SquareD Part 6 Bumpers, Winches, wiring, lights, assembly

[Nate]

the last I was hearing in the news was something about more storms rollin thru that area

[Wilbur]

Why am I suddenly reminded of the Spruce Goose? With all the additional weight added on here should we look at adding another turbine?  :o

HAHAHA!!!

I was thinking the same until I saw the list of Dons where he listed the weights of the bumpers etc. Heavy? Sure, but not OMGSHTF heavy from what I saw.

[Flyin6]

Just got caught up on this build. Looking good, I like that snorkel.

It's a lot of catching up!

Snorkel project will get finished after the engine gets running. Have to fab up a bulkhead to block off the back side of the fender, then block off the inside of the fender to create a plenum.

[Flyin6]

Why am I suddenly reminded of the Spruce Goose? With all the additional weight added on here should we look at adding another turbine?  :o

HAHAHA!!!

I was thinking the same until I saw the list of Dons where he listed the weights of the bumpers etc. Heavy? Sure, but not OMGSHTF heavy from what I saw.

Yea, I think that weight is right in the sweet spot considering all this truck will be able to do. The Silverado is 8700 on the ramp with 3/4 tank of fuel and nothing packed up in back. I believe it would stretch upwards to around 10K kitted out!

[Flyin6]

Well, today the aim point was get all the fab work done at least to this point to get me to disassembly where I can pull all that business off and work on it on a couple saw horses, then paint it. I met my objective!

I will not be having an integrated set of steps as they would only be about 8" wide and that is just not wide enough.

So, first I went after the tire lowering mechanism. Duane suggested I install a boat trailer nylon roller, but after some tinkering decided to add a winch style roller fairhead roller thing of my own design.

First up was to remove that business. Just lowering and raising the tire once melted that PVC this much, so this part of the system was definitely a no-go

[Flyin6]

The first roller I added was actually a roller fairhead winch roller in a previous life. With a couple of bracket/mounts it was welded into the tire carrier head like this:

[Flyin6]

Then the old PVC holder was cut off

[Flyin6]

Using some old shock tabs, which I cut up and a 5" X 1/2" bolt and a heavy wall section of tubing to act as a roller I started making up the webbing roller and guide assembly

[Flyin6]

Which I then welded at an angle to the top of the support

[Flyin6]

Then the second, vertical roller was tacked into place

[Flyin6]

Then I built the rest of the upper mount for the roller

[Flyin6]

The actual wheel lifting fixture was gouging the paint on the wheels so I made some clearance cuts to eliminate all that

[Flyin6]

The wheel mount/pivot fixture was binding on the lower mount, leaving gouges on the upright here:

[Flyin6]

So I bevel cut those arms to eliminate all that contact area

[Flyin6]

And capped off the cuts finishing that part

[Flyin6]

Back to the lifting fixture, I added a rubber grommet to the studs so there would be no metal on metal contact at all

[Flyin6]

I rolled the spare beneath the hoist and lifted that thing like it wasn't there. This modification made it much nicer and smoother

[Flyin6]

Then while I was lowering it again, the hand crank jumped out of my hand and the tire slammed down. Hmmm...that longer handle is only stable as long as you hold it in place, so something needed to be done here as well.

I opted to make up a second pivot so the jack handle was held in place while cranking that heavy tire up and down

[Flyin6]

That cured the problem but I also added in a hole in the barrel of the crank so I could pin it in place once it was inserted into the fixture. A second lower hole secures it into it's carry tube

[Flyin6]

With the tire cranked up into place, everything worked much better and I am satisfied with this part of the bumper build

[Flyin6]

And finally, I wanted to have the camp site tail gate support legs to store somewhere on the tailgate.

It folds down to a compact size:

[Flyin6]

I ended up mounting it on the top of the gate right above the tire winch

[Flyin6]

It tucks away nicely and doesn't interfere with the operation of anything else. I'll add some 1/4" pins tomorrow to hold it in place

[Flyin6]

And that finished me out in time to shower, put on my sunday-go-to-meetin' clothes and go out to dinner with the wife and some friends!

[KensAuto]

Now you're cookin with gas!

[JR]

Kinda like adding the angle deck to a standard carrier, so many little parts!!

Paint??

[EL TATE]

Coming right along their Chief.  Nice work on the fairlead, that's what I had envisioned for the most part aside from a boat roller. 

[Nate]

nice progress

[Flyin6]

Kinda like adding the angle deck to a standard carrier, so many little parts!!

Paint??

Same as the front I think.

