540 BBC 68 Burb Dually 54" Boggers on Rocks

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frames done!!!

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Frames under the burb, next step is to make my body mounts as well as mount my motor. My motor plate and mid mount plates came in so hopefully i can put the motor in soon!

[thor]

Nice frame!!!

[68burbanontherocks]

Originally Posted by thor

Nice frame!!!

Thanks buddy i really appreciate it, it was alot of work but it came out good. If i build another one i definatly know what i will do differently to speed up the process and increase the quality, loose some weight and keep the structural integrety!

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So been workin hard this weekend, got the motor mocked in, took the firewall out, putting in diamond plate. Taking the floor out and putting in diamond plate for the floor. Need to build body mounts and just keep taking it one step at a time!!!

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Getting the motor plate put in.

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Motor goin in no trans.

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Motor all lined up

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Motor and trans goin in

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Motor and trans in...

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Just more poser pics, sorry i was excited so i took alot of pics. It was a huge milestone!

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Time to ditch the firewall!

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Cutting everything out!!!

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Making the template for the new diamond plate firewall and putting the top part in.

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So the next step is getting the bottom part of the firewall/floor inplace. Once they are attached then i can start making body mounts. Once the body is mounted to the chassis, then i can mount the motor in its final resting place. Once all thats done, then its time to mount shocks, links, and heims. As well as a laundry list of other things!!!!

[RatRod68]

Are you going to lower the body down or keep it up high? I know that would make you remove the floor and require a lot more work, but i was just wondering.

The rig looks awesome. Love the full Monster Truck style frame. Really makes this thing awesome. What are you going to go with as far as suspension? I love this rig BTW

[68burbanontherocks]

Originally Posted by RatRod68

Are you going to lower the body down or keep it up high? I know that would make you remove the floor and require a lot more work, but i was just wondering.

The rig looks awesome. Love the full Monster Truck style frame. Really makes this thing awesome. What are you going to go with as far as suspension? I love this rig BTW

Thanks man! Well in regards to suspension im gonna run king 3.0 coilovers with a remote bypass resivor with Sway away sway arms and king 2.0 bump stops. For the links im gonna run friggen huge 3 1/2 dom. 375 tube with 1.5 large evolution machine and fab heim joints. For the body the floor has already been cut out hahaha, im gonna lower the body so that it sits into the frame more if that makes sense.
When you make a truck like this the major concern is trying to make the center of gravity as low as possible hince why the motor is mounted in between the frame rails. Id like to make it so that the wheel wells will actually be functional so when its done it will just look like an over sized stock suburban. If that makes sense, so it wont be sky high with like 2ft between the tires and wheel wells, the tires will sit inside the fenders which will give it a real cool look in my opinion.
Thanks for the questions i like hearing what others think good or bad!
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[RatRod68]

I think I pictured exactly what you said, and it was answering my question perfectly! You will be lowering the body down to as low as possible and building a custom floor. Did I get it right?

The links and suspension setup is going to be great. I am... er... was running king 2.5's on my Ranger. The performance of those shocks is just awesome. My only question is will the 3.0 be big enough to handle the weight of the rocks with 6 massive boggers??

I know they make a King Kong shock that is a 4.0, but i think it is only in a bypass shock configuration.

Man this is one of my favorite builds on any of the forums I'm on.

I'm just wondering, I have never seen a monster truck being built, and i have loved them since i was a kid, so i am asking a lot of questions.

[68burbanontherocks]

Originally Posted by RatRod68

I think I pictured exactly what you said, and it was answering my question perfectly! You will be lowering the body down to as low as possible and building a custom floor. Did I get it right?

The links and suspension setup is going to be great. I am... er... was running king 2.5's on my Ranger. The performance of those shocks is just awesome. My only question is will the 3.0 be big enough to handle the weight of the rocks with 6 massive boggers??

I know they make a King Kong shock that is a 4.0, but i think it is only in a bypass shock configuration.

Man this is one of my favorite builds on any of the forums I'm on.

I'm just wondering, I have never seen a monster truck being built, and i have loved them since i was a kid, so i am asking a lot of questions.

Thanks man i really do appreciate it! So the 3.0 will work you basically just need to determine the unsprung weight of the truck. So the rockwells and boggers are irrevalent of the equation. Its all the weight above the axles which matters if that makes sense. The king kong shocks are what are used for like pre runner baja trucks. There friggen huge i saw them at sema this past year! Ill post up a pic if i can find it, but they are just so big cause of the bypass resivior used for high impact desert racing.
Most monster trucks use nitrogen shocks like night stalkers or patrick enterprise shocks. I think only a few run coilovers like adam anderson off the top of my head.
Hopefully ill have the floor built and put in in the next few days. The rocker boxes were all rotted out so that took a little bit to fix. Im doing diamond plate floor which will look real cool when its done!

Keep firing away the questions!!!
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[RatRod68]

Sounds great man! What size shocks are you going with? (length wise?)

Yes, the kongs are ginormous. A couple friends in So cal ran them on the rear of their F150s and tundras. I was picturing this thing being airborn...
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Originally Posted by RatRod68

Sounds great man! What size shocks are you going with? (length wise?)

Yes, the kongs are ginormous. A couple friends in So cal ran them on the rear of their F150s and tundras. I was picturing this thing being airborn...
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Hey buddy, the shocks are 18" travel so i think there somthing like 46" in total length so at ride height there about 37" which gives you 9" of travel each way. Oh and im definatly gonna jump this bad boy, a junk yard already told me i can crush as many cars as i want as long as i provide them with a case of beer!
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[RatRod68]

Awesome, simply awesome.
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[Blevinger]

Wow. This is stunning. Kudos for just going for it, dude.

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Originally Posted by Blevinger

Wow. This is stunning. Kudos for just going for it, dude.

Thanks buddy! I really appreciate it, i got the rest of the firewall in and am just making up some cardboard template for the kick pannels, floor, and body mounts. I should have some pics up by the end of the week.

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Originally Posted by RatRod68

Awesome, simply awesome.
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Thanks buddy, So i got the rest of the firewall in and have started doing the floor, the rocker boxes were toast so had to replace a good bit so just been doing that and alot of card board cutting!!!!