[rickoner]

Well, I've jumped into cutting up a crossmember. Took out 2" and hopefully will have it all welded up this week. Thanks for the replies guys. Lots of different approaches out there, that's for sure.
For the people that have done the pancake, has anybody slid it forward when putting it back under the truck to help recenter the wheel? Is there a problem with moving the steering box forward too? Seems like it shouldn't be to big of a deal since you've got to reposition it up anyways.