What did you do to your truck today?
I love cruising through the "what did you do to your camper today" thread, I figured I'd add a "what did you do to your truck today". I'm sure that many of you are like me....and your truck that yo...
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Did my lower StableLoad installation today. We had nearly 100 degree temps in Portland, so I started early. Headed over to the rental store around the corner from my house to rent a mag drill for $45/day. I had this cockamamie idea that I would be able to use it to drill my holes while under the truck. The drill fit under there ok, but it weighed at least 80 lbs and was near impossible to move into position. I took it back and got a standard Milwaukee 1/2" drill motor.
Took me about 45 minutes to drill all four holes using an old trolley-style floor jack to provide upward pressure on the back of the Milwaukee.
That part went a lot easier than anticipated. It was getting the bolts installed that slide down through the top of the overload leaf into the freshly-drilled holes that was the hard part. Torklift says use a crowbar to pry the overload leaf open enough to provide enough clearance to put the bolt through there, but I ended up using my 7 foot steel digging bar with a flat blade instead. My truck has been lifted, so I imagine that the bottom overloads hug the rest of the leaf pack a little more closely than a stock installation. I really had to reef on that thing to get that part done.
The rest of the job was easy by comparison, but all in all, it was an intermediate-level job that went off without a hitch - except for the wasted cash on the mag drill rental.
I will post a test drive report in another discussion when I get to that point.
Took me about 45 minutes to drill all four holes using an old trolley-style floor jack to provide upward pressure on the back of the Milwaukee.
That part went a lot easier than anticipated. It was getting the bolts installed that slide down through the top of the overload leaf into the freshly-drilled holes that was the hard part. Torklift says use a crowbar to pry the overload leaf open enough to provide enough clearance to put the bolt through there, but I ended up using my 7 foot steel digging bar with a flat blade instead. My truck has been lifted, so I imagine that the bottom overloads hug the rest of the leaf pack a little more closely than a stock installation. I really had to reef on that thing to get that part done.
The rest of the job was easy by comparison, but all in all, it was an intermediate-level job that went off without a hitch - except for the wasted cash on the mag drill rental.
I will post a test drive report in another discussion when I get to that point.
