lol I hope you do. There was a top gear episode where Jeremy did it to a miata
great idea but without stiffer springs how does it help?
i dont know alot about duallys
It's not as good as if I did stiffer springs but this will help with payload capacity plus I like the way it looks
@@ARuralVermonterQqjmcb182 ahh i see it does look alot better
It also helps with stablility.
All he needs is to add overloads or air bags and it will haul as much as a one ton. And nees mud flaps to make it look better. Lol
Good job, you are genius!
You need air bags in a bad kinda way. I'd want to replace the original wheel studs and lug nuts with good quality ones while I was at it. Cheap insurance 😁
Very cool slick might have to do this
The s10 was probably faster than that old 6.5