6x6 Ford Ranger-Finishing the Flat Bed! 

One of these days we need to build an 8x8 from scratch...

You heard it right, this is now our least exciting 6x6. Can not wait to show you whats in store...

I can't wait for the new shop! Just thinking about what was built in the little shop blows my mind. The possibilities are endless with a bigger shop!

I REALLY enjoy listening to Ethan "talking out" his ideas as he fabricates. He is a fabrication Jedi and I ook forward to the new shop build and him being able to enjoy being able to work with room to move around. The video quality and editing is getting better all the time and the little sugues to the drone and other footage nicely compliment the rest of the video. As Always, May God Bless you and yours! 😇

That makes my tummy tingle

That thing's turning out really nice. Can't wait to see it all painted up.

I was thinking you could program an Arduino to handle the rear steer. Use a sensor on the steering column to determine the angle of the front wheels and use that as input for what the rear should be doing. You could have a few selectable modes: In phase (aka crab), out of phase (wheels turn opposite direction of front), and manual mode with a joystick.

Now all it needs is some paint and a trip to the DMV so we can start daily driving it!

The electronic module for the door dinger is located near the left side of the stereo. It's a little black box with a speaker that can be unplugged and reset. Just remember to plug it back in because it also controls your wipers for some reason.

Can we just take a moment to appreciate how much work went to the editing, first time I said wow this must took a lot of work, the cinematic shots of the work are great. 💪

In a years time will is going to be so jacked from all the push up😂

Grind Hard Plumbing killing the fabrication and conceptual content. Greetings from Vancouver B.C Keep the builds coming boys, love seeing things coming together.

Spray your penetrating oil of choice in the door latch, open and close around 20 times. Repeat until it stops chiming. That's what we did at the dealer. Would work for a year or so.

Flying that drone through those buildings is...premium! 👌👌

19:14 - this is why I love (not just enjoy) watching these guys at work in the GHPC Shop. Ethan & Edwin alone out there is a reminder of Olden (punned) Times, when Ethan on the metal lathe was the most fascinating tooling/machining fab option in the shop. those were pre-Swindling Swindler’s Swindled Swindle days. now, there’s a proper set of GHPC Rascals to rip & rev RPMs, and break stuff for Dad to not only fix/repair, but upgrade to eventual Military Tank specs Spring’s around the corner. I look forward to dustbowl action & new shop construction. the fellas have overpaid their dues by working on the crusty clapped-out concrete floor, beneath the legendary wood-burning stove.

I've seen tire racks use wheel hubs to attach the spares securely to them in a King Of the Hammers race. They broke one of the their hubs during the race and used one of the hubs as a replacement mid race.

Love the content guys. The epic drone shots are premium, love that acro mode flying.

I love seeing the use of those Harbor Frieght Hercules power tools. My die-hard Snap on worshiping coworkers chuckled when I brought mine into the shop. Then they would one at a time pick one up and try it out, and were surprised by them. I beat the snot out of mine and they keep on ticking! For the price, they're hard to beat. Great progress on the "Red Ranger", and as an old Argo Vanguard owner, I can't WAIT to see what other 6x6 you're hinting at!

So glad you finished this, this build is what brought me to your channel. The rear bumper looks perfect with the red and amber lights, impressive planning on that.

You should make a joystick for the rear steer. Awesome video, you guys are the best

Can't wait for the new shop build

I worked in a muffler and speed shop for a while, welding up replacements exhausts and replacing cats. I always loved the challenge of assembling all those bends, it was fun to watch you work and struggle on the roll bar. : )

Once again it is great to see young guys doing motorsports stuff at a very top level of skill. Keep up the great work and content, and I'll keep watching.

I loved the first person camera angle of Ethan working, was really cool to watch, keep it up guys!

Guy's i So Love The 6×6 Ford Ranger!!! Bigly! What You Have done to it since getting it! You Have Literally improved it 1000 percent! Quality! Masterpiece! All your Frankenstein Works are Amazing!!! Big Fan!!!

Looks super cool absolutely love what you done with the rack & 6 wheel drive the way you can make the truck walk is marvellous have a great weekend 👊 💨 amazing content

There are some converted Ford 9-in differentials used on 6x6 trucks.. I wouldn't be surprised if you were going to do it yourself... It would also make a good how-to video for anyone else interested in doing one.

Outstanding, big fun, play through.

excited for saturday mornings just to watch your new projects over coffee

I really love that truck you guys did an amazing job Can't wait to see the new paint job Fireman 🔥🔥🔥

Amazing build !!!!....... every single video you guys always blow me away.....no matter what your working on !!!....keep up the excellent content !!.... drone shots are insane as we) !!

Ethan, your welding and fab skills have steadily improved over the years! Kudos!

"The Ranger is a huge truck" is something I never thought I would here about a mini truck lol

put it on 5 ton axles, as they are also 6x6 so the diffs should also have a pass through for the rearmost axle and they'll be lockable and way more beefy

LOVE this build and can't wait for it to have some "premium" paint on it.

I'm sure this is buried below.... But Monty Python would be proud of 16:16 “Tis’ but a scratch!” LOL! Great vid, Plumbers!

The details on this are excellent. The little Grind Hard plates at the rear too.

This truck just fits Ethan personality so well

A snow cat scooter should be the next build. Twin tracks on a micro scooter. I would be elated to see that!

