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by HARDTRAILZ » Fri Jun 15, 2012 9:03 am

Beautifully executed rig.
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by Trail X » Fri Jun 15, 2012 11:27 am

chevycrew wrote:Reason being..... 7300lbs with driver!!!


What, is there a weight limit?
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by Karo » Fri Jun 15, 2012 11:50 am

Absolut amazing rig!
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by chevycrew » Fri Jun 15, 2012 5:18 pm

No weight limit, but weight = breakage and fuel consumption.
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by chevycrew » Sun Jun 17, 2012 5:32 am

Washed n waxed, ready for its photo op!


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by DirtyBacon04 » Sun Jun 17, 2012 12:12 pm

holy hell! Thats beautiful!! I envy your fab skills...
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by chevycrew » Sun Jun 17, 2012 1:54 pm

There is plenty going on with this build, but I'm already planning a list for this winter. It will get even better!
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by NC_IslandRunner » Sun Jun 17, 2012 2:22 pm

It's amazing how stuff adds up fast, loaded for Tecore my truck weighs 5400#s without me in it, weighed it this morning without tools, gear, rack or spare tire and it was 4800#s.

Your trucks lookin good hope you show them how it's done!
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by djthumper » Sun Jun 17, 2012 4:12 pm

It looks great!
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by chevycrew » Sun Jun 17, 2012 5:19 pm

Thanks everyone.

Trying to save some weight I pulled out some spare parts. Front shafts, front drive shaft, front locker, 18v dewalt flashlight with 2 batts and charger, and a gallon of antifreeze.
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by dvanbramer88 » Sun Jun 17, 2012 7:42 pm

I would of kept the front axle stuff and drive shaft unless you are that confident in it. Flash light and anti-freeze is a good drop, a mag-light weighs about the same as 1 18v battery and in the summer you can use water in an emergency.

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Dear Santa.... I want....

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by chevycrew » Sun Jun 17, 2012 9:44 pm

I'm running yukon chromo front shafts, and a long travel front drive shaft. My spare shaft will only work on flat ground (falls apart droop). My spare front shafts are 30 spline where the yukons are 35 spline. By dropping the spare shafts I was able to drop the 30 spline hubs as well.
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by Nakashige » Mon Jun 18, 2012 12:25 pm

Steve let me know how your first play date with the tires are looking at them in a 37
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by dvanbramer88 » Mon Jun 18, 2012 2:40 pm

chevycrew wrote:I'm running yukon chromo front shafts, and a long travel front drive shaft. My spare shaft will only work on flat ground (falls apart droop). My spare front shafts are 30 spline where the yukons are 35 spline. By dropping the spare shafts I was able to drop the 30 spline hubs as well.


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by chevycrew » Fri Jun 22, 2012 11:33 pm

Made a last minute appearance mod, pulled the moulding off the doors. Makes the wheelbase look shorter. Overall, Im very happy with it.

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by Mudwheelin » Sat Jun 23, 2012 1:39 am

Holy sh*t...that looks fricken awesome man. Great job!
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by Nakashige » Sat Jun 23, 2012 1:42 am

i am looking at this trying to figure out removable fenderflares
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by chevycrew » Sat Jun 23, 2012 10:06 am

Universal flares and nut serts installed in the fenders? I saw a set of 4" ? Wide universal flares that a zuk guy used on pirate. Screen name is bczuk. He is going with us on UA.
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by Nakashige » Sat Sep 01, 2012 6:28 pm

Steve what did you do for steering
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by chevycrew » Sun Sep 02, 2012 1:07 am

Toyota box, stock pump with ext pulley, radiator hose for extended filler, and psc 1.5x8 ram.
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