Sept 14th im bringing my truck in

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08-26-2009, 07:34 PM
1slo4.8

yeah i have no doubt if i had the mula all terrian fab in plano could 4 link mine in a month. IF all parts and money was ready from the get go.
08-28-2009, 08:07 AM
r.barn

I've been close to last option couple of times after getting
fed up with empty promises.
08-28-2009, 10:35 AM
cjriojas

I voted 3 months. Coilovers are more time consuming than leafs and i saw a thread where someone did an SAS with leafs in 3 weeks. I think that is fast. A busy shop will take longer.
09-05-2009, 02:28 AM
DigitalBoy0101

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Originally Posted by 567234ta

come get ya some in fort smith AR

they are a small shop that is pretty busy, but they do great work and very experienced. im hoping it doesn't take them more then a couple months but the main thing is i trust them. they are good people so if it does take a long time its not because they are screwing me, its just because they get busy.

i cant do it myself because i just don't have the knowledge to do it.

Fort Smith? Ever been on the trails in Fort Chaffee?

I was the driver for the Battalion S-4 the year we went to Chaffee (National Guard Reserves). He had to get to a meeting, and he thought he saw a "shortcut" on the map. Shortcut......yeah, right! I can tell you right now, the military Hummers are worth every penny Uncle Sam pays for them (about $36K if I recall from the supply printout).

The "shortcut" was named Devil's Backbone on the map. That shoulda tipped him off right there. Basically a ridge that's almost a mini-mountain. Going up the ridge wasn't bad. It was a little hairy with a barbed wire fence to my left and a 50ft+ sheer dropoff to my right, only seemed like a foot of clearance on each side.

Going DOWN the other side is where it got interesting. Boulders as tall as my hood, and one heck of a steep slope. I dodged every boulder I could, weaving like a fullback. Went over the ones I just couldn't miss. Of course, I was in 1st gear 4LO and riding the brake the whole time. At one point, my foot slipped off the brake for what seemed like half a second and I almost tipped the Humvee up on it's nose! The S-4 got scared and actually got out and walked the rest of the way down LOL! Mission accomplished!

I finally get to the bottom (would have been a lot faster but the officer had no clue how to spot for me, so I had to do the driving and guess at my own spots), and the S-4 gets back in. We're almost back to the main road when we run into a 35ft or so tank trap. I would have made it first try but the tread on my tires was almost gone. Ended up taking me like 10 tries. Water was over the door sills and coming into the interior past the (stupid vinyl skin) doors.

It ended up being a real adventure. Scaring the officer right out of my truck was a nice bonus. Even a plain stock Humvee can do amazing things in the right hands.
09-05-2009, 11:49 AM
567234ta

i don't think i've ever been to Fort Chaffee :(

Quote:

Originally Posted by DigitalBoy0101

Fort Smith? Ever been on the trails in Fort Chaffee?

I was the driver for the Battalion S-4 the year we went to Chaffee (National Guard Reserves). He had to get to a meeting, and he thought he saw a "shortcut" on the map. Shortcut......yeah, right! I can tell you right now, the military Hummers are worth every penny Uncle Sam pays for them (about $36K if I recall from the supply printout).

The "shortcut" was named Devil's Backbone on the map. That shoulda tipped him off right there. Basically a ridge that's almost a mini-mountain. Going up the ridge wasn't bad. It was a little hairy with a barbed wire fence to my left and a 50ft+ sheer dropoff to my right, only seemed like a foot of clearance on each side.

Going DOWN the other side is where it got interesting. Boulders as tall as my hood, and one heck of a steep slope. I dodged every boulder I could, weaving like a fullback. Went over the ones I just couldn't miss. Of course, I was in 1st gear 4LO and riding the brake the whole time. At one point, my foot slipped off the brake for what seemed like half a second and I almost tipped the Humvee up on it's nose! The S-4 got scared and actually got out and walked the rest of the way down LOL! Mission accomplished!

I finally get to the bottom (would have been a lot faster but the officer had no clue how to spot for me, so I had to do the driving and guess at my own spots), and the S-4 gets back in. We're almost back to the main road when we run into a 35ft or so tank trap. I would have made it first try but the tread on my tires was almost gone. Ended up taking me like 10 tries. Water was over the door sills and coming into the interior past the (stupid vinyl skin) doors.

It ended up being a real adventure. Scaring the officer right out of my truck was a nice bonus. Even a plain stock Humvee can do amazing things in the right hands.
09-09-2009, 03:43 AM
DigitalBoy0101

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Originally Posted by 567234ta

i don't think i've ever been to Fort Chaffee :(

Ask the boys at the shop about it, I bet they know the exact trail I'm talking about. The way the tire trails on the way up the ridge looked, it's obviously a favorite spot for a 4WD club of some sort. Or at least it was back then (probably around '00 or '01 as a guess, the base had just been reopened).
09-12-2009, 10:02 PM
Devilman

Bring it down to Houston. The guys at BnC offroad will have it done in a month
09-13-2009, 12:22 PM
Jermoslin

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Originally Posted by Devilman

Bring it down to Houston. The guys at BnC offroad will have it done in a month

Or Scott Stephens the old driver/owner of King Crunch Monster truck at Texas Truck Works in Magnolia, TX 77354.
Texas Truckworks
09-13-2009, 05:06 PM
567234ta

These guys here do really good work also, ill be sure to take a lot of pics of the progress.
09-13-2009, 05:48 PM
zeake

Tomorrow is the big day. Take some pics and let us know how it goes.

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