Rough Country bracket

[Dinky]

Thanks
I'm blessed and amazed, never thought I'd make 40 due to serious cancer at 30. But I still buy green bananas

Nice to see the gear head is still strong in you and up to date on new stuff is very rare.

 

[John Jensen]

Nice to see the gear head is still strong in you and up to date on new stuff is very rare.

Thanks.
I still enjoy towing my vacation trailer and go desert dry camping. Hunt and fish a few weeks every year with brothers in Eastern Oregon. Annually go to Maui for a few weeks & Mai Tais.

Found that my stock 2020 3500 HO defueled at 107mph. So I now run a tune, but when it hit 117mph I backed off because the Chevy gave up.

 

[Bigdaddy]

@Bigdaddy

I am still waiting on my bajadesigns onx6 20in. It's been almost 8 weeks

8 weeks that's not good I hope you get it soon so you can post up pics, I'm going to try to look at mines one day this week I got my black exhaust tip in today I'm going to try to get that install hopefully tomorrow but my day is full so we will see.

 

[Bigdaddy]

Thanks.
I still enjoy towing my vacation trailer and go desert dry camping. Hunt and fish a few weeks every year with brothers in Eastern Oregon. Annually go to Maui for a few weeks & Mai Tais.

Found that my stock 2020 3500 HO defueled at 107mph. So I now run a tune, but when it hit 117mph I backed off because the Chevy gave up.

Whatttt, lol, are you serious, man there no slowing you down but that is good that you are still enjoying life, enjoy life to the fullest because tomorrow is promise to no man. The wife and I are getting ready to take a cross country trip in out 5th wheel from WA to NC, I love it I'm not 87 years old but I will be 68 years old on the 8th of March, life is good.

 

[John Jensen]

Whatttt, lol, are you serious, man there no slowing you down but that is good that you are still enjoying life, enjoy life to the fullest because tomorrow is promise to no man. The wife and I are getting ready to take a cross country trip in out 5th wheel from WA to NC, I love it I'm not 87 years old but I will be 68 years old on the 8th of March, life is good.

Your kind of trip was on my bucket list. I lost my wife to cancer 12 years ago. Without her, that kind of trip is now off the list. If I was your age, I'd probably attempt it, as I always wanted to make a run to the Dakotas and down to the South. We spent all of our vacation trailer tripping around the western states.
Enjoy yourselves and have a great trip.
And, thanks for your service - much appreciated!

 

[Dinky]

Man I hope I am alive when I get to those ages... I'll be 36 in May got a few years to go you guys gave me new life goals lol.

 

[Dinky]

8 weeks that's not good I hope you get it soon so you can post up pics,

Yeah I know. They were 16 weeks out on it when my buddy ordered it. I just got my leveling kit and active sway bar install today. Tomorrow I have a steering brace, steering damper, and track bar. If I have time I'll be installing my mud flaps as well.

 

[Bigdaddy]

Your kind of trip was on my bucket list. I lost my wife to cancer 12 years ago. Without her, that kind of trip is now off the list. If I was your age, I'd probably attempt it, as I always wanted to make a run to the Dakotas and down to the South. We spent all of our vacation trailer tripping around the western states.
Enjoy yourselves and have a great trip.
And, thanks for your service - much appreciated!

Sir, I am so sorry for your lost have you ever thought about remarry but thank you sir I was in the Army for twenty-eight years a long time I know, the wife and I are really looking forward to going on this trip we are getting ready now, alone with getting some new carpet in our bedroom so you know you have to take everything out of the room and we have twenty plus years of stuff, lol.

 

[Bigdaddy]

Yeah I know. They were 16 weeks out on it when my buddy ordered it. I just got my leveling kit and active sway bar install today. Tomorrow I have a steering brace, steering damper, and track bar. If I have time I'll be installing my mud flaps as well.

Oh, do you have any pics of your install I just install a black exhaust tip on mines tonight, lol, I was out about 10:00 pm install it, lol, yeah I know funny but it only took me about 20 minutes or so I had to clean off the exhaust pipe first and then slide on the black tip, I think that it look pretty good.

