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i like your rig dig the write up.
 
Great story Griswald! Super cool wagon. A buddy of mine moved to Reno and when he got out there he sent me some pics of his new "ride." It's was a brown wagon, SOA'd, alum wheels and locked. Inspired by my wag of course. :D If you ever see him, tell him "Andy from K-town said you're a wuss."
 
redcorn said:
Nice writeup, nice wagon and really nice to hear just how much this community has helped you out!!!!

Where in Chicago are you from?
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The Mud community has been everything!
The folks here and the resources available are PRICELESS! Its is mud that I hooked up with the BBCNN guyz and the Norcal guyz too

I grew up in the NW burbs...Hoffman Estates/ Schaumburg pretty much my whole life! Right near "THE MALL"!:D

Chicago
 
Ducks said:
How long did it take you to learn how to weld? How are your springs holding up SOA?

Great pics, great story.

:beer: Chad
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Hey Chad,
As far as the welding, I borrowed a friends 110 mig and started practicing in the end of July of 06 and started the SOA in the Middle of Oct. of 06, so I guess it was 3 months of pracitce and about 4 months till I did my first weld for the SOA which were the spring perches!
I posted my welds here on mud under the "workshop, tools..." secations and got feed back from other members on what I was doing. Then, I watched a friend (professional welder) run a few beads with the set up I was using and it really "SUNK IN".
Bevel your edges and prep the surface and if youre using a 110V burn the welds in and do multiple passes!
MIG welding is VERY EASY to learn and become effective with!

The springs have held up great! I was just under the rig yesterday, and they still have a good bit of arch to them, but I do have one long AAL at all 4 corners!

Here's a pic of one of the perch welds...I triple passed everything that I did on the SOA!

Chicago
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Goode said:
Great story Griswald! Super cool wagon. A buddy of mine moved to Reno and when he got out there he sent me some pics of his new "ride." It's was a brown wagon, SOA'd, alum wheels and locked. Inspired by my wag of course. :D If you ever see him, tell him "Andy from K-town said you're a wuss."
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Refer him to the Battle born cruiser page here in the club forums...
Id love to wheel with him!
Ive only seen ONE OTHER SOA'd wagon in these parts, so Im sure Id notice him!
I have a nervous twitch that when I see a Landcrusier, my head turns instinctively!:D

Chicago
 
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Just kidding, bro. Great looking rig you've built for yerself. Hope to wheel w/ ya someday.
 
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Just kidding, bro. Great looking rig you've built for yerself. Hope to wheel w/ ya someday.
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Id love to head down to AZ!
I love the heat!

Chicago
 
Fun read Keith! Great job! No substitute for motivation ;).
 
spressomon said:
Fun read Keith! Great job! No substitute for motivation ;).
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Thanks EspressoDan!
Wish you could have made "the run that sort of happened" this weekend!

K
 
I did want to post up a picture of my wife from the Con who, amazingly enough was cool as a cucumber on the run where I was freakin most of the time...
Here she is in the rig while we were stuck in traffic going up walker hill!

I was SOOO proud of her on this run!
She was a ROCK, the whole time and in the midst of a BUNCH of smelly DUDES with CRASS HUMOR!
She fit in quite well and even said to me..."quit being a WUSS!..Just go THAT way..."

True LOVE!:D

Chicago
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Thanks Chicago. I need to learn how to weld. With your long AALs did you add it to the pack or did you swap one of the leafs out? What is your overall lift?

Oh, one more question, how much do you expect it to cost to convert to a manual? Why do you want to convert? I personally prefer a manual but I know some people really prefer an auto for off-road.

Cheers,
Chad

chicago said:
Hey Chad,
As far as the welding, I borrowed a friends 110 mig and started practicing in the end of July of 06 and started the SOA in the Middle of Oct. of 06, so I guess it was 3 months of pracitce and about 4 months till I did my first weld for the SOA which were the spring perches!
I posted my welds here on mud under the "workshop, tools..." secations and got feed back from other members on what I was doing. Then, I watched a friend (professional welder) run a few beads with the set up I was using and it really "SUNK IN".
Bevel your edges and prep the surface and if youre using a 110V burn the welds in and do multiple passes!
MIG welding is VERY EASY to learn and become effective with!

The springs have held up great! I was just under the rig yesterday, and they still have a good bit of arch to them, but I do have one long AAL at all 4 corners!

Here's a pic of one of the perch welds...I triple passed everything that I did on the SOA!

Chicago
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CaliCruiser said:
Dude the rig is sweet! I like the rear storage box/shelf. We gonna get out and wheel one more time this year? Maybe a deer valley redo?

Dylan
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Pick a day big D!
im always up for that run!
We had some misfortune this past weekend and were unable to do 3/4 of the run as the stockers took a BEATING...It has gotten really chewed up this past season, so Id love to do that one again!

Thanks for the compliments!

Chicago
 
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