HWY 47 BVORR Jan. 30

[85cj7]

Planning a trip to 47 for next sunday. Who's in? $10/person. Meet at McDonalds on Northgate at 11:30 be at the gate at 12:00.

[MR.ZAP]

I'll be there for sure

[Eckert]

in.

[TdmayfieldIV]

I'll be there if i can get my axle in time

[4-Banger]

In.

[DRAGOONRANCH]

I'll be there if i can get my axle in time

2wheel FTW!

[TdmayfieldIV]

or weld the diff and go 3 wheeling

[DRAGOONRANCH]

I like your style.

:gigem:

[NealtheDestroyr]

In

[bcolman]

tentatively in, if i get back in town in time

[MR.ZAP]

Supposed to rain late Wednesday night and Thursday, think it will be substantial enough to close the park?

[agjohn02]

Its an off-road park, but you might want to keep your avatar away from there when its wet.

[DRAGOONRANCH]

:laughing:

You forget John, this is 47 you are talking about. They will close because it's too wet if you take a leak in the parking lot. :flipoff2:

[bcolman]

we can discuss other options at the meeting on wednesday if 47 closes down

[agjohn02]

srsly? they close when it's wet? I guess it keeps the rednecks from mud bogging in the parking lot.

[DRAGOONRANCH]

yeah, they aren't too serious with it, but if it gets bad they shut'er down.

[bcolman]

a club went out there and rutted it up real bad going mud bogging and ever since then he closes it down if it is to wet and muddy, i was out there last weekend and the back half of the park was closed becasue he said it was to muddy

[MR.ZAP]

And now they have upped the rain chances... Is General Sam's any good? Never been there but it's pretty close

[DRAGOONRANCH]

It's a cross between soggy bottom and shiloh. More of an atv geared place from what I understand, but still good times can be had on a decent weekend.

[NealtheDestroyr]

nevermind im not in

[MR.ZAP]

It's a cross between soggy bottom and shiloh. More of an atv geared place from what I understand, but still good times can be had on a decent weekend.

Alright. Back to Spring then?!?! :haha:

[85cj7]

steve told me to call him on sat. to see if it's a go or not. Won't know any earlier than then.

[JB]

And now they have upped the rain chances... Is General Sam's any good? Never been there but it's pretty close

If BVORR and General Sam's were next door to each other, I would go to General Sam's. But its 50 or so miles away. It is not a bad drive, but certainly not as convient as BVORR.

I will be serving my community till 2pm Sunday, otherwise I would go.:(

[85cj7]

If BVORR and General Sam's were next door to each other, I would go to General Sam's. But its 50 or so miles away. It is not a bad drive, but certainly not as convient as BVORR.

I will be serving my community till 2pm Sunday, otherwise I would go.:(

if you want to come out after 2 give me a call and i'll come to the gate to get you

[85cj7]

!closed!

[MR.ZAP]

!closed!

backup plan??? preferably not soggy bottom haha

[85cj7]

soggy bottom is the only easy alternative

[MR.ZAP]

soggy bottom is the only easy alternative

Tire Trax too far for a day trip??? Sorry for all the questions but I have never been to any of these places

[85cj7]

its like 30min. if there is enough interest we can give it a go.

[MR.ZAP]

its like 30min. if there is enough interest we can give it a go.

sweet, sounds good

[colman]

found a few more issues with the jeep today, i'm not gonna make it

[robertf03]

soggy bottom it is. same time and meeting place

[F1504x4]

damnit i couldnt get off work for this

[TdmayfieldIV]

Me and Garrett are in

[JB]

Its cold. I think the Jeep has heat. When is everyone going to get there? It is pretty close to my house, so I might just meet you there.

[Sharpe]

Clarke just called and said that Tommy broke a knuckle on his bronco at soggy bottom. JB is heading out there right now but they might need more help extracting him if anyone has a drivable rig in the area.

[AggieTJ2007]

ohh pictures please

[JB]

wow, what a disaster today was.

It started out with me in the zj, zach's jk, tommy's bronco, flem, an f150, a yj, and eventually Robbie's CJ and Brian's Blazer.

We made it no more than 100yards into the muddy section before everyone got stuck. It was a cluster**** from the beginning. Tommy's Bronco somehow broke the bottom ball joint, which then pulled the upper out. Luckily he was not too far from dry ground and the combo of Flem's and ZAP's, and my F150 winch, followed by Robbie's and Brian's winch, got him to dry enough ground that we could winch it onto my trailer and get the hell out of there.

