I wish the politicians that tell us how to live are lives would spend a week with this guy.Also I love how you welded in the building right next to the gas tank impressive if I done that every every thing I own would be ash.This reminded me when I lived in Georgia thanks I loved it.
When you mount a hydraulic motor you need to weld some steel plates around the pump flange, so the mounting bolts are not trying to stop the motor from spinning. The bolts will split the casting if they are all that is preventing the motor from spinning. Learned that building farm equipment you will get away with it, till you really load it down.
The only thing I’d change is plate over the frame splice and expanded metal or some sort of grate over rear window for a little safety. Honestly sweet truck and idea behind it I think it’s awesome
I like the idea of the winch on the rear of you pickup. I noticed that while idling the winch is a bit slower than when the engine RPM's are increased. Wonder if a larger sprocket on the winch would be any faster. Thanks for sharing this
What are the specs on the hydraulic motor you used? Also, love seeing you bashing the truck into those inclines. Looks like it could even use a tiny bit more lift in the front, if it didn't make it a pain to get in and out of, or affect plowing at all. Great work so far!!
Thanks. I was curious about the motor and i even got the part number off the box from your vid and typed it into Surplus Center but didn't find it. Thanks for the reply.@@mountainfarmer8766
I can’t tell, do you need a way to get a high idle in that thing? I have an old school bicycle gear change lever with a cable to the throttle body on my jeep. I use it as a hand throttle and can lock it in for high idle
Nice ! Yeah I do need one I've been just revving the engine. I actually have a high idle cable in my parts cab from a dump truck. Thanks for mentioning it I wouldnt have remembered.
I don't know what part of that four-wheel drive truck was World War II but the cab look like a 1970s Power Wagon, when I was in the military on a 1970 something power wagon and the cab looks almost identical to this one, I'd like to know what part of that truck is World War II?
Not running tire chains yet they're a little bumpy when there's no snow. I pull the logs on the big end because of the direction of my Sawmill. Most Power steering pumps are less than 1,000 PSI.
@@mountainfarmer8766 oh man that's awesome I live outside of Ellsworth I in joy seeing how you modified the truck I was planning to do something similar with a Chevy single cab only I was going to build a small dump bed on the back and use it as a kind of heavy duty side by side never ended up doing it though and then I bought a little Suzuki samurai for dirt cheap the project kind of fell to the side anyway love the videos man can't wait to see more
Maybe you covered this in an earlier video. (First time here) But why is your intake lower than the carb inlet. If you end up in water you'll drown the engine sooner that a stock breather. Take it up the A pillar or into the cab even. Cool rig though. Keep at it.
Yeah I have thought about doing that. The filter didn't fit under the hood so I just grabbed some PVC pipe. Also I don't have deep water where I operate and even if I did logging through water is a big no no.
You should check in to put in a PTO power takeoff on this side It Bolts to 6 bolt holes your transfer case put your transfer case in neutral and then use the transmission gears you got four gears forward one gear reverse for the drum on your winch and in 4th gear about half throttle that winch will reel in faster than you can walk the running out hydraulic motor add oil is going to get hot fast
Mine has a 241d transfer case with no PTO provisions but I did look online and it looks like the HD version that was in the 1 ton trucks did have a PTO.
Been thinking doing this same thing then I found your video. I wonder how a 12V winch would do? I just bought a 12k lb winch and it is pretty fast. The battery capacity and charging is the challenge though. It takes a lot of juice to winch and a lot of juice to recharge correctly. Hydraulic would be faster in the end if you can iron out the speed issue, and i'm sure you will.
