My Build Begins!

[tallhoedude]

last uns for today:

[watahyahknow]

the topbar will hit that cage you welded on top of it in the front suspension when the want to go beyond level , it might not happen but i wonder why you made it that way (the only thing i can think of is that you wanted a stop at that level to prevent hitting the oilpan with the diff ) and not whent with one piece of square tubing up under an angle without all the bracing

[tallhoedude]

the front suspension has to travel up almost 12" before that top bar hits the cradle.
made the cradle that way for strength and ease of building and repairing.
im building a bump stop over the top of the diff that will also prevent contact.
im runnin superduty diesel coils,dont know if theyll even colapse 12" or not unless im jumpin it.

[nvrsatisfied]

HELL YA!!!!! keep it up looks like your about there....again. quick question, are you going to shim the inside of the brackets where your hyme joints are bolted?? the pics make it look like about .5"-1" of play??..... i would be worried about the force being applied to that much "center area" of the bolt. longer the bolt is the weaker the center is. grade 8 or not. just asking, cause i am in the same boat you are learning as i go and was curious

i got a few of my parts ordered up so maybe i can catch up to ya.........

[tallhoedude]

THANKS
i got all my bar ends used so i could get ends and jamb nuts,super cheap.
i am actually going to buy catagory 3 end links(the ones ive got are cat.1's.)
they are also about an 1" wider,then ill also use some shims to take up the space.

the reason i set em so far apart was to be able to have a nice wide area for the spring to sit,and be able to easily upgrade to bigger joints as needed.

[JeremyPenner]

Hey man nice build! where are you getting your wheels and tires from?? I'm building a chevy and looking for some 66/67 inch floats!! thanks jp

[tallhoedude]

Originally Posted by JeremyPenner

Hey man nice build! where are you getting your wheels and tires from?? I'm building a chevy and looking for some 66/67 inch floats!! thanks jp

Well it took a while to start to find some sources,but ive been finding 4-6 per month.
cant give away my sources but youll be suprised where you find them,dont dismiss anyplace.
start with all the co-ops you can find.

[watahyahknow]

there used in foresting and farming and swamp areas

seen them use different tires too wish where used one huge mowingmachines for golfcourses those looked like mickey thompson tires on steriods

[tallhoedude]

Well,got it done,driven around the yard and field a little bit.gettion it loaded up on a trailer tonite to goto yankee lake truck night over near brookfield ohio.huge mud event,tons of people and everything to stock 2wheel drives to full on monster trucks.
heres a few pics,action pics and videos up next week!!

[tallhoedude]

pics:

[tallhoedude]

more pics:

[tallhoedude]

i would love to drive it like this,i bet it would stand straight up n the rear tires!!

[lks dcvn]

Nice to see you got it done. Looking forward to the action pix and video.

Safe travels to/from Ohio!

[tallhoedude]

just saw you were in toledo.you ever goto the yankee lake events??

[nvrsatisfied]

CONGRATS BRO!!!!! Now go out and enjoy all that hard work!!!! have a good time and get some pics and vids. i seen a few of the you tube vids of yankee lake and it looks like a good event. i think TGW has been there to catch some footage in either vid6 or vid7.(vid8 is coming out looks pretty wicked)...have a great time be safe!!!!! .........oh and i bet $5 it won't stand up with the little tires up front, but if you try and prove me wrong get it on vid.......
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i hope he tries to prove me wrong

[tallhoedude]

LOL!
I have decided that if its still runninand in one piece when we get back home im gonna get out in the road and try n do a big 4 wheel burnout!

then if its still runnin ill put the rear tires on and get the video camera

[lks dcvn]

I have never been to an event at Yankee Lake - that was why I wanted to see some action pix from the event.

[tallhoedude]

first outing was a blast,didnt break anything
only a few minor bugs to work out.sooooo happy.

sorry,no burnout or wheelie vids yet,barely got trailer unloaded last night,toooooo tired.

[tallhoedude]

more pics:

[tallhoedude]

heres a link to tons of the event pics:

http://chuckstrucks.iforumer.com/vie...m=chuckstrucks

[nvrsatisfied]

wow.....looks like organized kaos, or something like that looks like you had a blast, and everthing worked out good. but i think you could of got something other than a ford to pull you out, surely some one from this forum may have been there and that one pic looks like you had barely even any tire on the trailer... close call

what are the small bugs you got going on that need to be worked out.



small side note and not to be too picky, but when you chain that beast down cross the front and cross the rear threw those D rings you got welded on the axles' with those chain boomers.

can't wait to see some vid!!!!

[tallhoedude]

yes its pretty crazy,especially bout midnight in the mud!!

well my brakes suck ,i knew they werent that good before i left,but hey who needs brakes,so gotta work on that.

i drove the truck bout 5 miles on the road after the event,to run down to a local shop to swap wheels,and ive got a little driveline shimmy/vibration,didnt feel it in the mud,but not sure bout it.

gotta adjust trac bar,springs settled and so now its a little dog-legged.

forgot to plug my rear axle vent,so gotta do that and drain and refill the axles.

other than 6 days of mudremoval,thats bout it,not too bad.

[tallhoedude]

yeah,she was a bit wide on the trailer,but we only went 5 miles with the r2's on there,thats why i drove it back to the shop instead of tryn to fit them muddy tires on that skinny trailer,too easy to slip off.

[Burt4x4]

KickAss!!
Sure looks like fun!
Congrats!

[tallhoedude]

thanks bert4x4!
it was a blast,i am very happy with how its turned out!!