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| | | | Joined: Feb 2019 Posts: 87 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Feb 2019 Posts: 87 | | | | | | Joined: Dec 2001 Posts: 14,522 Moderator: Welcome Centre, Southern Bolters, Legion Hall | | Moderator: Welcome Centre, Southern Bolters, Legion Hall Joined: Dec 2001 Posts: 14,522 | Welcome to the Stovebolt. You can get answers to your questions in the garage forums......especially the BIG BOLT Forum. Great to have you with us. | | | | | Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 7,440 Bolter | | Bolter Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 7,440 | Welcome to the Stovebolt madness. There is no cure! Please be aware Photobucket is not the preferred photo hosting site for Stovebolt.com many of our members cannot see Photobucket links. We have our own image posting software (instructions are in the left margin of every page) or use a program like Imgur. 
Martin
'62 Chevy C-10 Stepside Shortbed (Restomod in progress)
'47 Chevy 3100 5 Window (long term project)
‘65 Chevy Biscayne (Emily)
‘39 Dodge Business Coupe (Clarence)
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| | | | | Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 3,441 Moderator - The Electrical Bay | | Moderator - The Electrical Bay Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 3,441 | Welcome to the 'bolt.
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| | | | | Joined: Dec 2015 Posts: 2,063 Big Bolt Forum Moderator | | Big Bolt Forum Moderator Joined: Dec 2015 Posts: 2,063 | welcome to the site! Looks like a fun truck! | | | | | Joined: Feb 2019 Posts: 87 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Feb 2019 Posts: 87 | Thanks guys. I'm getting to know the site, it's definatly different from any other forum I've been a part of. My wife has a 72 Chevy on tractor tires too so once I get my road worthy it should be a sight to see us tugging down the road!
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| | | | | Joined: Aug 2018 Posts: 221 Moderator, Great Lakes Bolters | | Moderator, Great Lakes Bolters Joined: Aug 2018 Posts: 221 | Pvmt-Pndr,
The truck looks pretty cool, and unique.
From another Michigander...Welcome...
--Tom | | | | | Joined: Feb 2019 Posts: 87 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Feb 2019 Posts: 87 | The main reason for getting my new truck is to pull my wife's mega truck and one day I'll build my own and I wanted a truck big enough to easily pull 2 big trucks or a large camper. Photobucket happenes to be where all of my pictures are for now, I'll change that soon. Here's a picture of her truck http://i1243.photobucket.com/albums/gg558/JOHN20011/20170722_201024_1.jpg
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| | | | | Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 2,987 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 2,987 | WHOA!!! That is one bad piece of equipment!
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| | | | | Joined: Feb 2019 Posts: 87 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Feb 2019 Posts: 87 | Yeah it's definatly a fun toy to have laying around. I sold my 3/4 ton Dodge with a cummins and the C60 is it's replacement. Once the C60 is done and her truck is back up to par I'll keep an eye out for another mud truck to start building for myself again. I was building a 52 Willys pickup on an econoline frame I cut down with a 460, C6, double triangulated 4 links front and rear... someone offered me a price I couldn't turn down. So I sold it before I got it done... still kicking myself for that one.
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| | | | | Joined: Jun 2011 Posts: 5,096 Crusing in the Passing Lane | | Crusing in the Passing Lane Joined: Jun 2011 Posts: 5,096 | Will the 4.88 gears you got be high enough? I have 4.33 in my two speed with 22.5's, still kind of low.
Ed
'37 GMC T-18 w/ DD 4-53T, RTO-610, 6231 aux., '95 GMC running gear, full disc brakes, power steering, 22.5 wheels and tires.
'47 GMC 1 ton w/ 302, NP-540, 4wd, full width Blazer front axle.
'54 GMC 630 w/ 503 gasser, 5 speed, ex fire truck, shortened WB 4', install 8' bed.
'55 GMC 370 w/270, 420 4 speed, grain, dump bed truck from ND. Works OK.
| | | | | Joined: Feb 2019 Posts: 87 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Feb 2019 Posts: 87 | Looking at a gear calculator 4:56 would be better but 4:88s are readily available ish. At 65 I figured I'd be around 2650 rpm with a top speed of over 78 mph at 3200 rpm, possibly more if I spin it faster. Anything has to be better then 6:50s. If I ever do swap a cummins in it with a nv4500 it will be limited to 3200 with the added OD transmission so it'll spin even slower then and I won't have to touch the gearing. I don't know what combo you're running but mine has a 427/5speed
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