Zam15's Adventure Build

Swing-out bumper is making some progress, shop completed most of the welding, just a few more finishing touches and its off to paint!

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"Bumper" the man says...pics say "don't rear end me, you won't like the results". That thing looks STOUT!
 
Alright! Bumper is off to powder coat! Also bed mounting was adjusted. Should be straight as an arrow now!

She's still a little stink bug right now but once we mount the bumper, spare tire, jerrycans, and fuel up both tanks she'll hopefully sit nice and level.

Still need to clearance the front end to fully stuff the 35"s.... also paint, don't want to sport the bro look for too long.

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woody said:
Alllllmost!! congrats, sticking with stock color?
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Would not mind chaining up the color, kind of over the generic silver but it will be cheaper to just do the bedsides and fenders.

Just hard to match everything, such as the door seals and engine bay... if I switch up to a engine cage I may look at repainting the whole thing.

I'm also getting more sold on this style of camper, once my RTT and Camper shell start dying that my be my next path.. Also seems much cleaner looking, probably weigh less, be more aerodynamic and just simple.... Wish Go fast would make theirs a little larger like Vagabond

Go Fast
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vs Vagabond
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You bet, I'm curious about the fellow that bought up the Flip Pac spares and rights. Been a while was hoping he would fire up somewhere?
 
I drool over what you have done with that truck...pricing kidneys on the open market and a rebuild of my DuraMax now...:rolleyes:
 
Bumper mounted up, still able to pull off a table on the swing out. I rarely get this excited about a table.
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Another interesting rig at the shop:
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She's getting closer! Got some updates from the shop. Bumper was worth the wait, guys did a stellar job putting it together. Just a few more final touches! Hoping to add a lock between the swing-out to keep anything inside the bed safe!
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Nice work on the bumper but I am a little concerned about the fabricators choice of "latching" the swing-outs. Hopefully they aren't finished and thinking of some compression latches to securely fasten those arms to the bumper - I see that area has been cleaned of paint and is raw steel - hopefully that set-up is temporary.

The way you have your truck built and the likely intent of your travels, those pins are going to put you in the hurt-locker real quick. Compression latches would be an easy addition and would draw the swing-out arms in tightly to the bumper making for a very solid connection.
 
TangoBlue said:
Nice work on the bumper but I am a little concerned about the fabricators choice of "latching" the swing-outs. Hopefully they aren't finished and thinking of some compression latches to securely fasten those arms to the bumper - I see that area has been cleaned of paint and is raw steel - hopefully that set-up is temporary.

The way you have your truck built and the likely intent of your travels, those pins are going to put you in the hurt-locker real quick. Compression latches would be an easy addition and would draw the swing-out arms in tightly to the bumper making for a very solid connection.
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True, I see how it works out, if there's a need I can install the latches.

Getting closer by the day!

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If you intend to keep swing out latches I would suggest if the holes for the lynch pins were vertical instead of horizontal potential 'walking' wouldn't be as big of concern?
 
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