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I needed a plow control for my rig. I got some serious stiker shock when pricing them out. Decided to build one out of a Heim joint and some odds and ends. Only took 3 lunch breaks. The guys at the shop are still busting my ass.
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Luke
84 K5
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<font color=purple> I was just thinking,...... Think of how much a new one costs and how much you saved.............now look at it again.........not that ugly anymore, huh ?
new one $200
i spent $1.53 on this one (needed to buy some fine thread 1/2" hardware)
I think if I threaded the handle for a ball, put on sides, painted it and put on some nice looking letters, it could sure look better. On second thought, nah I'd rather waste my time on something else (like not having the whole truck ugly)
Looks cool! Only thing I'd change is to round the lower corners and smooth that lower edge just a bit. That thing looks like it could take a nice chunk out of a shin!
Thats why I left the little lip on the bottom. I'm going to sleeve a piece of tubing over the bottom edge so I dont split my skull open first time under the dash.
Could you post another pic, but one that shows a side view of how the linkage is hooked up? I think that is ingenious. Anybody can throw cash and buy a new this-or-that, but someone who can think of how to do it better and cheaper by hand is someone with his/her shi# together 8>
Nice job!!!!!
