For building a house on top of a mountain...

[topherbecker]

Here you go Fernando.
http://bringatrailer.com/2013/01/02/1976-mercedes-benz-unimog-pickup/

 

[Stumpalama]

Ha ha! THAT is perfect! There are a couple others on ebay as well.
One of those and a few wagons and trailers and you could have your materials up there in a wheeling weekend. Add anothe $500 to feed the club and your good.

 

[TRFCSUX]

??

so...... we get to wheel there now ?

 

[Devilmans Hand]

sounds like an adventure if the 80 on 37's gets stuck.

 

[smtyblt]

Dont forget the 80' of head needed to perform this job.

 

[Stumpalama]

...still looking for head eh?

 

[hakalugi]

too funny.

wheeling - it's only and in and out and can be done in 15-20 minutes, so not enough terrain to keep you hardcore nuggets satisfied.

i can't imagine what chains would cost for that thing...

slightly relevant: https://forum.ih8mud.com/va-dc-md-capital-land-cruiser-club/679028-its-deja-vu-all-over-again.html

 

[Stumpalama]

Seems like you southernfolk need some schoolin' in the "snow wheelin".
Air down brother. At 12 psi on those 37's, the 80 is like a snowmobile on that stuff. Especially since it isn't 6' deep.
Oh yeah, nice spot ya lucky bastid.

 

[hakalugi]

stump, next time it snows you can join me. i air'd down to 15-16 psi the first time i got stuck. i went to 20, then 18, then 15-16 (it's an analog gauge). I was desparate, so i kept trying and trying. I got blasted for being alone already, but i'd been going there for 10 yrs, point is, I was the only truck with no winch, no chains with a 6yr and 4yr old with me; the idea of hiking out with them and having to call my wife to drive out to "pick us up" was not a call I wanted to make.

I even did the side to side steering wheel turn to get it to bite at all pressures. it's just over 42 degrees steep there. that's the problem. the road guy wants to put a switchback there, but the developer said no, and we're now thinking of asking for the 2 land owners how have a boundry there to grant us a new easement to put in a switch back.

i think the 1 new neighbor farther in got stuck this weekend. i notice footprints between the doulbetrack. i noticed when i was putting my front chains on, they were only going in 1 direction leaving. then counting the tire-tracks, we had an odd number (ie: he drove in and walked out) he's at the 5th hill, just as dark (and therefore not thawed as my nemesis, the 4th hill)

anyways, do come next time, maybe there is a secret and I'll buy food and beer if you can impart it

 

[Stumpalama]

I remember you telling the story at one of the meetings. I'm only half kidding. Snow is a weird thing; it's never quite the same each time you go out. Especially if you get freeze-thaw fall cycle or two. Chains on mud tires is definitely a good idea. AT's are much better in snow. Also, a center diff lock and the 7pin mod are a great combo in snow. Also, if you have on board air, it's a good idea to air down a few pounds, put the chains on and air back up to make them nice and tight. That way they won't slip around the tires.

 

[hakalugi]

ah, good call about airing down then back up to make them tight. i have a 'costco' air compressor via my 12V plug. takes about 80 min to take 3 tires from 20 to 35. so i use it only "when i have to"

true about AT's vs MT's. my neighbor, with a ford expedition with aftermarket GoodYear ATs made it out without the comealong 2 hrs later. granted it was my 6th time up/down (in, out, back in to take him the come along when he didn't answer my calls to tell him i needed chains, back out to flatten it, back in to work it over then back out to leave) so the snow was definitely broken up nicely at that point. still, i think i would have needed chains. i had all 3 lockers going.

he did use more speed than I do (i crawl up, he ran the gulley and shot up the far side) and the non-siped MT's i have (km2) may just plain suck in the snow.

 

[Stumpalama]

Practice makes perfect ;p
You might be in the market for some 35" ATs as a set of snow tire for winter trips to the cabin.
Speed, or should I say, paceis your friend on snowy up hills. I'll bet you have to watch out for glazing with the temperature fluxuations around those parts.

 

[Von Hayek]

For a set of snow tires, I would also consider a set of bona fide snow tires.

 

[Stumpalama]

The BFG AT's are fantastic in the snow. His truck would look like I truck on roller skates with true snow tires.

 

[Devilmans Hand]

^ True Icelandic Style

 

[hakalugi]

please tell me that's not like Gangnam style... no more, please.