[KrazyKarl02]

Lucky for you guys it was not nutz arse cold out today :flipoff2:

[colman]

so the droopy looking bronco is on jb's trailer at my lot waiting to be cleaned so we can figure out if the knuckle or c is fubared. if he is really lucky it will only need a brake line and a pair of ball joints. not shure if axle shafts survived but the ujoint was toasted

[TdmayfieldIV]

Things learned today:
1. Cooke doesn't know how to put a d44 hub together and i don't either
2. Rino knows how to put a d44 hub together
3. Brake pads go the other way
4. The barn burner is the savior of every offroad vehicle
5. Seth= ultimate backseat driver and thinks im a dumbass
6. PIN IT!! means your about to break something
7. Ball joints suck
8. muddy tires are harder to pick up
9. Thornbirds=WINNAR
10. The best way to move a truck on a trailer is to bump it with another truck
11. Soggy Bottom BLOWS!!

[eight]

If I'd known there'd be this much fun, I'd have come out. Put it back together so you can do it again. That's what this sport is about.

[Eckert]

was is the driver or pass side that got fubar'd?

[colman]

pass side, also generally thorbirds bring the suck, fyi

[TdmayfieldIV]

it was sarcasm

[stx4wheeler]

If the inner c is Fawkes Clayton has an axle with spares he might sell.

[agjohn02]

what a waste of money and resources.

[TdmayfieldIV]

with the money i am going to spend, i might as well upgrade.......................d60 time?????

[colman]

someone really needs to invent a scarcasm font. it would make everyones life easier

[colman]

give travis a call, he has a 60 and 70 combo he would sell

[Eckert]

someone really needs to invent a scarcasm font. it would make everyones life easier

can we somehow change that into an 'asshole' font?



fix the D44.

[colman]

no you fix the d44..... what font was i going for there....

[Eckert]

no you fix the d44..... what font was i going for there....

i dont know what the hell scarcasm is? Is that a way to scare people through the interweb with fierce knowledge of the english language?

i was just suggesting that there be a way to see through the bull****? but this is tamor, isnt it?

and no, you have far more spare **** for a D44 than i do.

[BroncoJo]

i dont know what the hell scarcasm is? Is that a way to scare people through the interweb with fierce knowledge of the english language?


There is, you just don't posses that ability.:flipoff2:

[texasxj]

I have a complete 78 bronco front with spare shafts. You wanna make a deal let me know.

[TdmayfieldIV]

I have a complete 78 bronco front with spare shafts. You wanna make a deal let me know.
Ok. I will pm me a price and we'll go from there

[colman]

give me a call this afternoon after 530 and we can discuss what to do abt the bronco, before anything else we need to take a trip to duckies and pressure wash it and then inspect and go from there. i have a bunch of free time tomorrow. i only have an 8 am

[texasxj]

Ok. I will pm me a price and we'll go from there


pm sent

[Seth]

Things learned today:
1. Cooke doesn't know how to put a d44 hub together and i don't either
2. Rino knows how to put a d44 hub together
3. Brake pads go the other way
4. The barn burner is the savior of every offroad vehicle
5. Seth= ultimate backseat driver and thinks im a dumbass
6. PIN IT!! means your about to break something
7. Ball joints suck
8. muddy tires are harder to pick up
9. Thornbirds=WINNAR
10. The best way to move a truck on a trailer is to bump it with another truck
11. Soggy Bottom BLOWS!!

For the record...

Cook knows how to put a hub together, he just might not have cared on yours.

Robbi'e's jeep has been saved plenty of times, I would not go out calling it the savior, although it seems mud might be the ideal medium for it to wheel!

I only attempted to "spot' you the first two times in, when you had no four wheel drive. I will no longer try to help you avoid getting stuck by staying out of holes and keeping your wheels pointed the correst direction. Also, remember that you are ultimately the one behind the wheel.

I don't think you are a dumbass, just maybe have some learning and growing up to do. That being said, I think I was the token drunk yesterday if there was one.

We didn't bump your truck with another truck, just the tire!

All that being said, yesterday was a great example of the importance of having a good front and rear tow point on your vehicle, and ideally having a good strap per vehicle. Everyone make it out with their strap? I would hate for that one good one to still be out there in the woods, tempting to go back out there and get it.

