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Possibly. Need to put some hours on it to expose weaknesses. Need to put it on the scales to see how front/rear bias has been affected. More CAT yellow paint. Stickers: Goodyear/Meritor/Allison/CAT. Need to mock up a roll cage before committing to 1000 lbs of steel. Upgrade the little Goodyear 46's to the 53's w/out runflats. I suspect there is no endLots of clearance.
What's next, you going to frame and skin it like a race truck?
thinking of weight balance.. maybe a scrap Mack truck engine block or something and put it back where the spare is sitting or at the spot you have the crane storage box . Put it slung as low as can between chassis rails?..
Recall the bed, at 50 inch height, is absent. Low COG is best, clearly. Moments are important also in this application. Imagine viewing the truck from the rear. Inscribe a circle, say 4 ft diameter. The engine, transmission, and all the stuff on the frame rails might fit inside that circle, an imaginary tube you might say. But keep the ideas and observations coming as surely I have not thought of everything.Be careful with moved center of gravity and weight carried higher.
I understand. The toolbox has the HF crane and a bunch of tools, maybe 300 lbs. The batteries are between the frame rails behind the axle. The spare is rearward of stock and the heavy spare deployment elevator is absent. So, let me get the truck to the scales to see where we are before "weighing in" on thisthinking of weight balance.. maybe a scrap Mack truck engine block or something and put it back where the spare is sitting or at the spot you have the crane storage box . Put it slung as low as can between chassis rails?..
nice quality in video.... too bad the camera person turned the thing wrong direction while filming. Just tell camera person to always keep the camera eye on back at 12:00 and all will be good.Here is a part of the check out ride...... YOUTUBE
Hmm, another drive axle back there might work.....don't get me startedthinking of weight balance.. maybe a scrap Mack truck engine block or something and put it back where the spare is sitting or at the spot you have the crane storage box . Put it slung as low as can between chassis rails?..
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