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[Godwin]

A little over a year of ownership with this 80, a lot of work put into it, and I'm putting it to use. This week was hauling canoes for a couple of days of river work on the Calvert Prong of the Locust Fork in the Upper Black Warrior River in NW Alabama. A few pics but none of the more gnarly white water sections.

 

[PNWTreeOctopus]

Canoe action this week on the Little Warrior River and Calvert Prong this week.

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Ok, really curious about the abs pipes lashed to your centar thwart in the second picture. Is this a DIY sponson for stability? You have mentioned pulling turtle traps, is this to help give you some stability when recovering traps or some other gear? Or is it some other research/ collection tool? I'm enjoying the intersection of paddling and Land Cruisers here!

 

[Godwin]

Ok, really curious about the abs pipes lashed to your centar thwart in the second picture. Is this a DIY sponson for stability? You have mentioned pulling turtle traps, is this to help give you some stability when recovering traps or some other gear? Or is it some other research/ collection tool? I'm enjoying the intersection of paddling and Land Cruisers here!

The PVC booms are part of a portable water filtration system to collect environmental DNA (eDNA) samples. At the end of the booms are a filters connected to tubing that runs back to a 12v peristaltic pump (brand is Geotech) and I set this up, filter a pair of water samples, partially break down the system and move to the next. Collection of eDNA is to survey for the presence of rare aquatic species and the canoe and portable pump system allowing covering a few miles of remote access water in a day. Not often (not often enough) are Land Cruiser capabilities needed to reach some remote access point on a stream, but sometimes the access is down a rocky road, muddy track or just a trail through the woods.

 

[PNWTreeOctopus]

The PVC booms are part of a portable water filtration system to collect environmental DNA (eDNA) samples. At the end of the booms are a filters connected to tubing that runs back to a 12v peristaltic pump (brand is Geotech) and I set this up, filter a pair of water samples, partially break down the system and move to the next. Collection of eDNA is to survey for the presence of rare aquatic species and the canoe and portable pump system allowing covering a few miles of remote access water in a day. Not often (not often enough) are Land Cruiser capabilities needed to reach some remote access point on a stream, but sometimes the access is down a rocky road, muddy track or just a trail through the woods.

Ok That makes a lot of sense. I was trying reconcile the need for stability and the sweet little whitewater section you obvious ran to get to your sample area. I was thinking "If @Godwin can confidently run that section solo without much/any floatation loaded with a boat full of collection gear, it's probably not some odd sponson system for him, but for some poor graduate student that is in way over their head!" Thanks for explaining!

 

[Godwin]

Several weeks back the alternator on my 80 quit. While swapping out the alternator I discovered a coolant leak where the hard pipe is bolted to the head. The PO had the head gasket replaced by a shop in Colorado, Nomad Cruisers based on paperwork I've seen. This was just one more example of crappy work because when the head was reassembled this coolant pipe was reattached to the head. This pipe is to be secured to the head with two studs and nuts, not one stud and nut and a bolt that bottoms out and fails to securely clamp the pipe and gasket to the head. Fixed that yesterday. Couple of photos of crusty coolant on the base of the coolant pipe and where it had accumulated on the upper alternator mount. Alternator and mount had to be removed to access the lower stud (bolt). With only 1/2 clampage on this mount resulted in coolant leakage.

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Two months later, no coolant loss.

 

[Old Nick]

Two months later, no coolant loss.

I'm jealous that your work is outside so dang much. BTW, are you and @cruiserinsanity coming to the ACC meet-up on the first weekend in May? It would be very nice to see you two.

 

[cruiserinsanity]

I'm jealous that your work is outside so dang much. BTW, are you and @cruiserinsanity coming to the ACC meet-up on the first weekend in May? It would be very nice to see you two.

I will hopefully be camping in Oregon the first weekend of May, so I unfortunately wouldn’t be able to make it. I haven’t found the thread for it, could you link it please?

 

[Old Nick]

I will hopefully be camping in Oregon the first weekend of May, so I unfortunately wouldn’t be able to make it. I haven’t found the thread for it, could you link it please?

I don't have a link, just info from @BMThiker

Happy camping out West!

 

[thatcabledude]

I don't have a link, just info from @BMThiker

Happy camping out West!

Been meaning to ask him about that since there wasn’t a thread

 

[cruiserinsanity]

I don't have a link, just info from @BMThiker

Happy camping out West!

Thank you sir, I will try!

Been meaning to ask him about that since there wasn’t a thread

I actually mentioned that you my dad earlier today. If it wasn’t the first weekend I would definitely be there, but the camping trip is almost free for me, so I can’t turn an opportunity down.

 

[BMThiker]

I'm behind on posting and planning anything but it's still in Choccolocco and the first weekend of May.