Almost done, just needs clean-up and paint

[evldave]

Had a freshly refurbished M8000 sitting in my garage for months now, just haven't had the time to build a mount for it until now. 1/4" plate, might be a little overkill but it cost me less than $50 in steel and about 5 hours of work. Does affect the approach angle some, but I generally go solo so front approach angles aren't usually an issue (at least until I upgrade to CI front diff and don't worry about grenading by myself in the middle of nowhere).

Still have to cut hole for fairlead, clean up and paint and hook up the winch. Dual battery w/500A solenoid already installed so hookup should be quick and painless. Still not sure if I'm going roller fairlead or hawse (I have steel cable now, but plan to upgrade to synthetic in the future). Also not sure what I want to do w/the control box, may drill a hole in the front on mount through that or just strap it down where it's at and call it a day, any thoughts?

Should be ready for my trip to Tahoe next week

 

[bebe]

Tahoe?? We have to get together for Dinner!!!

Looks great!!!!!

 

[evldave]

Tahoe?? We have to get together for Dinner!!!

Looks great!!!!!

Yes!! I want to check out your rig in person w/all the upgrades...now that mine's a dedicated camping/expedition rig, I'll probably start making a few upgrades myself I'll be north of Truckee next Wed through Monday at the family cabin with my brother (can you say 300 acres of prime real-estate in TNF? Yes, there will be drinking, shooting, drinking, more drinking and maybe even some wheeling ) Give me a call and I'll make the trip down to Auburn or we can meet somewhere in the middle (know any good breweries?) ThreeSixOh9218861

 

[3Hummers]

Looking good Dave

 

[alrock]

Looking good, always enjoy seeing some custom fabrication.

My vote is just to strap down the box for now. No need to go crazy with that mounting.

 

[58Bisc]

Have you thought about removing the grille and mounting the control box to the rad crossmember? It would get it out of the way and also protect it.

 

[bebe]

Yes!! I want to check out your rig in person w/all the upgrades...now that mine's a dedicated camping/expedition rig, I'll probably start making a few upgrades myself I'll be north of Truckee next Wed through Monday at the family cabin with my brother (can you say 300 acres of prime real-estate in TNF? Yes, there will be drinking, shooting, drinking, more drinking and maybe even some wheeling ) Give me a call and I'll make the trip down to Auburn or we can meet somewhere in the middle (know any good breweries?) ThreeSixOh9218861

Friday Night - Sunday? Hunter Lake Trail??? We can come up and camp - hang out, drink, shoot, whatever.

http://donsnotes.com/recreation/images/SW_reno.jpg

 

[bebe]

We got guns, booze a side by side, H3 and booze....what could go wrong?:giggle:

 

[evldave]

Friday Night - Sunday? Hunter Lake Trail??? We can come up and camp - hang out, drink, shoot, whatever.

http://donsnotes.com/recreation/images/SW_reno.jpg

Can't do any multi-day trips, too much planned in too short of a timeframe...any ideas for a short 1/2-3/4 day trip? Apparently my uncle won some hunting lottery up there (1st time in 20+ years) and wants us to scout routes north of Truckee (Independence Lake, Stampede Reservoir Area) so we'll spend at least a day doing that + a day of mtn biking in Downieville + I have at least a couple bender days (turned 40 last week + 7/7 is anniversary with ex-wife + just got dumped by new girlfriend I didn't really like anyways but it's an excuse to drink) so I'm really strapped for time.

As for shooting, we'll have everything from water balloons to pistols to shotguns to .22 rifles to .22-250...with full 500-700 yard range (mmmm, watermelons) + a flinger range + I might bring my potato gun & why not we might even try and get the zipline set up (doubt it, but we talk about it every time we go)...we could do a 1/2 day run, head back to the cabin, drink shoot, drink, camp (no electricity, but plenty of beer), sleep, drink, shoot, and do another 1/2 day run. I'm on vacation, honestly I don't really care as long as (1) there's beer involved, (2) there's some shooting involved, and (3) there's some wheeling/exploring, and (4) there's beer involved.

My buddy flies into Reno Saturday afternoon around 1, how about we plan a Sat afternoon drink, shoot, drink, camp, Sunday drink, 1/2 day wheeling? I guess this all depends on what can be done in 1/2 day...otherwise it's just shooting and drinking (not a horrible option).

oh yeah, I'm drunk writing this

(ps-I've got 3 weeks vacation left this year, and really want to pull my trailer down the Rubicon, I know it's been done before, not sure if any H3s have done it w/a trailer and it would be great to BS about what I'd need to make that happen)

 

[evldave]

Can't do any multi-day trips, too much planned in too short of a timeframe...any ideas for a short 1/2-3/4 day trip? Apparently my uncle won some hunting lottery up there (1st time in 20+ years) and wants us to scout routes north of Truckee (Independence Lake, Stampede Reservoir Area) so we'll spend at least a day doing that + a day of mtn biking in Downieville + I have at least a couple bender days (turned 40 last week + 7/7 is anniversary with ex-wife + just got dumped by new girlfriend I didn't really like anyways but it's an excuse to drink) so I'm really strapped for time.

As for shooting, we'll have everything from water balloons to pistols to shotguns to .22 rifles to .22-250...with full 500-700 yard range (mmmm, watermelons) + a flinger range + I might bring my potato gun & why not we might even try and get the zipline set up (doubt it, but we talk about it every time we go)...we could do a 1/2 day run, head back to the cabin, drink shoot, drink, camp (no electricity, but plenty of beer), sleep, drink, shoot, and do another 1/2 day run. I'm on vacation, honestly I don't really care as long as (1) there's beer involved, (2) there's some shooting involved, and (3) there's some wheeling/exploring, and (4) there's beer involved.

My buddy flies into Reno Saturday afternoon around 1, how about we plan a Sat afternoon drink, shoot, drink, camp, Sunday drink, 1/2 day wheeling? I guess this all depends on what can be done in 1/2 day...otherwise it's just shooting and drinking (not a horrible option).

oh yeah, I'm drunk writing this

(ps-I've got 3 weeks vacation left this year, and really want to pull my trailer down the Rubicon, I know it's been done before, not sure if any H3s have done it w/a trailer and it would be great to BS about what I'd need to make that happen)

Scratch most of this...after sobering up I realized that we're already planning to hit Downieville on Sunday and are pretty locked into that, so it looks like the only days I'd have to go on any wheeling trips would be Thursday/Friday. We can still get together and drink and shoot on Saturday afternoon/evening, or we can meeting somewhere between Tahoe and Auburn to BS...

 

[HUMMER INVESTMENTS]

Looking good!

 

[evldave]

All done!

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[HUMMER INVESTMENTS]

Awesome! how is the approuch angle affected?