Those bracket that I got in the other day I didn't have time to install them or look underneath to see where and how to install them but hopefully in a day or so I will get to that.

 

[Bigdaddy]

Man I hope I am alive when I get to those ages... I'll be 36 in May got a few years to go you guys gave me new life goals lol.

Lol, funny life is good and my wife and I are living the dream.

 

[Dinky]

Those bracket that I got in the other day I didn't have time to install them or look underneath to see where and how to install them but hopefully in a day or so I will get to that.

I actually didn't have time yesterday, but just pulled my truck into my shop and kicked on the heater so I'll be at it soon lol.
I know the ram front end has always had a issue and steering component are not that great. I am Upgrading everything now so I hopefully don't have any issues.

 

[Dinky]

Lol, funny life is good and my wife and I are living the dream.

I am hoping to retire when I am 50 is my goal. Couple more years and I'll be taking a lot of family vacations as well.

 

[Bigdaddy]

That is one thing I like about being retire I don't have to punch a time clock I have worked all my life every since I was 14 back in North Carolina and I join the Army right after high school and stay there for twenty-eight years I got hire on at Boeing I did 35 years there and not my wife and I are Pastoring a church here in the Tacoma, WA area, this is what I love. So yeah, life is very good now and I'm loving it.

 

[Dinky]

That is one thing I like about being retire I don't have to punch a time clock I have worked all my life every since I was 14 back in North Carolina and I join the Army right after high school and stay there for twenty-eight years I got hire on at Boeing I did 35 years there and not my wife and I are Pastoring a church here in the Tacoma, WA area, this is what I love. So yeah, life is very good now and I'm loving it.

Thanks for your service. I was going to enlist myself but I started working construction and lost track of time. I started right out of high school standard parents pay rent or move out at 18. Never looked back I own a company now and have 9 full time employees. We are doing pretty well. If I keep on track I'll definitely hit my goal if not sooner. I do have a plan I'm working on now and if it works I will work 10 more years and done.


Side note the rough country steering brace won't fit after market sway bars lol. Lots of cusing this morning

 

[Bigdaddy]

Lol, I tell anybody that if you have a goal stay focus I do commend you that you have your own business and it is doing well that is very good and at a very young age, bless you my friend.

 

[Dinky]

Lol, I tell anybody that if you have a goal stay focus I do commend you that you have your own business and it is doing well that is very good and at a very young age, bless you my friend.

Thank you Lots of sweat and a lot of blood. 6-7day work weeks with no sleep it definitely wears on you.

Did you ever install your light bar?

 

[Bigdaddy]

No I haven't it have been raining here like cats and dogs and I was busy today doing my church service, maybe tomorrow. I know what you mean on what you said by blood and sweat but you will like it after it's all over.

 

[Bigdaddy]

I finally got around and installing my Rough Country light bar, and man all I got to say is I don't never want to do this again, but after tearing into it I found out that I diddn't really have to take the bottom piece off, I forget what you call it.

 

[Dinky]

I finally got around and installing my Rough Country light bar,

Looks good glad those brackets work. Why wouldn't you of had to remove the lower air dam? What other way did you find?

 

[Bigdaddy]

Well, in the 4 and the 6 pictures there is that part that is attach to the radiator that one long air dam I will call it is only hold on with 4 bolts and three push pins, two bolts on each sides if you take that off you will be more able to get in there and put those bracket on..

You see on the 3rd picture that one part is not there because you have to trim part of the rubber anyway and even at that I had to drill a 1/2 hole in the hard plastic so I can tighten the one bolt down to hold the bracket. So you see that the 3rd pictures I had to take it off completely so I could put the bolt on.

And then I thought about it, I said that I really didn't have to take the air dam off because the air dam really wasn't in the way it was the part that was attach to the radiator, it was some kind of air dam to direct more air into the radiator. Once you get under there you will see what I'm talking about.