Thanks!
I've got a couple things Im working on, but mostly getting the truck prepped right now for a week of running around the dirt in Baja next month.
Thank you very much.
If your talking about the hanger, it's .250 and I'd guestimate about 5-6lbs.
If your talking about the truck itself, she's a fat girl coming in at 6150 loaded for Baja.
I plan to do a real nice cage and tie it all in to help keep the back half of the chassis together.
The back half of the 97-03 frame is a bit worrisom for sure...
The factory shackle hanger bent one trip to Baja, so I added some steel to it. It bent two more times after the fact so I designed some super turbo kick *** hangers.
The truck came with some cobbled up shackles that the previous owner had hacked up out of stock shackles, so I whipped up...
I finally got around to putting bump stops on the front.
I was getting worried about burning up unit bearings because I was using the tire and wheel well as the stop
September 2011 update.
I love my truck...
Since the last post we've put over 2000, literally trouble free (knocking on wood) off-road miles, 1600 of which were AWESOME Baja trips and thousands of hywy miles.
A couple things I've added in the last 6 months:
Needed a roof rack to hold our...
4-23-11
Deseyuno en siete.
Left Mikes at 9:00 am.
Flagged down by 4 local stuck with a flat tire and no tools. Eric, Uncle Jeff and Ryan got them fixed up. They were very gracious for the assistance.
Great overland ride thru Laguna Juarez (Laguna Hanson) With many pines.
We found...
Took dirt road just south of town thru El Colorado. Race course. Thru vineyards of wine grapes. Windy road on cliff side.
Eric warned three vehicles that there was more coming behind him. Minutes later a call on the radio says that Bob’s Jeep was hit and then nothing else. We waited 15 minutes...
Stopped for lunch in San Vicente at 3:30. Hard to find good taco stand- ate carne asada tacos and tortas. Jeff tried birria tacos. I tried Tory’s barbacoa sheep tacos- Excelente.
4-22-11
Ryan had a wonderful drunkin encounter with Humberto, a Mexican English teacher from Tijuana, who told us kidnapping is nothing to speak casually about. (Drunkin Ryan asked how much he would charge to kidnap him and bring him back to Baja later…lol) He was probably Catel. J/K!
Today we...
4-21-11
Hartmans Jeep- Changed coil at auto partes in Bahia de LA. Left town at 1:00pm.
A flip of a peso decided if we would back track thru Gonzaga to saty off-road or drive 200 miles on the highway and drive the Pacific ocean side. Heads, highway and Pacific side.
San Quintin- Pacific Side...
Sunrise
Whale skelliton next to our friends dad's house
BBQ'n carne on the beach.
Ryan and Tori suggested a taco tour of the town, so six of us headed in to hit all the carts and window fronts.
Bitchen view
Desayuno fantastico! (breakfast)
La Gringa - Camping $60 pesos per coche ($5 per car)
Beautiful camping, kayaking. Wed. a.m Eric and Jeff kicked *** fishing. Went to town and had breakfast. Went to grocery store. Lots cheaper than restaurants. Bought more beer. Breakfast $40 U.S (for 4 people)...
Calumua wash. Very pretty as the sun falls.
The guys collected firewood at sunset.
9:00 pm- Bajia de Los Angeles-
Dinner at La Palapa Alejandrina. Very windy so we are looking for a hotel. WINDY!
Dinner $350 Beer $400
We found a hotel at 10:30 - simple. Heaven since it's still windy.
Coco's...