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Holy awesome rig man. You have done some great work and made a sweet truck.
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Haven't posted here in a while. Been wheeling it pretty regularly. I added a light bar to the top and had about 20 rigs come out to play at my place.

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Then was asked to bring it to the river for a music video shoot.

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Also took the girls and some of the band members for a ride up the river bank after it was over.

Then took it to a new place to try out. It was a little slimy but still had fun.

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Hope to get started on building a rear bumper for it before long.

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Looking good :metal:

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Went out by my self yesterday to do some scouting for new spots to play. Decided to go down the creek that I've never tried before, but it has been really dry so I thought I would give it a try. Made it through the first two water holes no problem. Then I tried to skirt around the 3rd one and it sucked me in.

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When it started sliding I turned into it and punched it cause I thought it was going to roll. The back tire was really light. Pulled out my 2 chains and tow strap and then hooked my winch to them. Probably 200 foot to the tree. started pulling and went about 2ft before I stopped to reposition my tire. The whole time the passenger side just kept getting deeper and deeper. Went to start winching again and the winch wouldn't work. Probably a good thing. It might have tipped over if I kept pulling the way I was.

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Luckily my dad was close by and brought a tractor down. Hooked a chain to me and then hooked another chain to the top of my cage back to the chain going to the tractor, to keep me from rolling. Once we started pulling it leaned over and that chain got really tight. Probably saved my ass by hooking that extra chain up. Got it out without much issue.

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Then had to go home and wash it.

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Would have loved to have been there :chevy:

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I love how everytime someone goes to "scout" they end up getting stuck. I lost reverse when I got sucked into a hole a couple weeks ago. Had to wait 3 hours for my buddy to bring his jeep to pull me out... It was like an episode of David and Goliath...


Awesome build looks like a lot of fun.

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Looks like you've got a great place to ride!

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Had to do something about the glare I was getting on my windshield from my light bar. All the white tubing made it even worse. So, I built a little visor and it made a huge difference.

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Once again :metal: A Sweet looking truck

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Finally picked up a second set of doors so I could make some half doors, and they were even the same color.

All tacked together.

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Ground down.

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And done with the drivers door.

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I also modified the hinges so they slide on and off, like jeep doors, for quick changes and not having to readjust the doors to latch every time I switch them back to the full doors.

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I have the other door all welded up now I just need to grind it down and paint it and I'll be done with both of them. It really makes seeing out a lot better now. Didn't realize how small the window were until now!

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What’s with the vice grips on the steering column

Love that alarm system looks to be %100 effective, ….. Runs on High test Alpo Hey' ?

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Lol! She jumps in as soon as I open the door whether I'm going somewhere or not.

Your the second person to ask me about the vice grips. lol. I use them to hold the throttle cable when I need the motor reved up a little for using the air compressor. The throttle cable is just below the ac vent by the door, black knob. It cant keep the throttle in position on it's own because of the spring on the TBI unit.

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Hey man I see your from oklahoma, are you planning on taking this up to the big meats run at disney next weekend

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This might be my favorite truck of all time!

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Oh! Light BAR. I only saw the head lights standing on the hood during the jam session. My bad.

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Yes sir!! We are heading up early Thursday morning. Should be there about mid day. Camping at a new spot just across the road from the entry. This will be my first trip up there.

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keep an eye out for me, im just going down there to ride to the events not compete, should be fun.
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will do!

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Any updates?? This is probably the sweetest rig I've ever seen!

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Been pretty busy with life. We did make it to the Big Meat Run. It was a good time. Didn't have any problems. Only got a few pics. Then We made a few local runs and I've been using it on the farm cleaning up the fields from a flood we had. Then I had to get ready for harvest and help my buddy get his rig ready for Top Truck Challenge 2014 that we went to in California in June. I was his copilot. And We brought the trophy home! Then I had a son on September 30. That had been keeping us from going wheeling much this fall. But I heading out for a day run this Saturday. Hopefully I'll get some more pics.

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Some pics from TTC

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I'm also in the early process of building me a family rig. That way I can carry 2 car seats, wife, and if they want to go, 2 15 year old boys. With front and rear AC and leather heated seats. 4 wheel steer on Axletech 4000 axles from a military MRAP truck. I'll be running the stock 5.3 v8 with a 4l60E, backed by a NP203-205 double transfer case setup.

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This wouldn't happen to be "Feedtruck" that won on last night's Truck Night in America show is it? I was watching and thought to myself "I know that truck". Took me a while to dig out this build thread. If so, congratulations!

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Yes sir it is!

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That is just too cool! Your truck is a beast and you drove it well. Looked like a blast!

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Thanks man! It would have been better if I would have had more than 1st gear in the transmission! It has came a long ways since the start for sure.

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DVRed this series & watching your episode now .. as soon as saw the truck I knew it was from this forum & now confirmation! That had to have been a cool experience - Congrats!!!

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You’re on tv again this morning!
Re-runs of Truck Nights show on Sunday mornings on DEFY channel . Love that GMC!