Paden's Truck

Looking good

Def. talk to SDHQ about gusseting/double shearing the UCA as well as reinforcing where they notched the bucket for resi hose, before you start doing anything too crazy

 

truck looks great man

like max said, that notch in the coil bucket need to be addressed and some UCA gussets will be good insurance too, but you'll be able to get by with out those for a little bit as long as you dont get too crazy and have the front limit straps on (i'm assuming you do)

if you do plan on getting kinda wild with the truck there are alot more little things that should be gusseted for safe measure... you've only just begun

 

thanks for the advice guys

i'm taking the truck for retorque tomorrow, so i'll be sure to ask them about all kinds of reinforcements, gusseting.

 

Truck looks bitchin man

 

thanks, appreciate it!
yours is another one of my favorites on here !

 

gussets for the control arms and everything next monday..
i asked about gusseting the coil bucket, ryan told me the top plate was sufficient enough for strength and shouldn't expect any damage to it...

 

tell him you dont care you want it done.




above is my coil buckets. they take tons of stress, you NEED to get it done. and im not even long travel.

my buckets both have 3-5 cracks on each side.

 

wanna go wheeling next week?

 

imagine if the top was notched

 

Bullshit,

Edit: Found it

 

thanks max.. i'm definitely doing it now

wonder why he told me it was strong enough...

the bucket in that pick is warped to shit..

 

Well that truck in the pic, was beat on pretty hard.

Guess it's one of those "this is the way we've always done it" type thngs.

Yeah, wonder why Icon hasn't re-done there top plate like everyone else to not require notching. Anyways...I'd have them make a ring that bridges the gap between the notch and/or install a secondary shock hoop even if you don't plan on running a second shock

 

these cracks are caused from eric's suspension not being strapped. now having said that, that doesn't mean the bucket can't fail even if it is stapped because it is def weakened from being notched like that.

it can happen with out the notch, but this truck wasn't running limit straps either.



the upper mounts are different for the TC and burg kits. because burg kit's "require" and specific col. length shock (dont remember what it is) the thinner style top hat is used.

the pics i posted is a 1st gen TC kit, with the thicker style mount, no bucket notching is required. SDHQ prob ran the thinner style top hat per camburgs install specs, bu the resi hose contacts the bucket, therefore it had to be notched

 

another example, my truck

 

here's another vid i got today.
i love this camera, lol
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-pNKGzB5dc&feature=channel_video_title

 

hey thanks for the invite!!!

 

D'AWWW shucks.. maybe next time, i'm down to go out whenever.. lol

 

cool videos! i need to get a gopro asap haha

 

same here, so badass!

 

what's lonk travel? haha