PLOW MACHINE / sleeping quietly : 237 6 shifter levers !

[sweetk30]

like night and day .

old 6 leaf ??? brand lift springs in the front I got used from a friend years ago .

then original 79 1ton 9 leaf with overload rear 56 with severe rust build up acting like sand paper to not flex out for even just driving and the main leaf was bent on both at each eye from overloading at some point.

now 3" hd tuff country front and oem 2600lb light weight spec packs for rear 8 leaf all new and still running ord 4" flip kit. but I moved the flip ahead just a tad for tiny bit better shackle angle.

 

[sweetk30]

here she bee fella's

with the good ol 8ft fisher speedcaster hangin off he front .

 

[magik235]

I like it. Functionally beautiful.

 

[munepit]

Sweet!!!! Do you make money from the plow? Side jobs?

 

[max 02]

Right on! Looks good short like that.

 

[sweetk30]

yes I have made good money plowing with the old girl over the years . she just plows and keeps going . I have a gov-loc in the rear that works great . front dana 60 is open .

got some

ruffstuff specialtys 14ff diff cover . blasted & powder coated chrome/silver color . just a bit of fancy on a ugly rusty truck .

 

[sweetk30]

got a full load of scrap on the 8ft truck box trailer ready for the yard Friday .

she looks good all loaded up and pullin the truck box trailer.

pics will be up Friday for sure.

 

[sweetk30]

back to the top .

found a cucv frame real clean only light rust . no major problems like my last frame .

still thick all over and not rusted down to paper thickness.

got it for $550.00 . was $500.00 then $50.00 in fuel cost for the shop tow truck use .

so glad to have a clean frame to start over with and make a new to me truck .

 

[sweetk30]

few more

 

[sweetk30]

plan is clean / prep / then blast - paint the frame .

then use the cab I got minus doors in pic's I didn't get few years ago from cucv2 here .

I did score some real clean oem doors local / fenders / and I have had a good clean box for years now I can use it .

then nice sbc I have stuffed away or refresh the one in my current plow truck . the 4l80-e I got reman in create / modified 205 32 spline frt and full twin stick .

my new 3" tuff country hd frt springs / newish 56" 2600lbs packs in back for smooth ride . if I need more air bag kit will go in .

 

[Greg Ducato]

Wow, nice stash of parts, that will be a honey when you put it all together

 

[sweetk30]

got my new tires with little drama but all 4 here . http://coloradok5.com/forums/showthread.php?p=3448585#post3448585

35x12.50x16.5 bfg at ko treads .

going on my turbine rims white letter out.

new tires .

old original pic of truck with said rims . the general grabbers I still have but are over 12 years old 1/2 tread but dry rot setting in bad in middle of tread patchs . so was time to retire them to off road only .

 

[sweetk30]

plow season just around the corner . . ..

need ballast weight for plow truck . so I remembered I had a I-beam . . .

9ft long x 15inch hight x 5.5inch width x .50 thick. online charts show it around 450 lbs

going to cut it in 4.5ft length then weld it together side by side and fill center with concrete . will add few d-ring tie downs on it to have good secure strap locations to hold it in the bed of the truck good.

plan to be in the 600-800 lbs range when done . also wana keep it to aa engine hoist pick out and load in truck if at all possible.

 

[Greg Ducato]

That should do the job!

 

[sweetk30]

according to online weight calc for concrete if I fill in the center section when built that will add in 600-700 lbs extra .

think I will try no fill first with just the I-beam its self . .

 

[Greg Ducato]

Rail Road track is some heavy stuff if you can find any in a scrap yard

 

[sweetk30]

got 2 scrap yards in town and lots of old and current rails we have a full yard 1 town over from me . got few friends in the buiss so maybe I could get some.

 

[Greg Ducato]

 

[sweetk30]

well today was fun

taking load #2 up to new shop from my old single garage .

driving along and BANG - puff - puff - puff - puff . . . . . . . vac gauge bouncing all over the place running like crap .

so I pulled over and pop the hood . found #7 plug was bad . bad you say ? ?

metal rusted down so far the porcelain center all come out and still clipped in to the plug wire. had to hammer a 14mm socket on the rusted out body and it come right out .

got a new plug for it to limp by till done moving then it will be the rest of the others get changed before plow season starts .

1 plug out the vac gauge was bouncing 7-8" vac up/down like crazy

I will post a pic when I get home from work .

 

[sweetk30]

today we broke in the new shop MAN CAVERN a bit more .

fired up the oxy/act cutting setup and also played with the welder .

just got to add the 2 d-rings and it will be done for now.