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I hope to be leaving around 4pm-4:30 to get to camp around 5pm. HOPE is the key word here!LOL
If anybody needs anything--- my cell 760 964 5123
We'll have the 5th wheel and at least the BOB Deuce and a reg Deuce.
Here is the schedule for the weekend-
Wheel, shoot, bbq, drink, sleep, repeat...
I have a few of days work this week, then going to get ready and hopefully be out Fri nite.
I won a bid on some 50cal ammo cans that I HOPE to pickup this week- Everyone who shows up this weekend will get a free one if I get them in time!!! Let me know if anyone wants any extra ones- $10 ea...
bb- you are an effen genius! I also have been thinking about how to bypass the rivet work. I was thinking of torching the plates off at the bottom of the frame and just leaving the plate and rivets on there. I like your idea of making 2 frame cuts.
The reason I used the blocks was to level out the truck. The 105 spring hangers mount to the SIDE of the frame making it about 4" lower in the back. Front Deuce hangers put the spring directly UNDER the frame.
Another option is to weld a 4" spacer to the bottom of the frame and then mount the...
I think I'll go through Apple Valley and come in from the west side then past the cart track---is camp close to the main dirt road? I would like to bring my 40' 5th wheel to help make a 'base' camp. Might be nice for the girls, too. And I'll have a crew with me. (i dont know if any girls are...
The springs are 2 1/2" wide. I used 5/8" stock, but some guys use 3/4". You need to figure out how long they will be considering if you are using any blocks, how thick your plates are, etc. A mock-up of the spring/axle combo is best so you can get an accurate measurement.
Here is a pic of...
Thx- I'll go check it out. Is your wheel connection a one time deal, or will there be some available? You can pm me on that one if you want- I could use some. I think the 12.5 would be a perfect fit on a stock wheel, though. I have a set of new 12.50s waiting patiently to go on a bobbed D...
dm- thanks for the good info on hubs-
BTW- NAPA has the left and right nuts in stock- they were cheap, too-$1.76 ea.
This one took us a couple of weeks in between real work. I think we could do one in 3-4 days now that I have a better idea of how to do it. The hardest part for me was getting...
Thanks guys---- I put alot work into this project this week!!!
I have it painted, and WOW! Looks like a different truck! I am working on pics- will have some up in a few...
I was going to flip the hubs today, but the big tires will contact the bed. The bottom of the m105 trailer bed comes...
Thx! I will be bringing it unless I get another one done by then! I am doing them to have fun with, but also to sell. So, we'll see if I still have it --- hopefully I will!
I cant detect any axle wrap yet-- but it has been a conern and I have put alot of thought into it- thats why I have...
Thanks! Here are some progress pics from today. Tomorrow all I have to do is mount the taillights, paint the bed, get her cleaned up inside and out, and if I can figure out how to flip the rear hubs- I may try to do that tomorrow. It doesnt look too bad with the rear wheels sticking out a...
Always behind schedule as usual!
I was out on a miniMOG delivery all day today, but my guy got the other rear tire on, frame cut, bed set on (not welded yet- still looking at it. Prttey good space between the cab and the bed-- I am going to hang a couple of GI cans in there- that should help...
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