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It's been too long since we've posted any updates on the build but it was a full summer of Adulting. No complaints as that was followed by a full fall of traveling with the truck. Newfoundland in the fall is worth no progress on the build but winter is coming and it would be real nice to pull...

4.3 from the factory. With the increased diameter the speedometer is low by exactly 25%

On the other end of the temperature spectrum we got a "reduced engine power" warning from running too hot. We were in Big Bend, air temps were in the mid 90's and we drove from the river up to Chisos Lodge (about 3,500' of gain if I remeber right). We stopped at most of the pull outs and if it...

One morning I tried to get a little stingy on the heating time resulting in a really, ugly rough start. The check engine light came on and I got a "reduced engine power" warning message. I let the truck warm up and subsequent restarts were clean but the check engine light stayed on as did the...

Item 4 of the learning curve was the block heater run time. I noticed a pretty 'clunky' start on one of the 20F mornings and started using the heater anytime the lows dropped below freezing. We arent using blankets or anything else except an anti-gel fuel additive. I lost my notes on this one...

Thanks mog. Considering I stand at a whopping 5'-7" a little step stool could come in handy.

Not being able to get the tires spinning in the muck segways into Item 3. We had quite a few 'The little engine that could' moments climbing up steep grade. A few times I thought we were going to be the big engine that couldn't. If we didnt carry 5 mph into some hard switch backs I feel pretty...

During our extraction excercise I tried turning traction control off. I didnt realize that 'Stabilitrak' stayed engaged in 4H. It automatically disengages in 4L...if you can make the shift :) After the fact I figured out if you hold the traction control button down for about 10 seconds that...

That takes us to item 2, being heavy. Our rig Wanda doesnt do well in soft stuff. Her rear wheel loads are about 7,300#. In SW Utah we were in 4H and slowly rolled onto some moist clay-like quick sand. You can see the front tire tracks that rolled right over it. The rear wheel... not so much...

Now back to some of the topics from our driver's ed experience. Item 1 was the getting the front differentials to engage and dissengage. The first head scratcher came up when we were trying to drop from 4H to 2wd and the front differential stayed engaged until we smacked a couple of pot holes...

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I had a PM about some wheel adaptations. Here are the close ups of the wheels.

I had a PM about some wheel adaptations. Here are the close ups of the wheels.

From a driving perspective the bullet points worth talking about are: 1. We had some issues with the differentials going into 4L in a variety of situations. 2. We have to be extremely careful in wet clay, sand or mud. Deep snow on frozen hard pack, she's a beast. But after a sunny day in the...

Now onto a recap of our self taught drivers education course. As far as terrain and topography goes we went west on the I-70 corridor, took a left in Grand Junction and headed south to Purgatory. Went back up to Moab, then over to St. George via the Dixie Forest. From there we boogied to Big...