63chevyll
1/2 ton status
Just need to get the b pilar a little straighter.
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using a K5 as a pulling machine...kind of
- Thread starter 63chevyll
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I see what you're trying to do, but might I humbly suggest that a Cav is a bic lighter. Disposable...
Rene
Rene
63chevyll
1/2 ton status
I hear ya, but a 45,000 mile car for a high school kid. Was a grandma hand me down and kid crashes it story.
If it wasn't almost like new we wouldn't be trying to fix it.
If it wasn't almost like new we wouldn't be trying to fix it.
KansasTwister
1/2 ton status
So that k5 doing ya good then? Was a good price for it. Would have snapped it up if it was closer.
63chevyll
1/2 ton status
Yeah, this is the one I picked up from Swanson in Denver.
It's doing Pretty good, just had to fix a few things. I still need to build my burban cuz the blazer still just doesn't haul the family well enough
It's doing Pretty good, just had to fix a few things. I still need to build my burban cuz the blazer still just doesn't haul the family well enough
Blazers are multi-purpose tools around the home 
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63chevyll
1/2 ton status
That's Awesome. I have also pulled trees and stumps out, and rolled over dodges is the past
AJM family K5's have yerked more than one stubborn object out of the ground or off of where ever it didn't want to leave.
They seem to do well for that.
They seem to do well for that.
JPOutfitters
1/2 ton status
Did you pick one up yet?
Nice idea, but Dude, trust me, this is worth every penny, and is cheaper than a Blazer....
http://www.harborfreight.com/automo...y-portable-hydraulic-equipment-kit-44900.html
And while you are there. You might want to check out this whole category.
http://www.harborfreight.com/automotive-motorcycle/auto-body.html?limit=30
http://www.harborfreight.com/automo...y-portable-hydraulic-equipment-kit-44900.html
And while you are there. You might want to check out this whole category.
http://www.harborfreight.com/automotive-motorcycle/auto-body.html?limit=30
My friend has "stretched" a few crunched cars back into shape using his ramp truck's winch & bed...he puts the bed against the bumper or tires and uses the winch to pull the damage back out--it works pretty slick!...
I have pulled dead trees over with my trucks,the last one I did was about 5 years ago with my 79 Bonanza C10...for 2wd it surprised me what it could yank out as long as the tires were on asphalt...I have a few more trees to pull over soon before they fall on my garage,trucks or house,old cherry trees that are rotting and carpenter ants ate the insides away about 40 feet high!..
I used my 76 K2500 to pull a 12 foot refridgerated truck body out to my backyard when it had to be moved so my garage could be built where it had been sitting..I waited till january when the groiund was frozed good but no snow on the ground yet--I jacked the truck body up and chained it to my rear bumper,and it dragged it in 4-low like nothing--I used the snowplow to shove it into its final position!..
I've had dreams of making a front loader for a 4x4 truck,I think it would be cool to have lifting capeability like that around the yard!..
I have pulled dead trees over with my trucks,the last one I did was about 5 years ago with my 79 Bonanza C10...for 2wd it surprised me what it could yank out as long as the tires were on asphalt...I have a few more trees to pull over soon before they fall on my garage,trucks or house,old cherry trees that are rotting and carpenter ants ate the insides away about 40 feet high!..
I used my 76 K2500 to pull a 12 foot refridgerated truck body out to my backyard when it had to be moved so my garage could be built where it had been sitting..I waited till january when the groiund was frozed good but no snow on the ground yet--I jacked the truck body up and chained it to my rear bumper,and it dragged it in 4-low like nothing--I used the snowplow to shove it into its final position!..
I've had dreams of making a front loader for a 4x4 truck,I think it would be cool to have lifting capeability like that around the yard!..
63chevyll
1/2 ton status
Nice idea, but Dude, trust me, this is worth every penny, and is cheaper than a Blazer....
http://www.harborfreight.com/automo...y-portable-hydraulic-equipment-kit-44900.html
And while you are there. You might want to check out this whole category.
http://www.harborfreight.com/automotive-motorcycle/auto-body.html?limit=30
Ahh, I have that exact same one, and did use it later. But who.wants to.drive a port-o-power to work
63chevyll
1/2 ton status
yeah I did, but ran into a title problem where she signed in the wrong place and I can't get ahold of her, so I'm.hesitant for now throwing money and time at it. So I'm rocking this K5 for now
63chevyll
1/2 ton status
And hey, that's a good idea with the ramp truck
Interesting you should say that.......I could drive one to work if I wanted to........
The winch on my hunting truck is hydraulic, and I've got a 30 gallon tank under the toolbox and a big honking pump mounted on the transfer case.
I have said for years, I was going to add some external disconnects to the system with extra valves so I could have external hydraulics.
It would be dead simple to use those attachments with the truck as power.
What I really wanted to do was put some long hydraulic scissor jacks on the top part of the frame next to each wheel so I could just hit a lever or button and have it jack that tire up.
And then rise back up out of the way when done.
But this truck goes through too much bad stuff for something like that to survive.
