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@Dilldog Do you still work for CAT? In Spokane? I worked on quite a few 3512s out in the oilfields. I've also taken trucks into Western States when I worked for Track Utilities. The Cummins B series is the diesel equivalent of a Chevy small block. I have a few 6bts with everything from a VE...

I'm going to try to make it from N ID as long as the weather isn't too bad.

Still better than being at work though.

I currently work as the mobile mechanic for the International dealer in Spokane WA. A picture of my current office. I've worked on everything from diesels from the 1940s up to present in my life, both offroad and onroad stuff. Grew up logging and helping my dad fix his old equipment with...

I missed this, I'm sitting here getting caught up on paperwork from last week. Next month.

Heck yeah, but only engines bearing the last name of Rudolf Diesel need apply.

That's putting it mildly. Bet there were a few tears shed too on your part. DT466 is definitely a good engine until it got choked down with emissions. I see Maxxforce DTs with 200k miles or less on them now needing an inframe. And they had all their regularly scheduled maintenance. I picked...

Me too. The big trucks catching air off a dune is impressive.

I work on Internationals for a living. The wheels on that are hub piloted, 450-550 ft/lbs of torque. I've taken those lugnuts off with a Milwaukee 18 volt 1/2 impact and only ran into issues a couple of times, probably due to someone putting them on like the old Budd style and rattling them down...

Use this, it might be hard to get it installed in your dash though .

Thermopolis is on my list to do because of the dinosaurs. Might be this next summer with my youngest daughter, we did the MT Dinosaur Trail this last summer.

I love eastern MT and it has lots of roads to explore with little people. WY is also nice but it can be windy. Unfortunately it seems like lots of states are becoming controlled by the few big population centers in them.

Would love to see you up here, and your Travelall.:tonguewink:

My grandparents who mined gold in AK did when they had a good summer, of course this was back in the 70s and 80s. My grandfather always told me to take the ferry at least once in my lifetime from AK to WA.

Here's one. https://www.overlandtrailguides.com/post/pony-express-trail

Yesssss.

Waiting eagerly for your trip schedule for next year. Hope to join you on one of your longer trips. This last summer I had both my boys marry so time and money were both in short supply, mainly time.

I know because I go across the scales at the WA port of entry pretty much every day, sometimes multiple times a day. 22k lbs give or take a few hundred pounds, it's closer to 23k with all the ice and snow on it this last week.

Tuesday was Sherman pass coming back from Tonasket, Wednesday was Loup Loup pass coming back from Twisp. I am not looking forward to next week when the temps go up, I would much rather work and drive in single digit or below zero temps.

My work truck stuck at the prison in Airway Heights a few weeks ago. It found the bottom of a drifted over swale pretty quickly.