Builds Project Snowball ❄️ 85 FJ60 Cummins 4BT/ HX-30 SUPER/ NV4500/ SOA (4 Viewers)

[Hojack]

I’ve been on call for work this weekend. Yesterday was an 8 hr day and then went to friends to help with their roof.
Today was hot with a heat advisory. Since I figured I’d have emergency service went into work and worked on the 60 waiting for calls. Thankfully I only had 2 calls, one a septicissue and the other a leak in a house, luckily we don’t do either so had time to wire the front and rear LED lights in the bumper.

Used butt connectors with a heat shrink splice tube over all the connections.

Ran power off the starter solenoid to a fuse holder. Ran 3 conductor wire into the 60, one for power feed with one for front and the other for back LED lights.

Trying to keep the factory look so decided to mount the toggle switches on right side of steering wheel. Left is front and right is rear LED light.

Ran the wire down the drivers side to stay away from the exhaust pipe.

Put in a 5amp fuse and there’s front and rear working lights

 

[The Phoenician]

Do you have a model number for those shocks?

 

[Hojack]

Do you have a model number for those shocks?

Now you’ve got a mod idea
They are the Bilstein 7100 with reservoirs
I’ll have to get you the valving

Short flick my son made

 

[The Phoenician]

Soon he'll have his own YouTube channel.

I've had this mod idea for a while. The current shocks on there are almost fully extended once I have the airbags filled.

 

[Hojack]

HX30W SUPER Holset turbo showed up this evening.

Holset Genuine Holset Super HX30W for 4bt Cummins

Holset Super HX30W turbo for 4bt Cummins, 46mm compressor, 6cm exhaust housing, genuine holset, hx30 super, genuine holset

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Holset HX30 Super accessories

 

[SkiLyft]

Ahh yeah!! Stoked to see this bad boy mounted!

 

[Hojack]

Passed on SAS4 this year as I wanted to get both Travis and my septic installed at our properties.
Awaiting septic inspection this morning at the Crater Lake property. I had some time to update the thread.

Loaded up my gear and headed into work to loadup and head to pickup septic material from HD Fowler in Redmond, Oregon. My buddy Rob is the manager there and got me his cost for material on both Travis and my septic system.

The drive to the property is 244 miles from my house. I love Central Oregon.
Mt. Jefferson 10,495’ from the Warm Springs Indian Reservation.

101F in the parking lot in Redmond. The employees wonder how I’m going to fit 450’ of EZ Flow septic on the trailer???

Well this is how you do it
2 HR drive to property from Redmond.

Arrived at the property without a hitch. Started unloading. That night was solo so slept on my thermorest mattress under the stars.

 

[Hojack]

Worked last Saturday cutting and clearing trees for my septic tank.

Hole needed to be 80”W x 110” L and 70” D to fit the tank.

Used the red pumice soil I dug out for a nice red dirt road into the property.

 

[Hojack]

My buddy Travis got to the property that evening so it was time to install his well pump so he could have water.

After installing the pump we took a short drive out to the Klamath Marsh to watch the sunset and moon rise.

Mt. Scott on the rim of Crater Lake and Mt. Thielson to the north.

Running water Sunday morning

 

[Hojack]

After digging the septic holes went exploring on the east side of the Klamath Marsh.

Upper Williamson River crossing off FSRD90
Found a nice location to go shooting.

 

[Hojack]

Monday morning the septic tanks were delivered and installed.

After setting the tank had to clear out the area for the drain field.

Worked late into the evening trenching and laying pipe.

 

[SkiLyft]

Worked late into the evening trenching and laying pipe.

That’s what HE said... lol

Wow, things are coming together!

 

[Hojack]

Tuesday we worked on finishing my septic system.

Had a bucket of cold well water at the handpump to wash up. My buddy Travis went to clean up and found a chipmunk had fallen into the bucket. We pulled it out as it had shock and hypothermia. We got it warmed up and some granola. It finally was able to scurry back into the woods.

System finished up and ready for inspection and cover later in the week.

 

[Hojack]

Wednesday started work on Travis lot. His system was in taller trees which was more of a challenge but we learned a lot from doing my system.

That afternoon was hot so we took a break. Fell asleep for a couple hours and woke up to rumbles of thunder. Went out and worked a couple more hours when a black cloud was seen moving toward. We cleaned up as the wind picked up and were hit by a monster hailstorm.

It was mid 80s but the storm dropped the temperature into the low 40s with wild winds and heavy hail and rain.

The wild storm gave a good reason to get out and drive on HWY97 to Diamond Lake Junction.

It went from a summer afternoon to winter in 2 hours.

 

[Hojack]

As a reward for passing septic inspections we decided to head out for dinner to Cowboy Dinner Tree in Silver Lake, 59 miles east on the breaks of the vast eastern Oregon desert.

The route from the property to Silver Lake is like stepping back in time. On the road we only saw a handful of vehicles.

A 30oz top sirloin dinner, baked potato, baked bean soup, homemade buiscuits, salad, desert and drinks were $45 +tip.

Home The Cowboy Dinner Tree Unique dining experience.

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The trip was well worth it. I left with enough steak for lunch the next day. The atmosphere, food and scenery will definitely bring us here again.

 

[Hojack]

Friday after backfilling septic decided to head to Crater Lake National Park through the backdoor. I found a forest road that goes up the National Park boarder to the Pinnacles. This route was once the eastern entrance to Crater Lake National Park before 1956.

The formation occurred after the eruption of Mt. Mazama which collapsed from the inside to form Crater Lake. The Pinnacle formations formed in this canyon as a result of gasses escaping. As time went on the soil around them washed away leaving their unique spires.

 

[Hojack]

A great time to enjoy the backwoods with my buddy Travis. A lot of work the past few days and a special place to enjoy just a few minutes from our properties. Can’t wait to enjoy it with others.

Got back and cooked ribeye steaks over an open fire and stuffed mushrooms.

Spent Saturday cleaning up and organizing slash piles and cutting up logs to haul home.

The view of clearing for septic system just before I left the property.

 

[Hojack]

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[Scro]

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I vote for C1477A

 

[cheeese]

I think H1663A is the most striking and versatile, you have earthmoving equipment to create that berm if desired or you can leave it freestanding. Plus you get to choose a view.