Lower section (Bumper) gets the Raptor bed liner over acid etch primer.

Upper gets the hardener added John Deere Blitz black. I think the accessories like the stand, crank handle and hi-lift jack might get OD. The orange jack base will get some bulldog adhesion promoter and a coat of OD or black. Just so the gay crowd doesn't mistake me for some country boy rec neck (Which I actually am) I think I'll do the water cans in a rainbow palet... ;) :o

[Sammconn]

I think I'll do the water cans in a rainbow palet... ;) :o


Oh no! Not the rainbow :)
That just won't match the shoes!

[Flyin6]

Isn't it something...

When I was a child, I'd stare and marvel at the rainbow after a big violent thunderstorm.

Now I look on it with disgust because of what it represents.

[TexasRedNeck]

With brotherly love Don, I would challenge you to remember th real meaning.  God's promise to never again destroy the earth with water. Fire is another matter and is coming.


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[Flyin6]

With brotherly love Don, I would challenge you to remember th real meaning.  God's promise to never again destroy the earth with water. Fire is another matter and is coming.


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Roger that!

Looking back at the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, I haven't heard a better description for a thermo-nuclear explosion.

[JR]

With brotherly love Don, I would challenge you to remember th real meaning.  God's promise to never again destroy the earth with water. Fire is another matter and is coming.


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I was about to recommend the same,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

Can't hijack some that nice and keep the kids going for the gold!!

[Sammconn]

Six whole days and no square d updates. Pokedon!

Loving how the bumper has come together, and yes you've been busy at other stuff.
Just had to bump this back up, as it was starting to dissappear on the build board.

[Flyin6]

Six whole days and no square d updates. Pokedon!

Loving how the bumper has come together, and yes you've been busy at other stuff.
Just had to bump this back up, as it was starting to dissappear on the build board.

Thanks my friend, but you guess it, very busy on other things

One I have mentioned to Kyle only, but I was approached to publish the Christian side of the "Distant Thunder" book for a Christmas release. They were wanting 45,000 to 70,000 words. I had maybe 15K already written so I buckled down and started telling that story.

Now I do not know if I/we are actually going to publish this book or not, but I started spending a lot of time on it.

I prayed over it. That it would glorify the Kingdom of God and not me, and that if the Lord wanted this done, if it was his will, then he would make it happen, but if not, then he would stop it dead. I figure either way, it's G-T-G.

If it doesn't publish, then knuckleheads like you (  ;-)  ) will get to read it anyway!

But I'm getting out on the Squareness today!

[Nate]

i for one would really like to read that!

[Sammconn]

i for one would really like to read that!

That makes two of us!

[Flyin6]

Thanks Genemens,

But He ^^^^ has the last word on this one

[cudakidd53]

Thanks Genemens,

But He ^^^^ has the last word on this one

Call it "connectedness" , but I just finished watching "We Were Soilders Once, and Young" the story of General Hal Moore (Colonel at the time) and his men in the first major battle between Americans and Viet Cong of the Vienam War.  Hal was and still is a man of God- at the age of 93; might be a parallel story in there for you Don?

[TexasRedNeck]

I met Hal Moore at a fundraiser for Soldiers for the Truth and reunion for 1st Cav units from the battle of Ia Drang in Texas.  What an awesome thing to be a spectator and listen to the discussion and personal recollection of the fog of war that took place there.  One of my other pilot friends, John Falcon, president of the STT, was a part of that and has a couple of bronze stars and a silver star on the wall to commemorate his valor.  Very much not a digital war back then.

[Flyin6]

I admire those guys and grunts in general so much. Real men, those guys.

[Flyin6]

With all that is going on these busy summer days, I don't get very much time to spend on Square D

But I did get a couple hours in yestertag.

First up I wanted to start to finish the folding shelf so first I took the grinder to it to level things somewhat from the stiffening glass mats I glued on earlier

[Flyin6]

After that, I overlaid it with a sheet of fine glass fabric to finish it. This will get sanded and coated with bed liner the same time as the bumper gets sprayed.

[Flyin6]

Then I drilled the "Pin" holes in the camp site tire rack support legs to hold them in place. I used the new Milner tools lifetime warranty drill bits. Those drill bits like a higher than normal bit speed from a "Normal" bit

[Flyin6]

I'm using 1/2" tractor implement pins, because I can!

[Flyin6]

The second pin goes in here:

[Flyin6]

A simple but effective storage system

[Flyin6]

Next up is the stripping of the bumper and teardown for the skirt and final welding

I got it this far before it was time for church:

[Flyin6]

And that was that for build day 288