Adjusting Your Full Size Pick Up Truck
May 24th, 2011
Adjusting Your Full Size Pick Up Truck
Do you have a full size pick up truck and want to make it safer and worth a little more? With full size pick up trucks this is a very easy thing to do because of the endless options although were only going to talk about a few of them.
If you live in a snow amp; ice climate are you one of the many people that throws sand bags in the bed of your truck for extra weight and traction? This is a effective way of doing extra weight no doubt about it. However some have argued it looks unsightly in the bed of the truck and they may take away from the hauling capacity of the bed. This is true you really cant haul a arm chair or garbage cans if the floor of the bed has sand bags all over it.
Consider this option. Install a metal truck box in the bed of your truck under the rear window. These are boxes that rest on the sides of the truck bed and go across the width of the bed under the rear window. They come in different colors such as aluminum white or black. Most of them are lockable. These boxes even though you dont haul tools have another great purpose. Load them up with sand bags. Once you slam the lid of the box look at the truck with the tailgate down. You would never know the truck is loaded down with sand bags just by looking at it. You also have plenty of open floor space on the bed of your truck for hauling other things. Plus you still have the sand bags but with a far better cosmetic appearance to the truck. This is not only a good idea for the family use pick up truck but pick up trucks that plow snow can also benefit from this cosmetic way of carrying sand bags.
Does your truck have a factory style one piece rear window? Make a beneficial change here too. Replace it with a tinted window that can open for fresh air. A tinted or screen printed rear window can help keep the hot sun off the heads and shoulders of people riding inside. This makes the truck more comfortable and reduces the chance of sunlight fading out the top of the seats. Installing a tinted window that opens gives a unbelievable cross draft for fresh air.
Brush guards and grill guards are more than a decoration. They help protect your vehicle from a more costly collision repair than if it didnt have one at all. Lets say two trucks of the same type get in identical accidents. One truck has a guard the other doesnt. They both had the front ends hit.
The truck with the guard has a damaged brush guard some minor damage to lights hood and grill. The truck without the brush guard has all the same damage as the other truck plus radiator shroud fan transmission lines and maybe the battery. In most cases this truck wont be driven away and may need a tow truck. When buying one of these guards make sure you buy a good one.
Now that the front of the truck is protected with a functional accessory the same can be done with the back of the truck simply by installing a full size class three receiver hitch if one isnt already present. These are some of the toughest trailer hitches made and are very heavy. The hitch will serve its towing purpose as well as provide protection. The protection comes in the way these hitches really beef up the rear frame area of the truck because they can take one heck of a impact in a rear end collision. Its for this reason the rear frame tines of your truck are less likely to suffer unfixable damage in a rear end collision.
Toughen up your automatic transmission. Add a transmission cooler. Start using a product I absolutely swear by. Start running Lucas transmission additive in your transmission fluid. Normally Im not a big fan of fluid additives. This product is a exception to this not only do I use it but I encourage others to use it and feel the difference in how tight your vehicle feels when you drive it. This product also extends the life and health of your transmission fluid and drastically reduces transmission aging. A awesome product for fleet vehicles work trucks and plow trucks. You can also use it in cars. Ive been running Lucas in my last eight vehicles as preventative maintenance. Absolutely good stuff.
Reporter Joseph Toth
Washington Micro Bank BBS
About the writer:nbsp;nbsp;I was raised in Wisconsin as a hard working individual. As a teenager I worked on a farm until I became a adult. I have never worked less than two jobs at a time until I turned 44.
I dont and never have smoke drink drug or gamble. In 2005 I successfully gave up caffeine entirely and havent had any since.
My hobbies are automobiles electronics driving and photography.
I have many friends and I am well known in the trivillage area I live in.
My adult careers that stayed with me long term are commercial driver and loss prevention agent.
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