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My Jeep did fine in the Ohio snow belt. It wasn't until I got to Floriduh's rippled sand roads that I became jealous of fullsize trucks,and haven't looked back.

Yep. LOLz. We don't need failed English majors, telling us what kind of trucks to drive. How many Fiat/Chrysler adds were in that magazine? I miss Peter Egan's and Don Canet's articles in R&T or Cycle Rider. That was art. Now I have to look all the way to Britain for a decent motorcycle...

Four Wheelers tests are weak sauce. It's whatever leftover demo vehicles they can get their hands on. And due to to their rules, it's just a lopsided love fest. The contest is decided before it starts and it's just filler for a bunch of adds. They need to stick to axle tech and such...

That's it exactly. Weight and wet grass shouldn't be under estimated. That clay underneath is slicker than ice, you can't grip it often, even with good tires. And sometimes, chains just dig. Once the axle is on the ground, you're done for. Shovel and sticks. I had to flog the truck hard...

The Oem XL tires are guttless on the new trucks. But then again, so are the upscale package tires. Save your money and get aftermarket wheels and tires. I buried my truck up to the axles in clay mud and grass Sat. Missed my old STT's bad that day. Mich Lt AT's are buttered slicks in mud.

I'll be going with 4" Bds when the budget allows. Have had good luck with them before. I'll be staying lighter to make things easier. The Bds with some King 2.5's is right up there with Carli. And if it isn't, shim the shock pistons any way you want to.

Do those giant tv screens dim down enough at night? Like almost gone? I hate it when my dash is brighter than my high beams.

I wouldn't rule out mechanical failure causing the tire to fail. The truck went the wrong direction IME. I had a sway bar mount rip off the frame one time. Would cause the car to swing back and forth with the throttle. Sway bars shouldn't do that much, but that one sure did.

In a large bowl, dissolve yeast in warm water. Add 1/2 cup sugar, oil, salt, eggs and 4 cups flour. ... Turn onto a floured surface; knead until smooth and elastic, about 6-8 minutes. ... Punch dough down. ... Tightly roll up, jelly-roll style, starting with a short side; pinch seam to seal. ...

I think mine is 38. Never get more than 30 in it. Some trucks can have a new sender installed that's more accurate. But IMO, running low fuel levels with an electric pump in the tank is bad mojo. Maybe under no load it's OK, but I'm not towing down to much less than 1/4 tank.

Still tight, but more possible I suppose. Maybe it's time for a steering disco, and a simple hinge setup. The new Fords already have the rear of the cab on isolators (of a sort).

Be careful with extended pans. It'll take longer to warm up in the winter as well. And ground clearance is self explanatory.

I didn't say that. Where did I say Ford diesels aren't expensive? Tear one down, then do a gm or dodge, then do a tear down on a Ford 6.0 or 6.4. The 6.7 is nicer than the old Fords in every way. A bit nicer than the gm, a little harder than the dodge. The GM's require cab removal as...

I wouldn't let fuel mileage scare you. The gas F250's get 15mpg hwy all day long loaded down. Also consider setting one of those up, if a PW isn't perfect. My entire build will be less than a box stock PW in cost. F250 ccsb, fx4, xl+. $38 000 front locker and regear to 4.88. $3 000...

Actually, they have. Most of that clutter isn't hard to remove, once you know how. And the reversed heads are glorious. But if you have to get into the long block or the HPP, the cab has to come off. They should just set these trucks up like a cab over semi. Pop a few latches or bolts at...

A nice one, professionally reman'd, cleaned and painted, is $50 000. The Acela's in literally like new condition are $100 000. Aren't these things $300 000 new??? The surplus units are very cheap. You can buy someone else's project for $20 000 easy, all the time. I think I'd rather buy a...

Well it's $500 to put a truck on a lift and touch it anywhere. Then $100/hr plus materials. Still sounds like a stiff price.

I just got stuck today, dumping oak leafs at our cities local mulch pile. Raining cats and dogs. Broke through the grass layer and down to soft clay. Axle deep. Had to shovel a bit and put a log under each rear tire. Then full throttle on the rev limiter in 2nd gear for the next 20yards...

There's nothing much under the hood of a Ford diesel, that a shade tree mechanic needs to get to. But still, that looks like a few hours of fun just to get to the tstat. The gas 6.2 has room to spare though. You can reach entirely around the engine. Fan clutch looks like a pita. diesel:

Pretty sure I still have a trans dip stick filler. Dropping the pan is cake, 10 minutes tops. Keep in mind how much bigger pan filters are than spin on. Might be something to that, I don't know.