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Shaggy
07-24-2005, 10:25 PM
well i am moving into the new shop/storage... i have already moved a bunch of stuff and built some parts racks for better use of space... but tomorrow i want to move some of the stuff that is a little too heavy for me to move by myself if i dont have to. If anyone wants to lend me a hand for an hour or so please post up or call me... I will be moving the bronco over there maby later in the week or next week... will need more than a couple people to help me put the body back on the frame... i am gonna build a flat tow hitch tomorrow if i have time so towing it wont be a problem just getting that heavy body on... we have always used 6 people... so i am gonna need a few helpers

thanks tater

JB
07-24-2005, 10:45 PM
im free after 2

Shaggy
07-25-2005, 08:59 AM
ok well i am starting with the small stuff right now but if anyone wants to help me before 2 just give me a call... and if i dont answer leave a message with a number... i busted the screen on my cell yesterday

savvyaggie
07-25-2005, 10:22 AM
hey tate, I am real busy moving myself and working the next few days before I leave,.... but when you need help putting the tub on, I should be able to run over and help..... so just call me at 9795754161...

uglyota
07-25-2005, 10:44 AM
hey tate, I am real busy moving myself and working the next few days before I leave,.... but when you need help putting the tub on, I should be able to run over and help..... so just call me at 9795754161...
same here...well, except for the number :)

CRaSHnBuRN
07-25-2005, 10:50 AM
Jordan, did you get the place on 21? As for moving, it looks like everyone is doing it. We're gonna finish moving into our new house this week. I finally have a garage to stick my buggy and tools into

savvyaggie
07-25-2005, 11:12 AM
Jordan, did you get the place on 21? As for moving, it looks like everyone is doing it. We're gonna finish moving into our new house this week. I finally have a garage to stick my buggy and tools into

no, i am going to rent somewere else for a couple more months, until i find a house.... so i dont have 2 rush into it..

Shaggy
07-25-2005, 12:44 PM
just a little fyi... it is hot as hell outside... yesterday i drank like 4 gallons of water and today it seems as if i might surpass that

Shaggy
07-26-2005, 10:34 PM
i worked on the flat-tow hitch today... got it most of the way built... just need to do some more welding on it and it should be done before too long tomorrow... it is a little over built... well atleast i think it is... it is made with 2" square tubing 1/4" wall... and the hitch uses a 2 5/16" ball... rated to 12500lbs... was looking at all the different ones and most were just 5000lbs and hell my bronco is more than that... better be on the safe side

agjohn02
07-26-2005, 10:57 PM
you're not picking it up by the ball

Graystroke
07-26-2005, 11:08 PM
take the parking brake off! didn't learn that drag coefficient thing in physics w/ the 200 lb box on a 30* slope w/ a drag coeficient of X...how much force will it take to move? you know the picture of the box and all the vectors...

uglyota
07-27-2005, 08:41 AM
the issue is how much force it will take to stop...
i err conservatively when we're talking about 3000lb of rust and dirt crashing into the back of my daily driver. You only have to lift it 4x each trip and you don't carry it wheelin.
overbuild it.

Shaggy
07-27-2005, 09:46 AM
well i dont have to worry about the breaks on it yet because they are not hooked up... and your funny if you think my bronco only weighs 3000lbs... maby right now without the body on... it weighed over 7000lbs back when i had the 9" and ttb and now i have 10.25 dana60 and 40"s i think it might get heavier

Shaggy
07-27-2005, 09:47 AM
but i am gonna finish building it today... who wants to help lift the body on sometime late this afternoon or early this evening

Shaggy
07-27-2005, 09:48 AM
we have always used 6 or more to lift it... it takes atleast that

uglyota
07-27-2005, 10:05 AM
... and your funny if you think my bronco only weighs 3000lbs...
I was referring to my flat towing experiences.

Shaggy
07-27-2005, 11:23 AM
well i got all the fab work on the hitch done... just running and getting some bolts and paint and it should be good... then i am gonna throw the stock steering on the dana 60 so that the tires go the same direction

froader03
07-27-2005, 11:42 AM
I'm game. should get off work a little before 5. gimmie a holler when you get a time figured out.

979.412.0658

agjohn02
07-27-2005, 12:39 PM
im game

gimme a call 361 460 1251

Shaggy
07-27-2005, 01:21 PM
well i just hooked it up to the truck and towed it around the block... seems to work good.... anyone have some tow lights i can borrow tonight when moving it with the tub on... i dont really feel like buying any and i dont want a ticket

uglyota
07-27-2005, 01:25 PM
Just get someone to follow you

AggieTJ2007
07-27-2005, 02:41 PM
just wire into the existing lights if they are still there, or HF has some cheapo trailer lights that would work combined with extension cord

Shaggy
07-27-2005, 03:03 PM
no lights on the frame silly... body isnt on it and no wiring exists in the tub anymore.... im not gonna worry... i towed it to tsc and looked at their lights... too much money i can deal without any... it tows pretty good... just doesnt like dips durring turns all that much... the tires turn the wrong direction but a little gas and it pulls them back... may churp a little

Shaggy
07-27-2005, 03:29 PM
putting the body on at 6pm... so show up around 5:45pm please... the bronco is in the back yard so it wont be that hard... just lift and put it on there

