Poor man's side by side

[awhelan]

I have a tracker like this myself, I put a set of 235 75 15's on it with snow chains on all four wheels. goes really well even with open diffs.
I cut a furnace oil tank open and unrolled it and welded it to the bottom of the frame from the front bumper right back to just ahead of the rear axle.
Best skid plate ever, the bottom is totally smooth and will slide over anything with a few trys.
This lasted 3 yrs of me and my buddies hammering on it in the bush. Its parked now because of a fuel leak and I suspect a sending unit problem as the tank is well smashed in.
Anybody got any ideas for a Cheap fuel cell or tank setup I can put in the back?

 

[MotorSeven]

Nice project! I was thinking of doing the same thing. Had a line on a tracker that had been sitting for a couple of years 4 miles down the road. Initiated contact ref selling it, but got busy and a few days went by, then I see it drive past the house, westbound & down. Yep, she sold it to someone else for $300.......ARGGGGGGGG!

 

[slowzuki]

I love this one I saw on agtalk a few years back.

 

[NS Gearhead]

I cut a furnace oil tank open and unrolled it and welded it to the bottom of the frame from the front bumper right back to just ahead of the rear axle.

Very cool idea! I may try that.

slowzuki those are awesome pics! I had thought about adding a dump like that... but I do like the idea of being able to bring the wife and kiddo at the same time. We'll see if that happens at all... and if not she may go under the knife and look more like those pics.

 

[merlynr]

Very cool idea! I may try that.

slowzuki those are awesome pics! I had thought about adding a dump like that... but I do like the idea of being able to bring the wife and kiddo at the same time. We'll see if that happens at all... and if not she may go under the knife and look more like those pics.

You mean the car right? lol New user and your diy project is nice for the $$. I bought a used Polaris Ranger a couple of years ago with no bells or whistles and it was $7k, but low hrs.

 

[Diamondpilot]

I have a tracker like this myself, I put a set of 235 75 15's on it with snow chains on all four wheels. goes really well even with open diffs.
I cut a furnace oil tank open and unrolled it and welded it to the bottom of the frame from the front bumper right back to just ahead of the rear axle.
Best skid plate ever, the bottom is totally smooth and will slide over anything with a few trys.
This lasted 3 yrs of me and my buddies hammering on it in the bush. Its parked now because of a fuel leak and I suspect a sending unit problem as the tank is well smashed in.
Anybody got any ideas for a Cheap fuel cell or tank setup I can put in the back?

Boat 6 gallon polly tank.

Chris

 

[NS Gearhead]

Eeek, lots of metal (ok, rot) gone


Haven't figgured out what to do with that cable... I think I know, but it isn't going to be as clean as I'd like


I was all set to order some wheel addapters so I could use these Jeep wheels and tires I've got




Not the most agressive, but we'll see. I may add chains to the rear.


Anyway, yes, I was gonna buy addapters... and they were gonna be $250, but I went to help a buddy move and spotted these CJ wheels


Nice bit of offset


Got 'em for $200.

 

[Redneck in training]

Your project brings up memories. I am originally from Czechoslovakia. When the commies were in power new cars were very expensive while old rusted beaters were quite cheap. Since I had a friend who fixed rusted cars for living I bought one of the beaters and worked on it with his help all winter in unheated barn. When it was done it was better than new because all the cavities that originally rusted from inside were rust proofed and painted.
The funny story is that when I brought the car to friend's barn to start working on it he sent me to find a nice sharp wooden post and told me to pound it to the floor of the barn. When I finished it I asked why we need that. He said: Your car is so rusty that we need to wire one of new fenders to the post and then start welding the rest of the car to it.

 

[dfkrug]

I love this one I saw on agtalk a few years back.

Oh, I really like that one! It even looks good. Guess I will have to post mine now.

(BTW, real nice pix, NSGEARHEAD. Hope you git er done.)

 

[Mendonsy]

I ended up behind a Tracker on the road a couple days ago. I was actually in really nice shape. The first thing I thought of was this thread.

 

[SPIKER]

I ended up behind a Tracker on the road a couple days ago. I was actually in really nice shape. The first thing I thought of was this thread.

LOL I was behind one today and thought same thing, only in Ohio it was rusted away pretty good and painted OD Green brush paint with Truck BED LINER ON ABOUT 1/2 no bumpers & rockers looked as bad as ones above prior to cutting out rust...

 

[sixdogs]

Great project and great thread.

 

[NS Gearhead]

Thank you sixdogs!

 

[Willie B]

Q: How do you double the value of a Hyundai? A: Fill the gas tank.
When I was a 30 year old I revived a jeep I had bought 14 years earlier. When I bought it it was a barn find 3 years old. An elderly lady bought it new parked it in the garage and never drove it. I drove it for years, loved it, but wear and rust forced me to take it off the road. I eventually spent what seemed a fortune to resurrect it. On my first trip to the general store for gas the owner not knowing its history said "18 gallons of gas. Are you sure it's worth the investment?" Seriously, it was well worth it! Years later I was given an Isusu, my son was 15, considering it expendable we had a grand time with it

 

[jimmyj]

Love the thread and great project! A guy up the road had been building off road vehicles from these trucks for years and they sure are fun. I love the mini trucks too I gotta say. Keep the pics coming!

 

[NS Gearhead]

Here's the wireing harness solution;








Getting there, but ran outta seam sealer... and wanted to finish that before moving on to the A pillar.


Looks like I gained 4" over the factory sills!

 

[Xfaxman]

Very clever! :thumbsup:

 

[sixdogs]

Great work and nice pics.

 

[gharms]

I enjoy this project!! Funny, I used to have a Geo Tracker 11 years ago. Maybe I should have kept it instead of trading it in...

 

[Agent Blue]

I purchased this 95 YJ for 600 dollars with a bad transmission. Sold the engine and bought a rebuilt 6 cylinder with transmission for four hundred difference. Took the body off the frame. Made new motor mounts ( 4 to 6 cyl ) and repaired the rear spring hangers on the frame. The six cylinder axles / drive shaft also came with the deal. Added a new radiator for a hundred and it is woods ready for a total of eleven hundred and change. My wife has the 1100 Kubota which costs 21 times more and I prefer the Jeep. Its faster, rides better, more clearance, and not afraid of " woods rash ". A hydraulic filter for the RTV costs more than minor repairs to the jeep. Thats my story from one extreme to the other.