5 ton crew build

[CrappiePoint]

Well guys I finally got all the rot pulled off, cross joists painted and ready to put the new floor in. I had to cut the door supports flush with the cab inner tube because of the rust. I added in a piece of angle 2” 14 ga angle for the floor to sit on and when I get the floor in I will add another on top to sandwich it in and strengthen the lateral load. When I tie the top together this will help as well. There aren’t enough curse words to express the effort involved in removing spot welds!!! Finally laying some floor tomorrow!!

 

[th3v3rn]

Well guys I finally got all the rot pulled off, cross joists painted and ready to put the new floor in. I had to cut the door supports flush with the cab inner tube because of the rust. I added in a piece of angle 2” 14 ga angle for the floor to sit on and when I get the floor in I will add another on top to sandwich it in and strengthen the later load. When I tie the top together this will help as well. There aren’t enough curse words to express the effort involved in removing spot welds!!! Finally laying some floor tomorrow!!

Are you planning on welding from the underside or plug welding through the the top of the floor?

 

[CrappiePoint]

You got it !! Plug welds. I’m not showing the under side welds for a reason lol.

 

[CrappiePoint]

Sorry bout the delay I have been cutting the door jambs off the donor cab and cutting them up. There are some tricky measurements reusing the door jambs so there has been lots of “butt scratching” to coin a phrase. I will follow up with the solutions and some detailed pics in a couple of days. It’s going to be pretty cool tho.

 

[CrappiePoint]

Tough sledding the last couple of days, but I did get the first piece of floor welded in. Since my harbor freight hole punch won’t punch 14ga I had to get creative with the drill press. I have the first door jamb sitting up there to see where I will land the opening. I added almost a foot and a half to the length of the rear section to “ make way” for something cool. More to come

 

[th3v3rn]

Tough sledding the last couple of days, but I did get the first piece of floor welded in. Since my harbor freight hole punch won’t punch 14ga I had to get creative with the drill press. I have the first door jamb sitting up there to see where I will land the opening. I added almost a foot and a half to the length of the rear section to “ make way” for something cool. More to come

Is that a steelit type paint that is weldable? Was thinking it was just Rust-Oleum.

Finally got the rear cab off. That was frustrating. Having steel delivered tomorrow. Cross member should be here Friday.

 

[CrappiePoint]

Good eye. The sides are regular primer and the middle will be weld thru. The local automotive stores did not have any so the spots were drilled thru the 14ga into the crossmembers. I went to the paint store and got weld thru. Yes that back wall is hard to get off without tearing it up.

 

[CrappiePoint]

Finally found some weld thru primer and got the floor welded in. The back wall needs some work to line up with the door jambs (vertically) but it’s really coming together.

 

[th3v3rn]

Finally found some weld thru primer and got the floor welded in. The back wall needs some work to line up with the door jambs (vertically) but it’s really coming together.

Wish I was at your point hah. You get add now!
I have been doing videos if interested but I didn't think it is going to be as clean as your build.

 

[CrappiePoint]

Funny. I’m editing mine as we speak. Thanks for the link. I’ll share mine in a few weeks.

 

[swiss]

popcorn

looks great

 

[th3v3rn]

Funny. I’m editing mine as we speak. Thanks for the link. I’ll share mine in a few weeks.

Oh awesome, can't wait to see it!

 

[CrappiePoint]

Yours looks good!!

 

[Bill Nutting]

I love what you’re doing. I would settle for adding 6 inches to my cab. I squeezed air ride seats in mine. They fit but there is very little clearance behind the seats. Can anyone explain to me why these cabs are so small?

 

[Mullaney]

I love what you’re doing. I would settle for adding 6 inches to my cab. I squeezed air ride seats in mine. They fit but there is very little clearance behind the seats. Can anyone explain to me why these cabs are so small?

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Wirey, Slim, 18/19 year olds.
They haven't grown up and spread out like the rest of us...

 

[US6x4]

Can anyone explain to me why these cabs are so small?

I also wonder about this especially with these being designed AFTER we had the 7.5 ton Mack NO with its massive cab.

That being said, I like the proportions of a small cab with a massive hood!

 

[CrappiePoint]

I love what you’re doing. I would settle for adding 6 inches to my cab. I squeezed air ride seats in mine. They fit but there is very little clearance behind the seats. Can anyone explain to me why these cabs are so small?

Engineers were building for UmpaLumpas?!

 

[CrappiePoint]

Hey guys. I got the passenger side floor cut to size, trans door cut in , and drilled for plug welds. I will get it welded in tomorrow. OH! I also got the fender bolts cut out of the old floor, turned off the 16 ga on the lathe, and ran a die down the threads.

 

[CrappiePoint]

Fender bolts

 

[th3v3rn]

Fender bolts

What are you building from? A2 it A1? At the risk of sounding ignorant why the trans door? Sounds like the fender bolts were in your old floor that you are re doing? They don't look familiar