Recent content by PaulHayslett

I think I will stick with .188. I am running leaf springs and a bed cage with a fuel cell and rear tent. I will have plenty of weight. Truck looks great btw.

Front end is on hold until I get axles from RCV. I reached out to Van at LSK and we worked through the axle limitation issues. Van and LSK are top notch. I was not expecting them to help me out but they are taking care of the issues. For the time being, I am going to flip the truck around and...

I got a couple hours in the shop today and installed front diff, axles, tore down shocks, and cycled. Rcvs bind like crazy. I am going to need to place a call and see if I can get some resolution. Ordered bypass shafts and rod ends for bypass rebuild.

Pretty exciting day. I only have about 6 hours into truck after getting it home from blast. I need to finish plating driver side of frame, pull shocks apart for cylcing, and install transfer case to mock up and cycle axles. I made a big order for the rear of the truck from Ruffstuff last night...

Ended up getting a second wind after not touching the truck for a year and some change. I was still getting over the anger of buying a rust bucket and decided to get the frame blasted instead of continuing to wirewheel/sand. I got the truck frame back from blast and started going to town.

Transferring build from DR since it seems to be a graveyard. I will update build details here shortly. In short, truck build turned into a snowball due to buying a rusty truck site unseen and completing a large year long home remodel which was unplanned. Dec 29, 2021 (yikes, copied from DR)...