Builds The White Trash - Chopped 80 tube bed AKA Proper Cupholders for Starbucks (2 Viewers)

[BlueCruiser84]

Finally installed the new Trailgear Longfields. Doing some wheeling on Saturday with my new 37s! Super stoked. It will be nice to not have clunking,clicking,awful sounding birfields and be able to use the front locker without thinking the front birds are about to grenade.

Though, if what I read about Trail Gear is true, these "Longfields" should grenade as soon as I put it in lowrange?

I'll let everyone know!

 

[BlueCruiser84]

An older video clip before I cut the bed off.

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[BlueCruiser84]

And some clips from a recent the snow we had last weekend. Putting the new 37s to good use. Very impressed with them.

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[baldilocks]

Fun videos, looked to be excellent weather.
I’m thinking you could air those 37’s down a bit more and improve traction.

I run 37” SS TRXuS on Stock wheels with a 1” wheel spacer. Looks better, keeps your tires off the body and frame and also makes your stance 2” wider for better lateral stability imo.

 

[BlueCruiser84]

@baldilocks Yea, spacers are on the list.

I had the tires at 12 psi in the front and 9.5 psi in the back. I was wary of going lower because I really didn't want to lose a bead and these were new tires/wheels so I wasn't sure what to expect. They are D range tires; I expected a lot more sidewall flex. Maybe I'm lighter than I think...

At the halfway mark of the trail I considered taking them down more, but I wasn't really having any traction issues. It would have been more for comfort than anything else.

 

[BlueCruiser84]

Took the old girl for a weigh in. I had a 35" spare (~90lbs), some tools and other stuff(~50lbs), and myself (165lbs).

Pretty damn heavy!

37s, a winch and tube bumper and not much else. I don't know how the fullbodied guys are running 37s on stock gears loaded for bear.

 

[Pat80]

Today I removed the PAIR valve and stuck the o2 sensors in the leftover holes. What a sweet mod. After messing around trying to remove the O2 sensors for about 2 hours I finally gave up and just cut both pipes so I could work on the bench rather than on my back. Hopefully next time I have to change an o2 sensor the nuts will be nuts rather than piles of rust.

I also got to work trimming up the front end a bit.

Nipped.
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Tucked. A little fine tuning. Some tack welds or a couple bolts and weld in s bit of sheet metal and it should be sealed up decent enough.
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Both sides. I think one of the new trail gear winch plates and a stubby bumper will work nicely.
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When you cut out all this crap, i see you only bent the inner guard back over to cap it? You didnt feel the need to weld/bolt it back together...

I ask because i want to do it to mine to but im worried as i have a battery with a steel tray and an airbox bolted to the inner guards

 

[BlueCruiser84]

When you cut out all this crap, i see you only bent the inner guard back over to cap it? You didnt feel the need to weld/bolt it back together...

I ask because i want to do it to mine to but im worried as i have a battery with a steel tray and an airbox bolted to the inner guards

No, personally I didn't feel the need. I don't drive that much. I figure at the rate that I put miles on this vehicle it will outlast me. If I drove a lot I would look at building inner fenders. Plenty of other folks have filled in all the gaps, but I'm lazy.

 

[Gabriel 71]

Well I want to know if the Trail Gear Birfs broke yet on ya. Was wondering if they are any good?

 

[BlueCruiser84]

Well I want to know if the Trail Gear Birfs broke yet on ya. Was wondering if they are any good?

Haven't broken. But all I've done is one snow wheeling trip. So far so good.

Fit an finish on them was great and they are a huge improvement over my worn out 200k mile stockers. Time will tell.

 

[Gabriel 71]

Haven't broken. But all I've done is one snow wheeling trip. So far so good.

Fit an finish on them was great and they are a huge improvement over my worn out 200k mile stockers. Time will tell.

I have had them in for a year now 3 trips and right at 25,000 plus miles I haven't had a issue either but i'm not rocking 37" just 33's

 

[-Spike-]

Took the old girl for a weigh in. I had a 35" spare (~90lbs), some tools and other stuff(~50lbs), and myself (165lbs).

Pretty damn heavy!

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37s, a winch and tube bumper and not much else. I don't know how the fullbodied guys are running 37s on stock gears loaded for bear.

Heavy 35's (Maxxis CC's), 1/4" wall square tube bumpers, spare, 7 gallons of water, tools, etc (full load for typical wheeling, ~250lbs) and my fat ass (~230lbs at the time). No 3rd row, roof rack, tupperware, running boards, rear frame rail (bumper center piece).

Sounds like you're about 6-800lbs lighter than me.

 

[BlueCruiser84]

Heavy 35's (Maxxis CC's), 1/4" wall square tube bumpers, spare, 7 gallons of water, tools, etc (full load for typical wheeling, ~250lbs) and my fat ass (~230lbs at the time). No 3rd row, roof rack, tupperware, running boards, rear frame rail (bumper center piece).
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Sounds like you're about 7-800lbs lighter than me.

Good! Sitting there looking at you truck I couldn't figure how we would be close in weight. I guess we aren't!

 

[-Spike-]

Good! Sitting there looking at you truck I couldn't figure how we would be close in weight. I guess we aren't!

Closer than I would have expected, but I guess the tube and bed add more than you would think. You probably cut off a thousand pounds, and added 2-400 back on.

 

[iptman]

Took the old girl for a weigh in. I had a 35" spare (~90lbs), some tools and other stuff(~50lbs), and myself (165lbs).

Pretty damn heavy!

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37s, a winch and tube bumper and not much else. I don't know how the fullbodied guys are running 37s on stock gears loaded for bear.

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What kind of place is that where they can weigh the front and rear axle weights?

 

[BlueCruiser84]

What kind of place is that where they can weigh the front and rear axle weights?

Cat Scales at a truck stop.

 

[-Spike-]

What kind of place is that where they can weigh the front and rear axle weights?

Yup, many truck stops have scales, they can do the trailer axles too. I should have sprung for the axle weights, but the whole thing was pretty spontaneous- saw a truck stop, wondered what my junk weighed. Cost me $7.

 

[iptman]

Ok cool. My second question was going to be how much. I've seen these scales at stops but never knew how to go about using them. Are they manned or automatic with some kind of payment kiosk?

 

[Heckraiser]

Depends on the truck stop. At the last CAT scale I went to, you just pull up on the scale, hit a button, then go to the counter and they'll print a slip for you.

 

[scottryana]

All the ones I have used, you roll onto the scale. There is a speaker and someone from inside asks if it is first or reweigh, just tell them you are just weighing your car. They say ok, come inside. You go inside and pay them the $7-10 and they print your slip.

Ok cool. My second question was going to be how much. I've seen these scales at stops but never knew how to go about using them. Are they manned or automatic with some kind of payment kiosk?