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I just cut it loose from the frame. It's just hanging out under the bed right now. Has not effected the braking at all.

You should look into body panel glue. 3M has a really good product that most autonomy shops use. Best luck with your project. Thanks for Watching!

I'll look into that. Thanks for the tip. I was going to hide the hitch behind the plate, but hadn't thought of a suburban bumper. Thanks for watching

Sounds like a fun project. We definitely have a square body addiction! Hope you enjoy our channel.

Thanks, Thanks, and thanks for watching!

Thanks. And thanks for watching!

Thanks. I agree. with the exception of the doubler, and lockers the drive train is original to the truck. I have no intention of linking it. The long leaf springs work amazing! 52" front leaf springs and 62" rear leaf springs flex every bit as good as coil overs. Hope you enjoy our channel!

I saw your videos with Grandpas Jeep! Your Land Rover is AWSOME! The way you guys drive those things is amazing! It's good to still see leaf springs in action. Thanks for watching!

Yes! don't loose faith in old school leaf springs. If you run into problems with chronic hop, they can be tuned to eliminate it under most conditions. Remember, any vehicle can be induced to hop under certain conditions, even linked buggys. I have another old Land Rover long wheelbase pickup on Chevy 52" springs up front, 64" out back, which I run both 37 and 40 inch tires on. With a healthy rectangle port 6.0 LS and a granny four speed. I sometimes have to heat up the Maxxis Creepys, and it does not have hop issues. It absolutely roasts the tires whenever I feel like it. I do not have or need a traction bar setup. My rigs have a lot of nose weight bias, which really helps keep the front suspension from unloading on the big walls / ledges. lots of subtle, sneaky old guy things really help. Leaf springs aren't the best suspension, but don't underestimate their potential in a non go fast non competition rig.@@saltysteelgarage5585

sounds like your addiction to Land Rovers is as bad as my addiction to square body Chevy's and GMC's! I'd like to see the pickup. Not sure I've ever seen a Land Rover pickup. @@timmcooper294

Yea, it's pretty bad, got hooked as a kid back in the mid 1970's living in Alaska. My dad had a friend with a (late model at that time) mid 1960's Land Rover 109 pickup diesel, with a big PTO winch on it. I loved riding around in the back of that truck. Then, in the 1980's, I got my own and really got the sickness, started swapping Chevy small blocks into them. My current series IIA 109 pickup is sprung over on the same excellent spring combo your running, and I kept the original heavy duty optioned Eaton front and rear axles that the truck came with....Yes, Tons from the factory !! Similar to the Eaton HO72, I was able to put GM 14 bolt Detroits in them and I love that setup !! Been thru a bunch of engines in that truck, right now it's waiting for another one, got a blown up 6.0 LS in it....... Should be fixed later this spring. Gotta take it to Sand Hollow soon !! @@saltysteelgarage5585

For sure!

Thanks 👍

I bought them through amazon. I believe they are made by auto metal direct. they are a bit deceiving because they are one piece. The factory had two piece rockers. One under each door. I actually just cut them up and used what I needed instead of keeping the patch all one piece. If I were to do it again, I would probably replace the entire piece. Thanks for watching.

Thanks. I have it completely painted and re-assembled now. I'll be posting more videos about it. It turned out pretty sweet. Still looking for semi wheels though. Thanks for the positive feedback! Thanks for watching!

It's on the road, but it won't clear the rocks were crawling! Taking the white whale "Moaby Dick" for that!

Those are the small bedside patches. But I would replace the inners too.cheap n quick.

@@drumrooster hey I appreciate it, I'll have to look into the inners and figure out my 110 Chinese welder and give it a go

Thanks Marty! Got it all put back together now. I think it turned out pretty good.

That is correct

Thanks for joining us! More work coming soon!

Thanks for the view, hopefully we can keep you interested between the Offroad content, hot rod content and this dually!

It’s a 1984. cool thing to have one, they are becoming rare trucks!

That was a concern when building. My truck is a factory one ton which means it has a much larger frame and they tend to twist a lot less but the sliders being tied to the body as well as the frame actually completely eliminate the little frame flex that did exist before and I haven’t had any issues with it yet

Thanks for your concern, its been wheeled hard since and haven’t had any issues yet! A new custom flat bed is in the works and a frame back half so that will resolve any potential issues. Also suburbans are bad to the bone! Good luck!

@@saltysteelgarage5585 sweet. Good to know, I might do the same 🤘. Looking forward to seeing the build continue.

Yeah, hard to see the difference of the gearing in that clip but a doubler greatly increases the low range! 120:1 low range with the doubler and my axle gears compared to a 54:1 reduction with your set up. And these trucks are the best!

Thanks for the interest! They are 8” shackles that I built myself out of 2” wide strap and if I recall correctly 1/2” thick. The 8” is a center of hole to hole measurement and they are the perfect length in my opinion

Very true!

Thank you

Thank you very much!

Awesome. Good luck on the '79!

Thank you much

Awesome, thanks for your input, we’ve had nothing but success without using a fiberglass body filler but its definitely something to think about!

Thank you for your view! I’m glad you like it!

I just want to know why it's climbing Ricks

We love working with Grandpa, his knowledge is always welcome around us!

this one's a '78. Thanks