Ok, jk needed it’s third oil change since the motor swap. So I pulled it in to do that & decided the front bumper needed to take a hike.







So here it is as it stands. Plan is to say adios to the Prius pusher & cut down then slip the winch mount up in between frame rails. This will increase approach angle as we can additionally lose 2 - 2.5 inches off the length of the vehicle frame rails.

what is this word that you used right here?!?!?!?!?!?!

Well, mine is more of a jog. I guess 5-6 mph pace 1-2 miles and I only do it once a week. I don’t particularly like it but it definitely helps with lung capacity. I have never liked treadmills but these new tire tread ones seem ok.

I’m on a solid 3 year stretch now, granted since buying GLO back I’ve only been at gym 3x a week all summer. Trying to motivate myself with a nicer less crowded facility.

McCain is dead, brain cancer accomplished what three decades of Arizona voters couldn’t. I appreciate his service as questionable as it may or may not have been is someone else’s argument to partake in. As far as his service as a senator he sucked and was a standard pos and as we all will have to do some day now has to answer to someone of a much higher power.

As far as political parties, I’ve known for some time they all sucked & it’s about money and power nothing else matters.

I’ll leave this here....

http://raconteurreport.blogspot.com/2018/08/lest-we-forget.html

Looking good Ken! 

Man, you talk about a money pit. I will leave the jeep stock, at least for now.

Yeah, but I only have 1! 

Oh boy, well I put a deposit down a boat last week. My wife loves the water but gets cold way to easy so trying a closed cabin this time. Hope this one fits the bill as enough is enough. Now need to sell the two I have and hope for the best. No pic cause I don't have it yet, hope it isn't the big hole you guys talk about all the time. Just want to cruise around and maybe fish a bit and keep the wife happy, so don't rub it in too much ok. I will post a photo or two once I get it home.

Yeah, so let me get this straight. You have a Jeep right? And now 3 boats? 

Hopefully not "yourself", your way to young!!

Guys, look at long term care EARLY!!!!

Dad is 81 & Mom is 69 so a bit long in the tooth for the insurance.

Jr, is house paid for?


The reason I ask is because I look at things from an asset versus liability state. If the house is paid for or mostly paid for it is an asset. Your mom is the owner assuming? With her age there are tax advantages to keeping it an potentially using it as a rental. I believe rent income for her is tax free at her age. Assuming it is Cali and rent is high you become the manager of the rental company and tax advantages for you. Wave the yearly income for managing it and have it setup so you gain a percentage of ownership per year. Keep the asset and pay your mom’s living expenses. That’s my initial thought versus paying a good portion of it to a real estate agent for a commission and then yearly commissions to what amounts to a sales guy who sold you an annuity.

My thought on the yearly acquisition of a percentage of property is in case something comes up and sh has a huge med expense or something where the fed tries to force the sale of the property. At that point you would own x percentage and protect the asset.

What level of accuracy do you expect out of it?


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Better than the operator is capable of! 

MOAB? Heck I’d settle for parachuting in 535 of our most distinguished Americans along with a few others like H and the Clinton foundation, Brennan, Comey, Rice well you get the idea.....


Of course this is just so they can get an up close and personal look at the people they want to keep importing, call it research & is tax payers would even be happy to fund it!

I wanna see you lift one of those up to a spare tire rack!!


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I’ll snap a picture in the morrow. My rear tire carrier is already all welded up except for the part where the wheel mounts (wanted to have the tire and wheel here for mock up) & it folds down. Ergonomically designed for guys who are getting too old for that sh*t! I will be able to easily roll it up into the tire carrier as it will be around 12-16 inches off the ground. Then bolt it on and swing carrier up into traveling position. It’s also held in place with two 5/8 inch pins so no chance of a highway accident like Phil had....... 

Thanks guys, if tomorrow goes as planned front bumper is taking a hike....

RRNj we need to open ya up to the greater purpose of this forum.   Lol so much more than broken bones N blood


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Exactly, we have DOT duties to fulfill......

We all like posts from Baylee!

I was looking at those locks. Aren't they made special for each tire, not generic for say a 16.5? A little pricey for pvc is recall?

Baylee will appreciate hearing that as she’s home with strep & mono right now running a fever.

The PVC came from trail worthy fab, $50 each

Then these showed up for the border patrol wheels.

In case you’re wondering. I have a set of steel low profile fenders in a box behind the lathe. The front bumper is getting ditched and I’m going to take that 1/4” formed winch tray and modify it to sit low between the frame rails. It will be a very minimalist approach to a front stub bumper. The stock running boards have to go in favor of home brew rock sliders (with step for HH6, all 5 foot of her). Buying the 1” spacer for front end coils to actually level the Jeep up correctly. I may need to trim rear bumper as well on corners to make these fit.

Ok, so this morning after a final weld inspection I decided on welding it in a couple more spots including two welds into the casting. That’s it for welding I promise.

Ok, finally got this setup finished for now. Built anti vibration floor mounts (carriage bolts and hockey pucks). Leveled it up, threw on rear chip guard and hung the last Costco led 4’ light I had.

So you’re saying I don’t need to balance the tires?    I’ve never heard that before, like ever.

I purchased 8oz beads to throw in each carcass when bolting up the wheels (prior to pvc inserts).

Quote from: stlaser on August 23, 2018, 08:42:46 PM

Ken, Charles, thinking Dave is getting in touch with his feminine side? 

Getting....or got?

Careful Ken, next thing you know Dave will be posting toothy selfies on here....

coming right along 

 

When you mount the tires inflate them to max psi. Let them sit a few hours in the sun. Then when you put the wheels on deflate to say 15lbs and drive them around local. After a few miles of turns in your neighbor hood, rotate and repeat. Then air up and go for a drive.

So in other words work those stuff sidewalls in real good first?

So next up is to grind / sand down all keyed welded areas and clean up any spatter and or left over grease with wire wheel. Then primer this pig.

Well, here it is out of the fixture.



So when I released the passenger side inner c lower mount it moved up 80 thousandths or so. Not a big deal as I could have had it fixtured in that amount of flex across the whole length or it pulled that much welding. Not sure but I would guess some is to be expected, if it was 1/4” or more I might be concerned.

So the other thing...

On the drivers side lower control arm mount there is no keyed slot like much of this truss. Do not weld it solid until you take adequate measurements to see that it is located in relation to the bottom of the coil buckets the same as the passenger side. Mine was 3/4” off & passengers side was keyed fit so I know it would have been correct. I had one solid weld which I cut and then several tack welds that had to be cut. Doing this with the axle flipped over is much easier btw.