Crew cab M35 taking a dump on air

[ccequipment]

Here is some pics of the lastest crew cab I have in the works, I cut down a stock bed 3' installed a dump hoist and 4 linked the rear with air bags, it works great and rides smooooooth. Its about about ready for paint prep, Hope to be driving it to Haspin, we will see

 

[kennys@wi.rr.com]

As always, nice work.

 

[AceHigh]

Talk about One Of A Kind!

 

[bguy193]

Lookin good.......Hope you have it done for the rally.

 

[Burgerboy13]

Awsome work. What tires do you plan on going with? And just wondering if any one knew what a single Rockwell 2.5 ton Axel's weight rating is? I ask because this is a cool idea just wondering the limits of the axles weight rating. (Dont mean to thread jack)

 

[DJones]

Hope to see it at Haspin.

 

[tm america]

Nice job . Gotta love having a dump on a deuce .Are you planning on bringing another beater deuce to haspin to play with .

 

[jcappeljr]

Looks good,good fabricating job..

 

[FireFighterHill]

I'm really liking the 4 link suspension. I think that is the BEST way to do a bobber.

 

[rifleguy82]

Would love to see that nice rig at Haspin!
If I do a second deuce, I want to do the crew cab.
Awesome ride and nice work!

 

[M1075]

Sweet suspension setup! I have been dreaming of similar for a bobbed 5 ton!

 

[eldgenb]

did you put a balancing valve between the bags to keep the pressure the same or no?

 

[Unforgiven]

Awsome work. What tires do you plan on going with? And just wondering if any one knew what a single Rockwell 2.5 ton Axel's weight rating is? I ask because this is a cool idea just wondering the limits of the axles weight rating. (Dont mean to thread jack)

Front 11,000 lbs
Rears 14,000 lbs each. 28,000 lbs tandem.

http://www.steelsoldiers.com/deuce/14569-2-5ton-vs-5ton-axles.html

4th post down.

 

[ccequipment]

I figure about 7,000lbs is a good safe load any more than that and you will be overtaxing the brakes. Yes the axle is rated at 14,000, the bags are 7500lbs a piece, but you have to factor in the saftey of you and everyone else including the truck frame. Its amazing how this thing rides, and I did just do the simple leveling valves for the bags. So no matter how much weight you put on it will stay the same height. I started with one valve, but after hanging the fuel tank full of fuel the truck tilted a little to that side, so I put another leveling valve on to split the bags up, so it will sit level if you have an uneven load. This should be much safer for dumping operations

 

[tm america]

Nice idea on the separate balance valves. I think on the street this works great . But for offroad can seriously effect articulation and traction .

 

[toddm]

Excellent work!

 

[DUECE-COUPE]

looks like you have been paying attention to Ian on Extreme 4X4. he did the same 4 link on Project Bob Deuce.

 

[ccequipment]

Thats why I wanted to stay with one valve, but I flexed it out some and it still works well, it takes a few seconds for the valve to catch up when you are moving so you get some good axle movment, plus the frames on these trucks twist big time. I had acutally had all the 4 link parts and bags here before the extreme show came on, Ian just beat me to it.

 

[FireFighterHill]

CC, how hard would it be to put a coil spring in place of those bags? What id love to see next is a bobber with 4 link and coil springs and also airbags for when carrying a big load.

would make for great ride on and off road, still be able to carry a large pay load and have the redundancy if a air bag broke or vice versa.

 

[Heavysteven]

What kind of wheels and tires where you planning on using?