Odomandr Truck Build and Trip Log

No really though I can get on my feet again in a couple weeks. Should not be any problem when I am mobile

 

No we are standing in the rain at that point though your covered garage would be awesome right now to paint the frame​

 

I'd offer it to you but by the time you got here you'd be to wet to paint

 

That what blow torches are for

 

Then come on over. I'll get Rochelle and I spot on the street before everyone is home for the weekend a d you can use the carport

 

Hahah im joking. Got plans at 2:30 so its all good.

 

Going to be a bit cold for paint this weekend anyway

 

Left the truck with Corey to burn some metal on my truck this week.

New Total Chaos alignment tabs, newly refreshed A arms with Whiteline bushing's and OEM cam bolts and Corey did the BMC while he had it. Very pleased with my experience at Insain Fab as usual

 

Spent last weekend finishing the front end refresh. Got the ECGS bushing installed along with new CVJ axles and oem seals. Ended up putting the TC gusseted spindles and All Pro uniball uppers on as well. Got an alignment today and a few items to rebuild the pile that is disappearing. I have spindles and lower arms if anyone wants to borrow for a rebuild. @YamaDirtrider is first in line for the spindles to gusset.

Preview of what's to come:


Still have a short list to complete before I deem it Rock Therapy ready.

•Finish fridge and water install in the bed
•Finish the molle panel seat back catches and sound deadener
•Reinstall skid plate
•Load up essentials


If anyone is interested in 5 Nitto Trail Grapplers and 5 TRD off road wheels I'm going to list these soon

 

I've considered building a chuck box for some time now. My storage bins were never the right size for it all and left things disorganized after a day bouncing on a trail. After a bit of research I found some pelican boxes on Craigslist that were missing the foam. The 1650 pelican will hold my Coleman Triton stone, a few cans of fuel, my GSI mess kit, silverware tray, the campmaid grill/Dutch oven system and bag of charcoal, random kitchen utensils and a box of dish cleanup stuff.
I still have the personal msr stove and a personal mess kit behind the seat but this should be much better when cooking for more than 1. I still have room for a shallow 8" dutch oven (my larger 12" deep oven is too big) and a coleman gas grill, also plan to order one of the mesh lid organizers for spices/oils and utensils to further organize this box. It also has the wheels on it like a suitcase for easier transport from truck to picnic table. Hoping to give it a test run soon

 

For the wheels

 

Haven't decided if I'm going to swap these tires over or sell the set and get something taller

 

Well I came back to Birmingham to visit family prior to Rock Therapy and attend a wedding in Nashville. While home my grandfather passed and I had to skip my Moab trip this year. I've wanted to take a trip down here for a few years through the Talladega Natl Forest. Most trails around Birmingham consist of a dirt road to a mud bog, but the Skyway Motorway is a nice trail through the forest. A friend here recently purchased a limited T4R and he wanted to take it out prior to installing a lift kit. We spent the morning today driving 600-1 which has a couple great views. Not much expected to be difficult at all but some 4wd was engaged.

 

Got a solid deal on a smittybilt winch. The x20 10k comp has a lot of solid features like ip68 rating and synthetic dyneema line along with a solid warranty. I pulled the brummel out and will replace the hook from smittybilt with a warn epic hook I got via raffle. I also swapped out the fairlead for an offset fairlead from slee to fit my arb bumper. I hope to clock it and install it soon but I need to get some longer wiring to extend it into the engine bay as I don't particularly care for the solenoid on the bumper either. I also need to grab a rubber bumper stop to keep from marring the fairlead.

 

How much wire are you thinking you'll need?

 

Why'd you pull the eye out?
Looks like that hook would've attached to it?

 

Smittybilt hook might have had a closed loop, no clevis.

 

You should have gotten the 1.5" thick custom Spice offset fairlead so you can clear the sides of the ARB bumper when conducting side pulls.

 

not sure need to unravel the bunch and guesstimate.

see below

correct, it also has a tube abrasion thimble that i could not easily replace like th open side ones. Also good to practice the locked brummel splice and may order the hypoxic fancy fid

it hadnt been released last year when i got the one from slee. this one will do for now.

 

Should have been released, I worked with them over 2 years ago to develop it.