It all started out in Iraq on deployment, I had family members send me magazines and most of them where of the offroad type. I had big dreams of a silverado that I could take anywhere. I didn't know about pirate4x4 and performancetrucks and all the other sites with tons of builds and ideas, so the only knowledge I had was from reading. I thought a 6inch lift and 35's was king ****! Later on after deployment I took my new 2001 silverado to an offroad shop located somewhere outside of Camp Lejeune NC.

He had me convinced that IFS was crap and would break and that a dana 44 would be the only way to go in the front with leaf springs and then I could run up to 40" tires in the local mud bog:laughing:. After investigating some previouse mag issues I found an article that talked about the differant axles weak points and what tires they can hold. At this point 1ton was the only way for me to go. I enlisted another local offroad shop to help me in my indevors and got a half *** product, and ended up doing alot of work myself so none the less I learned alot. I ended up with a really gay, horably designed solid axle silverado, with a hackjob fangtooth front end (see pictures to confirm).

I later got restationed in VA and meet a guy that told me about Pirate and others. With alot of reading I became familier with what was right and wrong for the most part. I started planning a 3 link for the front and attempting to get my truck right. I learned alot in this whole process but I still didn't have the skills to build something worthy of a build thread.


Just some general specs.
2001 Silverado ex cab 5.3 4L60E
89' 241C sye and HAD flange
Chevy 60 and 14 bolt
42" Iroks Allied beadlocks
Double ended fullhydro ram
4 link front 14" kings
63" factory springs in the rear with add a leaf and ballistic 3.0 shackle joint

Here are some pictures of it after in initial SAS with all the gayness




Now this is what I am working with. Bill is able to take my ideas and make them work. We started with stipping the truck, getting rid of the old frame and makeing a new one with 2x6x.250 caped on each end with .500 plate drilled with a 1.5x.250wall stud.

 

Now we have started on the rear of the truck. The idea is to have a small but functional bed that houses a spare 42, a fuel cell, jerry cans, and a tool box with room left over for misc crap.

 

Ballistic 3.0 shackle hangers (there will be more bracing in there also)


Not all the way finished but an idea of where we are going with it.

 

I have a M12000 going in the front, sometime this week Bill should get to bending up thr front frame rails to wrap around the motor and warn.








That is where we are at up to this point. I still have alot of parts to order, things to build.

Let me know what you think and if you got any ideas throw'em this way!

 

VERY NICE WORK!!!!!!

its also nice to see someone stray away from the drag strip and build something different!

keep us updated

 

Killer dude!can't wait to see finished product. Nice work.

 

Thanks dude but trust me this thing will see a strip!!! It might not be the fastest but lighting up those 42's I will surely put on a show! After the truck is built the motor is next.

 

dam!!!!!!!!! sick looking work there....

 

looking good! keep us updated!

 

That is kick ***! How long is the bed. I saw you explination but curious you are making your own bed/length? What kind of mill is going under the hood? I hope kickass 6.0!?