WHAT YOU DID TO YOUR TRUCK TODAY!

[steveM]

this is one of the cheapest 3-tonners I've found so far:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Liftmaster-3-Ton-Trolley-Jack-Car-4x4-Van-High-Lift-/250818225317?pt=UK_Lifting_Moving_Equipment&hash=item3a65ee64a5

[BoxCleva]

With respect Steve, thats a similiar style (albeit slightly higher lift weight) to the little halfrauds one I've already got. And trust me , they ain't built to last

These ones I've just got weigh a ton, and don't creak and moan when they jack up the Fronty either which always made me nervous

[steveM]

aw, bum still looking around tebay, gumtree etc hard to tell what is good / not

thanks for the heads-up mate. Any way of telling the good 3-tonners from the bad? physical weight, maybe?

[john (smifffy)]

i got one like that it will lift the complete side of a lwb no problem

plus ive got two 2 tonners

[AskDean]

i drove up a hill to see how high it was then down the other side for the fun of it

uploading the vids now

part 1 the path to the pit


part 2 the hill climb down in the pit


part 3 the hill climb back up


part 4 tryiing to find he way out

[BoxCleva]

[4x4 bobby]

Thats like the one i got Si and its never let me down but i still got the small jack to lift the suspention or front wishbone when im workin on it!!!

[gregster]

Sally tried to persuade me to weigh in by BIGGEST trolley jack today....
Its an oldey and needs new seals, but is a proper beast...
Its about 6 ft long and lifts from 10" straight up to nearly 3ft, and is rated about 5tonne (when it had seals that was)...
weighs about the same as a SWB fronty though!

[beki]

Passed it's MOT!!!!!!!! New exhaust system, new brakes all around and some new 31'' mud tyres. Also had a go at painting the wheels.. Mud here I come!!!

[fogman]

nice looking b beki

[AskDean]

today prior to going to the meet at the anchor pub filler nozzel as the tot who fitted it put it at the lowest point so it rounded out first.

oringinally it was here


under the towbar mount is where i removed it from


so now i have better clearance just need to put a couple of rails and a half inch thick bash plate to protect it


relocated the pump to behing the rear mug flap holder to allow maxuim ground clearance and still be able to fill it.
till i have usd all the gass then going to mount it in the rear bumper quater under the petrol filler

[akers159]

Mounted a new number plate and lights before I remove the rear bumper, to repair or replace

[fudge]

today i have painted 2 of my 16" steel wheels, and found the last 285/75 r16 i need, but it is £180

and then tonight fogman came round and i changed my sus bushes from my bodge ones that got me through an mot to some nice poly bushes

[andysd1]

got a call form a man, and he bought the car,

[AskDean]

sad to here andy

[akers159]

[4x4 bobby]

Yea but its going to a FOG member although a silent one he's still a member!!!!

[gregster]

Had a good gander at Sallys 2.8 shorty, with should be back on the road very soon...and decided its gonna get lowered, and Sally didnt object too much either!!!
Different wheels are going on it, and about a 4-5" drop into the weeds...will make cleaning the roof much easier, will make it different, and will save space on the drive cos Sals bonnet should fit under my 2.8's towbar!
This aint gonna get used offroad, and the paintjob doesnt look right on a more standard truck, so somethings gotta change...and downwards is the way for the glitterball!
Had a good sort out in the workshop with Sallys assistance...can see lots of floor now!

[4x4 bobby]

Where's all the bits you said i could have when you clean'd out your garage/workshop??????

Do i have to bring down my fronty trailer????

[gregster]

Its getting there...another couple of days and it will be sorted, cutting up the other landcruiser this week and getting Sallys shorty mobile again...I believe there may be light at the end of the tunnel somewhere!!!