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[aw12345]

Started on my weekend project

[aw12345]

Weekend project continues. Looks like this poor axle got it self some pretty good Hammer love

[michel1972]

It looks like it got to much love.......

[aw12345]

Nah not nearly enough

Wanted to weld the axle tubes, making good progress, but yes it has had some rock kisses

[aw12345]

After our little put put through the mountains and into the desert yesterday, it seems like it might be a good idea to make a stinger style spare tire carrier. I cut a pre cut sidewall on a front tire, busted it pretty good so instead attempting a to plug and reseat the darr thing borrowed the spare of one of my wheeling bud's. Got to love people that run the same bolt pattern and tire size as you do lol.

Any way for some local trails it seems like a good idea and the thing stuck on the back doesn't look half bad.

Mangled a fence pipe to see what it will take to make a stinger style spare tire carrier work

Kinda getting there, inspector Meathead says it will work

[REAL STRANGLER]

He Aart, betekent dat dat je niet meer met de Pittbulls gaat rijden? Heb je ze al verkocht?

Wij hadden grote moeite met het vinden van 42" bandjes in de USA ! Blijkt dat de Goodyear produktie van echte mannen maten al meer dan een jaar stil ligt.

siert.

[aw12345]

Nee hoor, ik ben nog steeds blij met de Pitbulls. Is altijd leuk om andere dingen te proberen.

Begon met een set oude krawlers om te zien hoe de Jeep op de weg reed. Want ik wilde er mee naar Big Bear.

Dat werkte, een maand of 5 terug had een vriend een set gebruikte 37" sticky Krawlers te koop en leek me een goed idee om die te proberen. Die werken awesome, alleen jammer dat er eentje een cut in de sidewall had die dus overleden is. Zal eens kijken of dat nog te repareren is. Heb nu mijn ogen op een set 40" mtr stickies, alleen zelfde verhaal eentje is no good. Wat ok is heb tot het midden van de herfst tijd om er nog eentje te vinden. Was gisteren met de gearing kalkulator aan het spelen en met 40" banden en de 6 speed de crawl ratio is het zelfde als de 5 speed met 37" banden dus dat zou goed moeten werken.

Er is een trail in JV waar je niet te breed moet zijn, dat een van de redenen was om andere banden te proberen. Het over de weg rijden is opgelost, mijn nieuwe pickup doet ok om mijn trailer met Jeep de bergen in te slepen.

Om het op te sommen heb fun met het experimenteren met banden. Geometry van de achterwiel ophanging is nu naar mijn zin, en nu is het kijken wat ik met banden vinden kan. De stickies slayed Moab, is ongelovelijk het verschil in traction tussen blue label Krawlers en de red label Krawlers

[aw12345]

Will copy the bends of this thing, make it out 1.5" 0.120 wall tube, then add a tube between the legs so I can bolt the tire to it that part will extend forward so I can attache it to center of the lower cross bar of the cage and that's it, one tire carrier build.

The krawler weighs 100lbs and I can take probably close to that in junk out of the back of my Jeep so weight wise it wouldn't make much of a difference.

[aw12345]

First of disappointed in the sidewall strength of the krawlers, darn sidewall sliced like a knife went through butter, my doggies would have laughed at that.

Anyway found some other Sneakers

Bend me my pretzel, will see if I can finish that thing in the next few days

[aw12345]

Made a bit of progress today

[Ogdak]

What kind off a bender do you use?

[aw12345]

I have used several different ones, mostly the ones that are based on the JD square benders.

One of my friends build one that bends vertically which is a better setup makes it easier to get all your bends correct.

The benders have some play in them so when you bend horizontally often some of your bends end up being of a few degrees due to the play in the bender and the weight of the tube being bend. That make sense? other than that they are awesome benders for the money

[aw12345]

Just needs some paint and I need to make or find a nice lynch pin

[Ogdak]

I have used several different ones, mostly the ones that are based on the JD square benders.

One of my friends build one that bends vertically which is a better setup makes it easier to get all your bends correct.

The benders have some play in them so when you bend horizontally often some of your bends end up being of a few degrees due to the play in the bender and the weight of the tube being bend. That make sense? other than that they are awesome benders for the money

Thanks on the info.

[aw12345]

Thanks on the info.

You are welcome Otto

[aw12345]

Got er all painted up and had to try a bigger sneaker

[michel1972]

Very nice!

Looks great.

[aw12345]

Bedankt Michel

[aw12345]

Today's little projects

Made a license plate mount on the tire carrier

Added a bit of tube to the cage.

Also got the last 40" MTR delivered by Brown Santa.

For decent price on MTR's and free shipping to some states check this place out.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/4-NEW-35-12-50-17-GOODYEAR-WRANGLER-MTR-KEVLAR-1250R-R17-TIRES-/310402573554?pt=Motors_Car_Truck_Parts_Accessories&hash=item48456f64f2#ht_2313wt_947

On to today's projects

[aw12345]

[EJG]

Why more tube ?

[aw12345]

triangulation, de voorste tube is het zwakste punt van een rol cage en heeft alle hulp die het kan krijgen nodig

[aw12345]

My little put put Jeep wanted some other sneakers, some heavy SOB's too. Took some serious man handling to mount them, get them of the tire machine and get them puffed up. Looks pretty cool though. Got's to love them foorties

[aw12345]

I rolled mine outside today, the little girl was aching for fresh air and a tan

Out in the sunlight

Found some stickers in the mail, never asked for them. Thought that was a pretty cool gesture

Difference between 37" tire and 40" tire 36.5" versus 39.5"

[aw12345]

Gots to built me a flex ramp some day out of a bunch of scrap steel

This temp ramp building is for the birds, on the bright side looks like the sneakers will work and clear. Guess a quicky trip up Cleghorn is next