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well its been a long weekend of moving trucks and parts

fri... greg came down and we cleaned out the smaller half of the Vernon shop

sat...
greg and i brought his small enclosed trailer down to swagger shop while my dad and a friend of his brought down his truck with a 20ft gooseneck

got my truck out of the shop and onto the goose neck

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i know i know FAIL for having my truck on a trailer behind a cummins

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back at the Vernon shop we unloaded the engine, trans and other big parts out of Gregs trailer
got the truck off the trailer and moved it inside but not in place

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headed back to the swagger shop for the mini excavator and more parts

a pic of the truck laid out in front of the vernon shop

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back to the swagger shop we went greg in hi truck me in my dads for more parts
i completely forgot just how many parts were in that shop

got back to the vernon shop around midnight so we parked the trailers and left them
today i went and unloaded my powdercoating oven, sand blaster cabinet, tool boxes and band saw

pulled the truck back out to get the bigger ideas in the shop behind it
while it was out i took some pics of it parked by our company F550 (same height as gregs f250 with 285's)

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few pics of the bed in place... have to reposition the axle so its centered in the wheel well better but im soooo excited about how it looks

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I wish it was SEMA worthy but I don't think in that good

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I wish it was SEMA worthy but I don't think in that good

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Uh dude, when this is done it will be SEMA worthy. Anybody who dont thinkso can look at the fab in this thread.
 

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Well thank you and maybe you will be right... it would be beyond my wildest dreams

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I've didn't more time on the truck in the last week than I have in the 2 months prior

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got the bed all lined up ... what a PITA that was alone
the passengers side mount is under the bed and tack welded in place

the body lines line up better now than they ever did

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tomorrow ill finish the drivers side front one and fully make the rear supports
once the rears are made and tacked into place ill be able to lift the truck and place the drivers side front one

then back down to work on the middle 4
 

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Forum Zombies crave pictures.......

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no pics tonight not a lot of progress

the rear most section of bed floor is tacked in
i made a cross support for the rear bed bolts
now to finish a few cuts on the rear spreader bar
so i can mount the upright bed supports after that i can lift the truck and get the drivers side front upright mount in
true them all up and weld them in place
 
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