This channel is here to show the fabrication and building of off-road trucks being built, primarily for use in Silver Lake Sand Dunes in Mears, Michigan.
Bruh, the RHD RANGER! WHERE IS IT AND WHY HAVENT U DONE ANYMORE VIDEOS? I JUST FINISHED SWAPPING THE "2JZ" DIESEL INTO MY 1993 RHD RANGER. I ENDED UP DOING LIKE A SUPERRUNNER STEERING WITH A BIT OF A DROP. I HAVE DECIDED NOT TO HAVE A DASH THO, JUST TUBING AND GAUGES OH AND I GOT A SIDE BY SIDE HEATER. I ENDED UP ORDERING AN ADAPTER FROM DPUK FOR A NV3550 SO I COULD HAVE A 5 SPEED. THE SKYLINE FROM 2F2F IS WHY I WANTED A RHD. BUT BECAUSE IM A GUY THAT LIVES IN AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE SNOW COMES IN THE WINTER, A SKYLINE WAS A NO GO. U SHOULDA STARTED WITH A 93-97. THE FIREWALL ALMOST DOESNT HAVE TO BE CUT. ALMOST.I HAD TO CUT A SMALL HOLE FOR THE STEERING SHAFT AND BEARING. I PUT PLATES IN THE HEATER AND AC HOLES WHICH STIFFED UP THE FIREWALL. I HOPE U FINISH URS IT WOULD BE COOL IF ME AND U WERE THE ONLY 2 PPL IN THE ENTIRE USA WITH RHD RANGERS THAT WE CONVERTED OURSELVES. IVE SEEN A COUPLE OLD MUSTANGS THAT WERE SWAPPED. ANY CHANCE U SEEN THE "REVERSE CHEVY" ON 1320? THE GUY PUT THE ENGINE IN THE BED AND MADE THE BACK GLASS THE NEW WINDSHIELD.
The RHD ranger project was a personal project i had started before I started my business Dune Hippie Machine. Since starting my business i have other opportunities i am pursuing. I have sold the ranger project. I have a personal project i'll be introducing to the channel soon.
I am convinced you’re a genius with steering and I’m gonna need you to work on my 89 bronco ii when I have the motor back in and all. Where are you located
Just acquired a VMC4020 at my work and I'm going to have to figure this out. This vid is extremely helpful! Thank you! Cool old machines, but they can still dance :-)
Just took over some work for a customer who got one of these old beasts. Figuring out how to speak the fadal language has been a hurdle, thanks for the video! Helped a ton!
Thats awesome! i'm in the same boat. Figuring out how to make a 34 year old piece of equipment on your own with 0 experience running Fadals. Its been a hard, but fun and rewarding challenge.
Love our SLSD, Its truly our happy place as well, Your story of finding your passion on the dunes is beautiful, hope to chat with you sometime out there 🤙🏼
I know the wife would absolutely love that experience if you are up there next weekend and are willing too man, she’s never been in one and had never gotten any air. Please let me know! Much love man, keep being a bad ass
On your 2nd operation I’ve seen guys take a endmill to remove the excess material will plus .01” material on the O.A.H. Then run a facemill to finish your O.A.H & leave a nice finish. The endmills tool path resembles a spiral motion that starts on the out side of your rectangular boundary running clockwise then steps inward to the center of the part. It will reduce vibration and Increase insert life of the face mill…so they say. Awesome work bro.
Above the M30 type G0 G91 G28 Z0 G90 M30 This will zero return the spindle to the machines Z axis home. The Fadal always does dumb shit when it reads a M30.
thanks for the reply! I ended up getting my post figured out on a autodesk forum. Got a post from someone else using fusion 360 and a Fadal. No more m30 issues.
Check out BGW Machine channel on RU-vid. Look for the video “Machine Memory SD, USB, & FTP Setup on the Fadal” that will teach you some good information about your Calmotion. To be able to see the distance to go on the machine control you would have to update your card that controls that display at the machine control. Calmotion might sell the card / board.
I wonder how important Ackerman is in the dirt. My rig is 4x4 so the cv’s are the limiting factor to steering angle. I did parallel steering so that the outer tire can steer as far as the inner. The outer tire does most of the work in a turn anyway. It’s built for ultra4 racing so I wanted max steering angle for the rocks. Thoughts?
