Super Duty camper build
- Thread starter daddyusmaximus
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Okki
Observer
Nice job Al!. Glad to see you got your Christmas present locked in! hhahaha.. did you get the pun there!?!? :wings:
Did you ever look into the Overland Expo in Flagstaff this coming May? www.overlandexpo.com
Did you ever look into the Overland Expo in Flagstaff this coming May? www.overlandexpo.com
daddyusmaximus
Explorer
Yeah, I looked into it. According to the misses, I won't be going on any long (expensive) trips unless I give up building the truck for a while. I would rather sink money in my truck and finish making it how I want it, and go on a trip in a year or two. I can still go wheeling around my local area that isn't to costly. I will see what I want to of this beautiful nation... in time.
Cool to finally see a build thread. congrats on getting the second locker, i remember seeing a post from a while back that you were still waiting on it. I'm almost done with this deployment, but i know what you mean about being somewhere beautiful but not being able to take it in. AFG would be a cool country if it wasn't tearing itself apart....
daddyusmaximus
Explorer
Not much of it is straight... but I got the idea from here. Works so far, but I've yet to camp out in it.
daddyusmaximus
Explorer
No problems with the gears so far. It's what they had at 4 Wheel Parts. She's a daily driver, I rack up more miles that the normal retired guy, but it's not like I drive an hr each way to work every day... I have pulled several people out of snowy ditches, and done some light snow wheeling. From what I can tell so far the lockers work great. Haven't tested them on more serious terrain yet. Can't wait to air down, hit the trail and do a real world test.
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She cruises 65 mph @ 2K rpm. That's ok, I'm not a speed demon anymore now that I'm getting old. Besides...
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When you go fast, you start to have too much fun...
When you start to have to much fun, the cops show up...
When the cops show up, and you're having too much fun going fast, you get in trouble...
Don't get in trouble, drive slowly.
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I like the gear selection. She has plenty of grunt on the bottom end. I wanted power more than speed as I'm seldom in a hurry these days. Also have to drive nice and easy on snowy streets with mud tires. I'll get them siped for next year. She can still haul butt if I feel like it... it just destroys my MPGs. I almost went with a 4.56 gear, glad I didn't. Had them before in a gasser, worked great, but it would have been too much RPM for the diesel. The 4.30s are a good match for my needs and driving style. I'm only pulling down 11 to 12 mpg with the winter fuel, depending of if I an running with my hubs locked or not. I got as high as 16 during the fall on summer blend.
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She cruises 65 mph @ 2K rpm. That's ok, I'm not a speed demon anymore now that I'm getting old. Besides...
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When you go fast, you start to have too much fun...
When you start to have to much fun, the cops show up...
When the cops show up, and you're having too much fun going fast, you get in trouble...
Don't get in trouble, drive slowly.
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I like the gear selection. She has plenty of grunt on the bottom end. I wanted power more than speed as I'm seldom in a hurry these days. Also have to drive nice and easy on snowy streets with mud tires. I'll get them siped for next year. She can still haul butt if I feel like it... it just destroys my MPGs. I almost went with a 4.56 gear, glad I didn't. Had them before in a gasser, worked great, but it would have been too much RPM for the diesel. The 4.30s are a good match for my needs and driving style. I'm only pulling down 11 to 12 mpg with the winter fuel, depending of if I an running with my hubs locked or not. I got as high as 16 during the fall on summer blend.
daddyusmaximus
Explorer
I got less tire, and more gear...