First Drive In The City On 53 INCH Tires. I Take My Wife To Work. 

Thank you Luis, and absolutely get out there and have fun with your truck man. My first truck I started with only a 3" body lift so I could clear some 35s. Its all about staying with it the budget at the time moving forward. The hard part is not over extending yourself having a build take way to long or money and then not being able to get out and enjoy it. Keep me posted on how your truck is coming.

@@PaperBeatsRock I will keep you posted forsure and yeah your right staying in the budget and being able to enjoy but not over due it to where it’s not able to be a daily so your right thanks for the advice

dude for real. Pretty much any time i want to see a good show I just go down to the Walmart parking lot and wait hahaha

Hell yes man. I love going out, having a good time and seeing smiles on peoples faces.

Welcome Felix. So glad your enjoying the videos man. Have a great day.

bahaha dude stuff like this brings me so much joy.

Absolutely. This is 100% why we do it.

haha yeah would make for a great video.

Thank you so much for the motivation and watching the videos.

Dude 4 wheel steering would be amazing.

@@PaperBeatsRock you can do it! I have faith you can make it happen.

🤘 Right on bud. Thank you so much.

We are trying Greg. I love your motivation.

He'll yes bud. Thank you so much for the support. This motivates the he'll out of me.

@@PaperBeatsRock I have F250 Diesel over 3,000 miles 7.3 I would love mine to look something like that but I do not have money or the exstra time , but at least I can see this build , nothing but love for this build

Welcome aboard! I'm bastard child of the Navy. I'm a doc and spent my 11 years with the Marines. Spent my time pounding sand in Iraq and Afghanistan like so many others. You still doing BBQ? I love some good brisket.

@@PaperBeatsRock Oh man, it just gets worse. Another pecker-checker playing with cars? Fellow doc here, spent my time running around Cherry Point and Camp Lejeune. I got out when their idea of "sea duty" was 2 1/2 years at Gitmo with the 24th MEU. I still do barbecue but I don't have the wagon any more. But if you want to come over to Illinois and help me figure out some things with my truck I'll cook up a storm for you and share some really big lies about all the stuff I did in the Navy!

@@southstreetbarbecue7875 Oh shit. Lejeune was our home for 9 years. My very first deployment was in 2004 with the 24th MEU. Worst MEU ever. Never saw any ports or ships. Went to Cherry Point, Got on planes, Flew to kuwait, Convoyed to Iraq, spend 6 months there, convoyed back down and flew home lol.

Right on dude. I love seeing support and comments from people in the Rogue Valley.

bahaha I need to see if I can fit it into a compact parking spot😆. You know I got plans for react videos of some family members driving it

It does pretty good but if I do have to do very tight turns you find the limitation very fast. With a few mods we will get a couple more degrees of turning.

Right on Goat. Yeah they are some badass trucks. We got a way more to go on her with upgrades but its all coming.

Thank you Nicholas. We been talking and looking at some different fenders that the pre-runner / baja / off road guys are doing. We will for sure be moving forward on them once we are 100% sure that we don't need to do any more trimming and we know where the lines will be at.

They are really enjoying it and the people around me that come up and look and talk about it. It really brings smiles to everyone's face.

@@PaperBeatsRock it's funny how the little things make us happy

Ill look into the raptor running boards. I know we need to get something in place for her.

Right on man.

Its crazy how much thing changed when running tires this big. Pot holes are no longer really a thing to worry about😄. It just glides over them like they are not even there. I didn't show it that much be we had folded over some of the pinch welds, lol and I totally learned that trick from the XJ community. Problem is that its just not enough and we are going to need to notch into the cab.

@@PaperBeatsRock Too bad I don't want to cut my body that much and still need to be able to tow a 5th wheel. Looks like notching is necessary then

Hell yes man. I hear there is a coffee and cars down at Star auto body once a month. I would like to hit that up and meet yeah all.

@@PaperBeatsRock ill be there.

Great suggestion! Ill take a look at this during the new axle swap.

@@PaperBeatsRock right on brother man. Watching the mrap video now as a matter of fact. Keep up the good work 🤙🏼

Have several V10 vehicles, bone stock is 5-10mpg depending on rv, towing, lift, tires. Never been below 5.1 Anyone running 53's and worried about mileage needs to seriously rethink their life.

haha dude you know I'm all about helping her get in the truck😄

haha yup we are all about the SPM Larry.

Right on Chris. Thank you very much. I enjoy doing stuff like this as well and I got a few good ideas on testing out the limits of using the truck in normal everyday activities.

Dude it is so damn fun, and when people see it they just stop what they are doing and look at it. It really brings a smile to my face.

Dude I have owned several international 4600s and 4900s and I have thought about doing this swap myself. They are a super badass engine.

That's a pretty good idea bud. One of the reasons I have not cut down the stock steps yet is because of their thickness and it making it harder to get into with just them. I'm going to do some more research on this idea.

@@PaperBeatsRock i think some self made steps with the autos mounted to the bottom of those would be the best lol the stock ford ones are pretty slippery sometimes

I'm all about it. Having a good time and putting smiles on our faces.

Right on man. That's badass. If you ever see me out and about say hi.

@@PaperBeatsRock hell yeah brother! il have to let you check out my truck as well lol

🤘 Hell yes bud. I need to mount cameras around it and get peoples reaction to it in parking spots.

Hell yeah just to see the looks on everyone face when you come rolling through town

dude that would bad ass to see in NYC. but yeah it wouldn't fit at all lol.

