ckeene9's '12 Build

I am like your wives...I never forget or forgive!

 

ATO rear on order!

 

Nice! Swing out?

 

Swing out, table, and Jerry Can. As well as Hi-lift points so I can swap tires easily.

 

you'll have to experiment for yourself and see what you feel most comfortable with, but in my experience, i only hi-lift off the rear bumper if i'm hung up on something, or for some reason can't lift from the slider. what i've found is that you get a lot of side to side swaying and tilting when you lift from the rear and front of the truck. rear especially, since the parking brake doesn't lock up the front wheels. when you lift from the side, everything is much more stable. i've had to work under a truck that was lifted from the side with a hi-lift, and felt safe doing so. i'd be extremely hesitant to even crawl duck under a truck momentarily to stack a rock, that was lifted from the rear.

so just my $0.02, the rear bumper points are great to have when you need them, but be very careful lifting with them.

like i said though, experiment with the different lift points in your driveway and see what you feel most comfortable with.

 

Thanks for the heads up, definitely something to keep in mind. I'm not comfortable lifting with the sliders since it always wants to rock fore and aft on the jack or push the jack foot out.

My front bumper lift points on the Pelfreybilt work like a charm, super comfortable swapping tires and what not.

 

I'm back and forth between ATO and Pelfreybilt for when I get a rear bumper

 

I've done from the front a number of times. i just lift from the shackles, which keeps things steady. the parking brake is your biggest benefit when lifting from the front. when lifting from the rear, even in 4 wheel, parking brake on, and tire blocked, you will still get play in the driveline/tire rotation.

my solution for side lifting is that i pit the jaw of the lift against one of the tubes that connect the inner and outer rail of the slider. since doing that, i've never had it shift on me. if you've having movement issues with the sliders though, this may be your new best friend

http://www.sierraexpeditions.com/index.php?l=product_detail&p=2197

 

I do all of the above when getting the rear jacked up. May need to get that after doing this yesterday when it slid off. Luckily I had the tire on and she didn't hit the pavement.

 

glad I can contribute to your obsession!

 

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Matt

 

You like making everyone broke dont you

 

I like Pelfrey's products, just ordered skids yesterday. But I like the options available with ATO and still come out ahead cost wise.

 

Rear suspension upgrade and camper top are on the list now but those will be early next year most likely.

 

I think it's one of those "you can't go wrong" things lol

 

What about the lockers broham?

 

It's on the list just lower down and probably just a rear. Still debating regearing too.