The misadventures of Charlie Sh*t Brindle Brown

[leonard_nemoy]

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[leonard_nemoy]

I've seen a couple 6x6 bulls so far in preparation for my elk hunt next week. One was a nice bull probably 320". They big bulls won't stay in the open long enough for me to get a photo through the binos

Yesterday I saw a sow and 2 cubs which is always fun.

And this morning I connected with a few dusky grouse.

This September has been awesome so far and the cruiser is running flawlessly.

I need to get more photos with the rig

 

[leonard_nemoy]

Well I finished my elk hunt. I didn't get enough photos of the cruiser but it performed flawlessly over almost 400 miles. The jeep, the ford, and the Polaris side by side being used in my group all had some kind of problem but the 27 year old cruiser didn't skip a beat and never needed the hubs locked .

 

[leonard_nemoy]

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[leonard_nemoy]

This bull had a crazy hoof

 

[cbmontgo]

I thoroughly enjoy your trip reports. Doing what a Land Cruiser was meant to do.

 

[Idaho Savage]

Dude! Congrats on the sweet bull!

 

[leonard_nemoy]

Dude! Congrats on the sweet bull!

Thanks, I was really hoping for a bigger bull considering I had a limited entry tag and it took me 15 years to draw.

But when this guy stepped out at 70 yards I didn't even hesitate or take the time to look him over with the binos

I slammed him with the muzzy the second he held still.

if I score him as a 5x5 he is approximately 284. If I count him as a 6x6 he would be 286. I'm calling him a 5x5

 

[Idaho Savage]

Thanks, I was really hoping for a bigger bull considering I had a limited entry tag and it took me 15 years to draw.

But when this guy stepped out at 70 yards I didn't even hesitate or take the time to look him over with the binos

I slammed him with the muzzy the second he held still.

if I score him as a 5x5 he is approximately 284. If I count him as a 6x6 he would be 286. I'm calling him a 5x5

A bull is a bull is a back strap.

I've been hiking my tits off this September and called in two bulls under 25 yards, each on the wrong side of a willow or aspen. I hate archery.

 

[barrett1]

This is one of my favorite threads here on mud. You inspired me to maybe do a little bit more fire cooking. I live in Utah too. Curious, are you seeking out wood other than pine to cook with in the woods, or do you find that pine doesn't give too much of an unpleasant flavor to the meat and veggies?

Sean

 

[cbmontgo]

This is one of my favorite threads here on mud. You inspired me to maybe do a little bit more fire cooking. I live in Utah too. Curious, are you seeking out wood other than pine to cook with in the woods, or do you find that pine doesn't give too much of an unpleasant flavor to the meat and veggies?

Sean

One of my favorite threads as well.

 

[leonard_nemoy]

This is one of my favorite threads here on mud. You inspired me to maybe do a little bit more fire cooking. I live in Utah too. Curious, are you seeking out wood other than pine to cook with in the woods, or do you find that pine doesn't give too much of an unpleasant flavor to the meat and veggies?

Sean

I just avoid aspen. Scrub oak is the best, juniper is also good. But even when I use pinion or other pine I don't notice any unpleasant flavor.

Cooking on a fire is not a low and slow process. It's more hot and fast so I don't think the food has much time to absorb the flavors.

Also I think letting the wood burn into coals before cooking helps with bad flavors also.

 

[leonard_nemoy]

Oil change today at 167,200 miles and also replaced a marker light and installed the slee headlight harness.

 

[leonard_nemoy]

I had some seats from a 91 in my 97 and the drivers side was absolutely done. I have also been holding onto some seats from a 2005 Saab/subaru for way too long so I finally got them fabbed up and installed over the last couple of weekends.

I started by removing the sliders from the 91 seats and installing them into the truck. Than I made sure the two rails were in the same position and welded some 1/8" by 1" strap across the rails to hold them in the correct position.

Next I removed the trim and sliders from the bottom of the saabaru seats and started eyeballing and measuring.

Once I guesstimated the alignment I started making some mounting brackets to attach the two and tacked them up.

I got the alignment front to back and left to right correct the first time on the passenger but I was too high. I than realized height was going to be my biggest obstacle so I got creative and re-did the passenger and made sure to get them as low as possible.

 

[leonard_nemoy]

Once the passenger was done I moved onto the drivers seat. The drivers side seat had manual height adjustment but I couldn't use it without making the seats too high so I had to spend some extra time removing the height adjustment mechanism from the seats.

Keeping the height thing in mind I followed the same steps but really focused on mounting the seat as low as possible. I got all the brackets made and tacked and I was so excited because my first trial fitment was perfect .

Next step was to weld everything up, re install the trim, than clean and lubricate the 35 year old sliders, and clean and condition the leather seats that had been in a storage unit for 7 years. After that I just had to put them in the rig.

 

[SoCal80series]

Looks good LN!

 

[baldilocks]

Very nice seats!