First trip after buying the truck was class VI roads in NH. Coming from IFS trucks front solid axle is a learning experience. Truck did awesome and went through everything effortlessly.
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Snow wheeling in VT/MA, km2’s suck in the snow
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Glad to see it is staying in the Mud family. Carter did a nice job on that truck. It is a great example of a “do-it-all” rig. Have fun with it!
Installed the cheap Chinese snorkel for the Instagram overland bonus point
After wheeling a little bit, decided I wanted to change the bumper and get a better winch so this past weekend I was able to get the 4x4labs bumper put together. My buddy did most of the work I was in charge of beer and grinding wheels I wish Luke would get better pictures of the bumper assembled in various stages, since every bumper on the internet is welded differently it is up to the owners “creativity” to get this s*** together. Overall it’s a solid bumper that looks great and gives the most amount of clearance. This particular one is set up for the Warn 8274.
Part 2, it took 7hrs to put this together.
Looks like Rowe Mtn. road. Did you try Devil's Pass or Volkswagen Hill while you were up here?
Not on this trip but I did it in my 4 runner
Went out on the first trip of the season to Anthricite Off-road park in PA. 80 did great but kissed a few trees on tight trails. After the trip I assessed the damage, looks like the autozone special p/s pump didn’t held up to the task, thankfully I still have the oem pump and the rebuild kit. The rear diff pinion seal needs to be replaced and the rear egr pipe broke off at the bottom driver side so I need to cap that. All and all it was a great weekend and the 80 did amazing.
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Great pics. That is some nice terrain