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<blockquote data-quote="hokie_yj" data-source="post: 613396" data-attributes="member: 4238"><p>Took this thing out to Harlan again this past weekend. It performed great once again. I did have one minor oops though. In Lions den I decided to try the left line over the big rock instead of between the rock and the tree. It walked right up the rock easily but when it broke over the top I got hi-centered pretty bad.</p><p></p><p><a href="http://s38.photobucket.com/user/boomboom33/media/The%20Mistress/D1113898-75DA-4E47-B1C8-CDDD2D14ADCE_zpsy35ubgxt.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e102/boomboom33/The%20Mistress/D1113898-75DA-4E47-B1C8-CDDD2D14ADCE_zpsy35ubgxt.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p><a href="http://s38.photobucket.com/user/boomboom33/media/The%20Mistress/39E20B7E-1494-48E7-8323-8CDE6B306823_zpsi0ffk77p.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e102/boomboom33/The%20Mistress/39E20B7E-1494-48E7-8323-8CDE6B306823_zpsi0ffk77p.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p><a href="http://s38.photobucket.com/user/boomboom33/media/The%20Mistress/70228F3C-65D2-4268-9EB8-9E60952B1DD5_zpsfmzsn3g9.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e102/boomboom33/The%20Mistress/70228F3C-65D2-4268-9EB8-9E60952B1DD5_zpsfmzsn3g9.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p></p><p>While I was hi-centered we tried hooking my winch to the front axle to suck it down and see if I could get some traction. Well, when I pulled the winch in it bent the front section of the frame right in front of the shock towers where it had been tubed out and not beefed up very well. </p><p></p><p><a href="http://s38.photobucket.com/user/boomboom33/media/The%20Mistress/27040D56-4721-408E-BF2F-3FAEA58684CE_zpsfm3q0rdy.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e102/boomboom33/The%20Mistress/27040D56-4721-408E-BF2F-3FAEA58684CE_zpsfm3q0rdy.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p><a href="http://s38.photobucket.com/user/boomboom33/media/The%20Mistress/59243C2C-97B8-4004-AF3C-CAEE4DEF5CAE_zpstr4gwaet.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e102/boomboom33/The%20Mistress/59243C2C-97B8-4004-AF3C-CAEE4DEF5CAE_zpstr4gwaet.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p><a href="http://s38.photobucket.com/user/boomboom33/media/The%20Mistress/68551354-BC50-4115-A3A4-1A92191C5B93_zpssonrm63b.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e102/boomboom33/The%20Mistress/68551354-BC50-4115-A3A4-1A92191C5B93_zpssonrm63b.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p><a href="http://s38.photobucket.com/user/boomboom33/media/The%20Mistress/66FB6A74-1F9E-4CC6-A8C0-CE763E746D5B_zpsfrgxvkt5.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e102/boomboom33/The%20Mistress/66FB6A74-1F9E-4CC6-A8C0-CE763E746D5B_zpsfrgxvkt5.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p><a href="http://s38.photobucket.com/user/boomboom33/media/The%20Mistress/7CABFA46-A5FA-4412-80E5-BC0CC6D6D073_zpsmbb5ynar.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e102/boomboom33/The%20Mistress/7CABFA46-A5FA-4412-80E5-BC0CC6D6D073_zpsmbb5ynar.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p>Once I got it back home in the shop I started figuring out how I was going to straighten it back up. I tried a couple different thing, and finally found something that worked. I rolled my engine hoist under the front end and ran a couple 2" ratchet straps around the frame and under the legs of the engine hoist. Then I laid a long 6x6 block across the legs of the engine hoist and used the 20 ton bottle jack off my press and a 4x4 block to push the front of the frame back up. It worked surprisingly well, but the tube did rip on one side right where it had bent when I straightened it back out. </p><p></p><p><a href="http://s38.photobucket.com/user/boomboom33/media/The%20Mistress/9037B6F7-7DAD-489B-9230-121B14F4A41E_zpsdxalq1df.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e102/boomboom33/The%20Mistress/9037B6F7-7DAD-489B-9230-121B14F4A41E_zpsdxalq1df.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p><a href="http://s38.photobucket.com/user/boomboom33/media/The%20Mistress/47C763FF-8113-4242-A74B-67D2DB7412BE_zpsxmqot29b.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e102/boomboom33/The%20Mistress/47C763FF-8113-4242-A74B-67D2DB7412BE_zpsxmqot29b.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p><a href="http://s38.photobucket.com/user/boomboom33/media/The%20Mistress/110A7ADE-ED67-49AB-9045-7BAE1C81026D_zpsabvhyvsg.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e102/boomboom33/The%20Mistress/110A7ADE-ED67-49AB-9045-7BAE1C81026D_zpsabvhyvsg.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p><a href="http://s38.photobucket.com/user/boomboom33/media/The%20Mistress/372F5E4C-B5C2-436C-8CF5-9E7A7A748AEC_zps1ic64lqt.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e102/boomboom33/The%20Mistress/372F5E4C-B5C2-436C-8CF5-9E7A7A748AEC_zps1ic64lqt.