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Air-N-Arc 150 Used

3/15/2013 Filled the Vanair Air-N-Arc 150 with gas and turned the key on the control panel inside the driver’s side front storage compartment of the Load-N-Go Fleetwest slide-in service body. The engine powering the unit started after just a couple seconds. Then spooled out 30 feet of air hose and helped a buddy get the […]

March 19, 2013

Pickups

SSBC Dually Big Brake Kit

SSBC HD front brake kit well-suited for dually pickups and service bodies

March 13, 2013

Pickups

SSBC Front Calipers

3/12/2013 SSBC front brake calipers installed. Made a front brake upgrade on Big Red today. Added SSBC heavy-duty tri-piston calipers to the front brakes. Stayed with stock rotors for now. Warren Spears at Spears Auto Repair just down the street from my Long Beach, MS, office, did the work. This is part of a planned […]

March 12, 2013

Pickups

Big Red Hypertech Tune

It’s all about fine-tuning the “0”s and “1”s; Hypertech’s Max Energy programmer adds needed muscle to our dually’s 6.6L Duramax.

February 1, 2013

Pickups

Editor's Note

Is removing smog control items for more power and better fuel economy worth the risk?

February 1, 2013

Pickups

125K DIESEL SERVICE TIPS

Mobil Delvac helps keep Big Red’s maintenance costs down while extending drivetrain life; helpful service tips for all GM 3500HD 4×4 duallys used in severe-duty environments.

December 14, 2012

Pickups

Dually Dual Winch Installation

Mile Marker winches front and rear add 12 tons of mechanical muscle to heavy duty pickups

December 10, 2012

Pickups

Adding Duramax Power

Hypertech Trip Dec. 4, 2012 Odometer: 136,323 Just filled the fuel tank for the 240-mile run to Bartlett, TN, the home of Hypertech.  Eager to get their tune put into the Duramax. The truck runs ok, but now that it’s pushing close to 9,000 pounds loaded, there’s just not enough ponies under the hood to […]

December 6, 2012

Pickups

GM Dually Fuel Tank Upgrade

56-gallon Transfer Flow fuel tank replacement and F.A.S.S. filter system a perfect long-distance setup

December 1, 2012

Pickups

Las Vegas Bound

Las Vegas Bound  Oct. 26, 2012 Almost forgot to make notes in this logbook and here I am just outside Kingman, Arizona. Las Vegas is just a few hours down the road. Hey, you have to forgive me-I’m not a writer. I just get to drive the pretty trucks to the shows like SEMA. I […]

October 27, 2012

Pickups

Big Red Part IV: Dually Lift Install

A six-inch suspension lift kit and rear air bags pave the way for 35s and big-rig-style, 10-lug wheels on our GMC Dually project truck

October 10, 2012

Pickups

Big Red in Dallas

Big Red rolls into Dallas for the ProPickup Truck Expo

August 20, 2012