yrraljguthrie
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- Sulphur, Oklahoma
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I started to put this on another post, but there were so many on leveling I didn't know where to put it!
I'm one of those irritating people who always want to do something different. "I'd do it this...." "What about"..." I think". Yea, irritating. It doesn't stop me though.
I don't mean this as sarcasm or making fun of leveling pickups. I think they generally look nicer leveled.
That said if I were going to level my truck I would get a bunch of 50lb sandbags, fill them up with water put them in the bed. That ought to level the truck! Place them where they wouldn't keep me from hauling most of what I haul. Not hard to take out if needed. Amazon says a 14"x26" bag holds 50 lbs of sand. That's That seems low to me. That size would be a little over a cubic foot. One gallon of water is 8.3 lbs. 8 gallons is 1 cubic foot. One cubic foot of water is 66 lb. So maybe 75 lb. per bag.
Gas consumption would increase, but it would anyway if the front end were raised. It would take a long time to buy enough gas to make up the difference in cost between plastic bags filled with water and a leveling kit. Should ride great also. Better on wet or snow-covered roads.
I'm one of those irritating people who always want to do something different. "I'd do it this...." "What about"..." I think". Yea, irritating. It doesn't stop me though.
I don't mean this as sarcasm or making fun of leveling pickups. I think they generally look nicer leveled.
That said if I were going to level my truck I would get a bunch of 50lb sandbags, fill them up with water put them in the bed. That ought to level the truck! Place them where they wouldn't keep me from hauling most of what I haul. Not hard to take out if needed. Amazon says a 14"x26" bag holds 50 lbs of sand. That's That seems low to me. That size would be a little over a cubic foot. One gallon of water is 8.3 lbs. 8 gallons is 1 cubic foot. One cubic foot of water is 66 lb. So maybe 75 lb. per bag.
Gas consumption would increase, but it would anyway if the front end were raised. It would take a long time to buy enough gas to make up the difference in cost between plastic bags filled with water and a leveling kit. Should ride great also. Better on wet or snow-covered roads.