44 inch project

[Dadi]

Thanks for all the nice comments.

What remains to be done is:
Finish the front - fit the bumper and flares on the bumper, prepare for paint...
Install the 5.13 gears front and back with lockers
Fit auxiliary lights
Fit the VHF radio

I will keep you posted on developments.

 

[Purplert]

So awesome


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[Dadi]

Here is my old truck, Tiny, a CUCV baught from the US navy when they left Iceland. It is a 6.2 diesel on 49" Iroks. (sorry for posting a picture of a Chevy here)

 

[buddy guy]

Ehem - I am a professor of economics at the University of Iceland - but a carguy since birth

wow. that's very cool! you are a talented guy. that picture of your last build is pretty wild. 49s? insane! I managed with some spacers and coil and shock upgrades to stuff 17s into my stock 2015 space on my 2003 Tacoma, and those looked huge. I had one person call them baloon tires. Another clown tires. It did look like a lot of rubber on that small truck.

 

[Dadi]

wow. that's very cool! you are a talented guy. that picture of your last build is pretty wild. 49s? insane! I managed with some spacers and coil and shock upgrades to stuff 17s into my stock 2015 space on my 2003 Tacoma, and those looked huge. I had one person call them baloon tires. Another clown tires. It did look like a lot of rubber on that small truck.

Thanks.

Here is a Tacoma on the same tires as I use on the Ram.

 

[buddy guy]

Lol!

 

[LeesEvoX]

Thanks.

Here is a Tacoma on the same tires as I use on the Ram.

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Jesus.... does it float? Lol

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[buddy guy]

Jesus.... does it float? Lol

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ain't that the truth! that's gotta be working that 6 cylinder, even with the supercharger.

 

[Dadi]

Well... seems to work OK

 

[Dadi]

About all these big tired trucks here in Iceland. We use them for winter driving off road on snow, which is legal here. You need very big tires to float on snow.

 

[buddy guy]

Well... seems to work OK

that's haulin! If its stock, I think thats 265 horses in a small truck so yeah, they have pretty good get up and go. how much does a 44 inch tire weight by the way?

 

[buddy guy]

About all these big tired trucks here in Iceland. We use them for winter driving off road on snow, which is legal here. You need very big tires to float on snow.

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yeah, i could see that. look at the depth of that snow. and you guys have it like that all winter i imagine?

 

[buddy guy]

I guess the closest I can equate this too is we have the Columbia icefields in the Rocky Mountains in Briitish Columbia. And they have these kind of tour buses on big tires.

https://duckduckgo.com/?q=bc+icefie...acier-adventure-ice-explorer-exterior1-mr.jpg

 

[Dadi]

I guess the closest I can equate this too is we have the Columbia icefields in the Rocky Mountains in Briitish Columbia. And they have these kind of tour buses on big tires.

https://duckduckgo.com/?q=bc+icefields+vehicle&atb=v98-1&iax=images&ia=images&iai=http://s.telegraph.co.uk/graphics/projects/canada-travel-icefield-parkway/media/brewster-glacier-adventure-ice-explorer-exterior1-mr.jpg

WOW!!! That is an impressive truck!

 

[Dadi]

yeah, i could see that. look at the depth of that snow. and you guys have it like that all winter i imagine?

Well - it used to be better in the 80s and 90s. Climate change I guess.

 

[Dadi]

that's haulin! If its stock, I think thats 265 horses in a small truck so yeah, they have pretty good get up and go. how much does a 44 inch tire weight by the way?

The Hakkapellitta is about 70 kg.

 

[buddy guy]

WOW!!! That is an impressive truck!

yeah i had a chance to go on one years and years ago. Its pretty fun. But not as fun as driving your trucks I bet! Your suspension mods to compensate for the big tires must be interesting!

 

[buddy guy]

The Hakkapellitta is about 70 kg.

150lbs ish. wow. I was going to guess 100. lol. 600 lb of tires. amazing.

 

[Dadi]

yeah i had a chance to go on one years and years ago. Its pretty fun. But not as fun as driving your trucks I bet! Your suspension mods to compensate for the big tires must be interesting!

Well - really quite simple. Just a 4" lift kit from Superlift. We like to keep the center of gravity low so we emphasize as little lift as possible - and just cut the fenders all the more.

 

[buddy guy]

gotcha. very interesting stuff. i continue to follow this with interest!