The Hillbilly Deluxe dually build

[Tx Firefighter]

Originally Posted by 83GMCK2500

Nicely done, always great when stashing something like that comes in handy down the road. You might've stared at it for years thinking "heavy damned thing...I should get rid of it" now you can put it in service. I don't relish moving them around either, always makes my friend grumble when we need to.

What are your thoughts on the disc brake conversions for those?

I know that disc brakes are the hip thing that all the cool guys are doing now. I'm pretty happy with drums though.

There's two common mods that guys do a lot of that I am not on board with.

1) 67-72 guys put gas tanks under their beds. I've never seen a filler setup I could live with every day.

2) rear disc brakes. I haven't seen many set ups that I feel offer the same power as these 13x3.5 drums do AND still keep a decent parking brake. Being a standard transmission here, a good park brake is high priority to me. I know there are calipers with park brake provisions out there, but for me, these drums are cheaper, reliable, and I am using GM engineering which I know is sound.

Basically, I'm not motivated to expend the time and energy trying to figure out the best rear disc option for this truck. I'd rather just turn my brain off and do a basic drum brake job and go on to something else.