Trail Clean up truck project with pictures.

[TxFireman]

Well, it's coming along, that's the main thing. Slowly but surely, progress is being made.

[Xtremjeepn]

TIRES!!!!


Toyo liked what we were doing with the truck and stepped up with some tires. I had to pay a few hundred bucks in shipping, but nothing to complain about really.

I know some of you are going to hate me for this but I'm putting 35x12.50R17s on the truck and the 37s that are on it now can finally go back on my Jeep where they came from in the first place.

While I think the 37s were cool. I think the 35s will be a touch more practical for a rig meant to be loaded with trash on a trail and not really a hard core trail rig. Trust me when I say that it took a very strong fight against my own testosterone to put smaller tires on it.


I only had time to mount one tire tonight. This is going to be a project all by itself. The Allied beadlocks have 32 bolts per wheel and I have 10 of them to mount......yes.....10! I have to take the 37s off the beadlocks and mount them back on the Allieds for the Jeep. So that is 320 bolts just for the beadlock rings. Now throw in the 32 wheel bolts on the truck and the 20 on the Jeep and you get a fun day playing with 372 bolts!!!!!!!!!!(not counting spare tire lugs, valve caps etc)








Here is one of the 35" Toyos mounted next to the 37" MTR on the truck now. (also a neat shot of the Rhino lined rocker)




I finally got tired of the Red/Black/Blue/Silver/Grey paint job and did a temporary black paint on the front of the truck. Still debating what color to really paint it. If anyone wants to photoshop this picture with some suggestions feel free. (hint hint)

[Xtremjeepn]

So I got up early this morning to head up to the 16th annual Left Hand Canyon clean up day. Remembered everything except my camera....DOH!!


Four of us hopped in the crew cab with our rakes and shovels and made our way up to Boulder.

For the most part the truck worked great.....low range works but for some reason the front end does not turn. With the 14bff having been broken when I got the truck there this a large chance the front D44 has a broken R&P or spiders in it. (time to find the missing D60).

We hauled more loads than any other truck there. Filled 2 giant roll off dumpsters.



Couple of quick camera phone pics. (sorry, next time I won't forget the camera).

[Xtremjeepn]

Here is a decent picture taken from the clean up day by Chad Clavel (Chad06TJx on Colorado4x4.org)

[4x4mike]

Been following this on Pirate from the beginning. Hat's off to you.

[Xtremjeepn]

I'm still here!!!!!

My "day job" is as a financial advisor. So you can imagine I have been a touch busy this year.

I plan on getting back to work on the truck and hoping to see it working even more this summer.

[Xtremjeepn]

My computer was stuck doing some updates and I was near the truck with a camera.

I have been trying to get motivated to do some more work on it. So going out and snapping some pictures may help. :shrug:

These should give you an idea what I still have to do....a small idea.


I want to swap out to the 91 style grill. I have a radiator support, just need the headlights and grill pieces. Also need to build a winch mount for the front, bumper etc for the Ramsey 15K winch with Winchline.com rope on it. Also have 4 KC highlights that need to go up front.




I need some rocker protection with a step, needs to be easy to step up and toss stuff over the bedside right in front of the tire.

Also need a rear bumper. Need to build a rack in the bed to hold shovels, rakes, buckets, 2 more KC lights and a BullDog 10k winch with Winchline.com rope.....and cut out the fenders for the Bushwhacker flares to make room for those 37s.






Roof needs some love. Really need to finish up the body work (which I suck at) and get some paint on it.





....and of course my big hurdle at the moment is that the front axle is broken. It NEEDS something bigger than the D44.





More pictures here. Click here for more pictures.

[smooreace]

Looks like a great start.

How much total lift do you have going there? Im trying to make room for 38.5s on mine but think its going to take about 6 more inches from the looks of yours

[Xtremjeepn]

Those are 4" Superlift springs and 37s. They rub on the trail without trimming. The first version of the truck had the same springs and tires but with Bushwacker flares and it fit great. The Bushwackers alloe for lots of fender trimming.

[smooreace]

Can you tell me what you have for a measurement from the bottom of the frame to the ground now, with the 35s Im assuming. I has looked at Bushwhackers, but from the install directions it only gave a total of 2 inches from front to back, with no vertical gain to speak of. Did I understand something wrong? Maybe you have the original cut fender you could take a picture of?