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p>After I got it straightened back up I cut a couple pieces of 1.5" tube to tie the winch mount back to the shock towers. I'm going to cut a couple gussets from some 10ga sheet and add some dimples to fill the opening and really beef it up. I also welded up the ripped tube and split a short section of 1.75" tube to cap it, and added a gusset back to the track bar mount. If it bends again something catastrophic will have happened.</p><p></p><p><a href="http://s38.photobucket.com/user/boomboom33/media/The%20Mistress/9AF12712-8BF0-4509-BC0B-6A11CA1A9137_zps4nsfcmpf.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e102/boomboom33/The%20Mistress/9AF12712-8BF0-4509-BC0B-6A11CA1A9137_zps4nsfcmpf.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p><a href="http://s38.photobucket.com/user/boomboom33/media/The%20Mistress/3668695E-6B14-4B02-A16B-074EFB2335BF_zps4juiuc8m.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e102/boomboom33/The%20Mistress/3668695E-6B14-4B02-A16B-074EFB2335BF_zps4juiuc8m.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p><a href="http://s38.photobucket.com/user/boomboom33/media/The%20Mistress/3047E9A4-AFD0-4C53-9556-61402B46877D_zpsoip3qv3i.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e102/boomboom33/The%20Mistress/3047E9A4-AFD0-4C53-9556-61402B46877D_zpsoip3qv3i.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p><a href="http://s38.photobucket.com/user/boomboom33/media/The%20Mistress/7593DB61-FD31-4CCF-B55A-46065AEFD173_zpsm5de61p5.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e102/boomboom33/The%20Mistress/7593DB61-FD31-4CCF-B55A-46065AEFD173_zpsm5de61p5.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p><a href="http://s38.photobucket.com/user/boomboom33/media/The%20Mistress/53568FF2-F891-4017-8CD1-4209151D32E4_zpsj1xwn7rp.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e102/boomboom33/The%20Mistress/53568FF2-F891-4017-8CD1-4209151D32E4_zpsj1xwn7rp.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p><a href="http://s38.photobucket.com/user/boomboom33/media/The%20Mistress/12E794D8-ED93-434D-8427-1871773F54FD_zpsrjmuccye.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e102/boomboom33/The%20Mistress/12E794D8-ED93-434D-8427-1871773F54FD_zpsrjmuccye.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p>Hoping to have it finished up and back together this weekend and be ready for the Labor Day Poker Run at Chinquipin next weekend.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="hokie_yj, post: 613396, member: 4238"] Took this thing out to Harlan again this past weekend. It performed great once again. I did have one minor oops though. In Lions den I decided to try the left line over the big rock instead of between the rock and the tree. It walked right up the rock easily but when it broke over the top I got hi-centered pretty bad. [URL=http://s38.photobucket.com/user/boomboom33/media/The%20Mistress/D1113898-75DA-4E47-B1C8-CDDD2D14ADCE_zpsy35ubgxt.jpg.html][IMG]http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e102/boomboom33/The%20Mistress/D1113898-75DA-4E47-B1C8-CDDD2D14ADCE_zpsy35ubgxt.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL=http://s38.photobucket.com/user/boomboom33/media/The%20Mistress/39E20B7E-1494-48E7-8323-8CDE6B306823_zpsi0ffk77p.jpg.html][IMG]http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e102/boomboom33/The%20Mistress/39E20B7E-1494-48E7-8323-8CDE6B306823_zpsi0ffk77p.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL=http://s38.photobucket.com/user/boomboom33/media/The%20Mistress/70228F3C-65D2-4268-9EB8-9E60952B1DD5_zpsfmzsn3g9.jpg.html][IMG]http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e102/boomboom33/The%20Mistress/70228F3C-65D2-4268-9EB8-9E60952B1DD5_zpsfmzsn3g9.jpg[/IMG][/URL] While I was hi-centered we tried hooking my winch to the front axle to suck it down and see if I could get some traction. Well, when I pulled the winch in it bent the front section of the frame right in front of the shock towers where it had been tubed out and not beefed up very well. [URL=http://s38.photobucket.com/user/boomboom33/media/The%20Mistress/27040D56-4721-408E-BF2F-3FAEA58684CE_zpsfm3q0rdy.jpg.html][IMG]http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e102/boomboom33/The%20Mistress/27040D56-4721-408E-BF2F-3FAEA58684CE_zpsfm3q0rdy.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL=http://s38.photobucket.com/user/boomboom33/media/The%20Mistress/59243C2C-97B8-4004-AF3C-CAEE4DEF5CAE_zpstr4gwaet.jpg.html][IMG]http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e102/boomboom33/The%20Mistress/59243C2C-97B8-4004-AF3C-CAEE4DEF5CAE_zpstr4gwaet.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL=http://s38.photobucket.com/user/boomboom33/media/The%20Mistress/68551354-BC50-4115-A3A4-1A92191C5B93_zpssonrm63b.jpg.html][IMG]http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e102/boomboom33/The%20Mistress/68551354-BC50-4115-A3A4-1A92191C5B93_zpssonrm63b.