[DRAGOONRANCH]

For the record...
I was the token drunk yesterday if there was one.



I think that record has a skip in it....



I was the token drunk yesterday if there was one.







I was the token drunk yesterday if there was one.







I was the token drunk yesterday if there was one.







I was the token drunk yesterday if there was one.








I was the token drunk yesterday if there was one.



......

:flipoff2:

[Seth]

What?

[TdmayfieldIV]

For the record...

Cook knows how to put a hub together, he just might not have cared on yours.

Robbi'e's jeep has been saved plenty of times, I would not go out calling it the savior, although it seems mud might be the ideal medium for it to wheel!

I only attempted to "spot' you the first two times in, when you had no four wheel drive. I will no longer try to help you avoid getting stuck by staying out of holes and keeping your wheels pointed the correst direction. Also, remember that you are ultimately the one behind the wheel.

I don't think you are a dumbass, just maybe have some learning and growing up to do. That being said, I think I was the token drunk yesterday if there was one.

We didn't bump your truck with another truck, just the tire!

All that being said, yesterday was a great example of the importance of having a good front and rear tow point on your vehicle, and ideally having a good strap per vehicle. Everyone make it out with their strap? I would hate for that one good one to still be out there in the woods, tempting to go back out there and get it.

I was just messing around. I know cooke knows how to put a hub together. It was a feeble attempt at humor

[DRAGOONRANCH]

I was trying to insinuate that you are 'always' the token drunk. Folks sure are missing the funny around here lately. :flipoff2:

[bcolman]

I was trying to insinuate that you are 'always' the token drunk. Folks sure are missing the funny around here lately. :flipoff2:

or maybe you are loosing your touch just a little :flipoff2:

[MR.ZAP]

I thought Seth was the main source of humor for the day, most definitely kept the situation a bit lighter :laughing:

[DRAGOONRANCH]

or maybe you are loosing your touch just a little :flipoff2:

It's not just my funny they are missing thnkuvrymch. :flipoff2:

[CheapJeep]

Things learned today:

4. The barn burner is the savior of every offroad vehicle



For the record...

Robbie's jeep has been saved plenty of times, I would not go out calling it the savior, although it seems mud might be the ideal medium for it to wheel!

This is true, only more recently has the jeep made successful runs without needing recovery. However, mud will never be the ideal medium for it to wheel as I hate mud...



Everyone make it out with their strap? I would hate for that one good one to still be out there in the woods, tempting to go back out there and get it.
I have the two I brought out there with me. Was J.B. missing one?

I was at a family get together yesterday and had no intention of going out there until Flem and Clarke called inquiring recovery service. After driving the jeep out there and getting completely covered in mud, I enjoyed a wonderful night time drive home in 30 degree weather with no windshield...

[JB]

I am still missing a brand new 3" 30' strap. Someone told me to leave it when I left the first time to go get the Bronco.

[MR.ZAP]

I am still missing a brand new 3" 30' strap. Someone told me to leave it when I left the first time to go get the Bronco.

I wouldn't be surprised if it is in the back of Mayfield's rig or somethin.. I highly doubt someone just left it out there, and I think it was used for most if not all of the many Bronco retrieval efforts :D

[TdmayfieldIV]

It was the only strap we used on the bronco after the knuckle broke. I don't think it is in my bronco.

oh and zap:flipoff2:

[MR.ZAP]

It was the only strap we used on the bronco after the knuckle broke. I don't think it is in my bronco.

oh and zap:flipoff2:

Come on tom tom take a joke! After all, your big ass Bronco nearly fried my winch on that second recovery.. :flipoff2:

[JB]

That was Robbies. I think mine ended up in the thornbird truck or that superduty. I went back out there just now and the only thing out there are some 2" strap remains.

[TdmayfieldIV]

Come on tom tom take a joke! After all, your big ass Bronco nearly fried my winch on that second recovery.. :flipoff2:

Its a smiley flipoff

and your winch is :rainbow:

[colman]

ahhh but he HAS a winch

[TdmayfieldIV]

.................good call........... and it has four tires

[colman]

hey if you cant laugh at youself who can you laugh at, so when are you free to take a trip to the pressure washer?

