Overlandtowater
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My bumper build just got more expensive, embedded in my pupil
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Overlandtowater’s solid axle suburban
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Heavyhoe02
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been there a few times myself!!! hope they got it all out
Overlandtowater
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After a week my vision is still 20/40 when it's been 20/20 my whole life...
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Alot done today, replaced a loose idler arm, this one was twice ss thick and way more beefy same part# as before. Changed oil and filter, cardboard aided design the front diff skid, got the bumper supporta welded on ( only problem I will have to cut them off to remove the bumper), welded on one recovery point.
Overlandtowater
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Yes the welds are rough, I'm using my 110 flux core welder on 5/8" thick stuff, first weld slow by turnind down the wire speed. Preheating helps a ton, purposely leave a gap to fill further slowing down the speed. I was able to heat the 5/8 while welding to the point the opposite side was cherry. I think I got good penetration I was able to stick a 3/4" solid bar in the whole and bebd the bar without the mount moving, that said I'm going to fish plate the flush side for more weld contact.
Overlandtowater
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Fish plated the d-ring mounts and got mr rear recovery point done. Let that sucker cool slowly by dousing in aand and letting it sit.
Overlandtowater
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Cutting out more skids
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Got alot done in the time I got back from the black hills to the time I had to leave for the ozarks on an overland. Skids done.
Overlandtowater
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So being down from my eye I lost about a weeks worth of work and again the sliders didn't get done. I would really like to replace the rockers before welding on the sliders but that is going to require paint and if I'm going to paint the rockers I need to paint the whole lower portion of the doors and the bumpers and sliders.
ITTOG
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Delays suck.
So was that weld slag in the eye? I hope it is getting back to 20/20 for you.
Overlandtowater
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The #rendezvousintheozarks was great over 650 rigs showed up. I ran a bunch of trails with #smsoverland it was a great long weekend. I ran the suburban through stuff I probably shouldn't have been on. The Ozarks get terribly muddy but we are in a dry spell well we was the night before I left it rained all night and I backed out of my last trail day being alone. The first day was a road day 6.6 hours on the road but there are views on the highway too. We ran the back way into byrds adventure center from ozark Arkansas 
Overlandtowater
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It was a spark off a flap disk. My eye is still blurry but I can look through my rifle scope and its clear.
Overlandtowater
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Day 2 ended up being a trail day.
