P1000 Delton's painfully slow build

[joeymt33]

They look great by the way. It changed the whole look.

 

[Admin]

 

[WillyNilly]

Any rubbing??

Yes, extremely curious, any rubbing at all?

 

[WillyNilly]

Oh and it looks great BTW! You wouldn't happen to have any pics from front view and rear view would ya? 5+2 rim offset?

 

[catwalking]

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Also got the snorkel installed. Pretty easy installation. Love how its almost invisible. It's camouflaged against the passenger headrest. Put my hand over the inlet and killed motor like it should. Alot of vacuum when I tried to remove my hand. So it's working like it's supposed to. I'll post some install photos in a separate thread. There is some intake growl under a load but I kinda like it.
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Here's my finished product from the back

 

[catwalking]

View media item 2205sHere's my finished product from the back

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• catwalking
• Mar 22, 2016

 

[Delton]

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[Delton]

I've had the material to build a small welding table for a while just never had good reason to assemble it. So today I stuck it together. Got a couple projects in mind and it'd really come in handy

Wanna guess which project is first? Lol

 

[dale5740]

I've had the material to build a small welding table for a while just never had good reason to assemble it. So today I stuck it together. Got a couple projects in mind and it'd really come in handy
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Wanna guess which project is first? Lol
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tire rack!!!!

 

[Delton]

tire rack!!!!

That was too easy huh? Lol. Trying my hand at a swing away model to hold spare and small storage area.

 

[Delton]

What I've got so far. Its been awhile since I've started from scratch. Forgot how time consuming it is lol. Running 2 1" square tubes with supports between them should be plenty strong. Who knows I may come out in morning and throw it in the trash lol.

 

[Delton]

Gonna have to call it quits for now. Got a 6yr old dying to see Zootopia at the movies lol. When momma ain't here to boss me, she fills in lmao.

 

[PioneerPete]

What I've got so far. Its been awhile since I've started from scratch. Forgot how time consuming it is lol. Running 2 1" square tubes with supports between them should be plenty strong. Who knows I may come out in morning and throw it in the trash lol.View attachment 12361 View attachment 12362

Looking good! Don't throw it away... If that gives you trouble, try welding a 3 to 5 inch pipe to the end of the member that carries the spare tire. then spread the ears apart on the mount so the pipe could fit in between (consider using 2 u-bolts at the ROPS). pin the pipe between the ears with a longer bolt with bushings inside top and bottom of the pipe. The load of the tire wants to rotate the bolt... a longer bolt makes a better lever and because of this will see smaller loads at the bushings. this should give you less binding and smoother operation.

 

[Delton]

Looking good! Don't throw it away... If that gives you trouble, try welding a 3 to 5 inch pipe to the end of the member that carries the spare tire. then spread the ears apart on the mount so the pipe could fit in between (consider using 2 u-bolts at the ROPS). pin the pipe between the ears with a longer bolt with bushings inside top and bottom of the pipe. The load of the tire wants to rotate the bolt... a longer bolt makes a better lever and because of this will see smaller loads at the bushings. this should give you less binding and smoother operation.

That's a good idea. I wasn't too concerned with using the bolt as a pivot considering I won't be swinging it very often. And yes, definitely using 2 separate bases on the ROPS with Ubolts. May run to hardware store tomorrow and get some bushings for the pivot bolts. OR could also use couple of heim joints. Weld a nut to end of the tubing mounted to ROPS, then screw in heim joint with a jam nut. Then run a bolt through the joint. That would make it easy to adjust upper and lower support tubing so they line up before welding in supports. Man I miss my old maint supervisor job. I had access to so many resources lol. Wished I hadn't thrown away that huge McMaster Carr catalog lol. Guess I can always shop online. Thanks for the added option! It usually takes me a while to get to final form. When I get an idea I build it instead of drawing it out. I like a hands on model instead lol.

 

[Delton]

Oh yeah @PioneerPete, we are "supposed" to be off this coming Sunday and hopefully Monday. If I am, maybe we can work out a day to work on your trailer. Shouldn't take long at all. I could even throw welder in back of truck and come to you. I have a smaller bottle of gas (I think lol). I prefer using it with 220v but my Miller uses a weird 3 prong 220 plug. But 110 will work too. Anyways, something to keep in mind.

 

[dale5740]

Looking good! Don't throw it away... If that gives you trouble, try welding a 3 to 5 inch pipe to the end of the member that carries the spare tire. then spread the ears apart on the mount so the pipe could fit in between (consider using 2 u-bolts at the ROPS). pin the pipe between the ears with a longer bolt with bushings inside top and bottom of the pipe. The load of the tire wants to rotate the bolt... a longer bolt makes a better lever and because of this will see smaller loads at the bushings. this should give you less binding and smoother operation.

I concur lmao sounds like good advice

 

[joeymt33]

@Delton did mention several times how far we were from the trucks and how bad it would suck to have a tire failure.

I'll be watching this for the outcome.

 

[dale5740]

@Delton did mention several times how far we were from the trucks and how bad it would suck to have a tire failure.

I'll be watching this for the outcome.

wonder the down sides for strapping it to the roof on occasions like these for people that don't need to have a spare all the time!! obviously height clearance?

 

[joeymt33]

wonder the down sides for strapping it to the roof on occasions like these for people that don't need to have a spare all the time!! obviously height clearance?

I have thought about that. I don't think it's that bad of an idea. If you ride real fast or climb steep hills, it may affect the handling though.

Also, a tire shouldn't get hurt from a limb hitting it while riding up high.

 

[dale5740]

I have thought about that. I don't think it's that bad of an idea. If you ride real fast or climb steep hills, it may affect the handling though.

Also, a tire shouldn't get hurt from a limb hitting it.

for me I don't need a spare tire for the area I ride in!!! don't get me wrong Ive literally used hundreds of plugs in my life time as many as 8-9 in a single hole with amazing luck!!!! but I've never been riding on razor sharp rocks either. slime and plugs air comp and starter fluid!! funny how lots talk about things packed in there carry on list haven't seen starter fluid yet in this forum? don't leave home without it.

 

[Delton]

@Delton did mention several times how far we were from the trucks and how bad it would suck to have a tire failure.

I'll be watching this for the outcome.

Concerns of someone that rode alone 99% of the time lol. That statistic should drop considerably now that I know of at least 4 people within an hour's driving distance lol.