[Eckert]

hey if you cant laugh at youself who can you laugh at, so when are you free to take a trip to the pressure washer?

thats one sad bronco. i think Bryan iron might be closer:flipoff2:

[MR.ZAP]

ahhh but he HAS a winch

ahahaaa right you are, my friend :)

[TdmayfieldIV]

*** I agree. Eckert, were you serious about travis having a d60 that is for sale? or would that be in "sarcastic font".

Colman i only have a 9am tomorrow so anytime:gigem:

My buddy has a dodge truck with a cummins we can use so we won't use up your gas

[TdmayfieldIV]

Oh, who has pics???????

[Eckert]

*** I agree. Eckert, were you serious about travis having a d60 that is for sale? or would that be in "sarcastic font".

I dont believe i suggested that? you should PM him and find out.

my 2 cents, which are appearently worthless on today's market, buy another D44 front for $200-250. spend a couple hundred more replacing 30 year old ball joints, steering components, bearings, etc. maybe even invest in a NP205.

run some numbers on building up a 60 to work for you. its not going to be cheap.

[TdmayfieldIV]

I already have a 205

[Eckert]

I already have a 205

someone told me you have a np203? never mind then.

[TdmayfieldIV]

I dont believe i suggested that? you should PM him and find out.

my 2 cents, which are appearently worthless on today's market, buy another D44 front for $200-250. spend a couple hundred more replacing 30 year old ball joints, steering components, bearings, etc. maybe even invest in a NP205.

run some numbers on building up a 60 to work for you. its not going to be cheap.

I guess im on crack. I don't know where i saw that:gigem:

[colman]

i said he had one, he also has a 70 rear with matched gears. i'm free at 9 so give me a call

[TdmayfieldIV]

He is putting them in his bronco.

Oh I am done at 9 too. Pm me your number and i'll call you

[JB]

My buddy has a dodge truck with a cummins we can use so we won't use up your gas

The Bronco is on my trailer. I will not allow this




:)

[colman]

fyi there is a user database at the top of the page that tells everyones screne name, handle, and phone number
832 489 5974

[BroncoJo]

He is putting them in his bronco.


:laughing:


If your interested in the axle(s) let me know, but I'll second the suggestion of running through the numbers of a one ton swap.

[4-Banger]

Oh, who has pics???????

An omen of things to come...
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The pit begins claiming more victims...
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We have a casualty.
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[Seth]

JB, I might be beating a dead horse here, but there was a strap thrown on the ground way back in the back where flem was stuck. Near where Robbie pulled the F150 and the rover out. Did you go back that far, or just look in the front? I think you could walk through the woods to where it was and stay relatively dry. I just hate a good strap going to waste.

[JB]

JB, I might be beating a dead horse here, but there was a strap thrown on the ground way back in the back where flem was stuck. Near where Robbie pulled the F150 and the rover out. Did you go back that far, or just look in the front? I think you could walk through the woods to where it was and stay relatively dry. I just hate a good strap going to waste.

Yes, I walked all the way back there. A broken 2" strap was back there, but not mine. Its my own fault for not keeping up with it.

[bcolman]

The Bronco is on my trailer. I will not allow this




:)

but isnt there a sticker on your trailer that says it has to be pulled with a diesel? :p

[colman]

so he spent quite a while at ducky's earlear and it is clean enough to work on now, inspected everything and it could have been much worse. total carnage: both ball joints, both shafts and a brake line. assuming he and clayton come to a deal on those shafts we will get it fixed friday afternoon. both the c and the knuckle are fine

[colman]

anyone know if you can use chevy shafts on a ford at all, i have lots of chevy and fsj shafts laying around

[bcolman]

grab the broken ones and compare them side to side and count splines

[robertf03]

only if you swap to a 77 or older Jeep/GM spindle and caliper, spindle length is different and the c clip won't line up. oh, knuckle has the swap too, it has 6 instead of 5 bolts for the spindle.

[colman]

i was more thinking about inner, i remember reading somewhere that u can use another application 44 shaft on a ford 44, i know all abt the outer interchangability

[Shaggy]

ttb 44 longside outer shaft is the same as a solid 44 short shaft... not that it helps or anything

[Sharpe]

ttb 44 longside outer shaft is the same as a solid 44 short shaft... not that it helps or anything

I have a goldfish.

[Eckert]

pretty sure i have a long side inner and a stub that would work? i cant remember what conclusion sharpe made.

