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1pieceatatime
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Family White Rim trip.
TwinDuro
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Here's a wet, blurry photo of my 1992 K1500 regular cab, short bed midway through a 14 inch snowfall near Tacoma, WA in 2017. It's a weirdly optioned truck that has worked well for exploring around Mt. Rainer. Factory equipped with the 6.34:1 early NV4500 5-speed manual, NP241, 5.7 TBI and 3.73:1 gearing, it came with the "nice interior" Silverado package but with roll-up windows and manual locks. My focus, at 273K miles, has just been replacing/rebuilding worn components and improving what I can in the process. The suspension/drivetrain is now K2500 Light-Duty spec (leafs and torsion bars and a 9.5" 14-bolt rear axle) and the Leer Canopy with a low-platform inside makes for an awesome place to sleep. The largest improvement has been ditching the stock tiny 225/75R16s for 285/75R16 BFG K02s.
Rockhounder
Explorer
Some squarebody pics. We can't stop collecting these trucks, each one is different in its own way. The military one is a 88 1500 with 2500 strength upgrades, full solar panels on roof giving 11 amps charge in full sun for the freezer fridge and ancillaries, 491,000 miles.
The garnet and white is a 91 1500 with 294,000 miles GMC, interesting history, when we redid the paint, we uncovered that it had 7 bullet holes in the rear passenger area that were bondoed over...hmmm...... possible gang hit?
The mesa brown is a 89 1500 249,000 miles, literally looks brand new inside and out. We are second owners, just brought it down from Idaho where it was garaged for the last 22 years. First owner put 230,000 miles on it the first 8 years(texas truck) then moved to Idaho and never drove it hardly at all.
All are 4x4 with barn doors.
The garnet and white is a 91 1500 with 294,000 miles GMC, interesting history, when we redid the paint, we uncovered that it had 7 bullet holes in the rear passenger area that were bondoed over...hmmm...... possible gang hit?
The mesa brown is a 89 1500 249,000 miles, literally looks brand new inside and out. We are second owners, just brought it down from Idaho where it was garaged for the last 22 years. First owner put 230,000 miles on it the first 8 years(texas truck) then moved to Idaho and never drove it hardly at all.
All are 4x4 with barn doors.
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Regcabguy
Oil eater.
There was a place here that bought forestry and border patrol trucks at auction. They had a number of 2500 square bodies with A/C, power steering etc. and manual trans. They were so cheap,I regret not scoring one.
Rockhounder
Explorer
Oh, man, manual is the holy grail for our next score, hopefully.
Rockhounder
Explorer
where are the land rovers? Were they vintage or new land rovers?
stickerboy111
New member
It was super easy, but I did a warn platinum and didn't need to deal with the clutch relocation kit. Haven't heard of any install issues with it though. There is a thread on 5thgen that has a couple variations of the front plate people have done as well. Last one is pretty clean, but he had to chop the kit.
5th Gen Hidden Winch
Figured I'd make an Official Thread for our Integrated Winch Mount Kit for the 5th Gen 1500's. In my opinion one of the most functional upgrades you can bolt on your RAM truck. Be prepared whenever and wherever you are. Building on what I learned designing our very popular 4th Gen Rebel Winch...5thgenrams.com
Sorry for the late response. Thanks for the info. I Will be ordering mine in the next few days.
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Rockhounder
Explorer
stickerboy111
New member
Got my Vice Designs integrated winch mount and my winch installed this week. Just need to get my hands on a RTT for the spring and I am pretty much set for some more serious exploring next spring. On the fence about 35" tires still. While it would be nice for some more clearance and I have more than enough power for them, I do tow a 30' travel trailer in the summer and I really don't want to suck all the power out of the RAM.
