01 STrunner's Sport Trac

[Xeek]

yep. thats ne reason i didnt wanna use the early bronco axle, its 58" and its stupid to make the d44 5x4.5, wheels wont fit anyway.
im gonna have you beat by 3", mines 65" lol
convert your rear drums to discs too.

hopefully we can plan for later in the year maybe give us all time to fix out trucks.

 

[01STrunner]

This was from a trip in December. The guy with the toy hauler had an awesome setup. He cut out the separation wall and reinforced the floor to fit his "family rig" a Yota on 37" stickies. He races buggies for a living so I guess that could be seen a a mall crawler to him lol.

 

[01STrunner]

yep. thats ne reason i didnt wanna use the early bronco axle, its 58" and its stupid to make the d44 5x4.5, wheels wont fit anyway.
im gonna have you beat by 3", mines 65" lol
convert your rear drums to discs too.

hopefully we can plan for later in the year maybe give us all time to fix out trucks.

I'm kinda pissed my current wheels don't fit since I just got them 7 months ago. Can't even get a bigger bolt pattern. Oh well. I'm still not positive but I'm leaning towards black steelies.

I'm down in Clemson right now but I'll have a week or so in may. Maybe we can get a trip going then.

 

[OffTrac]

This is awesome news. When do you expect to put her under? I just committed to building a house so...see you on the big rocks in a couple years, lol. Living debt free is not nearly as satisfying as immediate fun but my wife wants things like a house and babies...who knew? Without a major bump in income, the ST is finished for a while. I'll be living through your posts so do me a favor and make them good. :grin:

 

[shooterdude199]

^the good news about building a house is you can make it the way you want it!

 

[01STrunner]

I'd love to have a house down here. I miss my garage and workshop lol. As for the timeframe, I'm still figuring out the steering and wheels. Once I solidify those plans, it should be good to go. I left it back home in VA and just brought a car back to Clemson. Commuting to work is not good for a lifted truck haha. The front suspension will probably be cut out by the end of the month I'm guessing and then the fun begins

 

[MidnightRebel07]

I have a set of 20 x 8.5 Centerline Tomahawk Rapid series wheels that are 6 bolt. They'd fit right on those axles.

 

[01STrunner]

They have to be 17" to fit my tires that I have now. 20" would get so much rock rash on the trails lol

 

[MidnightRebel07]

LOL, figured I'd mess with you alittle. I do have the wheels with new tires on them.

 

[01STrunner]

Now that would be funny - SAS'd mall crawler. Were you planning something with those wheels? Just curious.

Edit: wow I just looked them up. That would look goofy on an ST haha. I guess since its a chevy pattern were they on your old show truck?

 

[MidnightRebel07]

No, I picked them up from a guy on CL for $100, couldn't pass up on the deal. I'm plan on waiting two more months after people get their taxes, the weather gets nicer and sell them for $5-600 easy. Funds for my SAS. Lol. They have new tires on them so if I wanted I could seperate them and get around a grand total.

 

[LONO100]

Rebels a craigist flipper just like me! People out here give stuff for free that I would just sit on or put a little fix too. I just repost them on Craigslist and make profit. I've picked up perfectly working propane grills that just needed a cleaning for free and sold them for 50 bucks, snow chains that have never been used and put them right back on Craigslist and sold them. I can't even begin list all the car parts I've flipped either.

 

[MidnightRebel07]

Why yes I am, lol. Now that I'm working I don't do as much flipping, I still make the great finds though.

 

[01STrunner]

Haha you guys are certified businessmen.

 

[MidnightRebel07]

Nope, I'm a truck driver and have a CDL which stands for "Certified Delusional Lunatic". Lol

 

[01STrunner]

Haven't heard that one before lol

 

[Gse Brent]

This was from a trip in December. The guy with the toy hauler had an awesome setup. He cut out the separation wall and reinforced the floor to fit his "family rig" a Yota on 37" stickies. He races buggies for a living so I guess that could be seen a a mall crawler to him lol.

Man that would be so much fun to have that many people off roading. Makes for a good time im sure. Got enough people to pull you out too if you were to get stuck.

 

[01STrunner]

Definitely makes it fun. There was around 100 rigs that day/night. Only 5 from Clemson unfortunately.

 

[01STrunner]

I've finally decided on going with a steering box from a super duty. It'll be a lot stronger and a lot easier to find parts for down the road. The plan is to retrofit the lines from my current pump and when that dies, I'll upgrade to the SD pump.

 

[Xeek]

superduty or old body f350s?