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Anchorage, so not to far north but usually by Halloween it’s full on winter. Maybe we will get lucky and have a late start to winter but that’s not likely

We are trying to but with how everything worked out timing wise it’s seems like that right about the time we get everything buttoned up it’s gonna be winter here and I’m not really trying to deal with break in and troubleshooting issues at -20 and buried in the snow. Was really hopeful we would...

For now we are running the hooker exhaust manifold but we will see how the exhaust gets past the upper link. That’s a problem that we will probably solve in the next month or two. Seems like there is gonna be just enough room. I think we are going to be pretty happy with the ballistic joint...

Super stoked at where we are at right now. Seems like the suspension is going to work well. I was worried about the leafs as we took a brand new Chevy 3500 HD pack and started bastardizing it how we thought it would work well. Seems to be soft enough but not 1/2 ton soft, has a ton of droop for...

Pictures below showing what it looks like with the tires on In this picture the rear tire is about 42” above the floor and the front end shows no signs of lifting, kind of seems like the lower rear tire might lift first I we ended up having to remove all of the black on the front fender...

Been a long summer but we have finally made some progress with the rear end. Ruffstuff is an absolute mess, would not order from them, have up waiting and went with some brackets I liked a little bit less. Rear leafs, shocks and bump stops mounted as with everything, clearances were tight. Tire...

Pulled it out of the shop today. Waiting on leaf spring brackets and frame outriggers to ship from ruff stuff for the rear axles. Gonna have to do a little more trimming on the front fenders but it’s got some flex

Thanks for the intel!

Pretty stoked to share this update. Front axle is basically done. Hydro steer and all the suspension parts are totally welded up and it’s capable of sitting on its own now. Super happy with how it turned out, my friend that built it pretty much checked all the boxes we asked him too. The idea in...

Getting closer on the front end, should be able to put the tires on it this weekend and start messing with spring rates. Hydro steer is coming along. Not in love with the blocky design but it works. Didn’t have as many options as I would have liked due to having to mount the ram so low in...

I’m new, didn’t see the hardcore section. Mostly wanted to post it on mud so that when someone else has the crazy idea of turning a 60 into something a little different that maybe this will help them. I’ve been lurking on this site off and on for the past 7 or so years collecting information but...

It looks like it’s just barely gonna clear with an elbow straight off manifold. An ear on the Th400 is gonna have to get trimmed to get it past the bell housing and upper link. Went with an electric fan so that I have the ability to shut it off during water crossings. A good friend of mine...

Axle fully stuffed Upper link and the hydraulic pump are very close acquaintances, hopefully not too close during a really hard hit All in all, it’s coming together pretty good. Happy with how everything is placed, had to compromise on a couple things, mostly ride height, but I like that the...

progress the last 2 weeks hasn’t been what we were hoping but life does that to you sometimes. Got the coilovers and bump stops mounted, everything is cycling well. Was challenging to get everything packaged how and where we wanted it to be but it’s mostly coming together. First two pics are...

Full stuff passenger, full droop driver So close where the pan hard comes under the frame at full stuff. May have to sleeve it out potentially for a bit of a factor of safety but we will see Well for now that basically it, we are all caught up. Bump stop cans arrive tomorrow, fab guy should...