96 cruise vessel build

[Ramrod]

lollygagged around yesterday but still got the cage back on the truck and the whole rear section tacked back into place, today Hyena rolled out and we busted out pretty much everything and got it all finished

[kiyul4130]

you get those fenders cut and back on?

[Hyena]

you get those fenders cut and back on?

ya, they look pretty slick!

[Ramrod]

yep fenders are back on, cut out a gigantic section of the bed floor to clear the tires and got like 4 or more inches of uptravel.  ill get some pics tomorrow and drive the truck to school and what not tomorrow to shake it down

[Ramrod]

drove the truck around the last couple days, everthing seems super solid, now its packed up and im about to head to sac to meet up with hyena so we can leave for the hammers in the morning

[slabcs]

See you there

[kiyul4130]

woooot!!!! cya there

[Ramrod]

just finally back from the hammers, trip was great everything new worked out awsome, three link flexs crazy and had to cut out tons of the bed, tested the cage on saturday and it was fine, ended up blowing the rear third at about 2 am last night though

[slabcs]

Should have hit it in second.

[kiyul4130]

just finally back from the hammers, trip was great everything new worked out awsome, three link flexs crazy and had to cut out tons of the bed, tested the cage on saturday and it was fine, ended up blowing the rear third at about 2 am last night though

hahahaha. dude your foot is either on or off the gas. no in between. this trip was sick.

[Ramrod]

Should have hit it in second.

first launch was third, second attempt was in second

[slabcs]

ah, it was sick either way.  good show.

[kiyul4130]

the night before me and him went up to it and i was inside his truck while it was bouncing off the ground a foot at a time repeatedly, no breakage. i was laughing my ass off while we were trying to hit backdoor. 3rd and reverse, literally.

[Ramrod]

ya it held up to alot of serious abuse even though it only lasted about 2 seconds in front of the crowd.  Not sure what im going to do about it yet, funds will decide and the truck might be retired for the summer anyways

[kiyul4130]

im thinking the same thing. no wheeling = saving money. this year i want to hit fordyce. then maybe the con for the round up and thats it. im not sure.

[Ramrod]

no flopp that, hopefully this flop will call me back and ill be gone for the summer.  if not i dont know what im going to do

[lilbuddy]

Nice build thread title you bro

i posted ur truck in the flop thread too

[iNfErNaL]

Your rig was looking sick Pat  .You did a good job on the whole thing,your BD attempt was cool,the outside speaker was an awesome touch  .Every one of my buddies kept telling me to hit BD and when I saw you pull up I told a couple of them if you made it I was gonna go grab my rig.

[slabcs]

Now that I would have loved to see Peps.  I was next to you for a while on backdoor and I was going to suggest you try it, but I figured you'd probably had several people telling you to do it already.. haha.

[KYOTA]

hell yeah Fordyce end of May for Memorial weekend! lets start a plan now

[Tool Pimp]

Truck looks better in person, nice show at backdoor too bad about the damage    Glad to see you got her home OK   

[Sluice Box Hero]

just so you know.. . . . your 's weak. . . . . thats all

Callen

[kiyul4130]

hell yeah Fordyce end of May for Memorial weekend! lets start a plan now

im going to a wedding and cant. weekend after?

[Ramrod]

just so you know.. . . . your 's weak. . . . . thats all

Callen

thanks bro, once i get the front linked up and everything else dialed and finished this thing is going to smash hard.  I ill be able to tell when i pull the third but i bet it was faulty setup that made it blow

[Ramrod]

id be down to make some plans for that but cant set anything right now, either way ill be wheeling somewhere on memorial but might not be in my truck

[Sluice Box Hero]

thanks bro, once i get the front linked up and everything else dialed and finished this thing is going to smash hard.  I ill be able to tell when i pull the third but i bet it was faulty setup that made it blow

the rear turned out real clean, need to dovetail the bed for sure, or dovetail a new bed.  ill be pulling my truck into the garage to asess the weird clanking i was getting on the way back to camp after backdoor on saturday.  other than that ill def be ready for a trip for memorial day.  the con was sick last year, but i want ot go to fordyce too.

Callen

[Ramrod]

my 40's are looking a little worn with the street miles they've seen so i spent the day mounting up some brand new 42" IROKs on 17" Staz work double beadlocks, there fully bling.......













































besides the fact that they are not for my truck

[iNfErNaL]

Now that I would have loved to see Peps.  I was next to you for a while on backdoor and I was going to suggest you try it, but I figured you'd probably had several people telling you to do it already.. haha.

LOL,I chikened out.Now I'm kicking myself in the ass for not trying it 

[4RunnerKid]

way to hammer the rig this weekend Pat. Backdoor was fun, too bad it was over that quickly... should have hit it on the 50.

[kiyul4130]

i took some quick snaps with my video camera. nothing special and forgot i had them till today.