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Nice! Looks like a grand adventure. Going solo, or are other OB'ers joining you?

Some more thoughts on the discussion here, and on the poll results so far. Street tires for offroading - Can you do it and get away with it? Yes, but just because you can doesn't mean you should. If you're sticking to graded FSR's or extremely light tracks, you can probably get away with it...

Absolutely, without a doubt, it's tires, even without a lift. Street tires are absolute garbage off road, while a good set of A/T or M/T tires will massively improve the vehicle's capability and resilience on off road terrain.

Your wife let you buy a more expensive truck accessory because it looked cooler? Sounds like a keeper! lol

I've seen similar boxes designed for contractors that at least in terms of form and function are very similar, but much heavier I'm sure as they're made of metal, and also not modular like this system.

Looking awesome! Some very nice additions to the rig. Those Leitner boxes are pretty slick, but kinda pricey. I imagine they're fairly light weight as well, though, which is a benefit vs similar boxes you can get.

I know this is a bit of an old topic, but it's so intriguing that I would love to see some kind of progress on it. I've moved to Alberta last year, so my ability to participate in this venture is significantly limited, however it just occurred to me that if such a track were ever created, it...

Congrats! The first strike is always the hardest to take :)

So, I had checked the transmission fluid after having the problem I had, but it was in direct sunlight and it was difficult to see exactly where the mark was - I thought it was okay, somewhere in the middle of the range between hot and cold. Well, I took the truck to the mechanic today, and...

I'm really curious what it is with mine. Everything functions just fine, goes in and out of 2wd, 4wd and 4lo just fine. Also, even though mine seemed to pass the basic test for chain slackness, I watched a video today of a guy whose NP231 was behaving exactly like mine, same sounds and...

Yeah, you've got a good point there! Could well be blessings in disguise. I do hope the transmission issue isn't a fatal or exceptionally expensive one. I was really hoping that input shaft sensor would do it, but for $40 it's not a big deal to have swapped in a new one. I think I will have to...

So I got the work done March 1st (most of it, more on that shortly) and I ended up saving a bundle, even with having to pay to have the front drive shaft lengthened at a drive shaft shop because I was a dummy and bought the wrong one. So there's no more horrid wheel bearing noise and the...

Got my parts today. It seems they sent what I ordered, and the parts themselves seem to be in good condition, which is more than I can say for the packaging lol. Luckily these are big chunky parts not easily damaged.

Rigged something up I've been mulling over for a while. I've wanted to integrate the CR-V table into the new rig somehow ever since I put the rack on, but I wasn't sure of the best way to do it. Finally it dawned on me that the wheelbarrow mounting brackets I've had kicking around for a couple...

There's always that one guy, honestly. You probably got the "Private Pyle" of the bunch. I would think that situation was the exception as far as dogs and cats go, the requirement is just a valid rabies certificate on both sides as far as I know, and the handful of times I took my dog to the USA...

That's pretty weird. I've been a border officer on the Canada side for 15 years, about 6.5 of those at a land crossing, and I've never heard of that happening.

I should specify this is speaking of Canada and the US.

So I got the CB all hooked up and it works, with the SWR being okay but not great. I suspect the biggest culprit is the old coax cable I'm using. It was on the CR-V previously, and when my father in law salvaged it for me, he nicked the sheathing on the cable. I taped up the spot, but that's...

Agree. Malinois are outstanding dogs, but you absolutely must be the BOSS when owning one of these, especially a retired police dog. They will need an owner who can be the alpha pack leader and who will give them "work" to do, and they'll be excellent companions, in my view, having known a...

Well that answers my question lol That's an amazing build! Is that thing SAS'd?