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Ryoken's 89 Crew Cab Tubebed build... aka Mutt....

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oh, forgot to post these... here's how the finished stand turned out.... it's fuggin stout...... made sure it's pivot is tall enough to spin a 360....




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only thing I would do different is make all 4 of the wheels 360 casters, as opposed to 2... it's fine, just takes a bit more maneuvering to get it in place... next time I'm in Fazio, I'll pick up 2 and change em out...
 
obijuank5 said:
Have you flipped it over yet? Almost died?
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nope.. still have a pan full of oil.... :haha: I'm not worried about it in the least... it seems a tad tail heavy, but with the hoist, I'm sure it'll be fine... only doing it once...
 
obijuank5 said:
Center of gravity is really close to the cylinder head. It will get ya!
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yeah, i can tell... ;)

I was gonna get goofy with the pivot plate to compensate, but said "fug it" and stayed straight forward... like i said, I'll drop the back side with a chain/hoist till it bottoms out, than rotate it up from the other side..
 
tho... I will say, a standard hoist becomes a VERY awkward, multi-step process getting off/on the stand....... in the future, when I pull it off the stand to hang from the cherry picker for rig install, I'll stage it on blocks first using my killa alum, adjustable A-frame/chain fall I use for boat installs to get it off the stand..
 
Truckman4life said:
Get a large drip pan and some pig mats to go under your engine. When you flip it fluids will come out of EVERYWHERE.
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yup, have plenty of that stuff as a marine mechanic.. just need to check if it's wide enough for the big pan i have... good reminder, I'll do that this weekend....


won't be touching the mill for a bit at this point..

got a couple weekends to dial in Mutt for snootiness.... plus got a few house projects i need to get to...
 
That looks sweet! Did you weld the "box" piece in and blend or did you cut 3/4 of a rectangle out and bend that back?
 
Deuling said:
That looks sweet! Did you weld the "box" piece in and blend or did you cut 3/4 of a rectangle out and bend that back?
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thanks... it's 5 seperate pieces.. fully welded on the back... and welded/blended around the perimeter on the front...
 
picture of a pic taker....

D60 for the next month or 2...


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of course the fancy mumbo jumbo loses me pretty quickly , aperture, etc...... it has a bad SD card, got a new one coming fri..







also had picked up a couple weeks ago, which i was buying anyway for my own POS camera, a 60" tripod.... the alcohol just doesn't seem to smooooth out my pic taking enough... ;)



Kai bomb......


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stepped it up from the 50" cuz it could hold the DSLR's... tell you what, anything being sold under the amazonbasic moniker, is usually pretty killa at great prices..... not a ton of stuff, cables, office stuff, etc....



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I've got the d60 also. I bet you'll like it. The fancy stuff is actually pretty easy to use on that camera. I enjoy it. Looking forward to seeing some superior photos of that crew cab.
 
obijuank5 said:
I've got the d60 also. I bet you'll like it. The fancy stuff is actually pretty easy to use on that camera. I enjoy it. Looking forward to seeing some superior photos of that crew cab.
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yeah, I can keep it for a while, but eventually it'll have to go back... ;) long enough that I can hopefully use some of the features..... been trying to figure out some decent spots for shoots, other than ocean/beach/marina pics..... but it really requires me to spend a day "scouting" locations, have a few parks in mind......
 
oh, and DAYYYYYYUUUMMMM..... :( replacement bulbs for my rotators are $25 a piece.. :eek1: just ordered 2...
 
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