Nathan's Long Travel Build

Ahh I see I'll try to avoid that
first-hand experience?

 

And I only have the W1v3's.

 

I did the easier way too, I left my whole steering still attached and it only took about 15 minutes to pull out. There are pics somewhere in my build

Hows the cage coming along? I should really work on my engine cage but I have been too lazy lol

 

Well, when I started tearing things down, I thought I would be using a friends bender. That didn't work out, so I had to order a bender, which just arrived. So I'm going to try to set it up today and start getting serious, its just been a slow gong show trying to get stuff together.

 

Take your time, you will be glad you did. Have you used a bender yourself yet? There is a ton of info online on how to line things up and make test bends and mark them to make sure your bending in the exact spot you want. A wrong bend at the end of a piece is $$$. One thing I figured out is you can use your iphone level to find pretty much every angle in the truck and transfer to the tube to bend. Send me a a text when your trying to do it if you cant figure it out and I'll send some pics

 

Sweet! I never thought of using the level app for that. Awesome. I'll let you know when things start happening
And I haven't used the bender yet. Its still in the box

 

They sell digital levels you can attach to a tube to make sure you bend on the same plane, but then I figured out with my phone and a sharpie I can do the same thing

 

I'm running out of excuses...

 

Wow the work you did is amazing. Keep it up! Awesome truck!

 

for about $200 more you can convert that bad boy to hydro

 

I have an order to make

 

Call them, the website is new so it doesnt show it anymore

http://www.affordablebender.com/

the ram is a harbor freight, they will have the model or I can get it for you

 

Its $500 more for me
I'll just sweat it out
Edit: wait let me check out your site

 

Hmmm... I'll just do it the hard way for a while.
I'd have liked to go hydro, but its either too much right now, or it'll take too long to get here. Thanks for the info though

 

No problem $500 is steep for that

 

http://www.swagoffroad.com/Tubing-Bender-AirHydraulic-Ram-Mount_p_53.html

and

http://www.northerntool.com/shop/to...sku=14430806&gclid=CI3nsMzqrrUCFQf0nAodjm0AuA

 

Sweet! Thats great. I'm really tempted now. We'll see

 

I love your build man. Awesome!

 

Amazing build Conman. Great to see a BC truck. I should be picking up a 98 white taco in the next couple of months from my dad in northern alberta.

I am hoping to do the truck up for back roading around here (northern vancouver island) lots of KM of logging roads out to the coast etc etc.

I might have to swing by if your up for it on my way back from alberta and check your truck out. I figure we can start working on my truck in a few months? Haha but seriously. Nice build!

Chris,