Builds Broski's Adventure Rig build thread (16 Viewers)

[Broski]

Wow over a month and all Crickets here !
Motivation has been in the dumpster
I did get some home project done that I have been putty of for years.
I replaced two of the main support beams under our back deck, they where dry rotted.

Then I rebuilt the hand rail, made it full height to support a deck cover.

Then build the roof cover.

It got a metal roof because of the low pitch.
1x6 Pine T&G was installed on the ceiling.

The young Man in the pictures (Gavin ) is going to Cal Poly and has been helping me around the place 1 day a week for the last few months.
Of course then there was the paint, once it was all cleaned up then the old exterior light looked like hell bust out the wallet for some new lights

And some ginger bead

All the hardware is blind ( hidden ) on the hand rail.

Clean holes were cut into the top cap of the hand rail and then slid down over the posts.

We repurposed the original cap, that piece of wood is 23 years old sanded, holes cut, oiled and reinstalled. The wood is Ipa it from the rain forest, it's amazing wood that lasts forever.

 

[Broski]

The main reason for the porch cover is the two French Doors on the porch would leak during heavy rain storms. My wife and I actually built the house 24 years ago, yes I mean we really did the work
At the time I knew it was a bad idea not to have a cover over the doors ( I designed the house and drew up the plans ) but I did not want to block the view in any way as we look straight out to the pacific Ocean.

But this also means that the big storms just pummels us. This last year was just to much enough wind driven rain got in that the real maple hardwood floors got buckled and who knows what the sub floors look like. The hole county was a mess 3 blocks from us homes were under 2' of water, they declared a state of emergence across the county.
After over 40 years of beaning with Farmers Ins. I filed a claim and was denied
I told Patricia theirs no sense in fixing the floors & doors tell we get the root of the problem fixed, And you don't want to add a roof to a deck that need new support beams. So there you have it were working from the bottom up.
Now that this part is all done we can start on the floors, but not until the Cruiser is back together

 

[aztoyman]

Nice job! As usual. IPE is the type of wood I'd like to use in the bed of my 52 Ford F3.

 

[Broski]

IPE is the type of wood I'd like to use in the bed of my 52 Ford F3.

Perfect wood for that !!
It’s been used on flat bed truck beds forever.
It’s super heavy but also super strong.
I also used it on the deck and it’s still in great shape 23 years later.
Deck boards are only 3/4” thick, if it was redwood it would have to be 11/2”

PS really like those old Fords

 

[Marvelicious]

Nice job! As usual. IPE is the type of wood I'd like to use in the bed of my 52 Ford F3.

That stuff is a trip. Any wood that goes "clank" when you drop it is something else.

 

[thatcabledude]

Nice work and incredible view!

 

[FMC80]

Rich, wow. You’re incredibly talented! We already knew that though!!

And not for nothing, but I put up my humble garden shed and you go show us “blind hardware”, wood older than my oldest son and in better shape, and views that go for miles, ipa which I thought was a beer and shall I go on? You win

Amazing work as always.

 

[mudgudgeon]

Wow over a month and all Crickets here !
Motivation has been in the dumpster
I did get some home project done that I have been putty of for years.
I replaced two of the main support beams under our back deck, they where dry rotted.
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Then I rebuilt the hand rail, made it full height to support a deck cover.
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Then build the roof cover.
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It got a metal roof because of the low pitch.
1x6 Pine T&G was installed on the ceiling.
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The young Man in the pictures (Gavin ) is going to Cal Poly and has been helping me around the place 1 day a week for the last few months.
Of course then there was the paint, once it was all cleaned up then the old exterior light looked like hell bust out the wallet for some new lights
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And some ginger bead
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All the hardware is blind ( hidden ) on the hand rail.
View attachment 3484486
Clean holes were cut into the top cap of the hand rail and then slid down over the posts.
View attachment 3484487
We repurposed the original cap, that piece of wood is 23 years old sanded, holes cut, oiled and reinstalled. The wood is Ipa it from the rain forest, it's amazing wood that lasts forever.

Nice work. Looks like you may have done this stuff once or twice before.
Keep up the practice, you'll really get the hang of it soon enough

 

[Broski]

Rich, wow. You’re incredibly talented! We already knew that though!!

And not for nothing, but I put up my humble garden shed and you go show us “blind hardware”, wood older than my oldest son and in better shape, and views that go for miles, ipa which I thought was a beer and shall I go on? You win

Amazing work as always.

Nice work. Looks like you may have done this stuff once or twice before.
Keep up the practice, you'll really get the hang of it soon enough

Thanks for the kind words Guys

 

[Broski]

Will finally some progress, Axle housing and the diff made it to the paint both.

Now I well start on the funnest part of a front end service cleaning all the parts

 

[White Sheep]

Two questions for you. What paint did you use, and what brand/where did you get your axle truss?

 

[Broski]

Two questions for you. What paint did you use, and what brand/where did you get your axle truss?

Rust-Oleum Gloss Black, If I wasn't such a cheap ass I would use semigloss but it only comes in the regular size can, the Gloss can be had in the extra large can for the same price.
The Axle truss was custom made by me

 

[White Sheep]

Nice. . Good work. You didn't make two or three did ya?

I'm looking into using Eastwoods chassis extreme high gloss black spray paint.

 

[Broski]

Nice. . Good work. You didn't make two or three did ya?

I'm looking into using Eastwoods chassis extreme high gloss black spray paint.

It seem that I'm always breaking,changing,welding or fixing something so cheap rattle can paint is fine.

I would like to repaint my car trailer that Eastwood paint might be the ticket !

 

[thatcabledude]

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Now I well start on the funnest part of a front end service cleaning all the parts

The secret to this truck’s durability is it’s heavy training with Sensei Broski

 

[Nframe]

Nice carpentry work.
How did you attach the new roof to the house? Was there enough room for a header board under the existing roof?

 

[Broski]

Nice carpentry work.
How did you attach the new roof to the house? Was there enough room for a header board under the existing roof?

Thanks for the kind words
It's attached to Fascia board and counter flashed under the drip flashing that the rain gutters usually tuck under. We got 1.5" of rain in just a few hours the other day no leaks
I had to dig deep into my bag of tricks to make it all work/fit and still look right, do I think it's strong enough yes, would it pass code

 

[Broski]

More cleaning and installed a LandTank diff stud kit ready to drop the diff in.
Then get that baby back under the truck.

 

[Broski]

My Son Thayer is visiting and we got the third dropped in and the Axle under the truck, slooooooooowly getting it back together.

Then we went to Christmas Light show /Fair

 

[Broski]

Baby steps knuckles cleaned and installed