oh wow drone i dont ever have pic. of my tires. yours sure looks good though!

oh wow drone i dont ever have pic. of my tires. yours sure looks good though!

You like them?  I was thinking of picking them back up since they look so good. 

I run 35" with a 1,6 litre and a 5:1 t-case, stock axles and diffs, rear locker. 2 years and no broken axles yet, even done 5 competitions with that setup. But mostly forest terrain.



And a friend is running 34" swampers with stock 1,3 and a 6:1 t-case.

Both trucks running SPOA with RUF.

Very nice looking ride Mr. Hawk.... It appears that we have similar taste.... 

mrhawk
I was going to say that it looks like similar terrain, which it is, but it seems I would have been half a world off.  You would feel right at home in the Pacific North West.  Nice rig.

Yup, my thread was jacked.  Thanks for those answering my questions.  Gears and rebuild kits should be in tom so hopefully i will be putting it back together and testing the waters by next weekend.  Excited to see how much better it pulls with the lockers and new gears on 31s. 

Oh some one was asking what i would be using this for.  I live in Louisiana and do creek riding(only sand) and some bayous(mud).  Im thinking maybe i should go with 33s and not 35 to start. 

Got the arb snorkel and 6 inch bushwacker flares on while it was down and they look great!  Next is a custom rear rack above the back seat. 

I was thinking of buying this but was wondering if any of you have any reviews.....   http://www.amazon.com/Trail-Can-Utility-Tool-Box/dp/B0054PAAWE

Yup, my thread was jacked.  Thanks for those answering my questions.  Gears and rebuild kits should be in tom so hopefully i will be putting it back together and testing the waters by next weekend.  Excited to see how much better it pulls with the lockers and new gears on 31s. 

Oh some one was asking what i would be using this for.  I live in Louisiana and do creek riding(only sand) and some bayous(mud).  Im thinking maybe i should go with 33s and not 35 to start. 

Got the arb snorkel and 6 inch bushwacker flares on while it was down and they look great!  Next is a custom rear rack above the back seat. 

I was thinking of buying this but was wondering if any of you have any reviews.....   http://www.amazon.com/Trail-Can-Utility-Tool-Box/dp/B0054PAAWE

Yea, threads tend to wander sometimes. 

I have read about that piece of kit in a few magazines, everyone agrees they look cool.  Not sure how well they work but it should be easy to mount.  Before picking the next set of tires I would run on the 31's a bit and see how much more clearance you need.

Whoever had this thing before me put it up pretty high.  Might upload some pics so yall can tell me what was done to get it to this height.  Def no body lift, spring over axle prob, not sure what else.  33s should be no problem at all, 31s on it now look way small.  Think 35s would look even better now that ive seen mrhawks!  Thanks for the pics and info man, thanks everyone!  Just building this thing on a budget sucks!  My carport is a mess right now.

drone, i could have made one but am really happy with the way it looks.  Think it cost me 380ish but im happy. Waiting on a factory air box on ebay to come in and it should seal up pretty good!

Oh, mrhawk.  What offset rims are you running? and 35x what? and did you have to used spacers?.......  Your winch mount looks so much cleaner than mine too.  Any suggestions on what tires i should run if im doing the same type stuff as you?  Evenyone i talk to says boggers.....

this is it a month or so after i got it running.  Yes i know the tractor tires are on backwards ~  they are for sale if anyone wants them.  100 bucks all 4. they are old!  also have the stock fender flares if anyone wants them.  if not i will trash them soon.

rear third member, the pinion seal looked ok.  will be doing the axles bearing and seals as well.  hope that fixed this problem.  No telling how long they were running it like this

note the drivers side mirror hanging.  if some one has an extra mount they would sell me it would be much appreciated!

i didnt think the snorkel and flare would both fit but i made it work.

Burks Bayou

my bayou.....

Whoever had this thing before me put it up pretty high. 

Oh, mrhawk.  What offset rims are you running? and 35x what? and did you have to used spacers?.......  Your winch mount looks so much cleaner than mine too.  Any suggestions on what tires i should run if im doing the same type stuff as you?  Evenyone i talk to says boggers.....

Looks like yours has 3" springs ontop of that spring over.

tires are 35x12,5-15". The wheels are old whitespokes 8" with -19mm offset (not sure what backspace that is, probably about 3,5") added beadlocks to them so they are about 9" wide now.  I have spacers, but I have the narrow track axles, will be goring to regular samurai axles and ditch the spacers.

 I like to run not too of an aggressive tread on my truck, these "float" ontop allot of soft stuff and not just dig holes. But my friend runs an almost identical samurai to mine with the 34x10,5-15" swamper LTBs, great size for a samurai in my opinion and they dig very nice in mud.

My front bumper/winchmount is homebuilt and very simple.  Here is an older pic, it's missing the black painted diamond plate that sits ontop of the sides in this pic.

By the looks of that diff, I'd be looking at extending your vents... Looks like there gobbling water.
 Great Vidio . You need a swamp buggy..Boxcar...