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Snowy's Village Whore Tacoma

Well, I’m an idiot and ordered 40’s to run on minitruck stuff. But at least it looks cool


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chays2464 said:
what rear springs you running? I like the wheelbase!
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They’re an old set of AllPro 4” mini truck springs with a few leaves pulled out and hangers slid forward a handful of inches. I think WB is about 116”. Probably one of the last sets of springs that left AP before papa TG took over.

I’m going to have a bunch of questions when I get around to building a front axle. Just using my 05+ SD60 in the corner looks more and more appealing the more I go down the 609 rabbit hole with a HP9/10 costs for a rec wheeler. Any reason you went for the Reid knuckle and WFO steering arm as opposed to weld on steering?
 
Snowy said:
They’re an old set of AllPro 4” mini truck springs with a few leaves pulled out and hangers slid forward a handful of inches. I think WB is about 116”. Probably one of the last sets of springs that left AP before papa TG took over.

I’m going to have a bunch of questions when I get around to building a front axle. Just using my 05+ SD60 in the corner looks more and more appealing the more I go down the 609 rabbit hole with a HP9/10 costs for a rec wheeler. Any reason you went for the Reid knuckle and WFO steering arm as opposed to weld on steering?
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Gotcha, I run chevy 63s but have been considering shortening my wheelbase when I go to link the back, Im at 128" right now.

I think I am into my front 60 $3400 and so far have yet to break any axle parts with 2yrs of wheeling on 40s. I like the superduty for the simplicity and the fact that you can get 1550 shafts from East coast for 400$ for a pair loaded ready to install. Plus any other parts you can get at a napa or autozone if you break on the trail vs having custom shafts and all that other fun stuff that goes along with a 609

I debated the 609 route but ended up building my tons for under 6gs front and rear so the price point is what kept me from doing it.
I coulda done weld on arms but at the time I was trying to do a protoytype high steer with SYN. When that didn't work out I opted for a Reid and WFO arm cause I didn't feel like pulling my axle apart to weld the high steer arms on (I daily the truck so I was trying to get it back on the road before the next wheeling trip). If I were to do it again I would probablly just get Artec weld on arms.
 
chays2464 said:
Gotcha, I run chevy 63s but have been considering shortening my wheelbase when I go to link the back, Im at 128" right now.

I think I am into my front 60 $3400 and so far have yet to break any axle parts with 2yrs of wheeling on 40s. I like the superduty for the simplicity and the fact that you can get 1550 shafts from East coast for 400$ for a pair loaded ready to install. Plus any other parts you can get at a napa or autozone if you break on the trail vs having custom shafts and all that other fun stuff that goes along with a 609

I debated the 609 route but ended up building my tons for under 6gs front and rear so the price point is what kept me from doing it.
I coulda done weld on arms but at the time I was trying to do a protoytype high steer with SYN. When that didn't work out I opted for a Reid and WFO arm cause I didn't feel like pulling my axle apart to weld the high steer arms on (I daily the truck so I was trying to get it back on the road before the next wheeling trip). If I were to do it again I would probablly just get Artec weld on arms.
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That’s good to know on the arms. I’ve been a lifelong Toyota guy so I’ve got a lot to learn on domestic do’s and don’ts for wheeler axles. The availability for axle shafts even makes it easy to justify running a custom length inner as a $330 spare compared to waiting on RCV for custom stuff on Toyota axles. I’d like to stay around a 63-64” WMS so my truck will still feel/wheel like a mini, and will fit in the enclosed trailer (pinky out).
 
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