MattFrmSac
Junior Member
Hey all,
As my username may tell you, my name is Matt and I'm originally from Sacramento, CA. About 5 years ago I moved to Logan, UT to go back to school and earned my welding certs.
I picked up a 2011 Ram 2500 with the Hemi a few months ago. It already had a level kit, wheels, tires, and tint. It needed front end work before I bought it, because it's a heavy duty Chrysler truck so of course it had bad front end parts. Ended up doing the usual ball joints and u-jounts, tie rod at the pitman arm, and added Bilstein 5160 shocks and steering stab. We needed new wheels and tires for one of our service trucks at work, so I traded my old ones in and switched to 17" Method Racing 701 Trail wheels with 35" Maxxis Razr M/Ts.
I'm enjoying it so far and am planning on doing an overland build so the wife and I can camp more and explore some trails, and also so we can do multi-day track events with my racetruck. You may have seen the racetruck in Truckin Magazine (RIP) or on YouTube (The Burnout Truck That Burgers Built)
I hope to learn a lot from the forum and maybe give some advice where I feel I can. At the very least, I can act as a shining example of what not to do.
As my username may tell you, my name is Matt and I'm originally from Sacramento, CA. About 5 years ago I moved to Logan, UT to go back to school and earned my welding certs.
I picked up a 2011 Ram 2500 with the Hemi a few months ago. It already had a level kit, wheels, tires, and tint. It needed front end work before I bought it, because it's a heavy duty Chrysler truck so of course it had bad front end parts. Ended up doing the usual ball joints and u-jounts, tie rod at the pitman arm, and added Bilstein 5160 shocks and steering stab. We needed new wheels and tires for one of our service trucks at work, so I traded my old ones in and switched to 17" Method Racing 701 Trail wheels with 35" Maxxis Razr M/Ts.
I'm enjoying it so far and am planning on doing an overland build so the wife and I can camp more and explore some trails, and also so we can do multi-day track events with my racetruck. You may have seen the racetruck in Truckin Magazine (RIP) or on YouTube (The Burnout Truck That Burgers Built)
I hope to learn a lot from the forum and maybe give some advice where I feel I can. At the very least, I can act as a shining example of what not to do.
