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  1. butchman_3

    my first rat build

    sorry want to tell everyone thanks for the comments and all BUT due to blowing the trans out of my truck and then the engine letting go in my work car, had to sell off the project. didn't want to and i sold it way cheaper then i should have but, i sold it to a father and son that was going to...
  2. butchman_3

    Trailer Springs

    im going to try im setting mine up for the smaller trailer springs, they are 1200 pound rated but im taking some leafs out to soften the ride, but mine is going on a 29 chevy pick up. not much weight there in the build. but i kinda built my frame where if i dont like it, wont be too hard to cut...
  3. butchman_3

    my first rat build

    thanks everyone appreciate the votes of confidence, anxious to get back on it and get it finished, but im going to have my little helper here really soon, so once he is here, i can start back on it
  4. butchman_3

    my first rat build

    sorry for no updates sorry havent done any updates, after building the new bigfoot 21 chassis, the g/f has been in the hospital since dec. 9 with pregnancy complications, so everything is on hold till momma and lil man is fine. but while sitting in the hospital, been doing alot of thinking and...
  5. butchman_3

    my first rat build

    sorry no updates the rat got put on hold because of work, building another chassis for bigfoot and had to do a massive clean up of the shop for a magazine deal with pics and all, but the rat keeps whispering to me from under the tarp wanting to be worked on lol. working 2 jobs 7 days a week and...
  6. butchman_3

    A Simpler Time

    i remember this i remember this show from when i was real little, but those were the shows i miss the most.....http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8x9RaBcwpM
  7. butchman_3

    Some People's kids Rant

    times have changed im 36 and years ago i would give hitchhikers a ride without a second thought, even had some of them ask for my address and i would give it to them, and there were times i would get a letter or a thank you of some type from them, but now a days, there are way too many weirdos...
  8. butchman_3

    Not one, but 2 birthdays today!

    happy b-day happy b-day peeps, hope yall have a rusty one
  9. butchman_3

    All hope is out the window

    the legal system is a joke a buddy caught 2 17 year olds red handed breaking into his car, while parked in his car port, he snuck up and grabbed both of them. and these 2 had been doing break ins for a good 3 months over the summer. well the kids are considered "minors" and only get a slap on...
  10. butchman_3

    We done it

    the ramp the ramp was only 4 maybe 5 foot tall. they let people stand about 30 to 40 foot for the run up but after that it was all bigfoot employees and all that was allowed close to the ramp and jump area. as far as foot and stadium shows, there is whole big political and who owns what thing...
  11. butchman_3

    We done it

    alrighty peeps, had an AMAZING week end! one of my jobs is custom fabrication building full blown monster trucks. well this past week end at indianapolis indiana was the 4 wheel drive jamboree. one of the monster truck chassis' we built is the all new Bigfoot 18 Summit baja bodied truck. well...
  12. butchman_3

    my first rat build

    thanks magnum at first it was gonna be long cuz i was going to stretch the front out so i didnt loose any foot space in the cab from the trans, but after i sat abck and looked at it, i didnt like it, so i made a happy medium, only took 10" out of the firewall and going to have a bout a 4 to 6"...
  13. butchman_3

    my first rat build

    minor stuff got my radiator mounted in place, cut down my grill and had to cut the center bracing and split it to widen to fit around the radiator, cut the bed floor framing and cross members out and set the bed over the rear frame to get some ideas of the height i want, got my 9" placed and...
  14. butchman_3

    Chopped and Lowered Cummins 1950 Chevrolet

    is that heaven? all of the rods look sweet, and the shop and location would be a dream come true. all ya need is a pond to drown some worms in and id be set, and thanks for telling about the paint, going to try it out on my rat tires
  15. butchman_3

    my first rat build

    finally got time on it got my motor mounts done, used my dirt modified motor mounts, made things super easy, cut the firewall out some to cover over the trans, worked on the rear frame rails behind the cab, set the 9" to height, tacked the spring mounts in place, welded up 90% of the rear frame...
  16. butchman_3

    Capri drag car roll cage.

    sorry, yes ron ron the second pic is exactly what i was talking about, every dirt car/ drag car/ monster i have ever built i always added those bars, just in case of a roll over or a side shot in an accident, 2 more bars might add 3 maybe 4 pounds. granted, you can never anticipate an accident...
  17. butchman_3

    Capri drag car roll cage.

    looks great cage looks great, one thing i see and this is just my opinion, but the rear hoop directly behind the seats, might want to look at a tube to go from the corners at the top to the center of your mid bar that runs from side to side. only reason why i say that is for if some reason, if...
  18. butchman_3

    Heims

    see them i see them fail in the monsters on a regular basis, from the hits the steering and 4 links take, ive seen the actual heim shaft snap off inside the 4 links or inside or they snap at the end of the steering ram. as far as street cars, seen 1 split on a ladder bar set up, luckily the guy...
  19. butchman_3

    my first rat build

    not much done didnt get to work on it hardly at all, but here is a glimpse of what its gonna kinda look like, set everything together and getting ride height figured out
  20. butchman_3

    got this in a e-mail

    never fails from being on the fire dept, ive seen alot in my 14 years of service, it NEVER fails, the people that are drugged or drunk walk away from a accident or live through it where ive worked accidents that in reality not that violent and you will have fatalities. just glad he didnt take...
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