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Would I trust my life with this weld... I’m guessing the tab will break first. It’s not bad for 115, I miss having 230v in the shop. this dead power leg is killing me
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A flat bill welding hood maybe? We need you back here to fab for us!!Would I trust my life with this weld... I’m guessing the tab will break first. It’s not bad for 115, I miss having 230v in the shop. this dead power leg is killing me View attachment 2439372
I’ll drive out there anytime someone wants to augment my trip expenses. I’m currently sitting at 160+ hrs of use or lose vacation time I need to burn up by the first of the year.A flat bill welding hood maybe? We need you back here to fab for us!!
Any link to the HD battery terminals? Again nice fab.Bouncing back and forth between different projects. Got the bumper, winch, and light bar mounted on the truck. View attachment 2443383Which meant I needed to start thinking about my accessory circuits. Bent up some more stainless and made a “power tray.” I have 4awg going from the house battery through a MIDI fuse to the Blue Sea 50/50 switched fuse panel to the B leg (always hot). I used an 80amp relay to provide power to the switched side A Leg (ACC Power) and used an add a fuse in the factory engine bay panel to trigger the relay. The relay is mounted under the tray in the rear. I have the tray setup with enough space for 5 40amp relays on the top. Hopefully that’s enough for expansion. I was I. A bit of a rush this evening and used the wiring that came with the light bar to hook it up. I’ll redo it in the future with a weatherproof relay when I have more time.
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Still need to wire in a new circuit for power to the bed for the air compressor and fridge. One step at a time.
For you Sir, of course!Any link to the HD battery terminals? Again nice fab.
I’d been trying to come up with an idea of where to put a fuse panel in the rear of the truck for power to the fridge and air compressor. I’m going to try this and hope I don’t burn the truck to the ground. I carefully ran 4 gauge from the house battery along the driver side frame rail following the factory loom to the bottom of the bed. I mounted a Harbor Freight “weatherproof” case under the bed in the rear for the fuse panel and circuit breaker.
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good thing I don’t frequent boarder crossings.
Yes, it has a gasket. It just doesn’t have the higher end cam style locks like a real Pelican Case. Otherwise the construction is pretty good. Time will tell though.Ha!
Seems clever - does the box have a gasket? On my phone, tough to see. Since water and snow will be flung there.
People modify Pelican boxes and small Ammo cans into junction boxes for marine applications.
I’ve had my lift on for about 8k miles now, almost all highway. It performed just as advised when I’ve loaded it up coming home from the hardware stores and when I did finally get it off road. I do get a little bit of a squeak from the front coils where they meet at the top of the perch. But I just spray it with motorcycle chain lube every few months so it doesn’t bother me.To make you feel more sure of your ironman purchase, I’ve been using the Ironman springs and FCPs on my Hilux for 2.5 years now and they are good. I went to them after being underwhelmed by a set of fox 2.0.
They have done huge road trips including off-road up into our alpine regions, towed a 24ft van, carted bobcat bucket loads of gravel and sand in both the tray and trailer and get a frequent punishment on my local beach.
They reach their limit doing 100kph beach runs but that’s not something I do too often.
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Chap, we will miss you in the 80 section !!!!!!Yep, sold the 80, just waiting on the shipping company to pick her up. But I sold our ‘08 Tundra too. Went back and forth between the taco and T4R trying to decide what to get next. Ultimately the need for the pickup bed won.
I still hop over there every now and again. I have a lot of knowledge trapped in my skull and try to pass it on to others when I can.Chap, we will miss you in the 80 section !!!!!!