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It’s actually 2 large pieces that I painted on the backside then put them together for the final welding. The whole thing is TIG welded but even if it was mig welded, not a whole lot of final welding was done when on the truck. Designed the whole thing in Bendtech too which helped me...

its a custom mount I built. It holds a 12k smittybuilt winch. I wanted the highest clearance mount possible for the rock crawling we do and it can’t stick out past the bumper to hurt approach angle. Bit of a photo dump but gives anyone who wants to copy it a good idea how it’s made. It’s a...

Did a whole lot of work lately, truck is a bit out of the norm for this group but designed and built an eco cage for it. 100% TIG welded as well.

for now its collecting dust in the garage. Not exactly trash, but its there for in case my buddy needs it for his CUCv. I put it through some use running the 40s on 10 psi on rocks locked in the front. im surprised it held up as good as it did. either way not sure if i'm going to part with it...

Thanks, That front dig option is great. i played with it a few times and the truck can definitely turn sharp if you put the e brake on and throw it in front wheel drive. i will say between the doubler and hydro steer, cutting the bed down definitely made a huge improvement on the trucks...

about a month back i installed my atlas 4 speed transfer case. the lowest ratio is 10.34:1 and with high idle at 800 rpm the brakes cant hold the truck back with it just in drive. i know this truck kinda differs than what most people do with them on this site. new 42* cv from high angle...

There is plenty of info on youtube about it. for me i do a general preheat over the area then do a 4-6" circle with my heat gun 1/4"-3/8" away. keeps the distortion down on these relatively flat door panels vs trying to do single row passes. its one of those things you just gotta play around...

Ended up cleaning up the door panels of the truck. Gotta love the heat gun trick. the stock hose for my hydro steering finally started leaking...kinda expected it to leak eventually given it wasnt designed to be used for field serviceable crimps. ended up cutting a piece of proper hose...

got some rock crawling goodies in. detroit locker for the front, and to make it easier, a carrier bearing puller. also a front/rear 3/8" diff cover from ruffstuff. floor jack can only lift it off the tires 1" lol. Untitled by Jonathan Rios, on Flickr Untitled by Jonathan Rios, on Flickr...

got some rock crawling goodies in. detroit locker for the front, and to make it easier, a carrier bearing puller. also a front/rear 3/8" diff cover from ruffstuff. floor jack can only lift it off the tires 1" lol. Untitled by Jonathan Rios, on Flickr Untitled by Jonathan Rios, on Flickr...

Took it out on a rock crawling trip at Arbuckle. did pretty good and tested out the hydraulic steering through the tight trails. Its crazy how much this frame flexes. Whenever i put a cage in it I'm going to have to 4 link the rear to get the flex back lol.

new member here! been lurking in the shadows for a little bit..... want to say thanks to all of you for helping me get familiar with these trucks. ended up putting hydro steer on it :). i got tired of the stock steering when we went rock crawling. Untitled by Jonathan Rios, on Flickr Untitled...