The only reason I bought my Howard Knapp truck because it was cheaper than any other AD style truck but it was 1 ton...so it sorta looked like a 1/2 ton....the very first thing I had to do was literally cut two of the four stock 8 lug drums off with a cut off wheel due to broken brake springs...that started the swap that I did not want to do...I pulled the 8 lug rear end out and put a 6 lug K5 Blazer rear end in and then I went up front and yanked the whole front end out...springs....hangers...axle...spindles everything and mounted a 1/2 ton 6 lug front end under it...I did a disc brake upgrade for less than $1000.00. The rear end swap I think was less than $250.00 with used 1999 Chevy rear truck springs and new (Speedway Motors) spring perches....in end now I have now is like a heavy 3/4 ton truck...and I can get over the counter NAPA type parts for the truck...
I have not run this rig yet so I am really praying that all this work will work in the end...
My 2 cents...
MikeC
