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I quit!
Quote from: Flyin6 on June 27, 2015, 10:02:14 AMI quit!My last day of guaranteed availability to hold my head against the turbo inlet to guard against a runaway is 12 JUL. What is your targeted ESD?
I just don't want to wind up missing a digit or limb. I can sometimes get in a hurry to get results.
i agree don, i think the motor and trans maybe should be taken out and weighed and then adjust the front leaf spring count to have a better then flat leaf spring stance. maybe then revisit the shocks and perhaps a methanol injection. never be pushed when its your money on the line BIG D
some days ya next to get some minor runaround work done and regroup and then be able refocus with an organized mind and plan of attack. i do this often when i find that i cant move without tripping over tools and stock. i teach this to my guys and remind them we work like gentleman and its show in our work.
and what does/do ordering cinnamon disk's have to do with any of this......?
Shouldn't have been a problem as flying is much better than walking
So, Bobby...being the calculating trained warrior NCO that you are. Take the appropriate action, Execute!
your standard grunt level CQB is just putting rounds and rounds on scary stuff till it stops scaring you!
After waaaaayyyy too many hours than I care to admit to :o I have reached the end of the BigD threads and am "caught up". Don't tell my wife okay? ;)I am literally astonished with the care and thought you have put into this. Thanks so much for sharing it!! WOW! But of course, being an internet troll (well not a troll but someone watchin' and thinking about someone else's build instead of doing anything myself to further the knowledge base :-[) I wanted to suggest a couple of things (and you have probably already thought about them but figured I would ask- I like the way Chebbie and GMC have the side corner steps in the rear bumper corners to make access to the bed easier. I am wondering if you thought about cutting something like that into it? I believe you have the space in the face of the bumper no? I know you are putting a ladder on too but just thinking it might be an easy way to grab something from the bed. Of course, if you're doing the full on open door instead of the tailgate maybe only having a "step" on the "open" side of said door would make sense.At the moment I am planning of building a pull out step thing onto the bottom side of the rear bumper. Haven't started that yet, but that's how I planned to solve that dilemaI also wonder about putting a "foot" (saying "foot" cause "hi-lift catchy point" sounded weird) on the bottom of the bumpers (front and back) so if you use the hi-lift as a jack it is not sitting on flat metal. Instead the "teeth" of the hi-lift lifting point would sort of "fit" a similarly serrated sort of foot on the bottom of the bumper for safety. Ask me how I know about safety when a very heavy truck is precariously balanced on a hi-lift extended way up and the hi-lift is engaging on flat metal. :o No...wait...scratch that... don't ask me. I will start sweating and curl up in a fetal position....again. Hi-Lift jack: There will be a poly jack base incorporated into the swing away tire carrier. I plan to fab up an adapter that fits the jack and attaches to the clevis attachment bosses. I figure that would be super secure and could even act as a semi-safe tempo lack standLastly and I promise... the last....well for this post anyway ::) are you cutting in a wiring/power port for the trailer in the hitch? I didn't see a cutout for that. Figure I would mention it now before its all painted, etc. Yes, Already have it. I will have power connections for shore power and a 12VDC connection capable of being used as a jumper cable or power connection between the truck and the trailer for camping opsAs for starting Big D I don't care when you start it. Would I like to see it? Yup....but I think you cited some pretty good reasons for not doing it...."before its time". It will get started all in good time. You read "Patience and a squirrel" yet?(Yup....see what I did there....just tried to get on Don's good side by agreeing with him on the start-up so he wouldn't slam me for being a couchriding internet troll....or at least that's what I was trying to do....ha!) Ah we don't do all that belittling stuff here. That's adolescent and inconsistent with what we are hoping to portray here
I'll field these questions, all pretty good ones. My response in red above^^
Quote from: Flyin6 on July 02, 2015, 01:14:58 PMI'll field these questions, all pretty good ones. My response in red above^^Gotcha on those Don. Answers make sense. And yup...the squirrel story was good. ;)
I have had a buddy ask me about the steps when I do my rear bumper. I've had a topper on my truck since day one, never been off. With the topper in the way, the steps won't be a lot of good in my mind. Now this swing away step...I need to see this. Might be an answer to me as well.