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Old 06-26-2009, 01:39 AM   #1
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another local las Vegas crawler, jeeperjoe and i have been working on this for a couple months, about 2-4hrs at a time. i cut and bent everything and Joe has done all of the brazing. its both of our first attempts at it. what do y'all think?

is all 3/16" and 1/8" solid rod with 3/16" tubing for the shock mounts. 11 1/4" long 3.5" wide and 4" or so tall. the solid rod makes it a little heavy for a tuber but its ****in beefy as hell. i actually don't have a drivetrain to put in this one right now but eventually it'll probably get an axial drivetrain and ill just use it as a fun crawler maybe try and compete with it, who knows.

obviously needs a lot of cleanup before it can be painted but i figured i'd post it up anyway. what do you guys use to clean up your tubers? i was kinda thinking about sandblasting it.









here its supporting 265lbs, we're gonna try to park joe's jeep on it when it's done.
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Old 06-26-2009, 02:26 AM   #2
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i just wanna see that jeep on it!!!

it looks awesome!!!!
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Old 06-26-2009, 09:39 AM   #3
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Looks good!!! You might get away with settin the Jeep on it with a jack, I'd be very surprized if it handled driving the Jeep up on it. Don't be surprized if it takes out a tire though.
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Old 06-26-2009, 11:11 AM   #4
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that's what i was thinking, jack it up and set it down on it.
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Old 06-26-2009, 02:06 PM   #5
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thats sick! good work, cant wait to see it painted
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Old 06-26-2009, 09:55 PM   #6
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we should be able to finish it tomorrow. we'll be adding flange nuts for panel attachment and hopefully a skid plate and link mounts.
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Old 06-27-2009, 03:51 AM   #7
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its not ralph. i dont think it could handle a full size vehicle...haha
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Old 06-27-2009, 10:22 AM   #8
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yeah maybe not, i didn't realize that ralph was chrome moly until just yesterday. so i think we'll skip the jeep thing, lol. anyway, more pics to come this evening.
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