884x4

Those axles should be 4.56 gears and a Detroit rear... At least my bro got CUCV axles from a 85 and it has 4.56 a detroit rear, kingpin d60 front and 14 bolt ff

Danimal94

Liking the red! Sweet trucks! I may have to piece something together from our bone yard. Very motivating.

bheath

Yea they are 60/14's but I'm not sure on gear ratio as I haven't opened them yet.

Thanks. It's a beast. We should have it done by April.

bheath

Well been awhile since I last updated. Been very busy with the truck. Inside of cab has been bedlined with 4 coats of Herculiner. Bed has been bedlined with 3. We finally got the new skid unit built and it'll be going in soon. LED red lights are in and will be getting them mounted soon. I got the front guard painted and reinstalled and two red lights in the grille holes the military made for their stuff. Siren is on the way and then It'll be heading to the local decal shop for stickers. About another week or so and it'lk be put in service.

Dumb phone and its sideways pics...

bheath

More sideways pics... mounted all the lights and wired them myself. Mounted the siren control and speaker(very loud)! Painted the pump components. Lettering and tires are coming.

salad

Nice, looks real sharp!

bheath

Thanks. I know no one follows this. Lol more of a scrapbook for me. Lol how do the pics look on a computer ross?

salad

I can't remember if I posted that from a PC or not lol. I think I did... Whatever I saw I liked!

Is the steel tank for water or fuel for the pump? I can't imagine it lasts long if it's a water tank.

XJPat

Looks great. I bet more people follow it than you think.

bheath

Its an aluminum water tank. 250gallons. We run a small 1" forestry hose on the brush trucks so that tank would last around 5mins-10mins depending on nozzle gpm settings and the operator. We have such a small tank due to this truck being our new offroad/woods truck and we need to keep it as light as possible. Our engine's run 1000gal tanks and our tanker holds 2750gals. So with a tanker supplying the truck we could run it for a long time. We don't necessarily try to 'extinguish' brush/woods fires, the main issue is to just keep it contained. If we can contain it, it'll burn its self out.

salad

Ah, that makes sense. What scale of fire would that work best for? 250 gallons I'd use for like 50 campfires lol

cf1k1

I'm a sucker for EV **** lol. This is bad ***. I have started work on our First a Responder fleet here. Two 2000 XJ's, one 90's suburban, a early 2000 suburban, GMC jimmy etc etc. most have minor issues with em such as fan belts, oil changes, charging system. Nothing too crazy. I can't wait for the EV lighting to go out so I can build a nice package and not just a have a lightbar sitting up top. Truck looks really good. I remember seeing it when you first got it and just never commented. All in all, looks really good. What type of brands you have in you're lighting package? The siren amp looks a Signal and the bar looks like a whelen or federal but I can't tell what the TIR's are.

bheath

We'll run the truck to all brush fires no matter how large or small. We need all the help we can get ya know?

Thanks man. Sounds like you have a plan going. All the lights are ETD lights. The lightbar pictured will not be going on the truck as its to expensive to put lights in the bar. I was quoted over $5000 for replacement lights so the housing will just get sold. I just ordered a new lightbar from a local supplier, $500 off-brand 3w bulbs with ally lights and maybe takedowns. Can't remember for sure. Siren is one from NAPA due to a fireman works there and we got it for stupid cheap. Speaker is the same. Its really loud. Lol 200w siren with 200w speaker. Hurts my ears. We would put nice whelen lights on there but its a brush/woods truck not an engine. As of now, we have less than $2000 in the entire setup considering I've done most of the work...

gotsnowboards

I got excited when I saw, "Brush 2" on a Cherokee forum. Don't get me wrong. I love that truck and wish it was mine. I miss our loner from the USFS. Who built y'all's skid? Looks sharp.

Little brush trucks like this are awesome for picking spot fires up quick as well as initial attack. Just have a water tender quick behind.

bheath

We built the skid unit at the fd.

Yea we'll use the truck for just about anything we need it for. Its pretty beasty offroad.