shortbus4x4
Expedition Leader
I foresee mudflap installation in your near future. Nice build and even better road tripping in it.
BeefCake's build...a roll your own Earthroamerish family expo rig
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Thanks. I bought the wheels from a military surplus place and the tires are off eBay from a place in Virginia. Forget the name but it was something patriotic and they have a brick and mortar store and we’re super to deal with.
Hey man! Yup! That was me! Sold my second set to cowpig on here. Lots of people asking for them...so if you have more say the word!
Well...the lie-o-meter on the dash says 10.9 for the trip so far. Was 11.7 until the Rockies. I think it’s close to actual as it doesn’t know of the overdrive of the tires and it overestimated before. Also went through a tank of Def in just a tank and a half of gas going through the Rockies so it must be working hard!
Installed these bad boys just now. After I went to the truck wash and cleaned all the mud off from last night, but before I went down the equally muddy road to tonight’s camp spot
Route55
Adventurer
Unfortunately the aluminum ones have dried up. I can get 11 inch wide steelies in but they are stupid expensive!
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Today we spent most the day taking advantage of being in a biggish town to run a bunch of errands. I love oil field towns. So much interesting machinery and hard working people. I’m sure they have their down sides but you can get everything industrial or medium duty truck related. (except for a def cap for a 2012 ram 5500 as it turns out). Grande Praire, AB is no exception. We hit Wally World for food. Goodwill and value village for random accoutrements for the camper. Laundry mat. Napa for mudflaps. Propane place to fix a leaky seal. Fuel. Truck wash. Taco Time. I love Taco Time. If you expect authentic food you’ll be disappointed. If you expect tattertots disguised as mexi-fries you won’t be disappointed!
The visitor center in Grand Prairie is great! Free WiFi and city map and pointed us to where everything we needed was. It’s midway through town on the main north/south road. They also have a fun, free museum in the basement. Finally they had a nice handout with all the gas stations between here and delta junction listed and categorized by services offered (gas, diesel, propane, repair, etc). Kinda handy.
We did eventually hit the road around 3 and went to the Currie dinosaur museum. It was AWESOME! One of the largest fossil beds in the world is located here and they have a very new museum that features these and many other types of dinosaurs.
Touching a 75 million year old Dino bone was pretty cool!
We also passed lots of fields of this yellow crop. Made for a pretty drive.
We pulled down a dirt road between a few fields and got the truck all muddy again. Found a super old log cabin to explore and are boondocking in the corner of this field tonight.
Tomorrow we’ll hit Dawson Creek and mile 0 of the Alaskan hiway!
The visitor center in Grand Prairie is great! Free WiFi and city map and pointed us to where everything we needed was. It’s midway through town on the main north/south road. They also have a fun, free museum in the basement. Finally they had a nice handout with all the gas stations between here and delta junction listed and categorized by services offered (gas, diesel, propane, repair, etc). Kinda handy.
We did eventually hit the road around 3 and went to the Currie dinosaur museum. It was AWESOME! One of the largest fossil beds in the world is located here and they have a very new museum that features these and many other types of dinosaurs.
Touching a 75 million year old Dino bone was pretty cool!
We also passed lots of fields of this yellow crop. Made for a pretty drive.
We pulled down a dirt road between a few fields and got the truck all muddy again. Found a super old log cabin to explore and are boondocking in the corner of this field tonight.
Tomorrow we’ll hit Dawson Creek and mile 0 of the Alaskan hiway!
Wow I was expecting worst that’s good, I think anyways. My van does 15-17 it’s half the size and capability
Brewdiak
kodiak conversionator
good for you exploring off the beaten path - that's my plan too, i love boondocking and exploring areas that don't seem to be interesting to the crowds. one time i just hiked a straight line in YNP' lamar valley and found everything from old bear/wolf kills to a petrified tree that likely hardly anyone even knows is there since it's not on a trail.
i still have the other set of stryker wheels .... still considering how to make them work if at all possible - US military grade aluminum beadlocks are just too perfect if i can figure out a way to get the track f/r to work (spacers...recenter...?)
i still have the other set of stryker wheels .... still considering how to make them work if at all possible - US military grade aluminum beadlocks are just too perfect if i can figure out a way to get the track f/r to work (spacers...recenter...?)
Been away from WiFi a few days but seen a lot of beautiful country. The drive from Dawson Creek to Ft. Nelson is pretty monotonous, but starting at Ft. Nelson it gets pretty amazing. You have to go through lots and lots of this before the fun stuff:
Ft. Nelson has a great visitor center and rec center with indoor and outdoor water stuff for the kids. We spent the night at a free campground at Beaver Lake. Great spot! Met some fellow explorers from Holland cruising the same route in a yellow Mercedes AWD truck. Very cool rig.
Once you leave FT. Nelson you claim hard into the Rockies and it is spectacular.
My WiFi is pretty bad here so I’ll have to leave it at that, but heading into Yukon tomorrow. About 25% of the way through the trip I think. Having a blast!
shortbus4x4
Expedition Leader
Any road can be beefcake size with a running start. Betcha your boys loved clearing road. I'm a little jealous, looks like fun.