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You already have the bumpers, upgrading winches adds little weight if any.Roof rack, a hundred or so until you load it up Don style,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,Sure glade I have the LBZ, but I understand wanting the pump and ally upgrade.
Quote from: JR on March 22, 2018, 01:03:39 PMYou already have the bumpers, upgrading winches adds little weight if any.Roof rack, a hundred or so until you load it up Don style,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,Sure glade I have the LBZ, but I understand wanting the pump and ally upgrade.I have a skinny little 9K winch on the frontA 16.5 will add from 100 to maybe 120 more therePush bar uprights with two cross bars and wings, maybe 80Roof rack is #75 (I have built over a half dozen...) and additional reinforcing, maybe #20 moreTwo 2" X .120 wall hoops is an easy 80-100Placing some steel under the front back to the crossmenber, then under the trans, Xfer case and fuel tank is #200A 10 K winch in the rear bumper is #75Then a case of water is what, #20???An easy #2,000-#3000 pounds That is when you consider now the entire chassis will be one solid cube of wet mud!Boneheads...
Put the 9k in the back. Does a 16k really weigh that much more, 100#?I understand the skids and front end, got to protect stuff. What about the alum drive shaft? Just a little skuff and its gone!
Why not just get a 12k for the front and double line if needed? And if weight is an issue, just go synthetic line? You could be at the same weight then with a 12k.Shawn, this things need under armor. Even just a plate from the trans to the tcase would be a huge improvement.
There is an idea, if the unimog had more speed I would say get one of those or a oshkos type truck start with a already bulletproof frame Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Quote from: Bigdave_185 on March 22, 2018, 07:26:34 PMThere is an idea, if the unimog had more speed I would say get one of those or a oshkos type truck start with a already bulletproof frame Sent from my iPhone using TapatalkConvert the axles in the unimog to a 9” center section, get any ratio you want. Buddy of mine does the conversions.
If you search unimog axle conversions guys have been doing them for some time on the 404 & 416 portal axles. The problem with them in stock configuration is obviously the axle gear ratio. Build a center nine chunk and have double ended shafts built and you can then bolt the outer’s onto that nine axle housing. Off road guys love the ground clearance those portal axles have. I used to cut the raw components for WEPS off-road and I even sold his product for awhile. Andy guy who ran it was a former Navy Sea Bee so he has some machining experience.....
Quote from: stlaser on March 22, 2018, 11:32:19 PMIf you search unimog axle conversions guys have been doing them for some time on the 404 & 416 portal axles. The problem with them in stock configuration is obviously the axle gear ratio. Build a center nine chunk and have double ended shafts built and you can then bolt the outer’s onto that nine axle housing. Off road guys love the ground clearance those portal axles have. I used to cut the raw components for WEPS off-road and I even sold his product for awhile. Andy guy who ran it was a former Navy Sea Bee so he has some machining experience.....I’ll look into it. I had researched unimogs extensively about 8 years ago and was going to drop serious coin on a frame off doka rebuild but the axles kept me from doing it. At that time all I found was custom gears for the portal axles but that option seemed to be limited and the top speed was still too low. I’d want a comfortable cruise rpm at 70 even if it meant modifications to the 6 banger diesel to get the power. Dave..... I’m not as good as I once was but I’m as good once as I ever was ;-)Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
what kind of report can you give us on that topper you put on there? we say you have it installed, but you have never given us any sort of feedback/update on it.....does it leak, how do you have it outfitted, would you get one like that again, etc?
I am not sure we have ever seen a photo of the inside of that topper DonSent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
That looks like crap! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Quote from: Bigdave_185 on March 24, 2018, 05:56:33 PMI am not sure we have ever seen a photo of the inside of that topper DonSent from my iPhone using TapatalkProbably hiding bodies in there....
Seat covers look familiar, except mine were so tight I could barely get them on. is that the h/duty carhart style fabric?