Random pic thread.

Cleaning some guns after grilling some meat and made an impromptu photo shoot.

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I got a double Decker PB cracker instead of 2 stacked in the sleeve.
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Shreddinlettuce said:
With a 4:1 factor of safety
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Nah, it’s closer to 1.5:1. Source: I’ve witnessed a few boom trucks flipped during certification testing in my previous life. You’d be surprised at how flexible those chassis get with a heavily loaded boom at full side extension. I’ve seen individual tires 3-4 feet off the ground before they roll.
 
Ron said:
On the downside, you still drive a mazda...
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You're welcome to your opinion even when it's wrong.

Its still quite fun to drive
 
Andy J. said:
Nah, it’s closer to 1.5:1. Source: I’ve witnessed a few boom trucks flipped during certification testing in my previous life. You’d be surprised at how flexible those chassis get with a heavily loaded boom at full side extension. I’ve seen individual tires 3-4 feet off the ground before they roll.
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That's something I've never understood. I have no doubt the safety factor on the crane boom and hydraulics are mega, but the fact that it could be attached to a 10k pound F450 or a 40k pound triaxke flatbed and still use the same load chart makes no sense to me.
 
@StretchASU was man crush texting me yesterday evening while was building an AAM 11.5 rear diff. The topic of tools (no homo) came up as I was using some homemade/OG stuff to do the diff build.
Behold circa 1999 YJ shackles used for press spacers
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Then my fancy pinion holder so I can drive the outer bearing on. The threads are stripped in the all thread, so vise grips to the rescue.
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Nobody died and gears get broken in today 😉
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jeepinmatt said:
That's something I've never understood. I have no doubt the safety factor on the crane boom and hydraulics are mega, but the fact that it could be attached to a 10k pound F450 or a 40k pound triaxke flatbed and still use the same load chart makes no sense to me.
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Each one is designed to go on a certain gvwr chassis. # and size of outriggers is a critical factor as well. Every now and then some crazy customer comes along and puts one on a larger chassis than it was originally intended for, but usually because they don’t want to use outriggers and the larger chassis is needed for stability. They also fill up the blank spaces between the chassis rails with ballast in the form of steel plate. I always thought it was crazy to weld in 2000 lbs of steel lol. Most of the time they’d do it in the very back to also take some weight off of the front axle - seesaw-style.
 
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