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Tube doors: Awesome! :metal:
Rock Rings: Awesome! :metal:
Taking time off to work on your rig: Awesome! :metal:
Wheelin' trip in May: Awesome! :metal:
All the cool action pix that WE KNOW you're gonna be posting: Awesome! :metal:

My limited vocabulary: Awesomely lame! ;)

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How many Gallons is that tank?

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18 gallons, same as a stock one. :cool:

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Looks great! :cool:

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hahahah AWESOME! :metal:

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Mine takes 21 gallons from empty.

Btw I want some tube doors. It would be really cool for the summer around here.

Wheeled It
 

Took it out with my youngest tonight. (she's 8)

Just went up a local class 4 road but it's pretty steep and has plenty of mud.
(decent shake down trail)

Everything worked great, the TBI ran sweet.
Tube doors even stayed shut while flexing. :lol:

Can't wait to hit Rausch. :metal:

NOTE: Installed a tube running from the front roll cage hoop to the firewall to try and combat the firewall wobble I was getting.
Worked awesome, flexed it out with no door binding. :cool:

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Kurt,was the bumpers custom made or did a company make them?

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Made right on the truck.

I'm looking into going back to a stock bumper and hiding the winch behind the grill in the near future.

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Looks like it is ready, nice work.... J.

BTW, don't think the bottle will stay on the bumper...

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No prolem holding those tires on the rim.You`re double covered.
Paint:You want Hugger and not Omaha,right?Ryan`s is Omaha orange from the commercial fleet charts.That`ll catch some eyes.
You`re driving me crazy.I can`t get squat done on anything lately.I`m happy for you,Kurt.That thing just gets better all the time.

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Why did you go rock rings vs bead locks?

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Already have Staun internal 'double' bead locks installed. :D

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Do you have any good close up pics of this? I want to have my full cage- I plan on building, tied to the body (windshield) to stiffen it up. But have had a few people say not to and let it flex?

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I generally would agree with that but not in this case.

No torsion rods/boxes, no rockers - inner or outer, equals ZERO support to the firewall.

I had to do something with it, the firewall was flexing like crazy.
We'll soon see how it works out, never know...it might rip right off the floor.

I made two 4x6 plates with 6 relief cuts in each so it offered more weldable area instead of just the perimeter.

Came off the front hoop at a 90 degree angle and now they head uphill due to the cage leaning back, no biggie.

It has made a huge difference, like I said...we'll see if it isn't to stiff now.

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Almost done? Looking good, I need to come up for a ride :metal:

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Done to the point of "it works now" kinda done.
There's always more but it wheels okay for a 6K lb. ride.

Just got back from Rausch Creek and it performed pretty well, just gotta learn to drive it now, can't seem to keep all four on the ground. :rolleyes:

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more pics

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Tease. Great pic, but I'll bet you took more than that.

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Are those firewall supports holding? I was trying to think of a way to git rid of the flex and that is the best idea I have seen yet. I had thought about tying the halo hoop to the windshield frame but I think it would crack the windshield for sure. Awesome ride looks like it works well.

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Yeah, it works really well.
Very little flex overall, even when twisted up, I was able to open the doors.

The supports are low enough on the firewall so the 'big' forces don't bother like they would up high on the windshield frame.

STARTED A WHEELING THREAD HERE W/PICS:
http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=241256

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Cool video! Thanks for posting the pics and video.

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Man, just watching your posts makes me want to go work on my truck! It's great watching your rig morph into what it is today. I know this is old , but how are your rock sliders fabbed up? I want to set my k5 up with that kind of protection. Also you mentioned you were thinking of going back to a stock bumper setup, and putting the winch behind the grille. Any thoughts? I really like your tube door design,with the quick change back to the original doors. Your a genius! Also your extra support on the cage to the firewall is just what I was looking for. You probably already know I'm trying to set up a cage in my k5, and need any info I can get.Alright, enough already! Thank's alot!

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Kind words, thanks.
Your right though, it's been a morph-venture for sure.

Rock sliders are holding up great but are getting moved soon.
Going to try and raise em up another 3/4 inches or so cause they get 'used' all the time. (they hit and I'm looking for more ground clearance)

The winch will get laid on it's back and slid further back between the frame rails then remounted.

The bigger issue is finding a way to mount the stock bumper and still have the strength needed to play the off road game.
(surviving the bumper bashing)
Will most likely have to build a tube frame behind it to provide the outer edge support needed.

Pics of the current rock sliders and cage mount for ya.

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Are the two tubes that are visible in that pic that go from the frame to the rails the only attachment point for the rails?