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Cool project. What kind of tongue weight and overall weight are you looking at?

Final pictures of the weekend's work. While the paint was drying on the axle I began to bleed the brakes and pull new brake fluid through my entire brake system as I do this every other year on my Jeep. Another routing maintenance item on the list was to replace the rear brake pads. These...

Continuing on...... Here you can see the underside of the driver's side rear shock mount where the flexible brake line now connects to the rigid brake line. Here is the passenger's side. Also notice there is still plenty of slack in the rear differential vent line. Now THIS is where the...

Continuing on.... Upon removing the rear shocks here is where I wanted to relocate the brake bulkhead fitting to. This will be inboard of the frame rail and be fully protected from anything that could potentially catch on the brake lines. This hole needed to be enlarged to 5/8" for the...

I apologize, I have a very large picture dump that will take the next several posts as I have had a long weekend of work on the Jeep. I had some routine maintenance items to do as well as a small upgrade that ended up creating a LOT of extra work that I wasn't planning on. Jeep racked and ready...

Come on now Jeremy, we all know it's not the size that matters..... :rofl:

Prepping the bungs to be welded into the tubing. Scotchbrited the ends of the tubing and wiped everything down with acetone. Slid up against a stop placed in the table and the 3rd hand holding it in place while also providing a good ground. The 5 pegs for the dies completed. Installed...

Last night I was able to finish up the cart for my tube roller as it's been sitting incomplete on the fabrication table for a couple of weeks now as I've addressed other priorities. First items was to fabricate a guide for the handle. I took a piece of 1.5" square tubing, trimmed it to length...

We did brakes, rotors and ball joints on my son's right after he bought it and we got it running along with his Cognito leveling kit but the unit bearings were still in good condition. He bought it non-running with 228k miles on it about 6 years ago and now it has just over 270k miles and runs...

After my son left to head home and I cleaned the shop up for the evening my wife arrived home from work to inform me that she had a rock chip in her new windshield that we just replaced two weeks ago. I am getting really sick and tired of the shit roads we have around here and all of the...

Yesterday upon returning home from work I ran around the front lawn as my son racked his 2002 Duramax so he could replace his front unit bearings. He detected a small amount of play last LOF service and then last Thursday evening when he did another LOF service he noticed that the wear had...

Thanks for the response clarifying the trailer Greg. I didn't realize you originally built it for the JKU but that I understand. Mike

Trailer looks great Greg. With the Gladiator's bed, is there a reason you went with a trailer vs. just hauling in the bed or using a bed rack?

Then I could begin on the bushings in which I actually had started on. Machining the OD to .975" on the first cuts. Great surface finish on this bronze material. Next steps in the first setup process were to machine a step down to .625". The drawing called out for this step to be .250"...

Last week I got a call from a guy to machine some bushings. I figured I'd start on them Tuesday after the material arrived on Monday from McMaster Carr. Upon a first couple of passes in the C932 Bronze material, I detected that my lathe was off by a couple thousandths in only about 4-5 inches...

Yesterday I performed a LOF service on our 2006 2500HD Chevy. Oil & Filters at the ready. Oil drained, suspension lubed and all tires rotated and installed with the exception of passenger's front so I can replace the fuel filter. Double checking fluids after test drive. Also cleaned the...

I make sure everyone has the equipment they need to get food to the stores and eventually to everyone's table all while answering emails and phones listening to people telling me their problems. Mike

Continuing on with the tube roller cart.... Preparing the upper framework to mate with the base and getting it level. Next I wanted to make a mount for a fold down handle as well as a sleeve for the handle. To the mill and lathe I went. Drilled and reamed a 5/8" hole to receive the...

Saturday our neighbor was having an open house as they are moving to Montana. I'm sure going to miss these particular neighbors as they have been great. Quiet and aren't a bother to anyone and their kids are fantastic. They are teaching their kids right as they are polite and respectful. Too...

Glad to hear your Jeep is running great and you are now emissions compliant. It is a great feeling. I have just over 36k miles on my LS swapped Jeep now and still grin like an idiot every time I hit the ignition. Mike