Added a patch or two, hung the tablet mount for the upcoming trip and wired the weboost antenna, charging station on the table. Almost ready to go. Need to check the bearings and some other stuff.
Zim
Borrowing from another forum (TW) is a contest weekly with the winner chosen by the previous winner. Photos must be taken within the week of the contest. The "Theme" of the contest is also chosen by the winner of the previous week. I don't want to hijack the other contest but this allows folks a...
Done with the cab lights. Now on to the trailer tongue jack motor. Leaving Texas on the 25th headed to Mark Twain National Forest. We'll be host down in the hills for a few months.
Zim
Most indipendent suspensions like this do have the piviot in front if it matters at all. This allows the trailer suspension to "slide" over obsticles rather than get "hung up" on them IE: rocks and logs in water crossings.
Having said that, this is a badass build.
Zim
I never posted a pic of my air chuck. I paid the Snapon Tool guy $48.00 a week for 12 years for this one. It's a good air chuck. If you squeeze the handle half way it lets the air out and pretty fast too. But as I said above I'm never in a hurry. I'm always looking around at the beautiful...
I hammered this out of some tin cans..................ah....................kidding. Bent some sheetmetal, welded up a dash mount which was almost impossible to bolt to the dash and bought some RAM mounts. Big on in the middle is for the ipad and smaller one is Garmin.
Zim
Heavy day Sunday. Track bar and drag link replacement on the F250, all 4 shocks. Truck rides out better now and hope to get the alignment done tomorrow.
Also finished the passenger side drawer and cubby hole. LOL
Zim
I got some wire to take car of too.
Z
Until you know your limitations I'd stay withing cell phone range and work out you rig, kitchen and family or friends. Once you've got a handle on everything, get whatever communication/mapping gear you feel comfortable with and hit the back country.
I've made hundreds of weekend trips to State...
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