During our snow emergencies they can't even get Humvees down the block in Manhattan but Long Island you would do okay anytime you guys want to come you got a tour-guide immediately

I'm actually having my solid-axle swap done at a shop that builds monster trucks here in Long Island called TNT

It deffently would help take care of the problem but our goal is to keep the truck as low as possible.

@@PaperBeatsRock yeah… gotta make sure your wife can still get in it lol

Hell yes.

So Goat517 I could add a body lift and not have to do the time but doesn't fit in the with build that I'm trying to do. Personally I want the truck as low as it can be to fit the 53s and I'm 100% ok with doing all this trim to make it work. Honestly I want to put these tires on a truck with stock lift. That will require a huge amount of cutting into the cab for it to fit. So we are currently watching for a cost effective candidate truck to cut up to make that happen.

They are DOT approved tires, but flares and mud flaps are something we need to get done on it so I don't have to be so worried driving it around.

We in the Medford area. I need to make it over to the coast and try this thing out in the dunes.

Nice I know that are k Falls my brother is fire marshal for k Falls fire department , lol does your truck do good in beach sand

Oh it has for sure put a dent in the wallet, but that's ok because it makes me happy. I have almost 400k miles on my 6.0 We bullet proofed it back when it had 200k on it and its been rock solid ever since.

Glad you enjoyed the video my man. I always love seeing your comments.

@@PaperBeatsRock your welcome

That bolt on core support that is right under the radiator we cut down and welded. We also did cut out a lot of the bumper. We have not cut into the frame yet though. I am running wheels with 4 inches of back spacing on top of 3" wheel spacers trying to get the tires far away from the frame so we get more turning radius.

@@PaperBeatsRock I was wondering what was giving space. I have 3in spacers and didn't seem like enough.

That would be pretty rad.

We have not yet but it is something we are watching because its very very close and it looks like it do rub it a little. If we do end up moving it, I will make sure to point it out in a video.

yeah it think that is a option we are going to look at trying for now.

I know they make smaller XZL tires but not sure if they are down to a 35.

Its in Medford. I have not made it up to you guys in Bend just yet.

@@PaperBeatsRock oh it look exact like that lol

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bahaha this is true. Thank for the support my man. We will keep turning out the videos.

Your 100% correct and I think that even throwing money at gears for the stock axles will be the equivalent to burning it. As soon as we did gears more stuff on the D60 front and 10.5 rear are going to start failing. So we are watching for some 5 ton, MRAP, or LMTV axles to come up at a decent price. Then its just going to be dumping money into doing the brake conversion.

Still running the sock gears 3.73 with no lockers. We are currently debating on to do gears in these axles or just bump up to some military axles. Lift is a 8 inch Rough Country. I want to keep the truck as low as possible for the look that I want.

Its something I'm taking care of this week.

There is not lift laws. We do have headlight law. Headlights cant be higher than 54". Also we do have a mud flap and fender law as well. The lugs on this thing are so huge that we don't pick up rocks and throw them at windshields but regardless we are putting these things in place to make her 100% street legal.

@@PaperBeatsRock thats good to know. im gonna be moving down to oregon close to port orford in the next year or two from alaska. our lift laws are ridiculous up here. cant wait to get some of my trucks built up and hopefully join up with some folks for some wheeling

This truck has a 6.0 in it with almost 400k on the engine. I have owned several 7.3s and 6.0s trucks. Now first off yes the 6.0 is going to cost you more up front because your going to need to bullet proof it, but there is the 7.3 hype tax that you will have to pay when buying the truck initially. After bullet proofing the maintenance on the 6.0 is equal to the 7.3. But you have way more power. Honestly they are both good engines.

That would fix a lot of things and make life easier on us, but my goal with the truck is to try to keep it as low as possible. I really like he minimal lift look. I really want to find a wrecked one and fit the tires on it with no lift.

Stock 3.73s

Haha nope. Just happen to be in the same parking lot as Black Rock Coffee. I don't really want to dive into politics with this channel, but I will say my views don't aline with their current practices.

@@PaperBeatsRock 👍👍

damn man. That looks good AF. I like it.

@@PaperBeatsRock Thank you sir. I’m enjoying watching your build. It’s amazing. Thanks for your videos and service. Retired EMT/FireFighter

@@hardway1746 Right on man. Thank you for what you do. I was a EMT-I/FireFighter before joining the service. I truly loved being a first responder and doing initial care.

@@PaperBeatsRock yes sir. I look forward to following your build. Thank you.

Good catch.

Get outta there before they mandate a mask on your big head

It just happen to be in the same parking lot as Black Rock Coffee.

It does give a feeling that they are turning their back on the blue collar works. Well at least the ones I grew up with and know.

As long as the tires are DOT approved and have something to keep them from flinging rocks and stuff and the truck is no wider than 8' outside tire to outside tire and no taller than 13.5'. I ts all good to go. 😊

@@LscottD headlight and bumper heights might also factor in too. I'm sure they could find something if they wanted to. I think it was likely already registered before the modifications too

We really only have a few laws to stay inside. 1 the tires have to be DOT approved and these are. 2nd the headlights in our state can't be over 54 inch's tall. We are working on that. 3rd and 4th. Fenders need to cover to the outside of the tire tread, and the vehicle needs to have mud flaps.

Saw a Ford in Prineville, in the early 1990's, 2.5 ton axles, 14.00x20 tires, just blew me away thinking it was legal.

@@jondahl3173 I will say this is one of the few things I'm still loving about Oregon laws.