Jarrett's Truck 2.0

[svc]

That's awesome how much more travel did you gain? How long are your trailing arms? How do you go about finding the center of gravity for the truck to position the trailing arms in the right spot. Or you can just give me the place to find that kind of info that would be great also. Could you have just c-notched the frame to gain the clearance? Will you take a picture of how you connected all that tubing to the main frame.


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We will be strapping the truck at about 25" of travel in the rear. I'm spacing right now on lower link length. I know we made them either 54 or 56". I'll measure tomorrow and let you know for sure. We measure and cycle everything in Solid Works to get the proper geometry and roll center. We set the rear links up so the shocks won't go into digressive valving at full bump.

We are getting way more bump than a c-notch would have allowed. At full bump with truck running 37's we will have about 5" of ground clearance before the frame is in the dirt, and by keeping the frame you really limit yourself on overall design and layout. When you see the finished product with all the paneling, bedsides, fuel cell etc it will make sense why we cut it off.

I only have a picture of the lower link mount when it was partially welded to the frame. I'll get some more detailed pics of the upper link mounts on the inner part of the frame plus the lower link mounts of the rear-end that we finished up on Friday. They came out amazing.

Here is the lower chassis side link mount getting welded up.


Here it is partially welded on the truck



Started to work our way to the front today. We are hoping to make this a roller by next Friday.


Thanks

Jarrett

 

[Hole Shot]

You showed an Xtra picture so now I have more questions. Why is the front end on a jig? Why the bracing on the engine frame area? Wouldn't this just be cheaper to just start from a f150 base instead of a raptor if you were going this deep into fabrication. Btw I wish I could do a internship at your shop. Yall are awesome. Thanks for taking the time to answer all my stupid questions.


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[svc]

You showed an Xtra picture so now I have more questions. Why is the front end on a jig? Why the bracing on the engine frame area? Wouldn't this just be cheaper to just start from a f150 base instead of a raptor if you were going this deep into fabrication. Btw I wish I could do a internship at your shop. Yall are awesome. Thanks for taking the time to answer all my stupid questions.


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Front end isn't on a jig. Those support tubes that you see in the front are just there as a precautionary measure for when we first started the build. When we chopped the back off, the front end was heavy and wanted to pull down in the front. They can come off now, I just haven't gotten around to it yet. The front end is braced because the truck is getting a full engine cage that connects to the interior roll cage. This will reduce the frame flex in the front. It also offers a good mounting location for upper shock mounts.

As to why not a base F150 vs. Raptor. Short answer, because I already owned the Raptor. Even though this thing isn't a typical Raptor any more, it still has the Raptor dash, The white SVT gauges and a true Raptor Vin#, come resale time that Vin# will pay for itself vs. a normal F150, or at least I hope it will.

Oh ya, links are 56 inches and the truck is solid welded at six different locations to the frame and 12 more tubes beyond that connecting the back half to the original cage.

Don't worry about the questions, I'm always happy to answer them for you.

Jarrett

 

[HAYNES OFFROAD]

I call dibs for first in line if this thing ever comes up for sale....

 

[Hole Shot]

Lol resale value that's funny. Do you know of any literature yall Dezert rats use for reference for fabrication. I want to learn more!!!


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[svc]

Lol resale value that's funny. Do you know of any literature yall Dezert rats use for reference for fabrication. I want to learn more!!!


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Honestly it's just surrounding yourself in it and you will learn tricks of how to do things. The cool thing about fabwork is there isn't one set way to do something. Take bending a tube for example. Some people get a bender that has an angle meter on it. Others just use a fixed point and measure the length of the hydraulic ram. Lets say you need to get a bend to a certain point but you come up just a bit short of having enough bend. You would take the tube, put it back in the bender and go a half inch or so beyond your last measure. The important thing is to keep measurement notes and bend starts so you can repeat the tube if needed.

If you really want to learn more, pick yourself up a cheap 220 welder, get yourself some scrap tube, plate etc and just start making sculptures. By doing this you will learn how to notch tubes, figure out angles and most importantly keep things on the same plane.

If that fails, hit up youtube.

 

[Jimbo]

@Hole Shot just make a lot of triangular pieces in all sizes and it'll all come together.

 

[svc]

@Hole Shot just make a lot of triangular pieces in all sizes and it'll all come together.

Thats pretty much it. It's just metal. If it breaks, fix it and build it stronger. If it looks bad, cut it back off, sand it down and start over. I scrapped 3 tubes today before I finally got the one I needed perfect.

 

[Hole Shot]

Honestly it's just surrounding yourself in it and you will learn tricks of how to do things. The cool thing about fabwork is there isn't one set way to do something. Take bending a tube for example. Some people get a bender that has an angle meter on it. Others just use a fixed point and measure the length of the hydraulic ram. Lets say you need to get a bend to a certain point but you come up just a bit short of having enough bend. You would take the tube, put it back in the bender and go a half inch or so beyond your last measure. The important thing is to keep measurement notes and bend starts so you can repeat the tube if needed.

If you really want to learn more, pick yourself up a cheap 220 welder, get yourself some scrap tube, plate etc and just start making sculptures. By doing this you will learn how to notch tubes, figure out angles and most importantly keep things on the same plane.

If that fails, hit up youtube.

Yea that's about where I'm at. Thanks for all your time again!! Can't wait to see some vids of the new gear.


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[svc]

'Todays progress.

I was able to get all the engine bay tubes connected and welded to the interior cab. Dashboard is going back in tomorrow and passenger side front shock mounts will be built.

We were finally able to align the rear-end, make the rear shock mounts permanent, weld up bump cans and most importantly, see what she looks like for the first time at bump with a tire on.

I am finally starting to see some light at the end of the tunnel.


Jarrett