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:smoke::lol::lol:..... Chris..

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well, i didn't get a lot done this weekend, but i did get a cab dolly rolling today.
sorry for the crap-tastic phone pics, i forgot the camera at home :banghead:

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the pics make it look like it is leaning to the passenger side, dunno why, it really is level, i promise ;)

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BIG DEAL.....two whole pics !!!

;)

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:lol:
sorry John..
i'll try to do better next time:(

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did you build the dolly?

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yes I did.
used scrap laying around the shop to do it.....so it was a freebie:metal:

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haha gotta love scrap! i seem to have alot of s-CRAP layin around the shop lol... but it looks pretty legit man!

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Did you get your cab stripped Joe? it's a little hard to say for sure......we really need more than 2 pics......:lol:

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Thanks Sam!

:lol:
nope, sorry Capt'
gonna call around this week, and hopefully drop it off this Friday...

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Thats a cool dolly. You can sit in the cab and pretend to drive while your buddys push you around the shop.:lol: You are moving faster than me. Where do you get the energy?

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:lol:
you wanna come play "trucks"
dunno, just determined......

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:lol: we can pull mine off and have a race!! Tim and Jason can push us!! :haha:

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Weeeeeeee!

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:lol:

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:haha:

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When and where? I'll bring my runnin' shoes.:burnout:

The only catch is whoever I'm pushin has to make their own motor sounds...

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:haha:

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Aw, come on man:devil:

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more pics!!!
here is what all the steel looked like before, so i had to clean it before using it:banghead:
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more
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and more

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some more

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ya bored yet?
it ain't real pretty, but it is strong, free, and functional, so.........

since I took these I welded some gussets on where the cab mounts to the dolly.....
I'll get pics of those tomorrow ;)

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Cool dude looks good!!! :metal:

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Awesome Joe!

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Hey man, what did you say your idler arm was off of?

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thanks!

same mid 80's truck that the cross member came from, '73-up should be the same....

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Did you ever find a "blaster" to do your cab? I'm bored at work and just wondering how progress is coming.

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Well you see Joe has been hiding lately and now that you mention it we havent seen any pics in a while.. so Mr. Joe whats going on?? :lol::lol:

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I believe I found a blaster, thanks to Musclerodz
gotta call them this next week. i'm thinking maybe I should remove the rockers first also, not sure
I haven't accomplished anything else yet. been hanging with the family, and need to work on the wife's Suburban tomorrow.


:lol:
with you working later and different days of it is harder to coordinate hanging out, huh? ;)

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Yeah it does, sucks too! Maybe tomorrow ill come across something and have some better hours :metal:
I got some truck time in today ;)

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If I had it to do again, I would cut the outer rockers off at least. You can see what was behind mine when I cut them off.

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sweet man!! updated your thread yet? ;)

thanks Alan, that is exactly what I was thinking, you and me man, we're right here;)

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Ouch Allen.. yeah i hate finding crap like that especially when you start cutting it out and find more :devil: :lol:

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No didnt put any pics up yet, Tim was asking me if id done anything.
Going to do some more that way i have more pics to share :metal:

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Nothing wrong with taking a break. I just thought that you had forgotten about us...:whine:

I'm with Alan on the rockers. I'd take the outers off before taking it in to a blaster.

Just trying to keep y'all motivated! I wanna go for a ride in May.:sumo: :lol:

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:lol: now thats the motivation pushing spirit!! But the question is are we going to get to go for a ride in the 5.3 build..?? :sumo: :metal:

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:metal:
keep it up TimE

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Looks good Joe... I noticed on your tunnel that the upper section is not spot welded in. Is that how the 4-5-6 trucks are? Here is mine after I drilled out all the spots to change to the low tunnel. Just curious if 60-62 did this different.

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Uuhhmm...Is it legal in the state of Oklahoma to ride inside of a vehicle on a trailer?? Keep in mind, I'm just curious, I'm not saying anything, you know, uuuhhhh.... yeah, that's the ticket, yeah...


;)

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I believe in the 4-5-6 trucks, the low hump is made into the floor and the high hump is bolted to the floor......not sure.
My father in law cut out the floor and put in the bolt-in high hump when he installed the 283/sm465 combo, many years ago.