This is a mild steel, mig welded, used parts budget build. Mediocre at best fabrication with function being #1.
And hit the dirt after slapping on some used 31's and dropping a lunchbox locker in the rear. Cause if you cant get on top of the hoops you might as well get sideways.
Shortly after I bought a house and build progress stopped for a year. Truck was an excellent daily driver at this point and did surprisingly well on many desert trips.
Nice! Throw some tube at it for another $500 to cage it... and it would be a solid little explorer/prerunner for cheap. "Explorer" in the true figurative and literal sense.
Ok $5500 lit on fire never to be seen again, many coors light fueled saturdays i'll never remember or get back, and countless house projects put off.
That may happen down the road. For now the goal is to get it in the dirt in the next few weeks.
^^ I hear ya on that!
Wish i could have witnessed the beam end falling off though. Sounds fun. Like a cartoon where the car dies and the wheels just fall off.
Hellfuckingyeah!!! Stellar project tracking and documentation.
The “bro” at the end was the clincher.
I would have liked to witness said brakeless beam breakage with frosty Coors Light in hand.
Here's a shot with the 33x10.50s. These trucks are super goofy looking but the big tires help a little.
Pulled the leaf pack apart again to check my 7" shackle guess. Looks good to me?? Thinking about just running those beauties. Got a 1/2" til the axle hits the bumps but the fender said otherwise... I'll deal with that guy over the weekend.