i know it's harder for a big body truck to go on mountain trails. but me and my buddy followed jeeps with 350's and 454's with 44" tires all the way up and down Mnt Eagle Mountain down here. And we were cruisin along in an 85 bronco with a 8" suspension lift and 2 1/2" body lift sittin on 38" tires. we had alot a trouble, thought we were gonna flip down the mountain, broke some stuff and got up on 2 wheels twice. but we made it. took from like 10-6 or 7. but of course we stopped a couple times along the way to eat and goof around. and to fix the stuff we broke.

IMO if you wanna go trail ridin in a full size truck, have at it and best of luck. but i'd go with an s-10 with a 350 cut the fenders out and shove some 44s on it and of course everything else everybody's already talked about. hell go ahead and throw a diesel in it if you want to.

 

I dont make a habit out of taking my dually "off-roadin" but its spends a whole lot of time of the pavement, either in fields, or movin or haulin hay, and and where we keep the hay is down a slightly washed out logging road, but when it rains, i get to drift my 4 door dually with a 28ft trailer, lots of fun. Even though i dont look to go off roadin, a heavy truck with mud tires will pull most stuck trucks out. Ive had to go pull a bunch of truck out, the key to wheelin a big truck is say out loud, that will buff out, knowing that it probably wont and even if it would its not very likely that my truck sees wax anytime soon. l know that isnt a good plan but my truck is a work truck, so i dont want to scratch or dent it, but if it happens im not gonna freak out, its a battle scar that sets it apart from the city boys lifted trucks with big wheels that never even see grass. With a set of good tires and a lot of throttle, that heany front end digs like crazy and pulls the truck almost anywhere, ive backed into mud, thick georgia red clay, up to the hubs, and drug my buddies ranger out of the mud. By the time i got to solid ground, the bumper was plowin mud and i dug one helluva big hole, but it got it out, not a heavy truck to pull but it makes an anchor in mud. Lots of throttle, boost and tire spin, thats the key.

 

Hey don't pick on us "city" boys (not really), but i spent a lot of money on my truck and i don't plan on runnin on the woods to pull someone out, not yet anyhow. i bought mine to work also, but i have found that customers really like to see nice, clean, well maintained trucks, along with the workers. and sometimes its the little things like that , that will get more work for ya. but hey i guess thats the difference in a farm truck, and a construction truck. i know you farmers and rolling in the dough......... and don't mind a ding here or there

 

hahaha, well dont get me wrong, i dont put my truck somewhere i know im gonna get it messed up, but i guess im sayin that if it happens i wont worry too much, whats done is done. My front bumper is cocked a little to the left and a little down right now cause i found the limits of the stock tow hooks, oh well. Ive only got a few minor scratches, and my big ol fat outside dually mud tire flung a rock outta the tread and right into my mirror and cracked the bottom corner, but the worst scratch was from leaving it parked in the pasture and riding to lunch in my fiancees jeep, and when i got back one of the horses was chewin on the corner of my hood! I fixed it pretty good with some touch up paint from autozone. City boy or not, you still get plenty of props for a construction truck, it gets used so like a truck, thats good enough for us country boys. Its the guys that buy a diesel, or even worse, their daddy buys it, and they drop 10 grand on a diesel "cause they are cool now" or cause the smoke "looks cool". The 35s you got might look cool, but at a construction site, there is a small possibility that you might just have to put those big ol tires to use. Thats good enough for us

 

personally it all comes down to sheetmetal........if your like me, sheetmetal dont matter and i will take a full size places a suzuki samurai cant fit.......

 

One advantage to a dually with wide tires is they stick out of the fenders in the back, so my tires will rub trees, not the fenders, as long as im paying attention its gonna be pretty hard to catch a dually fender on something

 

If you wanna do some off roading. there is a place called yankee lake truck nite. its in brookfeild ohio. only a hour north from pitt. trucks gone wild will be there on july 31 and august 1st. its a good time gates open at 6 every friday night. and if you wanna see what your truck has against others there is a tug o war pit. only 10 bucks to get in.

 

I'll reiterate that the stock tire size is the main limiting factor on these, in the world of full size wheeling. Upgrading the shocks and some weight in the bed is probably next. IMO, no amount of "streetable" upgrades will make these things excel in the mud given the weight of the engine and massive trans. It's a diesel 4x4, please scratch the paint!!