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11-10-2009, 06:17 PM
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Lindeman crawler fan
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Location: Michigan
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One last work out for my 59 before snow fly's !!
Stocking in wood so I can have heat in the garage this winter.
This old truck is sure handy to have around. 
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Ray 1945 John Deere Lindeman ( modified ) 1949 Agricat crawler 1948 Bolens Ridemaster 1955 Bolens Ridemaster 1959 Chevy 1-Ton truck |
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11-11-2009, 01:05 AM
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Location: washington
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Re: One last work out for my 59 before snow fly's !!
Is it lowered or just bottomed out?
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11-11-2009, 07:51 AM
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Re: One last work out for my 59 before snow fly's !!
Nice truck, very handy to have around.
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11-11-2009, 09:04 AM
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Location: louisiana
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Re: One last work out for my 59 before snow fly's !!
nice truck I like the paint job too
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11-11-2009, 04:37 PM
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Lindeman crawler fan
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Re: One last work out for my 59 before snow fly's !!
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The chassis is a 1985 Chevy 1-ton dually. I didn't make any modifications to the stock suspension. With this much load on the truck, the back is sitting on the overload springs but it is not bottomed out yet. There is still about 2-1/2 inches of clearance above the tires. Here is a photo of the truck with out a load that was taken just after I built it. When I put the cab and bed on, I did lower them both on the frame. If you look at the front wheel you will see that the top of the tire is just inside the upper fender lip. Normally there is 6 to 8 inches from the tire to the fender lip on a 1-ton truck. Same way with the bed. I did however, end up cutting a radius ark in the side of the bed for extra clearance over the tires. 
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Ray 1945 John Deere Lindeman ( modified ) 1949 Agricat crawler 1948 Bolens Ridemaster 1955 Bolens Ridemaster 1959 Chevy 1-Ton truck |
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11-11-2009, 05:28 PM
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I'll never get to 10,000
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Re: One last work out for my 59 before snow fly's !!
Nice truck!
My dad had '59 Apache 8' stepside, 3/4 ton I think. I learned to drive with that truck.
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11-11-2009, 09:39 PM
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Diesel ALWAYS beats Gas!
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Re: One last work out for my 59 before snow fly's !!
Very nice truck. Very well taken care of, and your right, trucks sure are nice to have around.
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11-12-2009, 09:24 AM
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Re: One last work out for my 59 before snow fly's !!
Righteous ride Ray!
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Re: One last work out for my 59 before snow fly's !!
here is my 59 when I was 16
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