Since ITTC I have taken the rig out 3 times. And had failures each time.
First trip the Alternator pooped the bed just unloading off the truck. Bearing seized. This is pretty typical after the mud pit at ITTC. I'm pretty sure I replace an alternator every year after that.
Next trip I...
Remember months ago when I broke my thumb? Ya....it never healed so lucky me I got to have surgery
This slowed down production pretty bad. But I'm glad I did it. Feeling pretty good now. It took a couple months tho. I did lose some mobility but so far I haven't noticed it causing...
Some of the competitions I've been going to are now requiring a metal roof. When I rebuilt the cage I tried to keep this in mind to make my life a little easier.
I bought a sheet of .125 aluminum and cut it down to size. I wish I would have got more pics of messing with the plate but I...
next was the shifter for the Black Box. I kind of ghetto fabbed this one together quick. I may redo it someday.....maybe not. Its working
I made a bracket to bolt onto the trans adapter and welded a coupler on it to use as the pivot point. I used a nylock nut to cinch up to the coupler...
Its been awhile since a update! Ive been working a ton of hours on it but not a lot of real progress to show.
First matter of business after ITTC was to get some shifters built for the T cases. I bought the triple stick cable shifters from NWF when I bought the BlackBox but Ive never been...
I know ive seen it somewhere but whats the dates again?
I could possibly volunteer for recovery. 8k lb rig and a 15k lb winch with 54s and rear steer usually makes recovery cake
Said right on the diesel brothers show today their tires are made by Federal
Ill probably buy a set for my Superduty when work picks back up. Price is to good not to try