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Old May 26, 2015 | 07:17 PM
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It was a great weekend, we're already talking about going down every 2-3 weeks this summer. Only 2/3 rank of gas for the truck towing it down so it's worth it. Nothing hard though so breakage will be rare too.

Funny story, we found an atv trail that somehow we squeezed that 1/2 ton gmc up and about a mile up we made camp, far enough far the trail that we wouldn't see anyone. Well a guy and his mom in their jk come up, we say hello and not 200 feet later he pops his sidewall with no spare.. he called a buddy but had to wait 3 hours for him to get to us so they hung out with us for the time
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Old Jun 2, 2015 | 10:00 AM
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40 inch nittos? Yessir for only $430 for all four



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Old Jun 4, 2015 | 06:41 PM
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So excited for this to happen. Hopefully another month or two

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Old Jun 6, 2015 | 10:00 AM
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Well! You're just goin' all kinds of extreme now, aren'tcha!??!
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Old Jun 8, 2015 | 07:00 AM
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I've been wanting to forever it's just now that I got the truck I can really start to screw around with it.

I might be having to do some engine work soon though.. I've been burning through oil and sometimes my idle oil pressure is around 10. I know acceptable is something like a minimum of 17 psi but we'll see. Maybe I can make this engine last until I can afford to put in a 5.3 or a 6.0
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Old Jun 11, 2015 | 07:52 AM
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Is this junk finished yet!!
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Old Jun 12, 2015 | 09:52 AM
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Is this junk finished yet!!
I'm waiting on some *** to get his truck running and swap out his rear!
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Old Jun 12, 2015 | 07:53 PM
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If people that say they are going to come help me would stop flaking maybe I could get my truck running and get things moving!!
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Old Jun 13, 2015 | 05:42 AM
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Touché I'll take that one! You need to stop going to work after me and going home before me now
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Old Jul 6, 2015 | 07:00 PM
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Bought 5 Hummer H2 wheels online for $200 from a guy with some crappy 315 tires mounted on them. Busted them down and tossed the tires then bored out the wheels to fit over my new axles.






The little lip you'll have to grind off





Baam made easy work of that





Whole lot of shavings





My 3 blade with end bearing bit i used in a 1/4 router that fit perfectly inside the wheel. Set the bearing to ride above the lip which gave me a perfeft cut.





My tire machine was pushing its limits trying to mount these. I had to have a buddy help even and i only brought one to the shop because i didn't even know if i could do them lol. Those are 20s mounted on 32 inch tires for comparison..
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Old Jul 6, 2015 | 10:29 PM
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Originally Posted by ThatPurpleXJ
Bought 5 Hummer H2 wheels online for $200 from a guy with some crappy 315 tires mounted on them. Busted them down and tossed the tires then bored out the wheels to fit over my new axles.






The little lip you'll have to grind off





Baam made easy work of that





Whole lot of shavings





My 3 blade with end bearing bit i used in a 1/4 router that fit perfectly inside the wheel. Set the bearing to ride above the lip which gave me a perfeft cut.





My tire machine was pushing its limits trying to mount these. I had to have a buddy help even and i only brought one to the shop because i didn't even know if i could do them lol. Those are 20s mounted on 32 inch tires for comparison..
RAWR!!!! Nice!
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Old Jul 10, 2015 | 11:12 AM
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Ok so you flaked on me and now we are even after I flaked on you the other night so what do we have to do so we can both get out dang trucks finished?!?!?
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Old Jul 12, 2015 | 12:18 AM
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Well first you're going to swap the distributor from your new truck to the monster truck and see if it runs. Then after it runs yow going to burn new tabs on your axle and toss it under then give me my 14 bolt!
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Old Jul 20, 2015 | 10:39 AM
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Did you bore all 5 or just 2 for the rears?

At least you got some mud bogging tires for all that junk you play in.
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Old Jul 25, 2015 | 10:06 PM
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I bored all 5, figured why not. Everything I've been told tells me they're lug centric anyway.

The mud days are done, for the most part. Damn that stuff is fun but a pain in the ***.. really it was all I had around here though but now I got a truck and trailer so I'm fine traveling
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