flingshot
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Glamour Atomic Puke
Grin's MJ Trailer Build
- Thread starter xj-grin
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Glamour Atomic Puke
jimgrms
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Goose poop green
xj-grin
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- Colorado Springs, Colorado
thread hijacking bastids!!!!!:looser:
DutchVDub
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- Milliken, CO
your a bastid
DutchVDub
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And its actually "baby-poop-green"
YELLAHEEP
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- Littleton, Colorado
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- Colorado Springs
mopar grabber green ... dicks .... I still like it
OverlandZJ
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- Bristol,PA
Trailer is looking sweet! :thumbup:
I came across a Wildernest, but it's for a longbed. I'm having thoughts of grabbing it and found your thread in a search.
How is the transition stepping up and into the trailer? I have a bad back and thats a concern i have. Might be better for me to just stick with my original plan for my RTT on a trailer.
Are you familiar with Dave's website? He has some good points on restoring and repairing.
http://www.wildernest.org/
I came across a Wildernest, but it's for a longbed. I'm having thoughts of grabbing it and found your thread in a search.
How is the transition stepping up and into the trailer? I have a bad back and thats a concern i have. Might be better for me to just stick with my original plan for my RTT on a trailer.
Are you familiar with Dave's website? He has some good points on restoring and repairing.
http://www.wildernest.org/
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xj-grin
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Thanks for the link, I hadn't seen it!
I am planning on a little fold-down ladder for the tailgate, but it isn't really that high (more for the kids). Cabelas has a couple different models. I will be reworking the half-ass jack system this winter so it should be easier to set up and more stable next year. You don't think about it, but having a cab/engine/etc. attached to the bed of a truck is alot different than just the bed -- that cantilever throws the weight way off without counter balance or good jacks.:thumbup:
OverlandZJ
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- Bristol,PA
Your welcome.
I made an offer this am on the Wildernest i found, hopeing he accepts. It's a Longbed model though, but only an hour away. If i get it i'll probably sell my RTT.
I made an offer this am on the Wildernest i found, hopeing he accepts. It's a Longbed model though, but only an hour away. If i get it i'll probably sell my RTT.
xj-grin
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- Colorado Springs, Colorado
with your free advertising on the front page, I'm sure you'll have no problem finding a buyer! Looks great, BTW!
flingshot
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- Thornton Colorado
LOL! :thumbup:
Why not just change your screen name to "Glamourshot"?
:roflmao:
NOT!
xj-grin
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- Colorado Springs, Colorado
So, while the XJ was running (temporarily, unfortunately) I pulled the trailer into the garage for some of the winter maintenance/improvements I had been planning, but failed to get to with all the engine issues... Today I figured I might as well knock some of it out while it's in the garage, before I pull the XJ back in for another engine swap later this week.
My temporary jacking system was, well, jacked. I fabbed up some perches for the front leveling jacks using 1/2" plate:
1/2" plate with a 115 flux-core welder is kind-of suspect, but this is a fairly low-stress application, low risk, and with the heat cranked and taking my time, it seemed to penetrate pretty well:
Anyways, I beat the snot out of them with the sledge and they don't seem to want to go anywhere -- I'll likely add some gussets tomorrow before the paint goes on, since its going back out into the weather.
Then I moved my tongue jack from its original location here:
grind, grind, grind...
to here:
Which made room for me to install the new tongue-tool-box (temporarily):
gotta love $99 sale at Harbor Freight -- it will be flanked in the next couple weeks with a 5 gallon water cooler mount on one side, and a 20lb propane bottle on the other.:greensmok
My temporary jacking system was, well, jacked. I fabbed up some perches for the front leveling jacks using 1/2" plate:
1/2" plate with a 115 flux-core welder is kind-of suspect, but this is a fairly low-stress application, low risk, and with the heat cranked and taking my time, it seemed to penetrate pretty well:
Anyways, I beat the snot out of them with the sledge and they don't seem to want to go anywhere -- I'll likely add some gussets tomorrow before the paint goes on, since its going back out into the weather.
Then I moved my tongue jack from its original location here:
grind, grind, grind...
to here:
Which made room for me to install the new tongue-tool-box (temporarily):
gotta love $99 sale at Harbor Freight -- it will be flanked in the next couple weeks with a 5 gallon water cooler mount on one side, and a 20lb propane bottle on the other.:greensmok
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- So.Cal. Low Desert
Cool... gotta love the deals... I wish I could make time to work on mine...
Keep the occasional update coming...
Curt
Keep the occasional update coming...
Curt
xj-grin
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Got gussets?
I was in a hurry to paint and didn't flap off the splatter (had to go outside last night for the XJ to come in for an engine swap today)... I'll clean em up and repaint later.
I was in a hurry to paint and didn't flap off the splatter (had to go outside last night for the XJ to come in for an engine swap today)... I'll clean em up and repaint later.
xj-grin
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- Colorado Springs, Colorado
I now seem to have a good-running replacement engine, so back to the trailer in hopes of having it ready to go to Moab in a week and a 1/2...
Jeff (planefixer) made me a deal on his old XJ rear bumper with quarter bracing (cutout) about a year ago, and its been sitting collecting dust ever since - yesterday, I cut off the XJ mounts, modified the MJ bumper mounts to work and got it installed as a platform for my rear jackstands:
Cut the rear quarters to accommodate the bracing/jack platform:
Mocked up to measure the mounts (I tacked them one once they were cut to fit -- I took about 7" off the mounts):
Mounts cooked on:
Done, pics of the jackstands to follow later this week:
Jeff (planefixer) made me a deal on his old XJ rear bumper with quarter bracing (cutout) about a year ago, and its been sitting collecting dust ever since - yesterday, I cut off the XJ mounts, modified the MJ bumper mounts to work and got it installed as a platform for my rear jackstands:
Cut the rear quarters to accommodate the bracing/jack platform:
Mocked up to measure the mounts (I tacked them one once they were cut to fit -- I took about 7" off the mounts):
Mounts cooked on:
Done, pics of the jackstands to follow later this week:
xj-grin
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- Colorado Springs, Colorado
It'll get one trip in blue for Jeff to reminisce... then my standard rustoleum satin black.
YELLAHEEP
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- Littleton, Colorado
I'm so diggin' that bumper on the trailer! I believe my MJ project will get a similar bumper..... I like it that much. :thumbup:
Did you have to cut a little off the ends of the bumper brackets where you welded them to the back of the bumper?
Did you have to cut a little off the ends of the bumper brackets where you welded them to the back of the bumper?
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xj-grin
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- Colorado Springs, Colorado
at least 7" worth. I mocked up the bumper, and measured from the furthest back mounting hole, cut the mounts to fit, bolted them up and tacked them, pulled it off and finished cooking it. that bumper probably weighs 80lbs, and was a bit of a bitch to get lined back up with both brackets by my pansy little self -- but it wasn't that hard.:shiver:
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