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This shrunken down Tacoma sits on a shortened heavily modified Chevy Suburban chassis and packs a 5.3L LM7 running a 4l80 transmission, it's also 4WD. I don't know about you guys but this thing is effing cool! I'm sure it rides like a rocket!
It belongs to a guy in Crooksville, Ohio.
solid rear suspension + a flex coupler where the driveshaft should be, or maybe IRS?
Unless you like having a good chance of winding up in the trees after every mid-corner pothole you're gonna want more than the 2" it's probably limited to for drive shaft reasons.
Easy enough to make the suspension work, but hell, leaf springs are free. It'd be fine.Unless you like having a good chance of winding up in the trees after every mid-corner pothole you're gonna want more than the 2" it's probably limited to for drive shaft reasons.
Fred had posted up some more info on that on instagram. Shortened Tahoe frame and rear wheel drive
Here's one I picked up for my 1957 International S180 4x4 that had a hacked beyond repair pole setting bed. It's a Leland that was sold in Billings MT so I'm sure it was oilfield.Just picked up this truck to haul the trencher around. The bed is like a mini winch truck bed. Has a big pto hydraulic winch by the cab. 11' bed that is 102" wide. Has a roller on the back of the bed. And a reverse fifth wheel ball that can be swapped for a gn ball. From the looks of the back of the bed it appears they were using it like a winch truck and dragging boxes or trailers up the back like the big boys do. Tempted to put jib poles on it
I like that with the integrated poles on the side. Can the poles extend to be longer for the jib? Most the ones I see you have to have the poles stuck in the A-Frame and sticking over the cab a few feet which makes hauling a GN a pain. Out on the farm we had an old straight truck that we took the sides off of and put jib poles on and a winch. Thing was handy as shit for picking stuff up and hauling it around. I Have a 20' connex out back and am tempted to see if I can winch it on the back and move it around the yard
Yes, the poles extend. It was sold by Pierce Sales out of Billings and has a big Pierce electric winch on it. I picked it up out of Butte for $500. Flatbeds for older 1.5 tons can be hard to find because the newer 8 foot wide ones are wider than what the old trucks had originally. I looked for a narrow dually flatbed for a while before this one showed up. It also means I'm putting the big mid ship PTO winch back on the truck and taking the Pierce one off the bed.I like that with the integrated poles on the side. Can the poles extend to be longer for the jib? Most the ones I see you have to have the poles stuck in the A-Frame and sticking over the cab a few feet which makes hauling a GN a pain. Out on the farm we had an old straight truck that we took the sides off of and put jib poles on and a winch. Thing was handy as shit for picking stuff up and hauling it around. I Have a 20' connex out back and am tempted to see if I can winch it on the back and move it around the yard
Per internet lore...couple other views
This shrunken down Tacoma sits on a shortened heavily modified Chevy Suburban chassis and packs a 5.3L LM7 running a 4l80 transmission, it's also 4WD. I don't know about you guys but this thing is effing cool! I'm sure it rides like a rocket!
It belongs to a guy in Crooksville, Ohio.
Any other pics?
In the shop today for a gear vendor od.
its still here, what do you want to see?
Just a side pic.its still here, what do you want to see?
where's the Turbo?
My hangup was re: rear suspension, if any. Based on where the tranny tailshaft & diff yoke would have to be, I'm thinking axle is mounted solid or they swapped to IRS. Either way, it's probably better to look at than to drive
Maybe it gots a turbah fo-hunnit slushbox?Yeah, now we want to see the the turbo
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hell even metal supermarkets discounts their remnants if you ask
you sorta get it winched on to the balance point, if you don't got enough space in front of the roller to get it off the ground you could chain the front of the container down to the bed with a couple comealongs to pick up the backI Have a 20' connex out back and am tempted to see if I can winch it on the back and move it around the yard
must be bluetoothwhere's the Turbo?
where's the Turbo?
Yeah, now we want to see the the turbo
turbo is his radio handle. he's a truck driver. kind of misleading huh
Looks like a training vehicle, if not it's just dumb.
