I usually post in my local chapter, but thought some of you would like to see what I've been up to on the monster truck.

It now has a ladder frame to give it some tire clearance. The 66s caused a lot of problems and I've been sorting them out, one by one. I put one of my retro winch bumpers on the front of it to replace the original Warn bumper that was twisted and broken.

The front axle was rotated up for a better pinion angle, but that destroyed the castor in the process. With the big tires on there, it wouldn't turn. So the pinion angle was lowered back down and some pump modifications were made. Now it steers like it should.

I also cut the nuts off the truck with the taller tires. I needed more gearing to make it run again. I installed a second T-case behind the first one and got my final drive ratio from 8.70:1 up to 10.56:1.

It's coming along, but I still have work to do.





This is NOT a body lift! I actually took the body lift out. The body bolts down tight to the body mounts that were raised up on the now 20" thick frame.







....and we have a way to get it around, too. It'll work for now until I can find something heavier duty.



At least now it's useful and it's starting to pay me money back with displays and events. It's a blast to drive, too!





It's even running good enough to do parades now!

 

Love these old trucks on 66's! Keep the pics coming.

 

Well here are some outa my stash. Some of these were back in the day with the "small" tires, at a car show/FTE G2G.

I will say this, Alan has worked his butt off making that truck what it is now.

 

Neat pictures, Rich!

 

Yes it was a very cool day, that day and any others that involve an "Earthquake".

 

My daughter and her friend sitting in Earthquake.

 

You people need help!

 

I HAVE been told that before. .....many times.

 

I know, I know .. I can tell.. ha ha

 

EARTHQUAKE is looking like it's coming together quite nicely. Can't wait to see more progress on this awesome machine.

 

Well, a little update. I broke it today. .....twice. First I got it hung up on the white car, then I broke the coupler in between the transfer cases. I fixed that, then I'm pretty sure I broke the axle. .....I actually think the axle was broken before this. It wa pushing the cars instead of climbing them. .....That means I did a car crush in 2wd. Not bad.

 

I'm sorry for your loss. Our thoughts are with you in this difficult time.

 

Car crush in 2wd, now thats built ford tough!! Nice work on the upgradestoo. I'm a big fan Alan would still like to see it sometime, so if you're ever in Iowa you got to let me know.

Jeff

 

Thanks. Jeff. You never know. Maybe this will be my ride truck when I'm rich and famous in the Monster X tour.