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL=http://s38.photobucket.com/user/boomboom33/media/The%20Mistress/66FB6A74-1F9E-4CC6-A8C0-CE763E746D5B_zpsfrgxvkt5.jpg.html][IMG]http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e102/boomboom33/The%20Mistress/66FB6A74-1F9E-4CC6-A8C0-CE763E746D5B_zpsfrgxvkt5.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL=http://s38.photobucket.com/user/boomboom33/media/The%20Mistress/7CABFA46-A5FA-4412-80E5-BC0CC6D6D073_zpsmbb5ynar.jpg.html][IMG]http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e102/boomboom33/The%20Mistress/7CABFA46-A5FA-4412-80E5-BC0CC6D6D073_zpsmbb5ynar.jpg[/IMG][/URL] Once I got it back home in the shop I started figuring out how I was going to straighten it back up. I tried a couple different thing, and finally found something that worked. I rolled my engine hoist under the front end and ran a couple 2" ratchet straps around the frame and under the legs of the engine hoist. Then I laid a long 6x6 block across the legs of the engine hoist and used the 20 ton bottle jack off my press and a 4x4 block to push the front of the frame back up. It worked surprisingly well, but the tube did rip on one side right where it had bent when I straightened it back out. [URL=http://s38.photobucket.com/user/boomboom33/media/The%20Mistress/9037B6F7-7DAD-489B-9230-121B14F4A41E_zpsdxalq1df.jpg.html][IMG]http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e102/boomboom33/The%20Mistress/9037B6F7-7DAD-489B-9230-121B14F4A41E_zpsdxalq1df.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL=http://s38.photobucket.com/user/boomboom33/media/The%20Mistress/47C763FF-8113-4242-A74B-67D2DB7412BE_zpsxmqot29b.jpg.html][IMG]http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e102/boomboom33/The%20Mistress/47C763FF-8113-4242-A74B-67D2DB7412BE_zpsxmqot29b.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL=http://s38.photobucket.com/user/boomboom33/media/The%20Mistress/110A7ADE-ED67-49AB-9045-7BAE1C81026D_zpsabvhyvsg.jpg.html][IMG]http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e102/boomboom33/The%20Mistress/110A7ADE-ED67-49AB-9045-7BAE1C81026D_zpsabvhyvsg.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL=http://s38.photobucket.com/user/boomboom33/media/The%20Mistress/372F5E4C-B5C2-436C-8CF5-9E7A7A748AEC_zps1ic64lqt.jpg.html][IMG]http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e102/boomboom33/The%20Mistress/372F5E4C-B5C2-436C-8CF5-9E7A7A748AEC_zps1ic64lqt.jpg[/IMG][/URL] After I got it straightened back up I cut a couple pieces of 1.5" tube to tie the winch mount back to the shock towers. I'm going to cut a couple gussets from some 10ga sheet and add some dimples to fill the opening and really beef it up. I also welded up the ripped tube and split a short section of 1.75" tube to cap it, and added a gusset back to the track bar mount. If it bends again something catastrophic will have happened. [URL=http://s38.photobucket.com/user/boomboom33/media/The%20Mistress/9AF12712-8BF0-4509-BC0B-6A11CA1A9137_zps4nsfcmpf.jpg.html][IMG]http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e102/boomboom33/The%20Mistress/9AF12712-8BF0-4509-BC0B-6A11CA1A9137_zps4nsfcmpf.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL=http://s38.photobucket.com/user/boomboom33/media/The%20Mistress/3668695E-6B14-4B02-A16B-074EFB2335BF_zps4juiuc8m.jpg.html][IMG]http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e102/boomboom33/The%20Mistress/3668695E-6B14-4B02-A16B-074EFB2335BF_zps4juiuc8m.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL=http://s38.photobucket.com/user/boomboom33/media/The%20Mistress/3047E9A4-AFD0-4C53-9556-61402B46877D_zpsoip3qv3i.jpg.html][IMG]http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e102/boomboom33/The%20Mistress/3047E9A4-AFD0-4C53-9556-61402B46877D_zpsoip3qv3i.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL=http://s38.photobucket.com/user/boomboom33/media/The%20Mistress/7593DB61-FD31-4CCF-B55A-46065AEFD173_zpsm5de61p5.jpg.html][IMG]http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e102/boomboom33/The%20Mistress/7593DB61-FD31-4CCF-B55A-46065AEFD173_zpsm5de61p5.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL=http://s38.photobucket.com/user/boomboom33/media/The%20Mistress/53568FF2-F891-4017-8CD1-4209151D32E4_zpsj1xwn7rp.jpg.html][IMG]http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e102/boomboom33/The%20Mistress/53568FF2-F891-4017-8CD1-4209151D32E4_zpsj1xwn7rp.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL=http://s38.photobucket.com/user/boomboom33/media/The%20Mistress/12E794D8-ED93-434D-8427-1871773F54FD_zpsrjmuccye.jpg.html][IMG]http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e102/boomboom33/The%20Mistress/12E794D8-ED93-434D-8427-1871773F54FD_zpsrjmuccye.jpg[/IMG][/URL] Hoping to have it finished up and back together this weekend and be ready for the Labor Day Poker Run at Chinquipin next weekend. 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