railmans build thread....

[disciplerocks]

Some good shots there John.

 

[railman]

Some good shots there John.

yeah....I have to give Brandi all the credit for those

l8r, John

 

[Jay'94]

I see you have a whole new approach to Rocky Road.
Cheating like Kenny, just drive over everything.

 

[railman]

I see you have a whole new approach to Rocky Road.
Cheating like Kenny, just drive over everything.

actually that was worse....really tipped me over into the rock....if it wasn't already dented from before it woulda been then for sure.....

just wish you coulda been there....we miss ya at TB....and everywhere else

l8r, John

 

[railman]

went to Turkey Bay with Greg ( 97trailrigdd) and Jeremy ( yellow Jeep )on 5-12-12....I left my camera at home....but Greg had his Go Pro...here is the video....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nzbSQvo1pq4

at the end is Vandy's Lifeflight taking a dirt bike rider with a broken femur and hip...

l8r, John

 

[railman]

went to Wishbone Ranch this past weekend.....other than the fuel pump giving up on Saturday I had a blast

my buddy RB

of course my fuel pump let go....

so I ran into town and got another...and was back wheelin' on Sunday....

RB a little hung up....

so a little tug was in order....

my newest carnage....broke my taillight a little worse

Melissa tryin' to go up "Snot Rock"....

then the smoke show started...

turns out it was some oil got sprayed onto the hot exhaust....and caught fire...

the oil sprayed on the rock...

then it was my turn....

had a blast and can't wait to go back

l8r, John

 

[97TrailRigDD]

That place looks like fun. Can't wait until the 9th!!!

 

[Kage]

That looks like a fun little park!

 

[railman]

That place looks like fun. Can't wait until the 9th!!!

you know it

That looks like a fun little park!

you outta come down the 9th with us.....gonna be a blast

if not, then come on the 28th of July for Crawl Magazine's g2g with Xtreme4x4...will be crazy then for sure....

l8r, John

 

[86 slo-vo]

Does look like a nice place.

 

[Josh40601]

Ill let you know on how funds are buddy. I really wanna run with you guys

 

[railman]

Ill let you know on how funds are buddy. I really wanna run with you guys

I just know you can talk the 'Ol lady into it

l8r, John

 

[Josh40601]

Updates!

 

[Josh40601]

Fine, since you won't update this, I will!

Big John hobbled his way up to the state capital this weekend and picked up my old doubler setup. He got it most of the way installed, and shortened his wheelbase. He still needs to burn in some tabs, and has a couple odds and ends he has to take care of such as shackle location and such, but it's pretty much installed.

His setup does drop the case below the frame, but keeps the case clocked almost flat with no real mods to the floor of the truck.

He also picked up some 2x4 1/4" or 3/8" wall rectangle stock and is building sliders out of those. I don't think those are done yet, but he does have all the material, I think he was just waiting until he figured out what the wheelbase was going to be.

I do know that his goal is to have it ready to wheel by the 27, when a group of us are meeting up at Wishbone Ranch in Bowling Green, KY for the Crawl reader rides event.

 

[railman]

what Josh said

started on it bright and early yesterday....got the old case out...had to swap the T-case shift motors since his had a different plug than mine...but no big deal....

also used the extended front drive shaft he gave me along with a longer slip to get the front shaft in....

as for the rear, I shortened the wheelbase about 10"....which with the doubler lets me use a Reg. Cab Ranger 4wd rear shaft...so spares will be easy to come by if I need one...or 2

as for now to get it goin, I need to install my new rear x member to carry the rear shackles as well as the tabs for the doubler x member mounts....

l8r, John

woulda took pics but my camara's batteries are dead...