Before the makeshift lift, the floorboards were at 12" from the ground....


...now I have almost 14". Should help this long boat a bit, yet still be somewhat stable on side hills.

Today I was admiring the ranger sittin' there and decided that it was still to low to the ground for my taste, even with the taller tires and after moving the shocks to the outward holes.(Rangers have 2 top mounting holes, one inboard and one outboard...the outboard ones raise the vehicle up about an inch but changes the angle of the shock, causing a slightly harsher ride.) After some thought, I decided to fabricate some ears that would weld in, between and below the factory holes. This would give me about 1-3/4" of lift without destroying the axles (I hope).
....here's the flat stock marked out with 8 brackets, some of which were already cut.


...and after welding them in. Topped off with a touch of spray paint, black of course.

Added some backup lights. They are the same as what I used on my truck, Ecco leds. Very low amp draw.
What's cool is that Polaris has wires in the rear from the factory, power and ground, and the ground only works in reverse (someone told me it's setup for a backup beaper). Plug the lights in an that's it.



 

Not to backtrack, but when you made new brake lines, did you bypass that horrible abs valve like we talked about? The pic on the last page showed it still hook up (on one side).
...and , how come part 7 isn't stickied? I just noticed part 6 is runnin' off the charts with visits, this one not so much.

Day 8 of project chop top.
I wanted to be able to erect the top to it's full upright position by COB today, but the construction of the hinge mechanism is a bit more involved than I first estimated.
I decided to wrap the strongest part of the new roof frame with steel which was bonded, screwed and through bolted in place. THe creation of the hinge brackets took me the whole afternoon. but I'm ready to go on the lifting mechanism tomorrow.
To build the aft hinge attachment point, I started with a 3/16" thick 1.5 square tube. I cut it to length, then using a plasma torch, cut one side off forming a U-channel

Posted by Flyin6:
OK, I have some totally inflamatory stuff to post up. Wierd how my brain works, but you all know I am now writing my second book which spans the innerspace between biography, musings, philosophy, and who knows what. Anywho, for some wierd reason (I hope there aren't any psychologists reading this!) I actually wake up early in the morning with something swimming around in my head, which I immediately write down to capture. Well, not immediately, first I put on that pot of Java, then start writing. I don't know what is going to pop up, or why, I just write it down. Normally I can have up to 5-7 pages of stuff that just comes pouring out and I write until the hunger pains begin, or lack of coffee wain until the need for sweet tea later on. Does all that make sense? For your sake, I sincerely hope not!
Well, anyway my CIEMR this morning is as follows:
I woke up with this definition of what I believe a Liberal to be all clumped together in the gray matter...Lord help me!

Liberal: A person who is committed to an idea or concept despite logic, common sense, history, evidence, or proof to the contrary. A person who is so convinced of the correctness of their position that they demand others change their views, beliefs, convictions, and way of life to comply. Finds accommodation with all beliefs and ways of life despite how farfetched they may be, and demands the 99% change their views to accept this skewed position through the constant creation of laws, regulation, policy or procedure. One who is not satisfied with the natural order of things and believes more control is inevitably necessary for happiness, although a true liberal is never happy, cannot achieve happiness, and has become embittered and hate filled because of their constant failure to change the natural order of things. People who mostly believe there is no God, that somehow randomness and human intellect has produced the world as we know it and willingly accepts utterly fantastic explanations for how things came to be. Someone who does not love freedom and through their zeal to control things in a manner consistent with their beliefs, actually destroys it and becomes its enemy. Lacking of real courage but totally convinced that because of their zeal and ability to argue their point that somehow they display courageous characteristics. A person whose beliefs are generally only found to be acceptable to like minded people and fringe elements of society. Seldom seen on a battlefield or other places where real courage and self sacrifice are required. Willing to benefit and prosper from the labors of others without having a negative effect on their own conscience. Believing that despite how successful some people have become through their personal labor, sacrifice, and brilliance, that the fruits of all that effort should be shared by everyone. A fan of the grasshopper, and truly believes the ant was treated fairly and perhaps even shown leniency
......BTW...No offense to any liberals who might read this, I have to admit to actually knowing some of you, and fondly looking forward to our bantering back and forth!

Here's Don's favorite part of the cmax build (insert sarcasm face here)
...truth be told, he probably would want this left out, but we're putting here anyways !

Do you guys have the circle jig for your hypertherms? I thought those could come in pretty handy.

Have you not seen Big D's cuts? His reply ^^^ says it all. hhahahahahah

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thanks....so far so good.