Recent content by old_man

Personally, I run about 28psi in my 35x12.5x15s. 38psi sounds a bit high.

You don't live in Colorado.

If you are up that far in Montana, it would be a shame to not visit Glacier National Park.

Wrong. It takes more energy to move a heavier vehicle, no matter the vehicle type. You get some portion of that back on a long downhill, but going over rocks and boulders, regen doesn't have time to kick in.

I have been with Farmers for 40 years. They wrote me a $25,000 stated value for vehicle add ons for a VERY reasonable amount.

Over on NAXJA they put up a motion to change my login from old_man to crazy_old_man.

I am planning on being in the area. Since you are all filled up, I will probably hit one of my other favorite spots and just stop by and say hi.

My trailer build was for my city girl wife who refuses to sleep on the ground anymore. Now she complains about the fan noise on the heater when it is 80 inside and -20 outside. Go figure?

I completely loaded my Jeep and teardrop with all my contractor crap and I am driving back to Colorado at noon. Waahoo

I actually studied with Minor White back in the day. Love B&W.

I am finishing up my work contract in Arizona and I am heading back to Loveland in a couple of days. Looking forward to getting together with some of you. Heading back through Monument Valley and Moab. Hope to get some good pix.

There are parallels in almost any endeavor. I come from a rock crawling background. We have a saying, chrome don't get you home. You see people spend $60k on a vehicle and they strut around saying how good of a driver they are since they have all the fancy toys. In the 60's, being on ski...

Just a heads up for some of you. Lights under a vehicle are illegal in Colorado. They may not enforce it, but if you piss off the cop, it is one more ticket you can get.

I actually only had to swap the brake drums since they were integral with hub. The cost was around $100 and it took 10 minutes to swap them over. I am running 3500# axles so the drums were fairly readily available in my new lug pattern. This may not be true with the smaller axles. As for the...

I carry a hammer to check the tire pressure and use my hand to sense the heat. Old School