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His Dad's 3/4ton '78 truck had a slide in boom wrecker unit back in the day and he remembers that one had at least two repairs in the same area. Right now the crack on both sides is repairable. It might require help from a person that is more skilled in welding than any of us in our group...

I can tell you the last truck in our group from Colorado I would have thought to have a problem was Larry's truck. It's been sorted out for years, dead nuts reliable and been in the "turn the key and go" mode for so long we didn't expect any issues. I figured it would be mine or Ian's but both...

Best tips for the rotting particleboard replacement are to get the camper off the Blazer. You need the room to work to get that main cabover section in. Plus you'd never get access to the front wall section when it's butted up to the cab without getting the camper off the truck. Try to...

It was a good time. Covered a lot of ground. Saw a lot of scenery and took a ton of pictures. We had some adversity but we overcame it. Larry's truck developed a major frame issue down on the Maze overlook trail. It wasn't a normal frame issue you would see on a squarebody but it was an...

8 1/2 hours to departure for Desert trip 2020 aka "Escape from Quarantine". The truck is 90% loaded, washed and ready to run. We got a bunch going this year which should be interesting. Here's the rundown of the crew coming this year with links to their respective IG accounts. Instagram...

Wow. That should piss off people pretty quickly. I'm a GM guy for sure but I think it's pretty cool. You wouldn't be able to swap in a Ford 5.0 Coyote engine for the price of the 6.0L Chevy. Besides hot rod guys had been swapping in small block Chevy engines into Ford hot rods since 1955...

He does not have a build thread anywhere that I know of. He's pretty low key online. But swapping an 8.1 into a CUCV isn't any different than what I'm going to do to put one in mine. That is except for removing the 24 volt business and diesel components. Which to do so he swapped in a...

We got less snow in the high country than last year. No risk going up like Larry and I had back in '17. Where we were at is on the east side of the continental divide so this runs into the Arkansas river.

Seeing how the canvas on my camper is almost 40 years old, it isn't loose or flappy. It's pretty dang rigid. I heard the tarp hitting all our trucks more than anything. The camper can handle the wind.

Another successful test run in the books. Larry and Ian got up to the lake early and set up camp off the shore of the lake. Pretty for sure, but it proved to be brutal without shelter from any trees in the wind as we found out last night. I plodded my way up the trail and again was able to...

Yeah the radios should make the communication much better. Not sure how many of the latecomers to the party have bumped up to the GMRS radios. I know all of the Colorado crew will be GMRS equipped.

I had a good test run. Blitzed out of the shop right on time. Made good time on the ride up. Thankfully Storm didn't barf on the console on the ride up like she did last time on the way up to the same trail last year. Part of the run was to test out the radios as John and Shane each upgraded...

Sounds good to me, bring it along. Thanks!

I purposely had the dimples punched down. Many punch them up for added traction, but I didn't want that. It's not uncommon for me when loading or unloading the truck to kneel on the bumper with my knee and reach in vs crawling all the way in. Still, getting in with the top down kind of...

Unless I do something really stupid this summer that forces the reskin, it's planned later. I'm known to do something stupid so anything is possible. Tight mountain Jeep trails are not nice to any foolsize trucks, much less one with a house on the back. Plan so far is use it this summer...

You can bet I fix that when I reskin the camper.

Paint is complete on the bumper. I went ahead and cleaned up the entire face of the bumper where it had been chipped up from use. I also took the time to shoot the back of the body under the camper that could still be seen. Just to clean it up and make it blend in better. Tape pulled...

Finally got around to installing the step plate to the bumper. My buddy Bill burned it in. I still need to paint it, but it's nice and strong and fills the void between the bumper and the body. It closed off the area just as I wanted it to. No chance of getting my foot stuck in between...

Thanks on the compliment of my crawlabago. I'd say your idea to get some temps from the exhaust is a good one. You'll be surprised what you find. I had a problem right after we got mine roadworthy where it acted like a vapor lock issue. Squeezing 2.25" dual pipes under mine had the right...

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