Rooinater

chainsaw is something nice to have with you after a good windstorm, or the high mountain roads and trails just open. who do you think keeps the majority of the trees removed from secondary forest roads and trails... the users... i generally carry a couple straps, a come-a-long, enough tools to disasseble the car/ repair, some random spare parts, small wire repair kit, a gps, fullsize spare, a map... down the line... i still need to buy a tree strap, i just use one of my tow straps around the trees... just means i have to wrap it around a lot. and since the new rig has a winch i'll want the tree strap. chain is heavy, and damages things... i don't carry it, and never wrap a cable or chain around a tree.

wow, i really had to dig to find pics of mud and my car... lol... back when tex wheeled...

well some new bling came in the mail for the truck. i'll actually install it on the truck when i get the bed built. but here's some mock up pics.

not any time soon. I won't drive that far with out the spare parts. I know i'll break something. I know i'll push my limits and the vehicles.

i know there is supposed to be a lot of really good trails down there. my buddy, that i was in the marine corp with, lives down in portland and wheels there all the time. i've been meaning to go for years. but something has always gotten in the way. like the last several times were mainly because i didn't have enough spare soob parts to lug out there, so that i could drive home...

and a couple for jest... saving barbie.

just to give you an idea how small these little dunes in patton valley are... that's a lifted toyota on 33's on top of the hill... and these actually are some of the smaller dunes in that area...

all right... since only the aussies are posting pics, and the last was a load of pics, i'll post some up. give me a couple minutes... can't let just the aussies have fun... i know i've seen a few pics from scottinbellingham in the sand...

well hydraulic assist has just been put into an extremely affordable range for me now! if i would of bought a hydraulic assist setup from trail gear, it would of cost $400 for the pump, cooler and resivoir, $200 dollars for the ram, and $400 dollars for a tapped steering box for hyd assist.... $1200 dollars!!! WTF!!! not in my budget, but it will be needed to turn those 39.5's in the rocks efficently.... so with some questions asked on nw-wheelers, i'll be able to do the ram setup for about $110, the tapped steering box for close to nothing, and the new high pressure modified saginaw steering pump for under $200!!! for a grand total of less than $350 i'll have hydraulic assist! that's a saving of $850 dollars or more! dad has a large pwr steering cooler just laying at the house, because he needed a bigger one for his truck. so i'll already have that! i'm stoked. now the question is, to buy the tcase parts and do that in may or the steering... maybe if i can swing it i'll get the tcase crossmember and crawl box rebuild kit, so that i can start the tcase stuffing. on top of that buy the steering ram, lines and fittings. then i can install the steering assist, and the following month i can get the pump parts!

looks like it was a fun trip! one day i'll go down to tsf and run the crushers. it's on my list of places to wheel.

... not picking just one or two pics, so i'll just watch...

as it was for painting welds on the truck. probably dried that carpet right up, or close to with all that lovely weather for one day...

that's not where the seat belongs...

well the tire doesn't really touch. it's about an 1/8 of an inch touching the fender at full compression. so no massaging of the fender was needed when i showed up this weekend. but i did get all the winch plates and mounting, steering, rear cross brace and fenders painted. the steering box is mounted and the steering connected. the stock bumper was modified and mounted for now and a hawse fairlead was installed. did some measuring and looked into how we are going about stuffing the tcase to a flat belly. we also set the 1/4 elliptic springs out for size comarisons. they won't be going on till i get used to driving a solid axled rig again.... dad made some preliminary mounts for the front bumpstops, they'll be getting tweaked a little more, but they are an awesome start!! will be real solid when they get installed.... well here's the pics. the paint is ruff on the fenders, i just busted the rust off and barely blended the old paint. it's a wheeler, so it doesn't have to be perfect. :fawkdancesmiley: here's a pic for ya eric! lol... typical jared shot... bumpstop mockup just looking at the suspension to be in a year or so.

probably needs some more reenforcement... one of the actual purposes of those stingers are to help protect the engine bay in a roll over, run into stuff... down the line. but looks good.

sweet find

some more pics, checking for rubbage in the fender. barely touches the inner fender at full lock and upward compression. will have to take a hammer and massage that a little. but it's on a smooth surface where it touches so it shouldn't be too much of a problem. nothing a little massaging won't remove. fyi, there is no weight in bed and a floor jack was used to compress the front up to check for rubbing and where the bumps stops will need to be placed. not for max suspension movement... steering checks 4.0 for clearance to the pitman arm.

some more update pics, tires installed, rear axle partially installed (still need to attach all the brake line and such), steering installed, and winch fully mounted. the only thing left to do for the winch is to cut out the hole in the bumper for the hause fairlead. the stock bumper will be used for now... i need to paint all the welds from the steering and winch mounting along with the fenders and rear crossbrace... mmm.... approach angle... steering... fender clearance at full locked... we'll see on compression in a few days... mockup for possible bumpstop mounting... if there's tire room after all the weight is installed in the front and rear... tossing around the idea of taking another inch out of the shackles... just tossing around for now.

4" lift on a new subaru?? uh... not that i've seen... eric has posession of the only ej lift kit i know of... subaru's are a cottage industry, you build it or find someone to do it. your best off with another yota imo... newer subaru's are definately capable of mildly rough terrain, but also realize you won't have a low range anymore. the lift kits that i know of are for the older ea82 and ea81's...

mod in some coilovers and really beef up the front to a long travel!!

they are all pretty much the same strut... i've had them from various apps. and never noticed a difference.

nope. you wanted a thread full of rock pictures. you got one, just coax everyone to post some up..

and here's some real oldies but goodies... not going any further to post 'em... there's some more on my photobucket, but for more of a variety i'd have to dig through a lot of photos on my computer and post them... too lazy...

fine... fine... i'll post the half the lot... they are already all over photobucket in my account anyhow...