Building my Bucket"O"Bolts

[trkbilder]

Man, that thing is going to be awesome!! :xyxthumbs:

[bone collector]

dang im just now seeing this thread hey Aaron give me a call or pm me if ya ever need help or just need a hand sanding painting moveing what ever ya need

[broncomania]

seen it in person today and its gonna be a very good build up.

[bone collector]

I see ya made it Mike

[bucketobolts]

Just a little update...Not much to show right now. Cut a few brackets off the frame and have lots of grinding to do when the weather cooperates.

Been contemplating my axles again. I found a pretty good deal on 2 u-joint Rockwells shipped. Also know a guy local that has one steer and one rear axle cheap.

The plan is low and long. But too long and rear steer is a must to keep your turning radius down. But with the rocks I sacrifice the low slung chassis. I'm going to go look at the local axles and take some measurements. As far as the difference in price between building a set of 1 tons and 2.5 tons is probably negligible. Where the 1 tons will need lockers and gears, the 2.5's will only need lockers. But the money saved on gears and bearings will be spent on brakes.

[broncomania]

i like rocks !!!!!!! weld them up and go.

[bigjake6]

i like rocks !!!!!!! weld them up and go.

but 1 ton = alot of fun

[broncomania]

but 1 ton = alot of fun

ive been down that road already twice and had a good time . :xyxthumbs:

[bucketobolts]

After repairing my bender I finally finished bending the last piece for my center crossmember. I fought with the chop saw not wanting to cut off the tubing. Anyone know if a cut off blade can get dull? Its made from fiber. I cut 3/4 of the way through the first piece and it just stopped cutting.cratchhe:

Anyways I managed to cut the rest off with the portaband. I'm working on getting a dozen or so 1/8" diamond shaped pieces sheared to reinforce the frame where I attach the tubing. Sorry for the crappy pic, its hard to hold everything in place for the pic. This is looking from the passanger side.

[broncomania]

what did you decide on the axles ? i might come by this weekend or next to check out the bronco progress and pick up my gears.