Long Travel BS Thread

Hmmmm You can keep half the cans. Deal or no deal.

 

Go on? I'm trying to stick with new stuff for the new truck .

 

is one of them a set of axles?

 

Just throwing it out there if anyone knows someone:
I'm looking for King 2.5 x 8 Bypasses

 

Hit up santabarbarataco

 

will do. paging... @santabarbarataco

 

With a Long Travel Kit in the front like the Dirt King, I understand each side of the truck ends up being 3.5" wider or a total of 7" wider overall in the front.

How do you get the rear to match the width in the front? I understand the stock rear axle is 65" wide. You can do up to about 1.5" spacers on each side in the rear but that leaves the rear 4" narrower than the front still. I'm confused. Please help

 

2" spacers is closest you can get without going custom rearend

 

A little Hobart 110 welder is only a few hundred bucks and it will weld up to 3/16" to 1/4", which is plenty for tube work and pretty much any plate work you would do on the truck.

I self-taught welding. Started on scrap, did destructive testing, read as much as I could along the way. Then started welding bumpers, skids, etc. Those didn't fail, so I moved on to suspension stuff. Then I built a trailer from scratch, loaded it down with 2,000 pounds, and towed it to Alaska without issue.

I would venture to guess I have saved myself $5,000 in welding and fabrication over the years.

 

Nothing better than welding something up yourself

 

U save TONS of money welding stuff yourself

 

Welded up some spindles today. And @nfs257 truck cage is coming along

 

On a extra cab is it OK to ha e Te harnesses all the way along the back window? Instead of by the seats? Also they are about equal with my shoulders, should they be lower ?

 

That is fine being along the back bar. Just as long as the bar is an inch or so lower than your shoulders

 

I would say it's probably close to an inch, but not for my passengers who are shorter lol

 

Explain?

 

last i heard hes sorting insurance out, looking to buy his but dont he hasnt told me, dont want to bug him

 

Keeps your back tires further from the curbs