Test run for the new rig...

flexj · #1 (**permalink**) 04-23-2010, 02:47 PM

Testing out my new jeep...well, not new, but newly built. Seems to be working quite well.

flexj · #2 (**permalink**) 04-23-2010, 02:49 PM

flexj · #3 (**permalink**) 04-23-2010, 03:02 PM

The mud test did not go as well as the rock test...

had to get a tug.

It was fun anyway. Until I had to wash it.

buckfever · #4 (**permalink**) 04-23-2010, 03:44 PM

Looking good!! Getting stuck is half the fun..

Hunting Man · #5 (**permalink**) 04-23-2010, 04:01 PM

man that looks like fun and dangerous! Nice to see the jeep doing its thing!

flexj · #6 (**permalink**) 04-23-2010, 04:27 PM

99% of what we do is tame, but once in a while we go for some more challenging lines. That waterfall has stumped me several times before, and I just had to try it again...made it up easily this time. Never even slipped a tire.

hunt NH · #7 (**permalink**) 04-23-2010, 04:52 PM

what are the specs on that rig. looks to have full with axles.

flexj · #8 (**permalink**) 04-23-2010, 05:36 PM

Well it started life as an 89 YJ and looked like this:

Now it has:

4.0L fuel injected motor
AW4 automatic trans
231 transfer case
Corporate 10.5 full floating rear axle
dana 44 front axle

It has been cut, stretched, upgraded, and modified heavily. I probably have 1000 hours of working on this rig in the last year and a half. Finally getting it out of the shop and having some fun with it is a good feeling. I think every piece of this jeep has been either replaced, modified, or upgraded since I started working on it.

hunt NH · #9 (**permalink**) 04-23-2010, 07:17 PM

nice. the 44 come out of a waggy? i got a big rig my self

flexj · #10 (**permalink**) 04-24-2010, 09:53 PM

Nope...came out of a 77 F 250. It is full width HD Dana 44. What do you have?