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Originally Posted by 350TacoZilla
I'm not sure if I'm surprised the weight isn't more or isn't less lol. 5500lb sounds heavy vs what these trucks in 2wd form normally weigh but almost seems like it should weigh more with the bigger 3\4t 4x4 running gear, sm465,OD and transfercase. Either way I'm happy your getting close to just being able to jump in it and go here soon.
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I was hoping it would come in around 5k. But now 5500 seems about right since everything I put back into this truck is bigger and heavier than stock. And now the truck is at the point where I'm confident I can hop in and use it for everyday transportation. It isn't finished, but certainly functional and useable.
This last week I got a few more things crossed off the whiteboard. Dressed up some wiring behind the dash, dove into the winch and made a more permanent attachment for the mud flaps.
I bought the winch inoperable years ago but these 8274's don't generally catastrophically fail. It is usually corrosion on wiring connections or one or more of the relay's go bad. So I installed a new updated relay and wiring kit and now it is a working unit. Now I just need to decide whether to use wire rope or synthetic for the winch line.
I had the mud flaps temporarily hung with eye hooks and threaded links. The flaps would fly up in the wind and the links were noisy going down the road. Now they are bolted to some welded in angle. They shouldn't fly around or make any racket while driving.