You can get some cheap lights from farm supply stores that are rubber mounted that take a lot of abuse for pretty cheap, $10 or so. I like the idea of trimming the fenders, just the cost of some blades or cutting discs.

 

Hockey pucks are bad to use as body mounts, in the cold they have the tendency to shatter under high stresses (trust me, i played hockey for 13 years)

 

But what if the wood is wolmanized?

 

A pair of lights? They help you see. And/Or the whiter white, brighter brites mod. My air horn doesn't help off roading put it sure gets attention if I need help or want to show off just before I lose control. Weatherstip to seal up the cab. It gets cold sometimes. A high lift jack, comealong, and jumper cables can be bought for less than $100. I second the recovery points. You never really know which end will end pointing up.

 

a tranny temp sensor for a auto, wont help, but will let you know before damage.

 

Old army ammo cans bolted to the bed make for great storage and can have a padlock welded to them. One cheap off road light for under the hood and one for backing up. Everyone needs a cb. Fire extingishers. With a welder you can attach d rings for a towing point.
Boy I could sure use the extra 20 hp that I would get for the racing strips.

 

chrome paint is good for adding power.

I'm all for stripping em down and selling the good parts. Now you have $300 to spend. Rear seats, radios, AC, stock spare tires, etc.

 

damn, you guys are funny, i just bought an 85 f250 4x4, that i'm turning into a mud racing truck,and i'm just taking it all in. keep up the good work.!!!

 

if you have $300, get hydro steering

 

are there any places besides surplus stores to ge tthe old ammo box's?? all the stores around here have been out of them for awhile

 

well, i know here at the local scrapyard, they used to, and im pretty sure they still do, have apile of ammo cans bout 20 feet tall, 20+ round. you might look and ask around. the condition my not be too good, but nothing a rattle can cant fix.

 

The one I go to still has a bunch. The next ones I'm getting are 20mm cans. They are around 4x6x18inchs high. They will be great for the chains and tow straps.

 

Yeah, in my storage shed. I keep tripping over them. Still, I have a ton of junk stored in them.

Chris

 

the surplus lot towards barnesville has a whole room filled with different sizes of ammo cans.... after finals we'll have to ride down

-cutts-

 

cool...do they have any rockwells or stuf fliek that there?