L14 Adding color to exterior chassis features, Leviathan 4x4 Overlander project.

[@stephengirling7859]

With the state of the world today I think you've made a wise decision in your choice of build. Fascinating seeing it come together. Great engineering.

[@BuilderCreator]

My thoughts exactly! When the woke mob takes away my living I can head for the hills!

[@stephengirling7859]

@@BuilderCreator There will soon come a time when them/they are referred to as was/were. Keep up the fabulous work.

[@andrewfalenski6583]

If you ever need to use the winch from the front, you can always pay out the cable and route it under the vehicle to the front and use the winch that way. If you decide to do something like this I recommend welding a mount on the center bottom of the front bumper to mount a shackle that you can route the cable through as a fairlead.

[@BuilderCreator]

I have been thinking through this same scenario. Possibly a wide pulley with a built in fairlead that plugs into the receiver. There will also be a "chin roller" (video coming) at the front bumper to protect the fiberglass "boat hull" body work on the lower side of the cab, like you used to see on old WWII half tracks. This would act as a second fairlead should you have to attach the cable high.

[@lvn968]

Great idea those dropcolumns ! Very handy to have all these extra storage and 4 airhoses on each corner. Now you just have to go rough when you go and explore 'the World' !

[@micaelantunes7055]

Amazing how confident you are on the fact that this huge thing will float :-D. You probably dis a ton of calculations , but you sir make it look so easy.

[@BuilderCreator]

Getting it to float will be the easy part . . keeping it from sinking is the tricky part. Ha!

[@anomamos9095]

Tips. When building an off road vehicle. The further off road and the further away from civilisation the vehicle will go the more generic and redundant you want it to be. You want things like brake and fuel lines to be well protected from impacts with stones and branches and junk that may get flung up into them. You also want to avoid them collecting mud and small stones and sand that will rust out something or puncture the lines. Avoid putting them in places where they can get cut or damage if something else fails. You also will want to build in solid toeing, tie down and jacking points at all four corners and in front of and behind each wheel and in between these places. Winches just one winch at the front may be enough if there’s more than one vehicle on the trip but if you’re solo you will want two or the ability to move the winch from front to back or even away from the vehicle. You will want snatch blocks and a come along also and a sand anchor with rock wedge capability. Avoid exotic and custom parts in any component that can leave you stranded.

[@BuilderCreator]

Here lies the key reason I went with the Silverado chassis rather than a Unimog.

[@dave5833]

That’s good to know. Thanks

[@eddjordan2399]

you should pant the insides of those compartments and also drill some drain holes. looking mint dude

[@BuilderCreator]

They do have drain holes, but no pants yet. Running naked for now!

[@myopinion69420]

nice work! A few notes: Make sure the winch is isolatable in a locked location, there has been a few instances in my area of people wrapping the cable around the car and shorting the winch on, essentially crushing the vehicle when its un-attended. You may want to look into dyneema rope, swapped to it on my winch and will never look back, so much easier to handle, so much lighter and (at least for me) so much easier to repair. its also safer as it tends to just fall to the ground when it snaps instead to slicing people in half... The rear mounted winch make sense, particulery for an RV

[@BuilderCreator]

Yeah! I will probably replace the cable with a synthetic once it's on the road and my money is not all going to building materials. Ha!

[@myopinion69420]

@@BuilderCreator I never had any trouble with the generic stuff off ebay. even dead dragged a fully loaded 60 series landcruiser up a rocky hill with it without damage. the only thing that damaged it was accidently hitting it with the chainsaw after dragging a tree out of the ground.

[@Fl3uv3]

Have a good week!

[@GamingDad63]

Impressive :) And following every episode, on both this and the Arete Supercar.

[@BuilderCreator]

Thanks, you are the type of viewer that gives the algorithm the goad!

[@benpease4497]

Looks like it's coming along nicely!

[@54mgtf22]

Love your work 👍

[@BuilderCreator]

Thanks, I can always count on you for a view!

[@54mgtf22]

@@BuilderCreator Thank you for providing quality viewing.

[@SirFlibbertyJibbit]

Awesome project. Hope it works out well. Very interesting to see so far.

[@danielbeeson3050]

Im sure Jay Leno would love to see it when you are done!