[TdmayfieldIV]

Yeah, back then i needed a short side. I'll call you tomorrow and come check yours out eckert

[TdmayfieldIV]

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[TdmayfieldIV]

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So many pics.......carpel tunnel setting in

[colman]

hotpocket voice: check out that pimp slab

[FJAggie07]

Why the hell would y'all even go out there? Jesus that looks like it sucked.

[MR.ZAP]

Why the hell would y'all even go out there? Jesus that looks like it sucked.

compromise... a very bad compromise

but it was at least funny and a good teaching tool for the nubes like myself

[FJAggie07]

compromise... a very bad compromise

but it was at least funny and a good teaching tool for the nubes like myself

Good teaching tool, hey let me sum that up for you, Stay out the mud! :p

[JB]

and get recovery points.

[FJAggie07]

What you don't like throwing a strap around an axle?!??!

[Sparling]

What you don't like throwing a strap around an axle?!??!

Not the axle, but ripping off one side of a bumper on the front of my F-150.

[FJAggie07]

***! greatness.

[colman]

didn't we have a rule about trips where you have to have at least one recovery pt front and rear and a few other things?

[jerryg79]

didn't we have a rule about trips where you have to have at least one recovery pt front and rear and a few other things?

have you seen the safety video?

[colman]

yep, i don't know how we lost it. it was such an amazing PIECE of cinema

[NealtheDestroyr]

how did that thornbirds guy do? Just wondering if those massive side lugs helped him at all....

[MR.ZAP]

how did that thornbirds guy do? Just wondering if those massive side lugs helped him at all....

He got stuck :haha: and then after getting pulled out decided to head back in and barely made it out

[NealtheDestroyr]

He got stuck :haha: and then after getting pulled out decided to head back in and barely made it out

I saw that guy hot doggin it around town.
My thoughts were :rolleyes:

[MR.ZAP]

I saw that guy hot doggin it around town.
My thoughts were :rolleyes:

haha someone said they overheard that dude and his friends talking **** but when he put that S10 sideways trying to get out of the pit and couldnt move I bet they shut up :flipoff3:

[TdmayfieldIV]

yeah they were pissed that we were in their way even though he couldn't make it out there

[MR.ZAP]

yeah they were pissed that we were in their way even though he couldn't make it out there

yeah that S10 would have gotten stuck halfway in.. oh wait, it did :D and the ford wouldnt have even made it 10 feet haha and if they were as big of hard asses as they were actin they would have gone around us and dove into one of the deeper mud holes.. I mean after all, they guy DID have thornbirds.... :flipoff2:

[4-Banger]

yeah they were pissed that we were in their way even though he couldn't make it out there

A group of 7 4x4's unable to traverse a mud pit is not a sign you are being blocked. It is a sign that you have no hope of getting through, either.

But I guess when you've got Thornbirds on your truck, you can drive uphill through grease.
:rolleyes:

[CheapJeep]

I wanna see pics of the f150 and YJ being dragged through the center of the mud pit by my jeep... I went from being somewhat clean to completely covered in less than 20 seconds.

[Eckert]

i must have missed it? I see all this talk against a guy with a s10 sporting thornbirds... yet a bunch of pics of stuck jeeps on mall terrains?

:blackflipoff2:

[Sparling]

I don't think we got pictures of that. The camera was in my truck when you were pulling me out of the mud.

[TdmayfieldIV]

I wanna see pics of the f150 and YJ being dragged through the center of the mud pit by my jeep... I went from being somewhat clean to completely covered in less than 20 seconds.

haha as soon as garrets jeep came out it looked like a giant terd.

[MR.ZAP]

haha as soon as garrets jeep came out it looked like a giant terd.

yes, got some new paint haha

[DRAGOONRANCH]

Looks like good times! Takes me back to good times for sure. :D

[AggieTJ2007]

looks like fun, good to see some new people wheeling

[DRAGOONRANCH]

and posting!

[TdmayfieldIV]

I got it fixed. When i was driving back i noticed a really bad vibration. I baby it for a while cuz i just think it is all the mud in the rims. All the sudden it vibrates really bad and at this point i know what it is. Last time i didn't put locktite on the bolts connecting the driveshaft to the trans and they backed out. One cap was missing, one bolt sheared and two were bent. So, i had to go to napa (about 1/2 miles away) get the bolts and u-joint and put it back together (with locktite) while missing the first half of the superbowl

[4-Banger]

Sooo, apparently I did not escape Soggy Bottom without some damage of my own...

