Recent content by mslogr

Greetings from over here in Ms.

Yeah, welcome to the site from down south.

Welcome to SS. Glad to see another Mississippian joining.

Welcome to the site, from the other side of the river. There's alot of info here, not to mention fantastic folks.

Scrapdaddy, any big truck parts place should have them. You need the thimbles to dual aluminum wheels.

Yes sir we use a thimble that has an extra quarter inch of threads on the inside ofthe shank. that way you have it holding with threads that continue up inside of the wheel. With the outer nut run up tight just reversed.

When we put ball mount aluminum super singles on we use a long shank thimbe that has the long shoulder, then we flip the outer nuts around and put them on with their flat side in. have never had a problem yet and at times we have 10,000 lbs per hub. Doing it this way there's no mods needed...

I thought about shortnin up a 101 bed to fit a short wheelbase 74 model pickup. Any body have anything similar they have done with pics?

Yall do know that they make thimbles that have an extended shank. Basically the shoulder is about a quarter of an inch from the open end of the thimble. That way you get more hold for thicker wheels.

I know you'll enjoy the site. Lots of good folks and more knowledge than you can use. Welcome to the site.

You can use the thimbles to hold on the wheel, then flip the outer nuts around and run them up(flat side in) and that'll hold it. If you want to keep the outer nuts. Just my 2 cents.

Welcome to the site from down here in Mississippi.

Great job. Looks like yall put alot of thought into it.

I to hate to see any good military iron going to the scrapper. I'm sure somebody can or will step in there to save it. But if not a man's gotta do what a man's gotta do.

How about putting expanded metal on the inside of your bows. You could fix a lockable top tailgate, and still cover with the canvas. I can tell you from experience that your gonna need some ventilation to keep the welder cool.