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I'm in Central Texas, lots of good county road surfing from here - west, but haven't made it out to Big Bend yet, might plan a trip this year in spring break to Guadalup Mountains or Davis Mountains. I'll second the Texas Overland group as well, lots of great info.

While I can see the attraction to this swap in something small, lightweight, like a jeep, us fullsize guys are wanting more. I was intrigued to learn of a rumor that the 5.0 cummins might be a possible crate package in the future. Now that is something I would be interested in since my current...

My wife's grandfather redid that bridge in the mid-90s, had at the time Gov Bush out to shake hands and such, was a big deal. There's a TON of cool stuff around central texas to see, I've traveled hundreds of miles on dirt alone in central texas. Truck looks great, can't wait to see the additions.

Eagerly awaiting for more! If you don't mind sharing I don't think I saw the cost of the motorcycle secondhand?

Amazing trip report, going to plan something very similar for next summer for our kids and us! Thanks for the inspiration.

Got the bumps and limit straps mounted Got a few more pictures uploading to Flickr now, you can check out the entire album here: https://flic.kr/s/aHsm8HvH6d

Wow, totally forgot to update my thread, lots of good progress has happened Got the cylinder mounted, still not sure this is the final setup for the steering, we shall see Notched the frame for the upper link Got a minimalist rear bumper done up and welded in Got the fuel tank mounted got...

Needed a little more clearance for the upper link, so that will get relieved soon and the Shirleys sent my sons some cool gear, they can't wait to go to KOH soon, and Baja relocated the vacuum pump I hit every bracket in sight with dimples but I finally got everything mocked up and fitting...

Since I was already in this deep I decided to raise the core support mounts and get rid of the body lift pucks at the very front Then I guess things spiraled out of control, it's not fun squeezing in to do sub-par welds, and when I'm this deep already, well.... While the motor was out I...

Finally got the thing mocked up and drooped all the way out, gotta notch some more for the drag link, set the panhard at ride height and figure out where the heck to mount my front bumps!

94-01 and there are a few differences in those years, If you are going to do it I would look for a 2000-2001 axle because the dual piston calipers are specific to the knuckles

Those last few blog entries are amazing Dan, nice work

Following, trip looks amazing!

Keep the updates coming, loving the trip!

Well had a bit of downtime, the holidays, started a new job, flew to Chicago for 10 days, family stuff, so I got back on it this weekend, time for steering and track bar.... Had to get the garage cleaned up and organized first... Drew up the track bar frame side tabs... A little time with...

Thanks! I really need to get an amazon prime account so I can stop using my wife's.

I got the towers tacked in place, when I say it's tight, boy do I mean it, but this is about as low as you can go on 14" C/Os without leaning the c/o in a lot more, I ended up getting them at 10 degrees laid in, and 9 degrees back, so I think it should work well and not let it go past 90 at full...

The Ford axle has a stronger center section, bigger tubes, stronger knuckles, lockouts, larger ball joint spacing, bigger ball joints, better unit bearings, bigger axle shafts, and a bigger ring gear. Oh and Ford has 1550 axle shafts that come fully assembled for about 300 bucks that drop right in.

I'm in central tx, Killeen/ft hood area. Just to the west of here is beautiful, lots to do and see, but land is expensive because of the beauty. East Tx is where it's at for sure if you want land, lots of trees and creeks, always green. Lindale has one of the best school systems around and Tyler...

Where in Texas are you relocating to?