Whiteclouds Build and BS Thread

Just wanted to say thanks for the info sorry I never got back! I like the idea of redundancy so i may add that to mine.
What's next for you? Working on anything new, or are you taking a break.

 

Hey buddy.

Well a bit of a break from things from just a bit. My wife is in school and her schedule is crazy and while she is at school I have the kiddo's and am also picking up some OT shifts at work at the range since she had to drop hours at work.

But for the truck...........I'm hoping to get a BAMF IFS skid, pull the mechanical fan, flush the system, new radiator and a dual electric fan wired so that one will be for the thermostat and the second wired into the truck for the controls.

Also after the last camping trip after we got back from Moab, I went to fill the water tank and it started to overflow out the bottom right away. I looked and I guess the way my exhaust is cut after the muffler points right at it and has melted the tank................. So now I also get to pull the bed and get a new tank in as well as redo the exhaust. And then while I'm under there I need to sort out some compressor issues and issues with the way the whole system is currently mounted. And to top off all that............................I was given some LR UCA's that I need to get on there.

But....... @ERMB are you still wanting a roof rack? I forgot. I have a buddy that is gonna let me mock up some stuff on his truck so we can get it fit.

 

Well, I know you like lists so I guess it's time for you to start another one That's too bad about the water tank maybe a heat shield could be made to protect the tank and not have to mess with the exhaust too much. It also sounds like you would benefit from a bed that opens like a dump truck so you can access all the stuff you've got underneath it easier. I'm only kinda kidding on that one. In all it sounds like you've got a full plate and I have no idea how you find the time to do all this. I've found that if I work in more than 30min intervals on the truck my wife gets pissed, at the end of the day if I had a garage id probably be out there all night too working on the truck just because I could!
As far as the roof rack I'd love to do one, but I don't want to add to your mountain of things to do, but if you do work on one for the other guy, then yes I'm interested. Are you still interested in a painting?

 

Awesome idea ^^^^ Yeah I still want to get you a roof rack. And hell yeah I still want one of your awesome paintings. Yeah I'm gonna try to make a heat shield and also put a downturn tip on the exhaust so that it won't happen again. So we will have to see what happens.

 

Sounds good to me! I like to see all the crazy amount of stuff you do to your truck so I'll get my ready! All I'd need from you is your choice of photos to work from. Let me know if there is anything specific you want to see in the painting and I'll make it happen!

 

Thanks. I'll try to find you a photo that you can work form. And I should be able to get some drawings for the rack drawn up soon. What do you want on your rack?

 

Thanks man this sounds great! I really like how your rack fits to the roof line. I know that you had yours set up to hold the solar panels. I think I'd use it more as a traditional roof rack, so maybe one or two more cross members would suit me.
As far as photos whenever you're ready. I can also take things from different photos and add them into the painting if there are things you like from multiple places.

 

So I can definitely add a couple more cross bars. Would you want a second bar along the top with a couple of uprights to form a bit of a basket for gear?

Kinda like this but all the way around. And then are you wanting any mounts of any kind for lights/jacks/anything else?


Yeah with the painting.....I'm trying to find a picture that the wife and I both like for you.

 

That does look good, but I think I still prefer how yours looks, mostly because of how low profile it is. I think the additional cross members would do it for me. Same with the mounts, I'll pass on those too, Sorry if it sounds boring. I don't really have a need for more lights at this point. I sometimes carry long items like lumber and ladders so i need to keep things relatively clear for that.
As for the painting, take your time and pick something that works for everyone. Don't forget I can also work things into an image from different photos as well depending on how it's taken.
Thanks for taking the time, much appreciated!

 

Sounds good to me. It makes it a little easier that way so that I can keep it all in one level and nothing higher. It will look nice and clean for sure. I'll try to get some tie down points in there too. Best part is...........I have the material here already and hopefully should have some time to start it soon.

 

Dude! Your new signature is awesome!

 

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Well some good stuff has happened....like me paying the bitch off

And then some shitty stuff has happened.........like rolling over 100K.......oh yeah and then this.....
And this one I just found out about today......

 

Ouch, how long ago was that first issue, LCA failure? And are the the two incidents related by any chance?

 

UCA actually. Had o the SPC arms about a week and the nut backed off the bolt, hit a bit of a bump backing out the bolt and twisting the UCA around. Also pinched the hose on the ICON's, so had to send that out to get fixed. That was all on the passenger side. The coil happened either yesterday or the day b4. But that happened on the drivers side.

 

No good buddy, congrats on paying it off though!

 

Thanks buddy. Just figures that it is all mine and now everything starts breaking. But at least this way I can upgrade the springs. Current ones are the originals when I first got them 8-9 years ago. Plus that way when I sell them for the proper ones for the +2 kit later down the road they will be good to go.

 

Coils came in yesterday. Now to just find time in the crazy day to install them.

 

Hopefully going to be tearing into the truck today pulling off the shocks, then renting the coil spring compressor tonight and doing them tonight and tomorrow then throw them back on tomorrow after my docs appt.