Trail Grenade build

[murdered out manche]

had a couple hours to work on it today, got the frame rails and rear crossmember tacked together

[justtorchit]

Niiice

But why the cutout section on the rear? Obously for the shake but why not keep it box all the way across and run the shake off the back of it. Bolting it wouldn't be that fun like that id imagine

[murdered out manche]

There's nuts welded to the inside of the pocket and when I cap the ends I'm going to sleeve an access hole for a socket, making it easy to bolt together. And y not? Lol I've never really seen this done before and like the looks of it, plus it's just as functional.

[justtorchit]

No I like it no doubt. Me talking out loud again. Just seams if it ever got seized in the bushing or whatever it could be a bit of a pain to get the bolt out. Guess its a Cherokee thing. Always worried bout them damn bolts getting seized without access to the back side to punch it out or unable to pull it out with a pickle fork lololol

[murdered out manche]

believe me i know where your coming from there lol i hate that shit.. i was thinking about it tonight, and im thinking of making removable access panels instead so i can still get something in there to pry if need be. the bolts will be greased and never seized as well.

[murdered out manche]

got the frame z cut and boxed and spring pockets welded in






cut and notched a crossmember for my fuel hoses



cut out a small section and welded in a piece of 4" tube cut in half for shock clearance



hitch reciever





connected the back of my boatsides together and tied into the frame, also used for a gas tank holder



boatsided behind the cab




shock hoops and bumpstop pads






checking for clearance



tank in and super high tech spare tire mount



took it to rc oct 28th and proceeded to get 15" of snow the 29th





everything worked great and had no problems or breakage all weekend, other than having to get a new blower motor and wire it to a switch so i could see where i was going because the wipers do not work

[Zullock Holmes]

bump. i need to know where this stands.