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    Pushrod out of alignment?

    My my Kawasaki ninja dropped a valve at 16,000 rpm all it did was make a "pop" and then ran on 2 cylinders lol.
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    Obliterated a deer..

    Use this as an excuse to stick a big home made bull bar on your bullnose. Something like what I have on my truck. Then you can hit stuff on purpose :backoff
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    Drilling into the frame?

    Now if we're talking about suspension related parts that get abused I would say that the bump stops for the front axle take the cake lol. In other flatbed related news, I cut one of the ladder rack crossmembers out because it was at waist level while standing in the bed which is no fun. Next...
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    Drilling into the frame?

    What's the fun in having overload leaves (leafs?) if you never use them? :D
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    Drilling into the frame?

    I discovered that some how the flatbed is only a little bit heavier than the truck stock. Within 500lbs I think. I had 1500lbs of concrete in the back and my weight was like 8550lbs or so.
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    Drilling into the frame?

    Well, even parked on a 4x4 couldn't get a drop of fuel in lol. So I redid them.
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    Drilling into the frame?

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    Drilling into the frame?

    Not completely done yet, I still gotta do the lights, fuel fillers and wood floor, but all the hard work is done
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    Drilling into the frame?

    **UPDATE** Got it mounted, and I abandoned the original spring mount design cause I'm not very good at fabrication (my first couple channel cuts were with a sawsall) and decided to go with the simplest and cheapest setup, as shown in the pictures below. Only drilled 4 holes in the frame, the...
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    Drilling into the frame?

    I work for enterprise truck and all of our trucks use wood between the frame and box like you mentioned; however i have also read about how wood can promote corrosion and expands/shrinks with humidity. not too sure about how exactly i am going to do this project, but i gotta start with the...
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    Drilling into the frame?

    Yeah, she was sitting there eating chips.. but she does provide good moral support. This project is going to take awhile, but I'll make sure to keep you all informed on how it goes down!
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    Drilling into the frame?

    https://www.oilburners.net/threads/mounting-flat-bed.60081/ This is the thread that I've read and re-read yo get info from. And this pic is why I'd like to let the frame ride independent of the flatbed. As for noise, my zf5 will probably drown out any other noises LOL
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    Drilling into the frame?

    The idea is to have the flatbed ride on square tube frame that is attached at 6 points, four of which have the floating design. The mounts at the rear will be hard attached. The height of the mounts will accommodate the hump in the frame. Will probably sit kinda high, but that's ok because the...
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    Drilling into the frame?

    Putting a flatbed on my truck. Gonna do a floating design so I don't crack the frame from being not able to flex in the right areas. If that makes sense
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    Drilling into the frame?

    Thanks guys. Maybe I just did the thing where you worry way too much about something that is actually much more simple
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