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Yearly Archives: 2014
1 What leaf spring sliders are, and how you can build them in your Home Fabrication Shop.
How to Build – Leaf Spring Sliders
Introducing, the Lawn-delier! Everybody needs one of these in their backyard. Not very useful, but adds a cool ambiance at night.
The solar powered “Lawn-delier”
9 Had to put new wood on my trailer the other day. The original wood lasted ~7 years. So I figured I would do a quick write up for those of you who don’t know how to do it.
How to Replace Wood Deck on Flatbed Trailer
2 Part 5, I finally figured out how to make a self-lifting smoker door. Check it out!
BUILDING THE OOBER BBQ SMOKER PART 5
1 Since I am only one man at this point and unfortunately still have a day job, I gotta post what I’m working on even if it isn’t hardcore fabrication.
Small Smoker Rehab
WOW, 9 months later I finally get around to working on this thing again. This time, smoker doors!
BUILDING THE OOBER BBQ SMOKER PART 4
The name of the game in the offroad world is traction aid devices. Mud tires, beadlocks, and unlimited suspension articulation are cool, but without a traction device, you still only have 2 wheel drive even if your truck is 4×4. Even worse with a 2wd truck that doesn’t have a […]
Ol’ Blue ’71 Chevy – 14 bolt Welded “locked” Differential ...
I’m always looking for cheap solutions. Those of you who know me aren’t surprised to hear me say that. I wanted some cheap lights that didn’t draw a lot of power, which means I need to find some LED lights. I had been keeping my eye out on all of […]
Ol’ Blue ’71 Chevy – Cheapo LED Rock Lights from ...
Had my dad follow me out to his land, it had been a while since I was last out there so we made a family event out of it. It is ~55 miles out of town. That means in total I probably drove Ol’ Blue ~130 miles today with very […]
Ol’ Blue 71 Chevy – First Shakedown Run
2 I got the chance to visit Con-Expo 2014 this year and it was probably one of the coolest things I have ever seen. It is an event that only happens once every 3 years, and the sheer quantity of construction equipment there was ridiculous. I would make a bet that […]
50 PICTURES FROM CON-EXPO 2014
I had been kicking this idea around for a long time about building “Leaf Spring Sliders”. Not many people do it, and there isn’t a whole lot of information online about it. I was finally at a point where I was good enough at fabrication and had enough time to […]
Ol’ Blue ’71 Chevy – New front suspension with leaf ...
I have a serious dislike for drum brakes. They are an old design, overly complicated, and don’t work all that well. When off-road or in extreme conditions, they often get loaded up with mud/sand/ice/salt and become even less effective. So when I started building up ‘Ol Blue, they were one […]
Ol’ Blue ’71 Chevy – Converting Chevy 14 bolt to ...
Finally scrounged up some time to build a proper high clearance rear bumper for Ol’ Blue.
Ol’ Blue ’71 Chevy – Rear Tube Bumper Build
It is going to take me a bit to get caught up on the last couple years worth of modifications that I have done to this truck. The more I look back at these pictures, it makes me realize how far this truck has come. This post shows the beginning […]
Ol’ Blue ’71 Chevy – Bringing home and assessing the ...
2 To bring in the new year, I finally knocked out a project that I had been planning out for a while now. The Chevy with its big motor and offroad oriented suspension can get a little hard to handle around corners. This post is about how I re-purposed a swaybar […]