What have you done to your 5 ton this week?

[Another Ahab]

I'm loving the front-end of your rig there.

Did you knock that all together yourself?

 

[Swamp Donkey]

I'm loving the front-end of your rig there.

Did you knock that all together yourself?

Yes, and there has been a lot of "knocking" going on up there as you can tell, lol.

 

[gottaluvit]

Drove mine to get a load of firewood (ends of boards) at a local sawmill. Really liked when they had a lot of orders for coal mine cribbage, as that left a lot of 12x6" ends about 12" to 16" in length. Yesterday all they had was 2x12"s and 2x6"s about a foot long. All hardwoods. If it fits, it burns!

Well, as for the truck, she started well in single digits, but the radiator fan was engaged and didn't disengage until I shut it off at the sawmill. I should have shut it off after the truck warmed up a bit. Driving it with the fan constantly running really used the fuel and made me wind the engine a bit more to shift through the gears. The ride home was more relaxing. Now I know the trick to unsticking the stuck fan valve. I also had the CTIS acting up with all lights flashing, which has never happened except occasionally on startup. After I unloaded, I heard an air leak kick on and off. The CTIS wheel valve came off the air tube, but was still bolted on. I just pushed it back together for now. It's supposed to be all the way up to 30° tomorrow so I will fix it right then, maybe putting a little more bend on that bracket.

 

[Another Ahab]

I'm loving the front-end of your rig there.

Did you knock that all together yourself?

Yes, and there has been a lot of "knocking" going on up there as you can tell, lol.

That's pretty special, can you give us a breakdown of what you did? Or did you already do that in a build thread?

 

[Ford Mechanic]

That's pretty special, can you give us a breakdown of what you did? Or did you already do that in a build thread?


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MRAP bumper, he has a thread around here somewhere. He did a real nice job

 

[therooster2001]

more stripping, sanding, and painting primer... and i put on locking door handles..
I'd of done more, but i have to hurl myself out of a helicopter early tomorrow morning.

How are you doing anything in this Colorado cold? The shop is heated via electric heat, but i can't bring myself to keep it 68 degrees. Hope you landed under deployed chutes...

 

[azteclizard]

wind kanked the jump..
my truck is outside in the driveway... i just go out there and get after it.. it has been getting into to 50s during the day, just a light jacket is all ya need when ur working hard.

 

[JohnnyBM931A2]

Haven't done anything to my truck lately All I did was cover the exhaust stack before it started snowing last night/this morning. Too cold, and I haven't been motivated because of my back issue. Doctor told me today that I have to stop working until my surgery on February 4th. That should be great, because I would have plenty of chances to drive the truck However, they put me on stronger pain meds, so I'm not allowed to drive



Sucks.

 

[Coffey1]

Yup John that sucks. Speedy recovery. I guess you will have to get the wife to start her and drive her until you can.

 

[peacemkr]

Got the MRAP lights mounted. Now the fun part...wiring.

 

[JohnnyBM931A2]

Cool. Should throw out plenty of light now

 

[AZK9]

... We'll have to do it again tomorrow for more pictures. I'm sure the boys won't have any complaints.

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I bet the boys have a BLAST going out with you in that AWESOME machine!!

 

[Another Ahab]

Haven't done anything to my truck lately All I did was cover the exhaust stack before it started snowing last night/this morning. Too cold, and I haven't been motivated because of my back issue. Doctor told me today that I have to stop working until my surgery on February 4th.

I know the surgery will go fine and wishing you a speedy recovery.

 

[Another Ahab]

MRAP bumper, he has a thread around here somewhere. He did a real nice job

Shoot. Where's that link when you want it!?

 

[Ford Mechanic]

I'll try to find it during lunch, hard to do it on my phone.

 

[71DeuceAK]

I hope for a speedy recovery! How soon after surgery can you be back in the driver's seat?

 

[therooster2001]

wind kanked the jump..
my truck is outside in the driveway... i just go out there and get after it.. it has been getting into to 50s during the day, just a light jacket is all ya need when ur working hard.

^^ This guy is GETTING IT DONE!

<< this guy is slacking...

 

[Ford Mechanic]

Shoot. Where's that link when you want it!?

Don't know if he had a separate build thread but this has alot of it about 3 pages in.
http://www.steelsoldiers.com/showthread.php?t=141834

 

[Swamp Donkey]

That's pretty special, can you give us a breakdown of what you did? Or did you already do that in a build thread?

Been a busy week and haven't had time to put much together, but here's the jist of it. I didn't do a build thread but there's some scattered posts floating around. Ford Mechanic has done well picking up my slack.

Some threads...

http://www.steelsoldiers.com/showthread.php?145028-RG-33-MRAP-bumper
http://www.steelsoldiers.com/showthread.php?148489-Front-bumper-storage-Looking-for-ideas
http://www.steelsoldiers.com/showthread.php?135158-M939-Frame-Extensions
http://www.steelsoldiers.com/showthread.php?128020-winch-installs

The bumper is from an RG-33 MRAP variant.
The boxes are aluminum MRAP stowage boxes.
I fabbed the winch plate, bumper mounts and box brackets. Added factory frame extensions. Total added weight for everything is close to 1200#. Rides like a Caddy now.

Some of the "after" pictures from the next day. Front axle disengaged to assist in making a mess. T-case in low so I could control speed with throttle since we are on a bit of a slope. The boys named this place the "Dirty Spot", lol.





Brody is my co-pilot and rides in the passenger seat. Brayden is my navigator and rides in the middle. Brayden said he couldn't see the tires so I made a video for him.

https://youtu.be/nbmwC8w2MkI

 

[71DeuceAK]

Looks like fun! I know when I eventually get my own 923 I'll be doing plenty of the above for sure...