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The Lone Ranger – Painting the Bed
Big day today, this fellow came over and promptly ran into my truck… After which, he got to work throwing paint on this in hastily thrown up Paint booth: Tack coat: Somewhere inbetween: Last coat: Turned out pretty good save for the dirt that came in on the last coat (The Three sided Paint booth isn’t without its flaws 😆 ) But it’ll work just fine for what it’s going to see in the future. I’ll get it slapped on…
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The Lone Ranger – Test fitting the bed
A few big steps today! The first being that the truck moves under its own power again, which allowed me to move it around enough to slap the bed back on it Back outside for the first time in a few weeks (Double low is sweet btw): Robs came by and gave me a hand getting the bed on the truck. I’m extremely happy with how it turned out. Note: The gap between the bed and cab is a little…
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The Lone Ranger – Bed Bob
Guest post by Rob He wanted 14-1/2″ bob’ed… Worked out well that the outside was 1″ back (this kept the seam rigid).. And the inside was 2″ back.. this aligns with the double seam under the bed for strength… Just used a 4″ grinder with a cut off wheel. Use PPE and take your time. it can be very straight… 14-1/2″ later… at the bottom LEAVE some steel because the flair at the front is not as large as at…
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The Lone Ranger – Ugly Gas Tank Skid
Just a simple frame around the BII tank: Slap some ¼” scrap plate on the bottom that I had laying around: Then I promptly ignored finishing the skid and just wheeled it like that. Even with it hanging down kinda low, it was very rare for me to tag it. When I did, it was usually when climbing ledges/waterfalls. A few of those waterfalls put me at such an angle that the gas tank was still in danger when I…
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The Lone Ranger – Ugly Exo
Let me start out by saying that I’m no pro when it comes to bending tube or making cages, so don’t copy my design or work, or else it might kill you. That said, the last exo I built (for my now defunct XJ) held up amazingly well to the abuse I threw at it so I don’t doubt that this cage should survive my abuse. Also, as this is built out of 1.25”x.120 wall DOM, it might be better…