Got a new truck

[70 beast]

looking good. steady progress.
hows the tube bender workin out?

[onlyifihadachevy]

It good just trying to get the degrees down like the top hoop is off on one side by 1 degree but the length is off i think, its confusing . Did not work on it yesterday but when my dad gets home we will.

[onlyifihadachevy]

We worked on it some more and will a litttle later today, and pics will come later tonight as well. We got the rocker slider, the top hoop has more supports on it too.

[onlyifihadachevy]

WE did some work.

This was a few days ago


Yesterdays work sorry for bad pic.



it was wleded mostly yesterday but finished it up today, got the other side made and tacked, weld it up tomarrow, And finishing up the back half, or at least most of it. And the backhalf wil be done this weekend. We will start on the middle cage, I am going to with a exo cage. Hopefully we get the heims soon, so it will roll again. And wheel it! Should be wheeling in a month at best.

We picked up my other truck yesterday, it ran great a little loud, no stereo and boggers going down the highway.

[onlyifihadachevy]

Forgot the rock slider.

[70 beast]

are you going to wheel the 1/2 tons or swap in your other axles?

[onlyifihadachevy]

I have a 14 for the rear end and working on getting a 60 front, i was thinking about a 44 or 10 for the frontend until i get a 60 which would work, with my 35s form my other truck. which i mostly will run until i can get bigger tires.

[70 beast]

what about that 60 closed knuckle?

[onlyifihadachevy]

I was thinking about it still so i may use it once i find a 4.88 rear.

[jgh64pkup]

cool build

[onlyifihadachevy]

Well i burnt my hand on a weld accidently touching it when trying to find the degree. But, it feels a little better, i classifed it as a 2nd degree major burn, because its bistered, and bigger than 2", I do not think is a 3rd because its not dark.

I will get a pic later, and some progress pics, my dad was still working when i was soaking it so we got some done, I was telling him what i wanted him to do.

The back is almost done being braced.

[70 beast]

why not re gear the 14 bolt?

[onlyifihadachevy]

Because the cost of regearing, and that not being the gears i want. If i regear i want to get 5.13 or 5.38s, so i can have a super low crawl ratio. I am thinking grnny low, 205 low and a 5 axle would give me about 20/1

[70 beast]

5.38 would give you more like a 70.6:1.

4:88 would net you bout 64:1

(i cant remember what the granny first gear really is so i used bout 6.7:1 x 1.96:1x given gear.)

either ratio you do go with you have a pretty darn good crawl ratio.

[onlyifihadachevy]

I thought g low was like 2 to 1 but i'm not sure, but i am thinking of maybe ddoing the 4.88.

we cut the top off, my dad regrets it and i kinda do but, the cage would have being a a lot harder to build with it and rust was falling off, so i think we did the best thing, next time i build a truck i want to keep the top on.

[70 beast]

the sm465 granny low is something like 6.7 or lower. close to 7 almost.

post up some progress pics

[onlyifihadachevy]

Well my hand after the burn, and today, it healed fast. Which i was happy, so i could work today.


Last night, pretty the backs done, excpet the shock hoops.


Todays work,

[70 beast]

trucks coming out good.
what r you going to do as far as a top? soft top?

[onlyifihadachevy]

I was thinking soft top

[70 beast]

any closer shots of the back of the cage.
where the tubes tie into the back plate

[onlyifihadachevy]

I will get a few, don't make fun of my welding it has gotten better, a lot better. The real welds holding it together are great beads that my dad did but the ones over it aren't good because i was trying to fill the gaps at the corners. A quarter inch bead in 2 spots on a tube will not break hitting it with a small sledge so it should be good.

[onlyifihadachevy]

The furthest back part, sorry for the bad pic, my iphone doesn't upload pics well. And i lost my moms camera.

[onlyifihadachevy]

I also plan on weldig a bar right next to the plate, perpendicular to the ground, for additional strength, between the bars.

[70 beast]

good idea. what are you going to run for tires?

[onlyifihadachevy]

I think my 35 boggrs from my other truck seeing as it doesn't need them for pavement pounding. And no money.

I want 44 boggers, or rockers. Maybe if i am lucky my uncle will let me use his 44 truxs tires, not really aggersive but should work.