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Old 01-13-2010, 05:59 PM   #1
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Dually Burbans

Anyone got any info on these things
i saw one first time a couple of years ago on ebay never seen anything like it
they seem to popup once in wile
but where they convertion trucks like ext sqaure bodies or did they come that way from the factory?
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Old 01-13-2010, 06:20 PM   #2
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Re: Dually Burbans

They may have been made by conversion companies or by the owners. I have seen dually subs and blazers. Like the extended cabs they were not factory options.
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Old 01-13-2010, 07:01 PM   #3
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Re: Dually Burbans

I remember seeing a few of them a while back when they were still popular...as in before that $4.50 a gallon gas hit us all here in the US. I also remember they were built in Texas somewhere I think.



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Old 01-13-2010, 07:46 PM   #4
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Old 01-13-2010, 07:51 PM   #5
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Re: Dually Burbans

Thank you for that Awesome makes me want to find an old burban
link to convertion kits from the article http://www.arrowcraft.com/
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Old 01-14-2010, 08:50 PM   #10
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Thank you for that Awesome makes me want to find an old burban
link to convertion kits from the article http://www.arrowcraft.com/
they have some nice stuff
i think there is one for sale here on the board. djracer said he was going to put it on. (may be the one in my back yard) thanks joe
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Old 01-14-2010, 09:39 PM   #11
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Re: Dually Burbans

the bad guys have a square body one in the movie Twister
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Old 01-14-2010, 10:11 PM   #12
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Re: Dually Burbans

Heres a few. I hope to convert my newly acquired 80 suburban (free) into one for the wife.
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Old 01-15-2010, 12:43 AM   #13
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Re: Dually Burbans



twister dually burb.
It was for sale at the Norman swap meet. I think they wanted like $6000-$8000
it looked rough too....
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Old 01-15-2010, 01:05 AM   #14
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Re: Dually Burbans

I like that Twister one. Looks cool, in a menacing way.
A dropped Blazer with a dually conversion would be killer.
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Old 01-15-2010, 02:49 AM   #15
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Re: Dually Burbans

I know of one for sale in NH if anyones interested. 2wd 454 white, I'm guessing it's about an 84. Was told it's from Arizona or someplace that doesn't have rustbuckets like we do here.
There was also a black one on NH Craigslist for a long time, 454 truck for $1700. Not sure what he wants for the white one.

They are a really cool looking truck, but I couldn't figure out what to do with it. 2wd is of no use to me, and you can't load enough weight in the back of a suburban to need duals. Maybe make it tow a little better, but you can't really tow enough behind a suburban to really need dual wheels. I'm kind of a form-before-function kind of guy.
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