StevenAg03
07-27-2005, 03:42 PM
no lights on the frame silly... body isnt on it and no wiring exists in the tub anymore.... im not gonna worry... i towed it to tsc and looked at their lights... too much money i can deal without any... it tows pretty good... just doesnt like dips durring turns all that much... the tires turn the wrong direction but a little gas and it pulls them back... may churp a little


this reminds me of douglas trying to flat tow the original bronco home from moab :laughing: :laughing: everytime he would turn, the bronco would go the other way and dougie would drag the damn thing for a while til someone told him about it.


i know not very many people are still around that were there or were even in the club then....but damn it was funny....almost as funny as that "blue mustang" :laughing: :laughing:

uglyota
07-27-2005, 03:55 PM
gives you a real appreciation for positive caster

jerryg79
07-27-2005, 04:06 PM
this reminds me of douglas trying to flat tow the original bronco home from moab :laughing: :laughing: everytime he would turn, the bronco would go the other way and dougie would drag the damn thing for a while til someone told him about it.


i know not very many people are still around that were there or were even in the club then....but damn it was funny....almost as funny as that "blue mustang" :laughing: :laughing:

god you're cool :flipoff2:

BMFScout
07-27-2005, 09:08 PM
LFZ in Las Cruces, now I'm cool!

Sharpe
07-27-2005, 09:14 PM
I towed a 6500 pound dually with a Draw Tite towbar from houston down to Kingsville and it held up fine. I later read the sticker and it said "only rated for 5000 pounds." Oops.

Shaggy
07-27-2005, 09:21 PM
thanks to John Brown, Matt Conlee, Jason Hensel, Eric and my neighbor we got it on there and it is in storage now

froader03
07-27-2005, 09:50 PM
this reminds me of douglas trying to flat tow the original bronco home from moab :laughing: :laughing: everytime he would turn, the bronco would go the other way and dougie would drag the damn thing for a while til someone told him about it.


i know not very many people are still around that were there or were even in the club then....but damn it was funny....almost as funny as that "blue mustang" :laughing: :laughing:

my favorite part was when he stopped at highway cleanup in the bronco and proceeded to drive over the tow bar when it fell forward.

almost as funny as when he used the tree in your front yard to stop because he had no brakes. man that thing was a piece.

and the blue mustang cue. ***. I'd almost forgotten. funny stuff, man.

StevenAg03
07-27-2005, 11:32 PM
that tree wasnt in my front yard...it was in the front yard of the last house on dexter accross from the park....i think there is even someone in the club that lives/lived down there now...he has a black early bronco....also so you know, me and zach farrington were riding with doug that night...he figured that he could just downshift enough to slow it down. well thats all well and good until you know that there was only 2 bolts holding the driveshaft to the rearend... :gigem: ...also as soon as we hit, me and zach took off running back to the house. there was someone sitting in the front yard that we ran through. he was laughing his ass off. i guess it was loud enough that scott and that crew heard the noise and came driving down the street. i tell you what....its a night ill never forget...looked something like this...

Sharpe
07-28-2005, 12:01 AM
The annonymous club member that lives there is Garret, with the kickass EB, and I will be moving in there this year.

StevenAg03
07-28-2005, 08:17 AM
what does this infamous garret guy go by here...as you probably know i dont know who many of you are...and i hink he works at bus ops as well...along with the guy that drives the red SASed s10...both of them are drivers i believe...i dont know what they look like just seen the trucks there

Sharpe
07-28-2005, 10:19 AM
His s/n is 73bronco. Yah, he works at bus ops. He probably wont be posting for awhile cause he's in Germany on a co-op or something of that sort.

froader03
07-28-2005, 11:35 AM
what ever happened to zach farrington?

fbronco86
07-28-2005, 12:45 PM
what ever happened to zach farrington?

Him and Stuart moved to Ca

JB
07-28-2005, 05:56 PM
Do you have my fan, Tate?

StevenAg03
07-28-2005, 05:59 PM
he graduated in may...last i talked to him he took his jeep to RJ in Colorado and Greg is going to use it as a demo for sema shows and the like...

Shaggy
07-28-2005, 09:53 PM
Do you have my fan, Tate?
ya i'll bring it back tomorrow if that is ok

Graystroke
07-28-2005, 10:35 PM
I find it hard to believe that your bronco weighs 7000 lbs. It's not like they have a massively beefy frame, heavy motor, etc. The frame is speghetti w/ the body off. 7000 lbs is the weight of a full-size truck w/ a diesel (1000lb motor). it doesn't add up unless there are some lead ingots in the doors next to the kilos of cocaine :flipoff2:
edit: I forgot about the 3000 lbs of rhino lining all over the thing

Shaggy
07-28-2005, 11:48 PM
last time i put it on the scale it was 7500 but it was loaded with tools and all that goodness

agjohn02
07-29-2005, 12:28 AM
speaking of ingots. jimmy and i saw a truckload of alcoa aluminum ingots on our way to waco. id never seen that before and thought it was cool. its amazing how few of them it takes to make up 40,000lbs.

Shaggy
08-07-2005, 11:05 AM
i need a little help loading the last of the crap in my back yard into the bed of my truck... is bryan iron open on sundays?

Chadnutz
08-07-2005, 02:50 PM
No.

Shaggy
08-07-2005, 09:56 PM
i got it all out of the back yard... since they wernt open i just put most of the junk in the storage unit... but i still have the 7.3 block in my bed... damn that thing is hard to get into the bed of a truck without help... i used a genious technique of taking the tailgate off and placing a pallet on my reciever which gave me a inclined surface to "roll" up the oh so heavy block