I love what you guys do. That truck looks awesome to me. Your skills are way up there. I can’t wait to her all painted up.👍👍🇨🇦

Now I’m more convinced that ethan is the descendant of the legendary dwarf race who is master in craft 😂😂😂😂

The in shop videos are the best hands down

Ethan, I loved your work on "That 70's Show". 😉

I would recommend some light weight TIG welding gloves just to block the UV exposure, I once got a sun burn on my forearms and realized it was from welding a custom Recaro seat mount in short sleeves the day before lol skin cancer is real and worth avoiding later in life

Love the FPV drone shots. I do lots of Freestyle myself so I Love those shots. Great stuff guys as always.

Oh man! A bigger shop. 😀😀😀 you guys make the coolest insane creations out of your small shop I can can't imagine what you could build in a bigger shop. 😃😃😃😃😃

I love the builds on this channel but I'm envious of the winter up there. We haven't had a proper winter, here in Belgium, for years.

Love your work guys, free hand roll bar action 👏👌

I appreciate the amber turn signals! Other than that, I would've space the spare tires apart so I could still see a LITTLE something out the back window. That, and I would've filmed at 30fps instead of 24.

I wish I had a quarter of the talent you guys have. Amazing work again fellas!

Love your videos and watching u rebuild them

All it needs now is a spot on each side for a dirt bike to mount too. Great video BTW

that ranger looks amazing with that flatbed and roll bar

Love the videos!!! Watching from Canada 🇨🇦 keep up the good work boys

Can’t wait to see some shop build videos!

I love your work and the different things you make 👍😀

You should add pull out ramps for the general and other toys. They could lay flat on the current bed and then add another steel plate on top of that to make your new bed. That way they can be stored when not in use.

A locker for the front axle should be no problem. I wonder how like “cutting brakes” would work. Basically a pair of bake levers for left and right side so you can stop the side with less traction from spinning and force the side with more traction to turn.

This is indeed my favourite Project

Yes been waiting for this one . Smart keep ‘‘em keen

you should make a swinging numbe plate on the back in between the grind hars plates

That's an excellent design and fabrication.

That Ranger is the coolest looking rig it's gonna look fantastic painted that front bumper color great choice

This is awesome keep up the great work!

that's a really nice job looks very professional. finishes the truck of,

I love this rig u guys r the craziest guys I know keep on keeping on goodvibes

Yaaaaasssss new shop coming soon hopefully!!!! Def gotta do a full shop build btw!

Door fix: spray some WD-40 in the key hole of the door. Also in the hole lock mechanism. I had a Ranger for 15 years. It always fixed the issue.

The premium swindler counter is going nuts on this video

I was like “dammit man, we came here for hexagons!”. Ethan always comes through for us.

It is almost blasphemous to leave all that stuff laying around. Totally breathtaking.

can't wait to see what you can do in a bigger shop

U guys are aswome everything u guys do is crazy sick buddy keep them coming

Your fab work it awesome you make everything look so easy

Jackstand Jimmy made that saying popular. When you hear it, you think of him, don't lie. Shoulda gave him some credit.

I feel like you should integrate your exhaust into the headache rack

You should use the Arc Droid to make some plasma drag tip templates. I cut a thin wall 5" dia. tube a 1/4" long in the bandsaw. Welded an 11ga 2"x5" tab to the side. Used that tab to clamp it into place & cut out a very repeatable 4.5" hole with the hand held plasma. This was 25 years ago. I'm surprised I don't see others doing this.

Maturing is realizing, on these big jobs, you'll have that.

Every time Ethan talks about making hexagons I think about CPG greys video Hexagons are the Bestagons.

Let it rust a bit, then use U-Pol paint. Look into it. Great stuff. If you brush it on, it looks like it was sprayed

Still cant wait for the fire truck build😍

The Ethan cam in back!!!

greenlee hole cutting kit they are so much nicer and faster than using a hole saw ....i use them to go through stainless all the time.... we also use a speed a reducer, not mandatory but the extra handle and being able to just pull the trigger makes things more efficient

Every time I go to put my phone in my back pocket I think about you guys

That looks amazing 😍

Xspower AGM batteries are awesome. The hold a charge for a super long time even when cold. A bit pricey but with lithium batteries you need a different charge then regular flooded batteries.

you could use some square bar above and below the lights to protect them from damage loading, backing etc.

It looks amazing!

That's 6x6 is so badass That bed needs a nice coat of red paint

Try P.O.R. 15 for paint. It is strong and durable and can withstand the elements. Alot of people use it for bumpers and chasis here in Canada. 👍

Affordable Offroad really does make a badass bumper for these. Source: I have one

Great work again!

She's looking good!

You and b is for build should collaborate. That pov head cam is a game changer.

Finally a shop update! :)

I specifically buy button up mechanics shirts so that my phone is safe and also handy to get. Would love to buy a grindhard mechanics shirt!

Absolutely love this build it’s so rad! Did you not consider mounting the spares to the rear sides of the cage on a matching angle?This would then allow for a gap in the middle to get a snow bike in etc! Or depending on the design you could then remove one spare to have more space, or both for full access?

I need a flat bed made for my ram, hahaha like the style and lights setup so far

I can already tell it’s gonna be an awesome video

Awesome truck and tire rack! About the rear steering, would it be possible to link some kind of controller to the front steering rack so the rear wheels would progressively turn based on the direction of the front tires? That would be nice, and fix the issue of the on/off switch that currently control the back wheels!