Recent content by RedHeep

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We have a mastiff. He's an idiot, but he's not dumb.

Really wanted to make this when you guys were talking about it this summer, but I've got a council camporee same weekend.

Tires showed up today. I went with a 215/85r16. They’re load range e, so heavier than they need to be, but I like that they’re skinnier than the 225/75r16’s that were on there before. Plus it means my new wheels match the paint color and everyone knows how important it is to look good. Back...

Decided to put the license plate in the middle. It's screwed to a amazon bracket with a spacer I made to recess the bolt. Putting the light and license plate brackets on the same bolts that hold the tub to the frame has saved me from having to drill extra holes in it. Threw the kid in...

Facebook didn’t kill forums. There’s plenty of thriving forums for relevant hobbies in the net. Chrysler and cash for clunkers killed this forum.

Installed fenders and pulled it out to test fit the canvas cover I bought. I spent some time hacking up a synthetic winch extension to make ropes instead of the old school WW2 correct ones. I’m not done yet, but it’s looking like a trailer. The M416 wheels were designed for bias ply tires...

Had a spare Friday last week so I mixed up some more OD and cleaned the fenders up. I sprayed a bunch of coats on both sides. It was 80 degrees out but the humidity was only 50%. Then I got the NOS wheels I bought on eBay and sprayed them to match. I bought them from a surplus place...

I had to get it weighed for registration and we still had a hub bearing clearance problem. I found washers on amazon with the correct ID but the spindle has a chamfer. So I dremeled it a bit to fit. Ground the OD down so the inner seal would fit and slid it down the hub. Slid the hub...

So after the paint we got the tub put on the frame. All of my mount tabs lined up. New tail light brackets showed up so I test fit them. The modern tail lights are bigger than an M100 so it was a little tight to the tub. I fixed it by adding a 1” spacer and a longer bolt for some...

I fly under the radar nowadays. The genders will get color matched. I had to put them on to take it to get weighed for registration.

Lots more details to post but today was a big day.

Cps?

No. A trailer for my stuff.