K5 Jess
1/2 ton status
I'm still on jackatands 
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‘82 GMC “Junkyard JIMMY” {Build bash Rebuild}
- Thread starter pblaze725
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K5 Jess
1/2 ton status
Sorry! Stoopid phone!
Sidewinder trail
Euzoa came out to the trail with me. He rode shotgun & we had a blast. We hit Sidewinder trail. I got a few more battle scars and made the trail a little wider.
Euzoa came out to the trail with me. He rode shotgun & we had a blast. We hit Sidewinder trail. I got a few more battle scars and made the trail a little wider.
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euzoa
1/2 ton status
You missed it, on the way out i had to yield for that flamed suzuki and i broke my antenna off in the brush. It was a riot though.
Here is that pic of you widening the trail, i will put the videos on youtube and get a link for you
Here is that pic of you widening the trail, i will put the videos on youtube and get a link for you
Thanks for coming out. I broke an antenna out there before too. A tree grabbed it and broke it off. It was the "little willy" (roof magnet) kind too. That's when I upgraded to a firestick.
Um, we only had a few pics but there was a lot of kool stuff.
Um, we only had a few pics but there was a lot of kool stuff.
Corral canyon pics
JIMMY on the trail. Had no issues this time.
TACONEGRO on the trail
The camp sites are pretty kool. 1st come 1st serve. There are 20 spots here & 20 more a few miles down the road.
I really wanted to drive out to the trail this time, hit it hard and drive home. I was successful. This is the trail that kicked my butt when I first got JIMMY.
JIMMY on the trail. Had no issues this time. TACONEGRO on the trail The camp sites are pretty kool. 1st come 1st serve. There are 20 spots here & 20 more a few miles down the road. I really wanted to drive out to the trail this time, hit it hard and drive home. I was successful. This is the trail that kicked my butt when I first got JIMMY.
Pic whoring
I found some more pics that I think are pretty kool.
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I found some more pics that I think are pretty kool.
Pic whoring
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last one
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K5 Jess
1/2 ton status
your bumbers are fuggin cool!
Thanks, they're homemade like lemonade. I'm starting to think about making rock sliders & a cage. I have some ideas brewing.
Epic Fail
Remember that shock mount fix I did a while back?
It failed...
The old mount folded down 90* compressing my shock
I cut off the gussets on the original design and that is exactly why it failed.
I made this out of scraps laying under my fab table.
You can also see how my tank armor bolts to the frame in this shot.
I was going to leave the boot off the shock but at the last minute I put it back on.
Remember that shock mount fix I did a while back?
It failed...
The old mount folded down 90* compressing my shock I cut off the gussets on the original design and that is exactly why it failed. I made this out of scraps laying under my fab table.You can also see how my tank armor bolts to the frame in this shot.
I was going to leave the boot off the shock but at the last minute I put it back on.
euzoa
1/2 ton status
Looks good!
those trails look tough to widen
good luck with that
good luck with that
andyblack
Registered Loser
Wow that terrain is so cool. It's so dry that it looks like concrete - almost like a manmade course or something.
I still haven't made up my mind as to whether shock boots do more harm than good, especially in the dry terrain you wheel in. Good job on the shock mount repair. It shouldn't break anytime soon.
I still haven't made up my mind as to whether shock boots do more harm than good, especially in the dry terrain you wheel in. Good job on the shock mount repair. It shouldn't break anytime soon.
That is a man made coarse in some of the pics I posted. Here is a video of it being made:
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K5 Jess
1/2 ton status
IMO shock boots are dumb.
IMO shock boots are dumb.
Yea, they are dumb. There was a bunch of sand trapped in there. I'm gonna take them off.
- How's your rig going? Is it still on jack-stands? What's the status?
K5 Jess
1/2 ton status
Status is Im too damn lazy to figure out how to drop the axles with my tiny jackstands so I can make a shackle flip and swap in the 4:56 gears sitting in my garage. And now its so freakin hot out here finding a safe time to weld/work on it is next to impossible. I need the "banghead" smiley!
Here you go...You want me to come help you install them? Seriously, I will...
