Here is where it died and burnt

Putting the ol girl to work, 2 guys went in the woods, were reported missing, the next day a couple of jeeps and I went in to look for them, we found them, they were cold and wet , but ok. Their jeep had broke down and burnt, then they wondered the back country aimless, in the snow and rain...

Fixed the shifter retainer, gravity is all that held that shifter in over the last year, used a retainer off of a spare dodge shifter I had, changed both shifter knobs, installed the foam insulator around the shift tower, screwed shift boot to the floor, painted rear bumper black and did some...

Some more done, front driveshaft is installed, I also upgraded the electrical charging system, iv installed a 3G 130amp alternator from 1998 ford Windstar application and a commercial group 31 battery. Lights dont dim and can run full electrical loads without discharging . Way better than the...

I will, getting pretty excited, front driveshaft should be done tomorrow, and still gotta build new plow mounts to get ready for snow plow season

Update, finished installing the axles, rear driveshaft is in, new windshield is in, shocks are on, park brake finished , rear fuel tank and sender installed, dropped off front driveshaft to have shortened, been driving it daily, works and drives great, all the steering is new too and all factory...

It moves and stops and steers now, still a few things to button up like park brake and front shocks and rear fuel tank(already purchased and painted) but its progress and needs a windshield replacement too.

Axles are 2002 f250 d60 front and sterling 10.5 rear. Changed yolks on the transfer case to accept companion flange on the front and 1410 u joint on the rear. Wrecker gear is 440 holmes

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Haven't posted or been here for a while, looks like its pretty slow here, same truck of the month been up . just obsverations. Since my tow truck burnt to the ground, here is what iv been doing. I straightened and pulled the frame into shape, and superduty axles installed. Axles been sitting...

Had everything finished and truck on the road. But had major setback. She burnt in a lightning storm last night.

Got the donor truck home , have an air problem I thing , the high low range selector doesn't seem to have air to it, so it stays in the low side and it isn't charging, once I get the range selector working, I'll start disassembly. ,

Got the Cat running good, changed the fuel filters, primed and bled fuel system, got it fired up. Rung good. Haven't brought it home yet, have nowhere to park it , too much snow but this weekend supposed to be warm and rainy, hopefully that will knock the snow down

IV got the build mostly figured out, the transfer case will be a np 201 divorced. Hoping to set it up with same length driveshafts front and rear, that way I can carry one spare. Been digging in the spare parts piles and organizing stuff to make this a quick build. Too much snow to do any...

Well I wrecked the f150 this weekend, had been plowing the snow and it was wet heavy snow from the last snow fall we had. Roughly 40-50cm. I bent and compressed the entire front frame from the cab forward. So now I'm going to build an entirely new chassis , power train and drive line. Extra...