Project: Knotty Pine

[ridgerunner97]

Must be why Stihl is the WORLDS most popular saw...Go buy your Lowes Husky and try and keep up with my 440.

Sorry Jesse for this re-thread jack, but Commando don't know what he just got himself into

HAHAHAHAHAHA, you just made a huge mistake there buddy, any time you want to race your Stihl against my Husky, PM me and let me know, i'm only down Rt. 30 about a half hour, i'll eat your 440 for breakfast, lunch, and dinner, we can even post the video on here haha all in good fun, but you'll eat your words without a shadow of a doubt, I don't run no disposable homeowner saws And anyone else wants to try there luck against me and my Husky just let me know I love a little competition.

[mxracer513]

Jon feel free to hijack anytime obviously more than one person needs told what its like in the real world. Atleast you can add some constructive criticism and not just stupid ass comments about my rig and how I work. Sorry its no mall crawler, does it need a set of thorn birds too. Lol and ill definitely be there for some saw races I've seen that husky.

[limegreentj]

why are you going with leaf springs? why not keep it on coils?

[Krod]

...obviously more than one person needs told what its like in the real world.

[Big_John572]

i dont see why all you guys are making such a big deal out of the logs for jackstands you arent working under it, it is safe ive been under it all weekend and i believe im still alive and one more thing you can take your jackstands and your mall crawlers and go get bent

[Krod]

i dont see why all you guys are making such a big deal out of the logs for jackstands you arent working under it, it is safe ive been under it all weekend and i believe im still alive and one more thing you can take your jackstands and your mall crawlers and go get bent

I'm going to the basement to load a few more jackstands into the old woodstove. Your vote of confidence is appreciated for how well they'll work. I don't know if the old girl has enough heat in her to burn my mall crawling jack stands, but damn it all I'm going to try!

[limegreentj]

awesome first post.....

[tjblair]

awesome first post.....

Agreed. He will get along great here.lol

[limegreentj]

for like...a day...maybe

[mxracer513]

Leaf springs for simplicity and predictibility. Oh and tjblair thanks for the thread on your tank bad ass man definitely going that way.

[limegreentj]

yeah i guess its more of a simple setup, but i think coils would flex/ride better

[tjblair]

Leaf springs for simplicity and predictibility. Oh and tjblair thanks for the thread on your tank bad ass man definitely going that way.

No problem man, I believe that you will have to flip the tank around backwards to make all of the lines reach.

[mxracer513]

Flex is about the same and yeah coils ride better but I'm going this direction this time. I gave a bunch of pics of tjs with leafs that I got some ideas from.

[mxracer513]

Flex is pretty much the same. Coils are a little better on the street but I want something a little stiffer. I gave pics of tjs with leads that I got inapiestion from that ill post later.

[limegreentj]

I gave pics of tjs with leads that I got inapiestion from that ill post later.

LOL! wtf? are you on a phone or something?

[2002wranglerX]

Flex is pretty much the same. Coils are a little better on the street but I want something a little stiffer. I gave pics of tjs with leads that I got inapiestion from that ill post later.

you going leafs all around?

i ramped a 1250 or something like that even with the stretch with the claytons stretch rear and leafs up front and 42's.

are you going to have to outboard the front springs?

[tjblair]

[mxracer513]

Sorry bout that the internet is out at my house so I'm on my blackberry and my fat fingers are too big for the touch screen lol.

[mxracer513]

Leafs on all four and yeah out boarded fronts.

[ridgerunner97]

Hey Jesse, Check out Slade on JeepinWV, maybe shoot him a PM and ask some questions, he is in the process of doing the exact same thing you are but much further along, his leaf packs and shackle angle are Tits! The leaf pack is damn near flat and the shackle angle is near text book, should flex like hell. I'm not sure what tire size he is goin with but sumthin tells me 40s or 42s iirc.

[2002wranglerX]

I'm not against any of this, but you might run into turning radius issues with outboarded springs and trying to keep the tires under the flares... I can't run mine any narrower (I wanted to so I could fit it on the trailer) or my tires will hit the springs.

Although with 37s you might be ok. But really that's only 2.5" different from the outside of the radius of the tire to the spring... are you gonna stretch the front at all?

[Deadman 94 xj]

Appearently jack stands are for mall crawlers only. Who knew!

You could do what this guy did and make your own.
http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/showthread.php?t=831416

[mithuth]

Idk why, I think he's gonna nail 2x4s onto the logs to simulate the braces on those metal ones... hehehehe...

[john00TJ]

i dont see why all you guys are making such a big deal out of the logs for jackstands you arent working under it, it is safe ive been under it all weekend and i believe im still alive and one more thing you can take your jackstands and your mall crawlers and go get bent

LMAO your a idiot .Its guys like you that make the paper

Headline " Hillbilly Man trapped under jeep after using logs as jackstands "

oh yeah i dont have a mallcrawler either

[dan58]

Sorry dude, but you are going to be utterly disappointed with leafs. It IS simple, but you're taking a huge step in the wrong direction with leafs. Take it from someone with first hand experience. I had a LA'd TJ and went to a SOA YJ. I'm ditching all that leaf spring crap and going to links.
Get read to hump rocks instead of climbing them. And there is no way, no how that a SOA truck will touch a truck with links when it comes to flex.