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  1. rustystud

    best way to level 1986 m1009

    Quite often the problem is a shifted axle due to the spring bolt wearing. You can see the frame is out but why is it out ? When a frame shop puts your rig in the jig to check it they support it. So then the axle is out of play. They then can determine that the frame itself is fine and then can...
  2. rustystud

    best way to level 1986 m1009

    Really "Turds" ? Porkysplace mentioned his concrete business which uses Laser levels which is very interesting. Before that cucvrus and myself mentioned that he would be better served going and getting the frame checked out by a shop with the proper equipment to help "pinpoint" any problems...
  3. rustystud

    best way to level 1986 m1009

    1/4" is extremely good ! I have poured slabs before and if you use the bull-float to much you can push to much material where you don't want it ! This laser mounted "screed board" sounds interesting though ! I wonder if you can rent them ?
  4. rustystud

    best way to level 1986 m1009

    Well our last base was built in 1976 and I don't remember any Lasers then. In todays world your probably right, but I still don't see any driveways built with Lasers. That is quite interesting though about using Lasers to level concrete. My father and uncle where contractors and they would have...
  5. rustystud

    best way to level 1986 m1009

    They also used precision built machines that had extremely tight tolerances to check frames. The naked eye cannot see everything and sometimes it can be deceived by angles. "Parallax" comes to mind off hand. Also snapping lines on the concrete is fine if the concrete slab is truly level. I have...
  6. rustystud

    best way to level 1986 m1009

    That's what I just finished this summer. Last year I replaced all the cab mounts and this year all the spring bushings. Your right about any OEM bushing being bad. My truck has 50,000 original miles on it but "every" bushing on it was SHOT Rubber will not last more then 20 years. I don't care...
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