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  1. Derrick

    What have you done to your square lately??

    I just washed it and painted the spare rim
  2. Derrick

    Favorite tool brand?

    I skip right to the torch
  3. Derrick

    What am I looking at?

    100% i like being able to put more than a spare tire with a jack then wonder why do i have no room, Lb is the way to go if you are doing any sort of work with the truck i have 2003 with a regular bed not short nor long but i wish it was a long bed so many times have i had to put down the...
  4. Derrick

    Favorite tool brand?

    My preferred tool brands are snap-on and craftsmen for power tools I only have Milwaukee. as for welders I use Hobart and Miller for a cheap welder I would recommend everlast they seem of good quality and yes 3/6 tools I mentioned were originally from Wisconsin
  5. Derrick

    Old paint, total strip or sand, spray&pray?

    Wash the truck get all loose chips off then let it dry and sand it of if you are lazy take a wire wheel to it (wire wheel may take some metal with it but it fast. then get all the leavings of the sandpaper or wire wheel then i would put 2 coats of primer then put on the paint in as many coats as...
  6. Derrick

    Hi guys :)

    welcome :welcome:
  7. Derrick

    Finally stopped lurking

    Welcome looks like a good start
  8. Derrick

    Anyone seen these mirrors?

    i think i seen them on a local semi lol
  9. Derrick

    Best mud tire?

    go with some toyo open country they got grip in sand mud snow my brother has them on his 3500 and he has no problem when he goes off road
  10. Derrick

    Derrick's 2003 1500

    First things first the truck is a 2003 Chevy 1500 z71 LS it has a 5.3 and its a 4X4 limited slip. Now some back story, It was my fathers truck until he passed then it got passed to me. my father left it stock until he got a cold air intake. Now onto the build Since i got it i painted the bow-tie...
  11. Derrick

    I wasn't really a c10 fan...

    :welcome: I did not like square body my self till I drove one then it clicked and now I need one the. it is something about knowing that if you the plastic pos that hits you. it is totaled and all you need is a new bumper
  12. Derrick

    Want to change running gear fluid

    I use the cheapest oil that is recommended because i change my fluid and make sure they stay metal free "my gmt800 I go about 1k under engine oil recommended,500 for the rest if not a little more "for the motor i use a little more expensive stuff i like ams oil for that"
  13. Derrick

    Exhaust

    I don't think they do make one, but if you have the means here is a website that sells stainless steel tube just for custom exhaust http://stainlessworks.net/products/exhaust-builds/tubing
  14. Derrick

    New here from San Francisco bay area

    Welcome from Wisconsin :welcome:
  15. Derrick

    Patch panel welding

    I like due to the complexity of it and time to master and once you master it it is a nice skill
  16. Derrick

    New Guy IDAHO

    Welcome from Wisconsin:welcome:
  17. Derrick

    Patch panel welding

    I am starting to do training for pipe line welding and tig took probably over 500 hours to get as good as i am
  18. Derrick

    Patch panel welding

    being a welder by trade if you can you should use tig it is a lot more controlled and can weld thin metal (best for bodywork my favorite and most developed) mig can be used for thin to thick metal (also is ez) and stick is for outdoors thick and dirty metal (has learning curve would not use for...
  19. Derrick

    Difference between k and a c truck/maybe my first square body

    Thanks, i will switch rims and the truck will be more for going up to my family's land which is a old logging trail and maybe hauling a car trailer once in a while
  20. Derrick

    Difference between k and a c truck/maybe my first square body

    Thanks, i somehow missed this comment
  21. Derrick

    Difference between k and a c truck/maybe my first square body

    I don't know my 2003 Chevy 1500 with the 5.3 has full 3" and it does not have the best flow but what the hell I will try it if I get the truck if I don't like it I can always take it off
  22. Derrick

    Difference between k and a c truck/maybe my first square body

    Thanks
  23. Derrick

    Difference between k and a c truck/maybe my first square body

    Ok thanks, i will start with saying I have been looking around and other trucks in the area go for 3k with little rust then hopefully he counters with 4k
  24. Derrick

    Difference between k and a c truck/maybe my first square body

    what do you think a fair price is he wants 6k for it i am thinking more like 4k
  25. Derrick

    Difference between k and a c truck/maybe my first square body

    cool well i am getting off for the night i got school and work in the morning

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