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Re: 1986 Conquest 8x8 build up for SAR!
« Reply #78 on: November 16, 2017, 09:11:07 AM »
Scored a couple trx500 front drive axles for super cheap. Even if they dont work, its something to start prototyping with for the suspension.

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Re: 1986 Conquest 8x8 build up for SAR!
« Reply #77 on: November 12, 2017, 11:07:52 AM »
I put E,Track down both side's of my trailer. With those straps and tie down points it works with anything I want to put on it .
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Re: 1986 Conquest 8x8 build up for SAR!
« Reply #76 on: November 12, 2017, 10:53:55 AM »
You can never have enough tie down points.

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Re: 1986 Conquest 8x8 build up for SAR!
« Reply #75 on: November 12, 2017, 09:09:25 AM »
As your seeing it is always good to Step back and look at your options !
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Re: 1986 Conquest 8x8 build up for SAR!
« Reply #74 on: November 12, 2017, 06:37:05 AM »
So i was thinking how it was going to look with the stantions for the rail on the outside of the farme.

Sucky, and possible snagging points.

Then it came to me: I'll put a piece of flatstock down the length of the trailer on each side.

That will give me a rub strip and tie down points the lentgh of the trailer.

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Re: 1986 Conquest 8x8 build up for SAR!
« Reply #73 on: November 10, 2017, 09:59:11 PM »
You never know till you try ?
At least with a Flat Deck you can haul anything !  ;)
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Re: 1986 Conquest 8x8 build up for SAR!
« Reply #72 on: November 10, 2017, 09:56:09 PM »
Well, the heck with it.

I'm just going to get it over with. Chop the rail off and reweld it to the outside of the frame rails.

That will give me and additional 3" of useable deck width.

If that ends up not being enough for a springer, then so be it...

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Re: 1986 Conquest 8x8 build up for SAR!
« Reply #71 on: November 09, 2017, 06:36:03 PM »
Yes it Never ends !  popcorn
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Re: 1986 Conquest 8x8 build up for SAR!
« Reply #70 on: November 09, 2017, 06:19:09 PM »
Scored 4 more shocks. That's 8 total.

Theyre all from a Honda Foreman. Although one set is from a 500, the other is from a 350. 6 of them are fixed, two are adjustable for preload.

Now to work out the axles/wheel bearings and something that won't break the bank.

I've been looking at car stuff, but it all looks just way too heavy.

The rest of the suspension components arent a big deal to fabricate. Just some work on the lathe and a couple hours with the mig.

Getting the geometry right, well...that's  a different story.....

And at the end of all this work, the damned thing looks like it might end up juuuuust a smidge too wide for the trailer when wearing the supertracks.

That will leave me with either taking the tracks on and off everytime I have to trailer it or widening the trailer a couple inches. If I'm in the ball park, it look like simply taking the upper rail and posts off the trailer and welding them on the outside of the frame rails (instead of on top of them as it is now) will make it all wide enough.

of course, widening the rail will mean I'll have to rework the spring assist as well.

Ugh! It never ends....
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Re: 1986 Conquest 8x8 build up for SAR!
« Reply #69 on: November 06, 2017, 05:53:44 PM »
Ok Now I got ya ! The Gate it self is 200 lbs . Yea that is a Heavy Gate !
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Re: 1986 Conquest 8x8 build up for SAR!
« Reply #68 on: November 06, 2017, 04:50:11 AM »
I Like it ! Nice work buddy  ;)
Plus 200 lbs is not that heavy at all.

200lbs is pretty heavy when you have to live with a ruptured disc....but the spring lift assist makes it easy peasy.

My back is only going to get worse as i get older, so the spring assist is "future proofing" as much as anything else.

Also started ordering shocks for the springer build. Need 8, but only ordered my first 4. Not a cheap endeavor...lol!

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Re: 1986 Conquest 8x8 build up for SAR!
« Reply #67 on: November 05, 2017, 06:39:44 PM »
I Like it ! Nice work buddy  ;)
Plus 200 lbs is not that heavy at all. 
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Re: 1986 Conquest 8x8 build up for SAR!
« Reply #66 on: November 05, 2017, 04:55:02 PM »
Your trailer is coming right along.  Nice work.  :)

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Re: 1986 Conquest 8x8 build up for SAR!
« Reply #65 on: November 05, 2017, 04:19:25 PM »
Almost 7 feet long and just over 200 lbs:



Easy peasy!

You can see where it is just a touch hard to control when it folds, so I have some 24" gas struts on the way to take the weight of the folding part.

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Re: 1986 Conquest 8x8 build up for SAR!
« Reply #64 on: October 29, 2017, 05:25:11 PM »
Ran the planks through the planer and got that thimpsons crap off. Had to anyways to bring them down about 3/8 to fit the 1.5 angle. Restained in a solid walnut. Got most of the gate finished also:







That gate is a heavy sumbitch! I'll have to rig up a spring gate assist or my already bad back is going to get worse!

Also welded the rear loading jacks on. Still too short, i need to extend the lower part of the leg about 3-4 inches.
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