[@BuilderCreator]

And I would love to be on his program; if for nothing more than to thank him for being one of the few collectors willing to share the love and history of automobiles, rather than hide them away.

[@gregtaylor6146]

That's your WIFE .....Daughter surely??? 😄 Lovely to experience a success once in a while, top work Sir.

[@BuilderCreator]

Thanks for this comment. I was happy to pass on the ego inflation to my wife. She deserves it more than I.

[@gregtaylor6146]

@@BuilderCreator - ...... as any true gentleman would. Regards.

[@aarondcmedia9585]

That raptor coat colour goes really well with the wheel colour. Great to see. Hope things are starting to look up.

[@BuilderCreator]

Exactly! I will be matching the wheel color for the bulk of the body. Using the chocolate brown for accents and around the cab side windows.

[@aarondcmedia9585]

@@BuilderCreator epic. Very desert camo! Can't wait to see the evolution.

[@josephdavis2427]

UPOL makes great stuff.

[@nahom1318]

Looking great!

[@chewdoobautomotivedetailtm2883]

♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️ Good day godbless

[@bobbyrowland6577]

Try Googling locking shrader valve chuck

[@ToolsOutsideTheBox]

Talk to your local CMV truck and trailer parts supplier for them valve stem connections.

[@scottwhite2379]

I have always installed my atv winches in the back . Witching from the front is hard on front end parts, blocks cooling, as weight to steering effort, makes towing other dead wheelers a pain as you have to run the cable underneath the bike.

[@fax182]

Is the winch connected to the subframe only by these little 4 bolts on the box? In my opinion the winch should be connected directly to the main frame

[@BuilderCreator]

No, six more (larger) bolts on the bottom and back. The camera just wouldn't fit in the 2 inches behind it!

[@More_Row]

Neat

[@alastairrundall2175]

How are you going to get up a steep gradient if you need to pull yourself up. Perhaps a winch at the front as well.

[@BuilderCreator]

As I said, if its that steep perhaps you shouldn't be going that route? Plus there will be a "boat hull" style chin on the front, making the winch placement a problem.

[@weedletrainer34]

Double check the shear strength values on those stainless bolts you used for the winch cradle. They look to be 5/16 or 3/8? Not sure if you’ll have much factor of safety in there although that may be the same size fastener the winch calls for. Just worried with such a large vehicle, a good yank could cause some problems.

[@BuilderCreator]

Sorry, I didn't show the 4 larger bolts on the bottom and 2 on the back. No room for a camera back there.

[@bryanford1139]

Locking Schrader chuck = Harbor Freight

[@DavidGuyton]

Drop columns??? Those are clearly hangy-doodles.

[@BuilderCreator]

Sorry, I'm new to this and haven't gotten my fabricators bible/dictionary yet.

[@nochan99]

I am missing the bottle opener in your column!

[@BuilderCreator]

Mounted to the hammock arm!

[@jarnosaarinen4583]

whathappened2thecar?

[@BuilderCreator]

I see you are subscribed to the channel, if you have notification turned on you should be getting notified of Arete Supercar videos as well.

[@aeris-mo]

Maybe you need more screws...

[@scottbaxendale323]

You lost me when you quit working on the super car. Finish one project first. I’ve spent my entire life dealing with folks who don’t finish big projects and bail when it’s 80% complete.

[@BuilderCreator]

Sorry we lost you, but building a business is more important than focusing on any single project for the public viewing pleasure. The Arete project has not been abandoned and is still under construction. In fact there have been some great forward advancements and videos are coming. I have just stopped putting out small boring videos and try to create a little more rounded (polished) videos. In short I am not a KZbinr, but a prototype developer who happens to share the craft on KZbin.

[@scottbaxendale323]

@@BuilderCreator I was hooked into the supercar videos. I understand building a business and I also understand that creating content for KZbin is a relentless proposition. As interesting as I find the Supercar project I find the leviathan project just as boring. Maybe it’s because I was so hooked on your car project?I don’t know? Perhaps I’ll come back when you get back on the car?

[@BuilderCreator]

@@scottbaxendale323 Fair enough. If you subscribe, notifications with the Axx numbering (playlist schedule) means it will be an Arete video. Should have one up next week!

[@scottbaxendale323]

@@BuilderCreator I mean after all, you are the Bob Ross of car building.