I no longer have any armor protecting my transfer case. The rear piece of my front skid plate is destroyed. It folded forward at some point, probably when I was towed backwards out of the pit. I only discovered what happened while washing my truck and realizing that the large piece of metal hanging down from my skid plate was not a foreign object scooped from the muck and wedged in, but something that was originally attached to my truck, horribly mangled and torn.

So for now, I'm one good rock away from being downgraded to Prerunner.

[bcolman]

So for now, I'm one good rock away from being downgraded to Prerunner.

or upgraded to doing a sas

[4-Banger]

or upgraded to doing a sas

But I like my on-road handling :flipoff2:

[bcolman]

if its done right it shouldnt change the handeling much if any

[FJAggie07]

What does doing a solid axle swap have to do with t-case protection? I may have a stock skid/cross member soon that I can give to you, I am pulling mine off in the next couple of weeks.

[4-Banger]

If it ain't broke, don't fix it. SAS isn't cheap, and it's fairly involved. There are many other things I'll want to do first before even considering SAS.


What does doing a solid axle swap have to do with t-case protection? I may have a stock skid/cross member soon that I can give to you, I am pulling mine off in the next couple of weeks.

Yeah, let me know. I just need the rear plate.

[bcolman]

oh, i thought he was talking about a skid that is protecting the front diff in his ifs

[4-Banger]

oh, i thought he was talking about a skid that is protecting the front diff in his ifs

No, my front diff is still protected by the forward plate. It's the t-case that is exposed because rear plate got peeled away by something buried in the mud.

[Eckert]

If it ain't broke, don't fix it. SAS isn't cheap, and it's fairly involved. There are many other things I'll want to do first before even considering SAS.



Yeah, let me know. I just need the rear plate.

what?

axle: $150
Steering: $300
Springs: $40
SAS kit: $150
F350 shock towers: $30

~$700 plus labor... DO IT! ITs the most worthwhile thing you can do, just ask faggie :flipoff2:

[4-Banger]

I like my IFS. I don't really see a need to change that for the foreseeable future.

[FJAggie07]

what?

axle: $150
Steering: $300
Springs: $40
SAS kit: $150
F350 shock towers: $30

~$700 plus labor... DO IT! ITs the most worthwhile thing you can do, just ask faggie :flipoff2:

150 for an axle? Wow. No lockah, so we weld it but wait no shafts, so they go boom, what the hell would be the point over ifs? You can have flex with no traction and get no where or break on the way and that is no fun for a daily driver, but here are some additional costs for doing it on the cheap...

Oil pan, return, sump, dip stick and assoted goodies for engine...$100
shocks...$200
frame plating...$100
drive shafts... $100 (on the cheap)
rear springs and hangers for 63" chevys...$60
ubilt flip kit... $40
tires and wheels for new found glory...$500 if you find good used 35's.

Just a lil more money. He needs a lift, tcase skid, some 33's and a limited slip for the frontand keep his dd clean. :)

[colman]

dont you have a good lift you just took off, that would help him get a little altitude

[FJAggie07]

Nah I asked him about it at Clayton he didn't want it. I have already sold most of my takeoffs including lift gears tires wheels skids and steering. Has helped the solid axle swap a lot

[4-Banger]

Nah I asked him about it at Clayton he didn't want it. I have already sold most of my takeoffs including lift gears tires wheels skids and steering. Has helped the solid axle swap a lot

Oh, I wanted it...

...it was/is just a funding issue :D

[Eckert]

150 for an axle? Wow. No lockah, so we weld it but wait no shafts, so they go boom, what the hell would be the point over ifs? You can have flex with no traction and get no where or break on the way and that is no fun for a daily driver, but here are some additional costs for doing it on the cheap...

Oil pan, return, sump, dip stick and assoted goodies for engine...$100
shocks...$200
frame plating...$100
drive shafts... $100 (on the cheap)
rear springs and hangers for 63" chevys...$60
ubilt flip kit... $40
tires and wheels for new found glory...$500 if you find good used 35's.

Just a lil more money. He needs a lift, tcase skid, some 33's and a limited slip for the frontand keep his dd clean. :)

not all of us **** money and know when to wait for a deal :flipoff2:

i forgot the later yota's bring the ghey with the oil pan, but most of your other costs could be cut in half just by looking around.

here is a axle with steering and lockah for $450:

http://www.texas4x4.org/showthread.php?t=31703