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Long wheelbase 7020

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    Posted: 13 Sep 2023 at 10:50pm
Looks like a long wheelbase 7020 on tractorhouse. Interesting looking. Check it out 
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Unit3 Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 14 Sep 2023 at 6:30am
That took some fabricating. I wonder how that would ride? I’ve seen guys reverse the front axle, but I’ve never seen them do a modification like this.
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote DrAllis Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 14 Sep 2023 at 7:42am
Some short-line company made those (maybe not that one) many years ago that you swapped out the center tube for a repositioned one and then used your old knees. Seems like the square tube was just ahead of the rear pivot point instead of behind it.
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote scott Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 14 Sep 2023 at 9:03am
the one with 8988 hrs?
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Mikez Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 14 Sep 2023 at 9:16am
Yup cedar falls Iowa 
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how far forward was the axle moved... i had a hard time seeing much difference ?


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Like I say, the square tube is ahead of the rear pivot, so I think it was about a 10 inch extension of wheelbase.
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Ray54 Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 14 Sep 2023 at 10:12am
Any ideas on why this was done? As the Doc has said a company did more than just one or two.   As ride quality was already mentioned, from experience a little bit makes a lot of difference.

There was a good sized construction company here in California build 1000's of miles of highway.  They became the go to for concrete paving for a time. But after a few years all the expansion joints became high spots. Some vehicles rode much, much better than other many times just to due with the wheel base. Many a independent trucker specked trucks the with the wheel base that gave less bucking rolling over the expansion joints. I was told just 2 inches more or less made a huge difference. The state spend a fortition  planning the concrete for years. Finally in the last 20 years all has been replaced with asphalt concrete.
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We had a 8070 in the early 90s that we turned the front axle around on and made it look like that. Dont remember why we did it but I think it was to get clearance for saddke tanks. Wasnt ideal but it worked
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Doesn’t look horrible. What was the logic I wonder.
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Mikez Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 14 Sep 2023 at 9:19pm
Wasn’t there posts on here awhile ago on doing this to 8xxx to make them ride better
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote MikeKroupa Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 14 Sep 2023 at 10:09pm
If I'm thinking right DAKON mfg. made those kits to increase wheelbase. John Day Co. in Omaha was one of their distributors. I have the literature piece , just have to find it.,  Mike
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote AC720Man Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 14 Sep 2023 at 10:26pm
Oddly, my buddies Ford 8600’s are like that. He flips every one of his around for shorter wheelbase and a tighter turning radius.
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Those Fords came either way from the factory.
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