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I checked his activity, and his very last post was the day he got his truck. I guess he checks in occasionally, maybe he’s just fixing some things and getting it ready. If I remember correctly, his plan was to turn it into a house and travel and live in it. I hope that’s what he’s doing, but...

Anyone know where “Someoldmoose” went? He was so excited about his new truck, posting a lot, learning a lot, then he got it, and we have not seen him since. His last post was the day he drove it home more than 3 months ago. Anyone know him personally? He seemed like a nice guy, and he was so...

We might have been able to get more footage of that Sasquatch thing that tried to steal the camera before he took off!

Moose? What’s up? You buy a truck, Post that you drove it home, and now ... 3 months later ... Where did you go? Hopefully you are having fun and not problems with the new ride.

Can you install this and the ac compressor as well? Or is it an either/or situation. You can be cool with no hydraulics or have hydraulics and not be cool. I guess i could just make a hydraulic AC compressor and mount it wherever I want and I can have the best of both worlds.

That hinge setup is pretty much exactly what you posted earlier. Like most here, im also a fan of overbuilding things. Especially things that will take a lot of weight. I think pretty much any idea posted here would work if executed properly.

I only have two colors of crayons though, someone ate the rest. I’m sure you will get the idea though.

These are things I have been telling you. Use steel, not wood. Although, Toby made the case far better than I did. I did suggest 1” of wood and 3” of steel, which I still stand by. And I think he was eluding to a setup like I have below to stop side to side travel. I built a dump trailer to...

Ah! I can’t believe I missed this. My ranch is close enough to have made this one. Will have to put it on the list for next year. Maybe host a combined off-road event in the area if anyone is interested. I have some terrain to test our trucks in that is about 2.5-3 hours from Pampa. Let me...

That is a lot of dirt! Do you know how many yards and the weight?

you can (should) also weld a piece of 1/4” plate to the underside of the bed where the tires will rub. That way it’s smooth contact and no chunks taken out.

Sometimes you just can’t risk bending it by closing the tailgate or having it slide out by leaving the tailgate open. What a quandry. Good call on the 5 ton.

Sort of my line of thinking as well. I only suggested it for the winch cable roller. Why? It sounds like a real good idea for a winch roller to roll instead of slide on. It’s a very light load on it, nothing is forcing it to roll like a dump hinge pin. so a greased inside seemed to be a good...

I get the 2” taller part on a 4” taller tire. What I’m getting at is that some say that 14.00’s rub and have had chunks go missing at full articulation. (Never go full articulation! ... Tropic Thunder reference). So, raising the bed 2” puts You exactly where you started. Which was your goal...

I can draw you a picture if you want.

Easy. If you insist on using 2” wood as a spacer, then this is the best way I can think of. At the rear of your bed, where you want the hinge, you weld on a six to twelve inch piece of 2x4x1/4” piece of rectangular tubing in place of part of the wood. Weld your hinge to that. It would be as...

Does anyone use square steel tubing as their spacer? Even with 14.00’s rubbing can be an issue, and tire damage if you have not addressed the contact points. The wood on it is a true 1” in height. I can see having one piece of wood, but, why not weld a 3” piece to the bed to rest on the 1” of...

If you are putting in a winch, you know your fairlead is installed just below the tailgate, right at hinge height. The lifted bed is the key that should give you the room you need. A full length hinge should fit and work just fine. Your winch can go farther up the frame, out of the way of the...

We are of the same blood.

and an engine swap and a 13 speed tranny and a dump bed and fixing a broken window ... nah, who needs a window.