IndianaJason
11-11-2007, 07:27 PM
I just recently joined this forum...and more recently purchased a Mini Truck this weekend. Been real busy "getting it ready"..
Its a 1993 Suzuki Carry 4x4 with dump bed. 60,000 km, 4 speed, Axle lock.
Very good to excellent condition inside and out. Picked it up for $5,100. I immediatly went to work on it. Sanded it down, painted it with Krylon flat camo paint., Painted the frame and under side with flat black rust preventive paint, sparayed in a "Plast-kote" flat black bed-liner... Added Nanco 23x6x12 Ag-Lug Tractor tires (600 pound rating per tire..... couldnt go with the atv type tires, they are over-loaded with the truck empty, and I'll be hauling firewood, and hopefully a monster buck out of the woods..) , the tires dont ride bad at all, even took it down the county road at 40+ mph, just a loud hum, no vibrations, and the tires work very, very well back in the woods... Also fabricated a very nice rear bumper and receiver for reese hitch - bolts right onto the pillars where the leaf-springs mount on the rear of the truck...anyone interested I could make you one, or provide you with a drawing so you can make your own..took about an hour and a half... I also purchased and added a 3-inch lift kit, then promptly removed it.. The CV Joints were at too much of an angle.. the kit I purchased is identical to all of the ones on eBay, and most of what I have seen advertised on here..I didnt need the lift anyway with the tires I put on..but the CV joint on the passenger side looked like it was max'd out...So I took it off and wont be recommending putting a lift on to anyone, problems waiting to happen..
The truck runs like a sewing machine, and sounds about as quiet. We took it out today after a big rain, went and checked deer stands. The truck is like a tank in low range, I'm so glad I didnt go with one without low range. I got around the woods, up and down hills and through the creeks with no problem.
I am adding a skid plate this week, and one of those spinning knobs on the steering wheel.
I posted before and after pictures of the truck in the member galleries and in my photo album.
Anyways, thats my introduction ..... Hello new friends....:)
Its a 1993 Suzuki Carry 4x4 with dump bed. 60,000 km, 4 speed, Axle lock.
Very good to excellent condition inside and out. Picked it up for $5,100. I immediatly went to work on it. Sanded it down, painted it with Krylon flat camo paint., Painted the frame and under side with flat black rust preventive paint, sparayed in a "Plast-kote" flat black bed-liner... Added Nanco 23x6x12 Ag-Lug Tractor tires (600 pound rating per tire..... couldnt go with the atv type tires, they are over-loaded with the truck empty, and I'll be hauling firewood, and hopefully a monster buck out of the woods..) , the tires dont ride bad at all, even took it down the county road at 40+ mph, just a loud hum, no vibrations, and the tires work very, very well back in the woods... Also fabricated a very nice rear bumper and receiver for reese hitch - bolts right onto the pillars where the leaf-springs mount on the rear of the truck...anyone interested I could make you one, or provide you with a drawing so you can make your own..took about an hour and a half... I also purchased and added a 3-inch lift kit, then promptly removed it.. The CV Joints were at too much of an angle.. the kit I purchased is identical to all of the ones on eBay, and most of what I have seen advertised on here..I didnt need the lift anyway with the tires I put on..but the CV joint on the passenger side looked like it was max'd out...So I took it off and wont be recommending putting a lift on to anyone, problems waiting to happen..
The truck runs like a sewing machine, and sounds about as quiet. We took it out today after a big rain, went and checked deer stands. The truck is like a tank in low range, I'm so glad I didnt go with one without low range. I got around the woods, up and down hills and through the creeks with no problem.
I am adding a skid plate this week, and one of those spinning knobs on the steering wheel.
I posted before and after pictures of the truck in the member galleries and in my photo album.
Anyways, thats my introduction ..... Hello new friends....:)