RockRangerII refresh

[Josh40601]

Nice!

 

[RockRanger]

Having ran my wooden storage box behind my seats for awhile I really liked the bungeecords to hold items in place. So I drew up and cut a lower bracket and a upper bracket. I put a few bends in the lower to give it added strength.

20160212_144536 by Matthew Dresselhaus, on Flickr

I then riveted them into the truck by pulling back the carpet and the interior trim pieces. Last I ran bungee cord between the two.

20160212_161155 by Matthew Dresselhaus, on Flickr

 

[ben10]

Just spent a bit of time reading through your build thread and I have to say you have a lot of really neat ideas. Keep up the good work. Have you thought about selling your ideas?

 

[RockRanger]

Thanks. I have sold a few parts that I have made. My real job keeps me on the road with a difficult schedule to make and ship parts in a timely manner. If people are interested in certain items they cam PM me and we can work something out. Most items I wont make till I am paid and then they can have up to a 3 or 4 week lead time till I can make them. It all depends on my work schedule. I am upfront about how long it will take to be made.

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[ben10]

Yeah I totally understand that. I'm building a first gen exploder. A lot of this stuff will cross over.

 

[RockRanger]

If you are interested in something let me know. Always good to see more fords on the trails. Maybe someday people will stop calling it a toyota on the trail.

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[RockRanger]

Awhile back I built some new shackles for the rear suspension. I built them to match the length of the Belltecks that I have been running. All was good till I went to install them and the 2" OD bushing I used would not clear the factory hangers. I put it on the back burner and finally build some new hangers. They are made out of 1/4" plate.I also made a backing plate that the nuts are tacked to on the inside of the frame. I only did this because my gas tank is in the way of easy access to the back.

The pieces.

20160215_134045 by Matthew Dresselhaus, on Flickr

Then compared to the stock piece. The stock hanger is an original 23 year old piece.

20160215_141732 by Matthew Dresselhaus, on Flickr

20160215_141745 by Matthew Dresselhaus, on Flickr

Installed on the truck with my new shackles.

20160216_150438 by Matthew Dresselhaus, on Flickr

20160216_150426 by Matthew Dresselhaus, on Flickr

 

[Rowdy Fitzgerald]

Not too shabby bud!


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[Josh40601]

gotta love the west coast. Those things rust to pieces over here in the rust belt

 

[RockRanger]

I built some stronger front mounts as well. All made out of quarter inch material.

Here it is tacked welded next to the factory hanger.

20160218_195945 by Matthew Dresselhaus, on Flickr

It is keyed into the back plate then also welded.

20160218_200111 by Matthew Dresselhaus, on Flickr

Here is the passenger side mount installed.

20160219_203201 by Matthew Dresselhaus, on Flickr

I had to trim the parking brake bracket on the ends to clear then bolted the driverside mount on.

20160219_220550 by Matthew Dresselhaus, on Flickr

Here are the mounts front and rear.

20160219_203212 by Matthew Dresselhaus, on Flickr

 

[Ford78]

They look sweet!! Should build them with some drop for added lift, I would think they would sell pretty good since no else does much for rangers.

 

[RockRanger]

They look sweet!! Should build them with some drop for added lift, I would think they would sell pretty good since no else does much for rangers.

Thinking about it if there is enough interest. I didn't need anymore lift so I didn't on mine.

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[Grunizzle]

Another great piece of fabrication from you! Those shackle hangers are sweet! If I ever need any, I know who to call. Great work!

 

[Rowdy Fitzgerald]

Seeing you build all of this stuff makes me want a table bad!
But in reality I have no shop or garage to put it in


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[Divh]

i would be interested in a set of them in like a 4 in drop/lift