Long Travel BS Thread

yeah and i would have gotten it but for my spare tire setup we had to cut out the stock crossmember and theres another one with the carrier but its not enough support. At the time i didn't realize it was such a huge deal
I have a few ideas on how to gusset the hangers or build a custom cross bar that basically does the same thing. My left hanger is starting to bend, its not too bad but i don't wanna push it and end up with my frame bending two different ways

 

This is Eddie's, it is moving over to my truck with the leaf pack. A custom cross bar The Truck Shop made. Wish it was a beter pic, but all I could find in his build.

 

Yeah I was looking through eddies pics and that seems like the best one. I might do something fabbed with the tire carrier but I was talking to mike and we were talking about just gusseting the hangers. I'll take a pic of what I mean right now and post up. Hopefully the fabricators in here can give me some advice!

 

You know where to come

 

K so this is what my hangers look like currently, the drivers side is bending, the passenger still looks fine. look past the trailer harness ziptied to the carrier lol



This was a thought by Mike and I but im not sure if its possible, thats all i came up with as a gussetting idea but im thinking an actual crossmember would be alot better


Where the old stock one used to be and was cut out


The one that is in there right now with the tire carrier

 

I hate fucking up tubes. Screwed up 2 of them now

 

So why not just tie one into your spare tire carrier, or put some bends in it?

 

yeah i can, im more worried about the frame than the hangers though
edit: what if i get another "X" crossmember made in place of the stock one? but a little closer to the cab so it fits in front of the spares. would that solve my hanger issue or would i still have to do a hanger crossmember?

 

meh...

 

So sick matt...come to iowa and build my truck...I have some land to make a short course track too...

 

His truck is WAY too tall to short course! He needs to go to a monster truck rally with that thing





Looks good Matt

 

lol... i was born in iowa, don't feel an urge to go back, but a short course would be fun

i've done my fair share of shit on my truck but i can't take any credit for the fab work... that wasn't done by my hands... i just paid for shit

 

Born in iowa??? No shit? Where at dude?

 

i monster truck rally at the mall. that's where the real men play

 

Ames. my dad was going to school at Iowa State... then we left cuz he joined the military. i only loved there for a few months...

 

Ah right on..my brother went to college there too...small world, haha.

 

Is there a first gen kit for a SUA or just piece it all together individually?

I know a company makes a very expensive second gen kit.

I'm sure the topic has been beat to death but in the forum thread are a few very active first gens that have it done.

I want to leave my front mid travel and do a stealth long travel rear, So it can keep up.

 

only company (that i know of) that offers a "kit" is Giant

but, you can piece together everything you need minus spring perches from TC. i got my perches from kartek

 

Hate to bug but can you help me piece one together?

I just need directions as to what exactly to buy, I will have Jason Speed Freak do the welding and install.

Can I use my current leaf pack with more leafs added? or will it be too flat?

I want to rear to sit stock height and for now I want to use my Icon extended travel rear shocks and later get some triple bypass.