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Pulled the truggy off the trailer and put the doors on. Had to bend both drip rails up in order to close the doors. Bounced both sides off some trees. But I was looking at the underside and I'm gonna need two new diff covers as both are dented in pretty bad. And I bent my Right side radius arm. Not a lot, but just enough to notice the curve.
And I have 3 flat tires from all the bark that got shoved into the beads from running python.

cannot wait to get back to rocks/valleys
 


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damn lol.

nice vids. Definitely looks like a fun place.
 

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My local club had its annual event this past weekend, here's some shots













 

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Trans is out and getting a new slave cyl. a new starter, and building a set of




one down 3 more to go
 

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I was bored............and the beadlocks are all done. That's 6 feet up the tree.
 
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Sweet! Love the build....I am starting to feel inspired to build my own!
 

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Howard City .............cool, not to far from me
 

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I know, we should meet up. I see Cheap thrills stickers around my area....kinda cool. Might be heading up to twisted trails in a couple weeks to check it out.

I have a 89 F150 4x4 351 in the back yard that has been rolled. We are getting ready to cut the top off it and tube it out. If we start on it any time soon, I will start a build thread but we am still waiting on getting a title.
 

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yeah we have a few members up that way...i'm down in Grand Rapids for work and live a little further south.
 

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I was bored............and the beadlocks are all done. That's 6 feet up the tree.
I kinda miss getting to see that all the time:shok:
Kyle M. I've seen your truck around howard city.:icon_thumby:
 

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Sweet! I will have to keep my eye out for more CTOR stickers!

I work down in GR too
 
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That stock 14 bolt cover was DAMN thin


See the lip on how grooved it is from banging and dragging off rocks



the outside of the cover



Ring gear was rubbing



another veiw of the bottom of the diff after it was shaved 1.75"

 

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Ordered a RuffStuff cover today for it
 

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Yup Dan's got some good shi! I spent more there last year then I did buying food!
 
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what did you do to shave it, angel grinder?
 

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Been keeping up on this one you do some killer fab work Id love to see what you could do with a 2 1/2 ton setup but on another rig this one is solid just the way it sits
 

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I made the initial cut with a sawzall. The diff is under the truck and the Cover has been modified. Just no silicone or gear oil at the moment.
 

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