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Old Jan 29, 2011 | 02:43 PM
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Originally Posted by metcalfe
Blasphemy!
I think the rake is absolutely perfect on my '04.
I've never understood the front end "level" every one I see looks too high in the front.

Plus, the point of having it taller in the rear is for those crazy guys who use the bed of their truck for hauling loads...
I'm probably one of the few who agrees with you. My truck is about 2.5" - 3" higher in the rear. I hate the nose up look and I don't care for totally leveled trucks either. Once you put any weight in the bed or tow, you're sagging.
 
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Old Jan 29, 2011 | 07:17 PM
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That's what rear air shocks are for
 
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Old Jan 29, 2011 | 08:52 PM
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I like a little bit of rake... not too much. My truck is perfect right now with a fully loaded toolbox and about 1000 lbs sand in the back.

Here's a good nose up pic of my truck...

I thought I was taking off in the space shuttle....

 

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Old Jan 30, 2011 | 12:47 AM
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Manual, is that in a 4.2L or do you have a V8?
 
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Old Jan 30, 2011 | 12:50 AM
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Originally Posted by 06bluemeaniexl
Manual, is that in a 4.2L or do you have a V8?
4.2. No manuals with V8. Sorry, I know you asked him.
 
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Old Jan 30, 2011 | 12:51 AM
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Originally Posted by 2008_XL
4.2. No manuals with V8. Sorry, I know you asked him.
really? that is something i didn't know.

really putting that V6 to work in that pic.
 
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Old Jan 30, 2011 | 03:09 AM
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Ha .... I never noticed the 04-05s having such rakes until looking here. I looked, y'all are right, my '07 has 3 leaves ... but that lowest one is really thick.

Interesting
 
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Old Jan 30, 2011 | 07:11 PM
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Originally Posted by 06bluemeaniexl
really? that is something i didn't know.

really putting that V6 to work in that pic.
It worked just fine.

I use my truck like a truck. I've overloaded it more times than I can shake a stick at.

Today, after carefully excavating my trailer out of a snowbank using my front loader, I hauled a brand new Z1000 motorcycle for a buddy and some other junk. The truck loves to be worked.

Here's some really cool facts about my truck:

Most expensive load: ~$215,000. 30 Mac Pro 8 core systems, fully loaded with Microsoft Office, full Adobe Suite, CAD software, etc.
Heaviest load: ~2750 lbs, as shown in photo. Concrete that I used a jackhammer to pull up out of a entry way.
Most delicate load: Friend's 3 tier wedding cake.
Most copper wire that can fit in a 8' box heaping: $1170 in copper wire.
Most 2x2x1 raised server room floor tiles: 82 tiles. Each weighing in at 18 lbs a piece, probably around ~1500 lbs.
Most yards of mulch, not heaping, but compacted: 2 1/2 yards, wish I knew the weight.
 

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