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Ha, yeah, they should totally lets kids vote! I put my truck in the Sandpoint car show a few months ago. First time I've ever done one. Yes , they're quite the hit with the kids, especially since I let em climb in and all over the thing. With parental supervision of course. I was surprised no...
So I did buy a set of six NOS Michelin G20 15.5R20 Pilote tires off ebay for 220 each. Shipping from WI to the WA/ID border was 770 bucks. I'd like to think I did ok.
Now, I just broke down all my M35A3 combat rims. They had the poly hutchinson beadlock inserts in them. Kind of on the fence...
Anyone have any experience with the michelin xl g20 pilote 15.5R20's on A3 combat rims?
Looking at a new.
Pretty much the same tire as the 11R20's I have, but the bead won't be mpt anymore. Doesn't sound like thats a problem anyway.
Currently I'm running Michelin 11R-20's singled out on the 8.5" bead lock rims. Honestly, they do really well. I was able to climb my long steep icy road quite well. The skinny wheels just look a little lackluster. I bought chains for all six too, expecting to need them, but they stayed in the...
That's the winch I had for a while before selling the rig it was on. I used it to pull down a pine tree once by running the cable pretty high up the tree and then slamming it in 4wd reverse till the front wheels came off the ground, repeatedly. I had cut all the main roots out down low and...
I was considering hydraulic, especially now that I have a hydraulic pump on the engine now, and also do a backup electric pump. But idk, that'd get real expensive real quick. Just the hydraulic winches for those for sale? Hmmm, I'll have to look.
I was going to try to do a winch this summer, but dang, not the best of times to spend much money. Plus I need 395's for the truck at some point. Maybe next year for those. Takes a hundred thirty bucks to fill up my stupid dodge these days. Anyway...
I've winched myself away from sliding off...
Its a Sweet med (which is their regular) with .235 torsion spec. Paid 150 for it on ebay. The input spline is 3/4-48, output is 13/16-36. Its an older model, but was new.
The new ones are both 3/4 inch splines. Other than that, they're identical.
I'll look into doing that Rusty. I promised my wife I'd work on our camping trailer, so I'll get to it when I can. Think you might be able to dig up the info on that bearing you used? I didn't see it in your old posts, but that may be due to my search terms.
With the engine off and just sitting there, the steering wheel was hard as balls to turn, but it did move the wheels. Not sure what it'll be like with it rolling.
I'll have to go somewhere its safe to kill the engine and do that. My place is on a pretty steep hill.
I did the same thing with...
Added a 6 pass cooler and drove the piss out of it around every turn on my hill. Only got warm.
I didn't really want to do the plastic ties that go through the fins, but it actually turned out quite well. I lightly painted the front of it. Can't even see it. Project done.
Yeah, I'm in post falls myself. Rarely venture west of the valley though. Someone at the central premix on sullivan has a nice crew cab deuce. Wondered if they were on here. Not many on the road here yet.
Man, When I drove the dodge to work this morning, the steering felt super stiff in comparison to the deuce. Thought something was wrong with it for a sec. Plus, there wasn't even a single drip on the concrete under the truck this morning either. That was pleasing. I need to get the alignment...
The fittings are all the reusable "field serviceable style. No leaks anywhere, not yet at least. 3/8 line.
How'd it go?
Well, I chose a stiff torsion spec on the valve and I swear you can still turn it at a dead stop if you accidentally sneeze on the wheel. Not exactly what I was going for...
My bud has a torch table at home, so he helped cut the ram base out of 3/8 and also weld it up. Glad I didn't do 1/2, would have been far uneccesary. We used solid wire mig. Did perfectly fine with no issues and was a clean looking job. The flat plate warped some, but not too consequential. I...
Here's after I put the lines and reservoir on there. The little rediator was mounted under the heater box against fender vents where the hoses. More on that later.
Taking the grill off and pulling the radiator only took an hour, including draining it. I really didnt want to pull the rad, but...
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