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

[ashman]

got any wheeling pics of the k5 wheeling?

I think I'd be happy with a pic of it outside the lab! lol

 

[ryoken]

true dat...

it ain't had axles under it since it went under the knife.... wasn't really being built as a hardcore wheeler to begin with.. 38's, ton's, leaf sprung, no doubler, and some uther stuff... was really built more as a camping/expedition rig....

 

[max 02]

Oh yeah I see how you are making the bumper like Kert's... Real tight to the hood. Nice!

 

[sreidmx]

Well get on it!

 

[Cili]

Well get on it!

Have you not read the thread of the k5?

Better take a day off work if you plan on it. Some of the best work you'll ever see though.

 

[sreidmx]

I have been through it, it's been a long time. Trust me first rate stuff. I feel it needs to see the light of day, been long enough.. Tired of waiting..

 

[ryoken]

I get it... trust me I do guys.. some day soon... sometime's life just kinda gets in the way of things.. and Mutt's daily importance has become that thing for now... stick around and i'll get it done at some point.. trust me, it pokes at my brain....

 

[sreidmx]

We're just harassing ya, we love what you do. I know it motivates me.. And guess who I'm calling when body work and paint starts??Ryoken! Why cause his rigs always freaking look Fantastic..

 

[GWeakland620]

I'm just here for the music...

 

[ryoken]

 

[GWeakland620]

Wow, that is super tight. Looks real good.

Side note: I keep turning up my speakers, but I still can't hear the music....

 

[dhcomp]

Looks awesome!

 

[ashman]

seeing a bit of the bed in the background of that last pic just shows how sweet it's going to look when they are both the same satin black.

 

[ryoken]

Wow, that is super tight. Looks real good.

thanks man.... it's about 3/4" around the corners...

Looks awesome!

tanky....

seeing a bit of the bed in the background of that last pic just shows how sweet it's going to look when they are both the same satin black.

thanks bud...

took me all day to do those 4 tubes.... the bottom 2 are simple straight ones.. I marked off where they run to and I'll do them this weekend when we get our eleventy feet of snow.....

took it back off for final welding and such over the next 4, 5 days..... next time it goes on, it'll be done other than the lights....



pretty close with the weight guess... as it sit's it's like 106... throw in the 2 lower tubes and the skid and it should be just shy of 120 lb's...

 

[Bigblue7-2]

Lookin awesome!! So seriously....no more green??

I have 4 or 5 cans. Should I stock up? Or will we find something similar?

 

[ryoken]

thanks...

I don't know, me thinks so.... I'll have to drop an e-mail to Moeller... it may just be what's on shelves at this point... they've been trying to get rid of anything with zinc in it for years.. thanks Commufornia...

 

[JoshHefnerX]

That's a lot heavier than it looks!

 

[ryoken]

That's a lot heavier than it looks!

yeah, 50 of that is the uprights... that put's Mutt's total at about 7300 lb's currently..


today wasn't without incident... was bending and the pipe slipped off the arm mid pull.. went flying across the LAB™ into my bandsaw.... big nasty hematoma on my lower back...

 

[JoshHefnerX]

Ouch!


Time for hydraulic upgrade.

 

[Teck]

That's not so good!