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Another weekend in Sedona, this time hiking Hangover. It starts up Schnebly Hill road, often parking at the lot before it turns into a Jeep road. We got a late start so parking was full. That and it is a bit crowded in the lot in general. We opted to drive up the Jeep road and park at one of...

Big fan of the Falken Wildpeak AT3W. Second vehicle with them now. It would be the third, but couldn't get them in a specific size I needed (they have them know...boo hoo) so I went with a Cooper product that has been durable but not as quiet or good in the snow. Had Duratracks in the past...

A trip in and around Sedona to meet up with some of the boys for MTB shows me just how out of shape I am in. On day three, the wife and I did a hike up Bear Mountain trail. It's a short distance of about 2.5 miles but climbs over 2k feet so it takes some time to go up and back down. You are...

Appreciate that. As it turns out it was an aggressive tumor on the heart instead of Valley Fever with very similar symptoms all things considered. We do stay out of the dust storms as much as practicably possible for us and our pets simply because of how prevalent Valley Fever is down in the...

Our most recent trip, another work/play trip, was to Moab. We typically hit this area in late October/early November. This time we brought the 100 series so we could explore more and leave base camp intact. Not a lot of pics of the trip, but we did manage to run into some Petroglyphs that...

We took another trip to Durango, working during the week and playing on the weekends. This time having Starlink allowed us to say in much better places with better connectivity. We did not tow the 100 this time. Most shots were north of town up in the vicinity of Purgatory ski resort. The...

Later in the trip, due to more favorable weather, we ended up in the Kanab, UT area. We've always wanted to explore some of the trails vicinity Peekaboo Wash, but never had a 4wd rig when passing through. Then I read about a slot canyon and we had a destination trip for the day. The 100 aired...

Some pics and notes from a few trips we've done over the past few months. Late August/Early September we did a trip hitting the North rim of the Grand Canyon, Bryce Canyon, Kanab. Exposing on the weekends, working during the weekdays. A few shots looking into Bryce Canyon We hit the...

Reach out to Alcan Spring in Grand Junction, CO. I exchanged e-mails back and forth with Lew to get things dialed in for our needs. I think he is one of the owners, and was thorough/easy to work with. Give them your year/model, desired lift height over stock, and expected rear spring load...

I’ve ridden mountain bikes for years, motos off and on over the years, and driven quite a few vehicles. With Mountain bikes it was always a balance between pedaling the lightest tire you can that was dependable. In the end, with all forms of locomotion, I always ended up at the beefier side...

Tunnel Box Installed Picked up the tunnel box from the powder coater who turned it around quickly. New owner of this company, Marine, and think we're going to enjoy working with him. We hit it off pretty well, and he is about getting things done. Two of us lifted it fairly easily, so not a...

Curious about any noise difference pre and post adding the snorkel. It seems like something that big and not very aero being added to the A pillar would add a lot of wind noise, but better to ask someone who has done it than speculate. Normally not a snorkel guy, and don't do any real water...

I went back to each post on page 5 and changed the pics from thumbnails to full-size pics via the edit function. I may, over time, go back and edit earlier posts...as time permits.

Well that is unfortunate about things not fully carrying over after a migration, but full size pics going forward I guess. Will see how this one posts. Compressor System - We purchased a Viair twin compressor system with 2.5 gallon tank at Expo West. Ryan had show pricing which saved us a...

I've noticed that none of the pictures that showed from day 1 of this post are showing, let alone the most recent ones. If I click on them I get to see the full picture, but none of the thumbnails. I figured it was something on the Expo site that needs to be addressed because I have seem...

Team effort for the win! With a bit of team effort we were able to locate, liberate, and rescue this piece of stranded cargo from one of Yellow's terminals. The tunnel box arrived and is sitting at the powder coater. Gull wing style doors. Prepped for powder coating involves removing the...

Some pics of the offending steering u-joint. The c-clip is on the inside. Guessing one was not installed when the truck was built, or at least not fully seated. No issues since. The front Fox shocks showed up, and were subsequently installed. The ride is now more matched between the front...

Admittedly skipped a lot of this post, but if going Ford would shy away from their diesel unless you plan to swap it out in a few years vs. keeping the vehicle long term. It’s not that they are bad so much as they are complicated and expensive to work on vs. other diesel options. I know many...

Quick update: It’s been a while. The dog is…well let’s just say he will have many good days before one bad one. We should all be so lucky. The truck is…well its been with Ram getting warranty work for weeks. We started a trip on the 4th of July, noticed some knocking. Since we just had the...

Trip report, Durango and Moab. We ventured away from home for a week starting on Memorial Day weekend. The plan was to stay in the vicinity of Durango for a week, work through the week, and play on the weekends. It started out with me being under the weather, having picked up whatever my wife...