flipped the bed up to cut the hole for hitch





then put the bed back on to drill the mounting holes

 

we layed the hitch in place and bolted it down, then remounted the rear shocks and we are done..

 

Final pics of hitch in bed

 

Man awesome build. Im in the prosess of trying to wrangle me a 82 w350 crew cab if the guy will ever part with it to put every thing out of my 93 d350 in.I hope mine turns out that good.

 

Well I had a 100% free day today so I figured what the hell why not paint the truck

started at 8am and was done at 3:30pm.. only thing left to put on is the part where the wipers go and the mirrors.

Not to bad for a paint job on dirt

 

Well I guess I did something bad because Karma just stuck it to me.

As some of you know I just finish painting my truck this weekend..

so here is what happened:

I had 2 - 10 foot pieces of tube attached to frotn of my XJ with winch connected to the top. John H and myself use this as a crane to lift things and move them around the yard.
you can see how I had truck parked with crane attached to jeep


well I left winch controller connected to winch ( DO NOT DO THIS) and with all the rain something shorted out and the winch turned on and pulled the winch cable in.

this then caused the bars to fall forward and bend in half, and my brand new painted truck was in front of the XJ so the bras hit the roof and dug in, gouged the roof, the passenger side glass and the passenger door. VERY BAD. and the winch kept going until the cable was all the way in.. which makes me believe my battery is now dead in jeep and winch is probably burnt up.. or winch rope is broke, or johns ****** block.. Sorry John.

I can repair it all in time and of course with money, but man I gut just dropped when I walked outside this AM to see the destruction. The good news is NO ONE was around when this happened so we are all safe..

Ken C (having a bad day, after such a great weekend)

 

well here are some pics of dodge.. will not have pics of crane until I get home



Door


Glass


Door


Roof


Roof

 

Oh man sorry to see that, I was just gonna comment on how nice it looked. Well it still does I guess, other than that side.

I know what you mean about the bad luck thing. I just fixed up my truck from a deer hit this summer, put a Buckstop bumper on painted to match the truck. Three days after it was on the truck an old lady cut a corner to short and caught the bumper, all it did was scuff the paint on one side, but I did have to repaint it. But, anyway, great job with the crewcab. I'd love to be able to do one someday.

 

pics of crane setup

 

Well Got some pics of truck painted and cleaned up..

yes it was raining and the light was crappy

 

Mirrors on that truck are sexy!! That truck all around is VERY nice looking! Great Job.
On a side note,
When are you painting my truck?

 

Yeah i understand the frustration of just getting the project out on the road to finding you did this....

 

Sorry to hear your bad luck.

But that truck is just so beautiful.... The only thing what would make it look better is the long bed. Then you could have everything what Dodge wouldn't offer anymore until 2010....

I just fell in love for first gens...

 

mmmmmm, long bed....

 

awwww you didn't chop the water reflection in the bottom too??

Cool deal!