- Location
- Dracut, MA
Well, first things first, I don't feel bad about cutting up this MJ at all; it was ROTTED. there was no saving this one, thats for sure. If it was in good shape, I probably would have reluctantly walked away, or just bought the shell and built that too.
As far as why I'm doing the chop... I have a few reasons:
1. I never needed dry storage, everything I ever have with me when wheeling are things that would be much easier to just grab out of a bed rather than trying to wrestle with the hatch/doors.
2. With the wheeling I've been doing, I just don't feel comfortable without a cage, so the point of needing to do the cage when cutting it is null and void in my case, because whether or not I chopped it, the tube would still be on its way. So, if I'm going to be caging it anyway, why not chop it? Now's the time...
3. Less to make a mess. I'll have a windshield, and the sliding rear glass, which are both pretty well out of the way... and no other glass to worry about breaking. I can't coun't how many times I almost made a huge mess when I've slid into trees and waited to hear it shatter. Now, when the ass end slides over into something, it will hit nothing but a bed with tube running along it; much harder to actually damage.
As far as why I'm doing the chop... I have a few reasons:
1. I never needed dry storage, everything I ever have with me when wheeling are things that would be much easier to just grab out of a bed rather than trying to wrestle with the hatch/doors.
2. With the wheeling I've been doing, I just don't feel comfortable without a cage, so the point of needing to do the cage when cutting it is null and void in my case, because whether or not I chopped it, the tube would still be on its way. So, if I'm going to be caging it anyway, why not chop it? Now's the time...
3. Less to make a mess. I'll have a windshield, and the sliding rear glass, which are both pretty well out of the way... and no other glass to worry about breaking. I can't coun't how many times I almost made a huge mess when I've slid into trees and waited to hear it shatter. Now, when the ass end slides over into something, it will hit nothing but a bed with tube running along it; much harder to actually damage.