New to the whole Pullin' scene and hoping to get some insight on this crazy stufff, but first I'll show some pics of my SuperDuty













Home made ladder bars



Still need axle brackets and frame mount, but here they are mocked up.



Now onto questions, truck is pretty stock with a leveler 17x14s with 3.5" offset and 2" wheel spacers, 4" straight pipe with 8" tip, Sct tuner with some Extreme tune, and zoodad mod, the truck runs its *** off an by no means am I saying its the fastest thing on the streets but most trucks around here have to try hard to keep up, but besides the point.

Ive looked on some rules an regulations an see this non-sense about crossed bolts if straight pipe, do I need these to pull once a month or every now an again?

Also exhausts cant be pointed at crowd so need a 90* on tips to point up? I have a 8" tip, who has a 8" 90* ???

Should I make some suspension stops or a weight bracket ? Any idears or helpful pointers lay em at me! thanks

 

excuse my ignorance, i don't know much yet about what you are referring to with weight brackets and crossed bolts. The only input I have to offer is when I saw your pics of your truck with the trailer, my first and only thought was airbags to assist with the loads, but maybe thats what your bars are for. thats my input.

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but a nice looking truck and great job on the homemade bars.

 

i believe the bolt "X" in the exhaust is in case your turbo comes apart it doesn't send it thru the exhaust and into the crowd. as far as the 90, can you take the tip off? a truck parts store should have them but it won't be cheap.

 

Yeah I understand the purpose of the cross but do most apply this rule? I'd hate to put bolts in my exhaust for nothing, and as far as the tip it aint coming off its welded on there good, and I think it looks pretty goofy with a mini stack on the exhaust Id much rather pay for a single stack thank look goofy

 

is the tip a 8" I.D. or O.D.? i think regardless. think about it like this, if your turbo comes apart and goes thru the exhaust and his a 10 year old kid. do you want to live with that or would you rather put the bolts in the pipe? the turn up just depends on who is putting on the pull. i don't think NSPA requires that.