Agreed. It's faster than your typical leaf sprung truck because it soaks up everything you throw at it but needs some more HP. There's lots of stuff I can do... just give it time.
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You get anything out on the sand and they all need more power! 
SxS are not exempt from that, turbo time! Looks like fun though.
SxS are not exempt from that, turbo time! Looks like fun though.
Ah pismo. So many good times there.
Man Avery pretty soon you won't need build threads anymore. Crawler done. Sxs won't take long to build up and then you'll be set to just play
Man Avery pretty soon you won't need build threads anymore. Crawler done. Sxs won't take long to build up and then you'll be set to just play
You get anything out on the sand and they all need more power!
I've looked at some turbo kits.
Nah, always have something I'm working on. So I'm thinking get the rhino happy so it keeps me entertained while a long travel sand rail build happens someday. That would suck up some time and resources though so it'd be a long build.
I'm really busy with work and school these days so I take every opportunity of free time to get something done. I pulled the rhino apart to check things over and look into the clutch sheave and secondary spring.
Good thing I did as the rear engine mount is missing the bolt! It can't really go anywhere but I'll track down another one and fix it.
Also I'm going to order up an aftermarket clutch sheave, dry weight set and secondary spring that will be more suitable to my driving in the sand.
Missing engine mount bolt.
What I was really after.
Good thing I did as the rear engine mount is missing the bolt! It can't really go anywhere but I'll track down another one and fix it.
Also I'm going to order up an aftermarket clutch sheave, dry weight set and secondary spring that will be more suitable to my driving in the sand.
Missing engine mount bolt.
What I was really after.
But it's Ryan and I on a typical adventure and something had to go wrong. Well a quick, "hey lets just turn the empty trailer around and pull it on the hard sand down by the water so it's easier to load later".... turned into a GRENADED front drive shaft on my Dodge. The CV blew into multiple pieces.
Ryan picked out the snap rings and we were able to hammer the u-joint caps out and get the female yoke off the front axle (left the flange bolted on, screw dodge and their torx headed bolts nobody carries the tools to take off!) and then left the broken part of the CV on the t-case so we could at least drive around/home in 2wd.
Then some super nice guys came and helped us out. A guy in a big mega cab cummins yanked hard for a while but was getting stuck himself. He went to reposition and his quad fell out over the side of his bed. Another nice guy saw what was going on and came over with his crew cab long bed duramax and pulled me out backwards (without my trailer) then he went back and hooked up to my trailer and pulled it out to me on the hard pack. Always thankful for people who go above and beyond for a stranger.
Here's the only footage we got, as you can imagine we were in recovery mode until this was handled and not worrying too much about pictures.
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not enough tow mirror...
Haters gonna hate.
Oh and my fancy new clutch sheave, weights and springs should be here next week.
I only make fun because it's funny. I like the way they look, I dislike that EVERYBODY does it. I actually saw a set on a half ton 2wd dodge the didn't even have a hitch.
I laugh when I see mirrors like that and the guy has his right arm on the back of the seat, looking out the back window when backing up.
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Get that thing up and running and come out to Dumont for Halloween
Get that thing up and running and come out to Dumont for Halloween
I'm going to Pismo the weekend of the 18th for Huckfest with my friend Chevysmithz71 off of here. Can't swing two trips that close to each other. I've been working on something ALL day today that should help with trips though... I'll post some pics.
Ok, so I wanted a way to haul this little bugger that didn't require a trailer. Here in California the speed limit is 55mph with a trailer. You can do 60-65 sometimes and get away with it but I don't want to worry every time I pass a highway patrol.
So the plan here was build a rack that lets me haul it on the back of the Dodge. No more 55mph speed limit, less fuel because I'm not hauling the trailer and I'm "free" when I'm over at the coast playing in the dunes. With the trailer I'm kind of stuck. With this I could run up to the store, a restaurant for dinner or wherever I want and not worry about yanking the trailer all over the place.
Worked last night a little and all day today and here's the progress. Still more to do but I'm liking it.
So the plan here was build a rack that lets me haul it on the back of the Dodge. No more 55mph speed limit, less fuel because I'm not hauling the trailer and I'm "free" when I'm over at the coast playing in the dunes. With the trailer I'm kind of stuck. With this I could run up to the store, a restaurant for dinner or wherever I want and not worry about yanking the trailer all over the place.
Worked last night a little and all day today and here's the progress. Still more to do but I'm liking it.
Nice. That's the same reason I built the semi to haul the Jimmy. No trailer.
Are you going to support the overhang with the hitch?
Are you going to support the overhang with the hitch?
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That looks nice
You gona need some air bags to keep the truck from sagging?
You gona need some air bags to keep the truck from sagging?
To be honest I'm not sure about anything yet. I've got about a day of time and $200 in material wrapped up in this just to see how well it works. I'm the kind of guy that would have no problem scrapping it all if I didn't like how it felt or it didn't perform the way I wanted.
The plan now is to not support it. This little Rhino is light. The four crossmembers on the outside rails are set at the wheelbase when the front tires are sucked against the little headache rack. Honestly I don't think it'll even flinch with the weight I'll be loading on it but we'll just have to cross bridges as they come.
The long legs that sit in the bed are set at the same width as the truck's frame rails which is also where all the bed mounts (thick, reinforced points) are. I'm still tweaking that part of the setup though.
That looks nice
The truck already has a trick air-bag setup I built. You can see pics of it all in the build thread for the tow-rig.
What does the Rhino weigh? Can't be more than small camper. So should be no big deal.
Guessing no more than 1k. Probably in the 900's. There's really nothing there.
It's kind of ironic you used the trailer to get the material to not use the trailer
I know, I was missing my 12 valve with its service bed. I had a cool little rack that fit in the hitch and the front of the service box so I could haul 20's.
Welded on some d-rings on the bottom of the rack so I have good spots to tie it down in the bed that will pull at an angle, not just straight down.
Built the ramps out of the same 2" X 1" material the rack is made out of but the ramps are .120" wall instead of .083" like the rack.
I welded on a big piece of angle that they set in. I'm going to come up with something that quickly flips over the top to be 100% sure they won't flip out while loading.
I'm going to swing by the material yard after work tomorrow and grab stuff to skin all this and some 1/8" X 2" flat bar to box in all the open ends on everything.
Built the ramps out of the same 2" X 1" material the rack is made out of but the ramps are .120" wall instead of .083" like the rack.
I welded on a big piece of angle that they set in. I'm going to come up with something that quickly flips over the top to be 100% sure they won't flip out while loading.
I'm going to swing by the material yard after work tomorrow and grab stuff to skin all this and some 1/8" X 2" flat bar to box in all the open ends on everything.
