hey guys well after my idea of making my fourwheeler float on water pretty much failed before it got started i found this jeep cherokee on craigslist for $800 or a set of good tires. im wanting to get a set of rockwells eventually and swap them out under it since he did all this stuff to it while it still has stock axles . i've talked to him about it and he said the engine runs fine and has an extended rear drive shaft. NOTE: this jeep would only be for a toy to play in some mud and stuff so im not really concerned about the work craftsmanship thats already been done to it. my cousin has a welder and we could pretty much make everything needed for it work. plus it's only like 10min.s away from me so ill go and check it out first. thoughts?

http://atlanta.craigslist.org/atl/cto/1611576233.html

 

Get it hoe

 

i think im gonna. there will be no pontoons on it though

 

Hahah I was JUST going to say "get that hoe and put some like 54s on it and some gnarly pontoonsss

Are you sure? you could paint flames on them!
Shot down....

 

hahahaha i don't think the pontoons would ever hit the water. i do have like 4 cans of DSG paint so if i got it i may paint it the same color as my truck . the only problem im having is finding some cheap rockwells.

 

get it

 

Sounds like a good project to me

 

That looks like some XTREEEEME redneck engineering to me. I'd look it over with a fine tooth comb before making a decision.

 

haha Xtreeeeme, yeah i'll be checking it over really good before i buy it but remember i'm not making it street legal so it doesn't exactly have to be too safe .

 

this thing is a joke... personally id save my cash... but to each his own

 

well its meant to be just a toy for offroading, and its a good start to building it up big from what i can tell.

 

Toys that break all the time are not much fun.

That's the kind of rig that will break something just going down your driveway, so I would not count on it to do much offroading.

IMO, a tow strap, a winch and a buddy with a reliable vehicle will be necessary if you try to offroad that thing.

 

ha i don't think you are understanding all it is is a starting point, it's still got a pretty good ways before i would take it through some serious stuff.

 

I'm not sure you will get any off-roading done in that other than maybe a gravel road at <15 speeds. You pull up on any rock bigger than 2 ft tall and your going to roll it.

My forewarning is, your getting yourself into a mess with something like that unless you know what your doing. First of all cherokees are uni-body meaning its weak as crap. You will twist so easily it's not funny. If you want rockwells I have a feeling your gonna want another engine, the inline 6 is a great engine but not made to move 1 ton axles. Also with tons your gonna need to setup a custom suspension which would probably mean 4 link front and rear, unless you want to pay a shop to do it.

It's up to you, but I bet you have a lot of money and time tied up in it before its all said an done if your carry out your plans. I just sold a grand cherokee that I was going to fix up for rock crawling. Decided I would waist way to much money to do it, and I wasn't even going as big as you were. I will just stick to my yj for now. 39s and a belly height of only 18" does me pretty good.

 

alright so it would be more less just a mud truck, no really big rocks around here but a lot of mud. yeah i know its a unibody but i've seen unibodies renforced or would it still not work so well. oh and btw i'm not so well educated on big lifted solid axle trucks. i thought even almost the smallest engines would be able to turn the 2.5tons because of their low gearing? would a Dana 60 or another smaller axle geared low work better for this since i would only be running a 47in. tire or so. the suspension we could do. idk i guess i still have a lot to think about.