04.5 QC 3500 Dually 2.5/2.6 puller/ Daily Driver

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kino_fab

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I hate to do this, but I gotta give in sometime. Might as well do it now and get it over with. I got laid off from work yesterday and I know there is no way I can keep this truck and be able to make ends meet because there is no other jobs in my area that would pay enough to do so.

Here is the run down.

04.5 Quadcab 3500 Dually 4x4 SLT
Black
325hp H.O. CTD
6spd
3.73 gears
Black Cloth Interior w/ tan A-pillars and headliner

Performance Mods:
Industial Injection Silver 62/14 Turbo
ATS Exh. Manifold
Hamilton 110lb Valve Springs
ARP Head Studs
Raptor 150 Fuel System
Smarty TNT R (4000 RPM)
BD Blue Intercooler Boots
Quadzilla Boost Fooler
AEM Brute Force Intake System
South Bend 3850 Dual Disk Clutch

Pulling Mods:
Traction Bars
Removable and Adjustable Rear Suspension stops
Rear Preload 3rd Arms
Custom Reece style hitch Legal at all sled pulls I have been to including Scheids and TS.
Lunic Ring pulling reciever with Sled Stops made to it.
Hand made Diamond Aluminim Roll Pan
Hitch is approximatly 46 3/8" from center of rear axle to hook point.
Front wieght bracket mounted to factory tow hooks and braced to frame under bumper. Made for 75lb IH and older JD suitcase weights. Approximatly 60" from center of front axle using said weights. Weights not included
Will get pictures of truck fully dressed for the track later.

Exterior Mods:
Black Headlights
Black LED Cab Lights
Smoked LED Tail Lights and 3rd Brake Light
Chrome Immatation Billet Grill (All one piece plastic)
Raceline Renegade 17x9 wheels up front, factory 17x6 dually wheels out back.
285/70-17 Mickey Thompson ATZ's on all 4 corners.
1.5" Billet Aluminim wheel spacers between the rear wheels.
Chrome window visors
6"x36" single miter cut stack in passenger corner of bed using 5" 90* mandrel piping wrapped with Thermacool Header Wrap

Also has Autometer Phantom 100psi Electric Fuel Pressure, 100psi Boost and 2000* Pyro Gauges all in a tan 3 gauge A-pillar.

Misc.
Tranny Has around 15Kmiles
Tranfer Case has 3-4K miles
Turbo has around 22k miles
Tires have 20k miles with 1/2 tread left
Truck its self has 143k miles

I have made about 40 hooks to a sled this year. It is the first and only year that it has ever been pulling. The clutch will probably need to be rebuild before the next season starts. Truck still has the factory stock headgasket, injectors, and CP3. I have won about 20 times with it and won the points races in both 2.5 Street and 3.0 Superstreet with the KOTTPA.

I love this truck to death and I really really do not want to sell it, but I basically have no choice.

Price is set at $20K. All factory exterior parts and front wheels comes with the truck.

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The last 2 pics were at a pull in Liberty KY earlier this season. The air filter was clogged up so that is why it has alot of smoke. Only made 20lbs of boost because of the air filter clogged.

Will get a few video's up later.
 
sorry to hear that its a great looking truck though, dont normally see aftermarket wheels on a dually
 
May also consider trades on a QC LB 12V 4x4 5spd or a 01-02 QC LB 4x4 6spd.
 
Kino fab I'm sorry to hear that. I know how you feel it happened to me 2 months ago. Good luck with the sale. I seen the truck at beans too and its a good lookin truck.
 
Bump for an awesome truck. Bragg, goodluck on your sale and I hope you can find a new job so you can keep your truck.

Mike
 
Ive pulled with Bragg all year and this is a great runnin truck! Wont find one that looks any better either.
 
Hate to hear this Bragg :( Gotta do what you gotta do though. I'll vouch for the truck. It pulls great on all types of sleds and was always a good consistant runner this year. He has pretty minor mods done to it as well. Justin has it set up perfect for pulling. Performance wise the truck is set up very mildly, and it still always did great. Just imagine what a 2.6 charger, a set of injectors, and a modded CP3 would do to it. It would be hard to handle for sure. Good luck with the sale!
 
Dang Justin, I hate to hear that. I hope you can find another job quick so that maybe you could keep it, but the way the economy is sure isnt helping anyone.

Ill also vouch for the truck. Aside from being the best looking 3rd gen dually i think i have seen, it runs great, and is very consistant. This truck isnt ragged out like a lot of them you will see. It was set up right for pulling, and has been a strong runner all year. Ill sure miss seeing him hook with it next year.
 
Thanks for the complements guys. I have to admit, for no more than what I have done under the hood, I am very very proud at what I have accomplished with it. Just making the final show at Scheids was pretty surprising to me.

Mark, sorry for letting you down. Maybe with luck I can keep it and keep pulling. Although it may not be this year, but next year I plan on being back on the track full force wether its still this truck or another.

Roachie, I don't really care what all would be done to another truck for trade. The main thing I want to do is trade it for an older truck and get enough boot to get my payment lower so I can actually make the payments. My plan is to either sell the truck out right then buy one that I said I would trade to, or just trade with boot and build that truck up through 09. Once it is complete, and I have another good paying job, I will buy another like "ole bessy" or similar just for a Daily Driver. As long as the truck I trade for can be a decent daily driver for a while, I will be happy.

Also, I have the stock reece hitch, and rear bumper to go with the truck. I also have a B&W turn over goose neck hitch aswell. The brackets are welded to the frame of the truck. Some fabricating maybe required to reinstall the B&W hitch, nothing major though.
 
I work(ed) with Bragg and with luck and luck only I haven't gotten laid off yet like a ton of others have although my day is coming as well. I hate to see this happen to good people who puts every dime and ounce of effort into something and get chit on by the economy, sledpullin in our area will never be the same without the black truck around. Try to hang on as long as you can do what it takes hell see if ya can pull in a little mechanic work at Gary's or whatever maybe something will give ya just never know. However if not you know we will help in any way and next year you'll be hittin the track again. If ya need anything call me i don't care to help. BUMP for a friend and a bad a$$ truck!!
 
Are those rims 8 inch wide? They look awesome on the dually. Never mind a read your whole post.
 
Wow that's a nice truck...hate to see it go. If I had the money I'd buy it in a heartbeat!!

Bump for a sweet truck!!!
 
Sorry for your lose. Let me know if you decide to part the beast out. Might take the Turbo,exhaust manifold, and injectors. Probably get more money parting it out.
 
fordassassin said:
Sorry for your lose. Let me know if you decide to part the beast out. Might take the Turbo,exhaust manifold, and injectors. Probably get more money parting it out.
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Sorry made that phone call today.LOL Only actual engine parts I'd want is the Raptor so you can be next in line for everything else. I'm more interested in asthetic parts.

Almost felt like I was insulting my friend too.:doh:
 
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