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PostPosted: Sat Jun 06, 2015 11:25 pm
Nice! Where abouts are you located? Wish we had some of that mud boggin here in CA!



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I'm in north Florida. I travel around Florida and south Georgia to as many events that I can make. Thanks for the reply!

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PostPosted: Wed Jul 01, 2015 11:15 pm
Hey, what's that tow strap all about? :wink:
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PostPosted: Fri Jul 03, 2015 10:42 am
Its called STUCK! Lol, I got two of the kinetic energy ropes now. Here's another stuck picture. It took a boat, 650ft of rope, and a track buggy to pull me out.
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PostPosted: Fri Jul 03, 2015 3:12 pm
Reminds me of my oldest boy. I spent days fixing and detailing his YZ250 dirt bike. First day out he comes walking home and asks me to help him get his bike.
Threw a big hay rope in the back of my truck and off we go. I pull into a big abandoned gravel pit and he says, "There it is" and points to a big mud pit. All I could see was the handle bars.
I sent him out to wrap the rope around the handle bars and when he was safely out of the way I dragged the bike onto dry ground, unhooked the rope and said, "See you at the house."
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PostPosted: Fri Sep 18, 2015 4:46 pm
HeavyCollision085 wrote:I built the truck over a year ago and bog the piss out of it at numerous events. I run a np435 4speed and shift around 5500 rpm. Pushing around 600ft/lbs of torque. Running 58" rice and canes. Still haven't broke an axle. I run dual cases and my driveshafts are long. There's no issues with the angle. Probably the pics that make it look that way. I recently repainted it that's why I started this thread.


We were running a Blown Big block chevy 8-71 into turbo 400 into two transfer cases unknown HP or Torque # Enough to twist axles in half every time truck got loaded down in thick mud and start really throwing the power to it.

Our frame was made from multiple different size heavy wall boxed steel all home made stuff back in mid early 80s probably had a weight of 3 to 4 times as much as your build it was indestructible tank. but Back in 80s guys hadn't built with light weight stuff yet nor were custom made springs or shocks available yet.
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PostPosted: Tue Sep 22, 2015 7:12 pm
Cool truck. what's the keg up front? Also what size engine do you have in it?
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