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I'm loving the front-end of your rig there.
Did you knock that all together yourself?
Did you knock that all together yourself?
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What have you done to your 5 ton this week?
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Yes, and there has been a lot of "knocking" going on up there as you can tell, lol.
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Drove mine to get a load of firewood (ends of boards) at a local sawmill. Really liked when they had a lot of orders for coal mine cribbage, as that left a lot of 12x6" ends about 12" to 16" in length. Yesterday all they had was 2x12"s and 2x6"s about a foot long. All hardwoods. If it fits, it burns!
Well, as for the truck, she started well in single digits, but the radiator fan was engaged and didn't disengage until I shut it off at the sawmill. I should have shut it off after the truck warmed up a bit. Driving it with the fan constantly running really used the fuel and made me wind the engine a bit more to shift through the gears. The ride home was more relaxing. Now I know the trick to unsticking the stuck fan valve. I also had the CTIS acting up with all lights flashing, which has never happened except occasionally on startup. After I unloaded, I heard an air leak kick on and off. The CTIS wheel valve came off the air tube, but was still bolted on. I just pushed it back together for now. It's supposed to be all the way up to 30° tomorrow so I will fix it right then, maybe putting a little more bend on that bracket.
Well, as for the truck, she started well in single digits, but the radiator fan was engaged and didn't disengage until I shut it off at the sawmill. I should have shut it off after the truck warmed up a bit. Driving it with the fan constantly running really used the fuel and made me wind the engine a bit more to shift through the gears. The ride home was more relaxing. Now I know the trick to unsticking the stuck fan valve. I also had the CTIS acting up with all lights flashing, which has never happened except occasionally on startup. After I unloaded, I heard an air leak kick on and off. The CTIS wheel valve came off the air tube, but was still bolted on. I just pushed it back together for now. It's supposed to be all the way up to 30° tomorrow so I will fix it right then, maybe putting a little more bend on that bracket.
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That's pretty special, can you give us a breakdown of what you did? Or did you already do that in a build thread?
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MRAP bumper, he has a thread around here somewhere. He did a real nice job
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How are you doing anything in this Colorado cold? The shop is heated via electric heat, but i can't bring myself to keep it 68 degrees. Hope you landed under deployed chutes...
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wind kanked the jump..
my truck is outside in the driveway... i just go out there and get after it.. it has been getting into to 50s during the day, just a light jacket is all ya need when ur working hard.
my truck is outside in the driveway... i just go out there and get after it.. it has been getting into to 50s during the day, just a light jacket is all ya need when ur working hard.
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Haven't done anything to my truck lately 
All I did was cover the exhaust stack before it started snowing last night/this morning. Too cold, and I haven't been motivated because of my back issue. Doctor told me today that I have to stop working until my surgery on February 4th. That should be great, because I would have plenty of chances to drive the truck 
However, they put me on stronger pain meds, so I'm not allowed to drive 
Sucks.
All I did was cover the exhaust stack before it started snowing last night/this morning. Too cold, and I haven't been motivated because of my back issue. Doctor told me today that I have to stop working until my surgery on February 4th. That should be great, because I would have plenty of chances to drive the truck However, they put me on stronger pain meds, so I'm not allowed to drive Sucks.
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Yup John that sucks. Speedy recovery. I guess you will have to get the wife to start her and drive her until you can.
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Got the MRAP lights mounted. Now the fun part...wiring.
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Cool. Should throw out plenty of light now
I bet the boys have a BLAST going out with you in that AWESOME machine!!
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I know the surgery will go fine and wishing you a speedy recovery.Haven't done anything to my truck lately
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Shoot. Where's that link when you want it!?
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I'll try to find it during lunch, hard to do it on my phone.
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I hope for a speedy recovery! How soon after surgery can you be back in the driver's seat?
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Don't know if he had a separate build thread but this has alot of it about 3 pages in.
http://www.steelsoldiers.com/showthread.php?t=141834
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Been a busy week and haven't had time to put much together, but here's the jist of it. I didn't do a build thread but there's some scattered posts floating around. Ford Mechanic has done well picking up my slack.
Some threads...
http://www.steelsoldiers.com/showthread.php?145028-RG-33-MRAP-bumper
http://www.steelsoldiers.com/showthread.php?148489-Front-bumper-storage-Looking-for-ideas
http://www.steelsoldiers.com/showthread.php?135158-M939-Frame-Extensions
http://www.steelsoldiers.com/showthread.php?128020-winch-installs
The bumper is from an RG-33 MRAP variant.
The boxes are aluminum MRAP stowage boxes.
I fabbed the winch plate, bumper mounts and box brackets. Added factory frame extensions. Total added weight for everything is close to 1200#. Rides like a Caddy now.
Some of the "after" pictures from the next day. Front axle disengaged to assist in making a mess. T-case in low so I could control speed with throttle since we are on a bit of a slope. The boys named this place the "Dirty Spot", lol.
Brody is my co-pilot and rides in the passenger seat. Brayden is my navigator and rides in the middle. Brayden said he couldn't see the tires so I made a video for him.
https://youtu.be/nbmwC8w2MkI
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Looks like fun! I know when I eventually get my own 923 I'll be doing plenty of the above for sure...