Haha I stopped by every now and then. Place still seems pretty dead.....
no moose or caribou this year, but had a blast even still. Cant wait to get it out on other trips and adventures [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] [IMG]...
and shortly after that the time had come for the first hunting trip. Ill let the pics speak for themselves. [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] [IMG]...
one thing for sure after the test run. we needed an easier way to get in, as well as the trans temps getting higher than we would prefer. So we...
so now time for a test run before hunting, time frame is getting tight. [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] also fabbed up a game pole that...
fabbed a quick mount for the trans controller, then also started adding some switch panels we laser cut and wiring things up. All accessories are...
roof rack fab continued. setup to mount our gmrs antenna, hi lift and misc led lights [IMG] [IMG] added tie down gussets at every joint [IMG]...
Trans installed, and working great now after the debacle. Time for a little driveway fun and then onto the roof rack fab! [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] [IMG]...
so now was the trickiest part of the project to date. The original trans was on its way out. so we planned to rebuild one to throw in there, no...
so I guess I dont have pics, but the rear is lifted using small blocks and a shackle flip. we also decided we needed more storage for hunting and...
now moving onto the rear bumper and recentering the rims [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] new h1 centers will fit into the existing wheel hoops [IMG] so we made...
a quick spin around the neighborhood. [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] [IMG]
tube work continues [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] the trickiest bends were these small bars for the fairlead mounting [IMG] [IMG] [IMG]
wanted a little break from the suspension work so moved onto the front bumper fab. started by plasma cutting some frame horn adapters and then the...
front lift on, now to wrap up steering components [IMG] [IMG] used a hydroboost pump and added AN fittings [IMG] first load of tubing in! [IMG]...
so the next thing we needed to address before continuing [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] steering box tap locations [IMG] tossed the hydro ram up there to see...
continuing [IMG] [IMG] cutting the plates on the cnc plasma I built. still some tweaking to do but fun to be able to use it [IMG] [IMG] links...
so since the lift was meant for an 05+ truck we had to do some figuring out on the upper link brackets since we didnt have the factory radius arm...
So the truck came with quite a few parts, including a Rize 8" lift 4 link long travel kit. However it came off a wrecked truck so we had to...
so first step was to get it inside and start thawing it out and assessing where its at. [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] got a spare set of smaller tires...
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