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.