Well truck is at the hillbilly mechanic down the road from me so we shall see how it turns out! Im just glad I will have a truck again after 4 months of it sitting in my yard.

I don't know if Mike and Rich like being called hillbillies.....:-X04

I much prefer redneck.

I will go with redneck.

We will see he is only charging $700 to install front and rear gears and rebuild front axle with new seals and bearings.

i don't know for sure but i'd guess that's a pretty fair price.

i forget, have you DD'd your big truck during past winters andrew? i know i've seen pics of you snow wheeling up north.

The truck was my DD up until I bought my mom's Impala 2 januarys ago. Depending on MPG's i may use it again as a DD this winter but for sure I will be using it during the storms this year. The tires that are on it now did pretty good last year in the snow.

Every real shop was quoting $800 for the front and $500 for the rear. Plus parts.

i keep forgetting you're not running the mud grapplers anymore. those sound scary on the ice in a 15.50" flavor. :-X04

I have 38x15.5 R18's on it! Kumho Road Venture M/T Never had a problem last year.

i have to imagine those kumhos have a little better icy road manners.

Oh no man, get some CrapYear DuraCraps. They're awesome.

Happy 3rd of December.

I think I will sneak out of work early today, I've been here fixing drywall and putting offices back together after the carpet guys come through. At least my office looks like an office again.......

Which of course makes me thirsty.

Good luck not having to plug in Brandon. My truck does not like to start when its cold and unplugged, I just cycle the key a couple times and its good to go. My cord is on a timer so it doesn't turn on until 3:30 am. I am also going to put a marinco shore plug at each end of the truck to plug in from either side, ordered the plug already....and it's a good excuse to go to Mikes on a Sunday and drink beer on his hoist :-jammin

Ya they do and they are 20 times quieter going down the road.

same here, i just bumped my timer from 4:30 am to 4:00. i try to leave the house by 6:30 and it's been fine just being on a couple hours. think i read on here that block heater draws over 1000 watts.. that'll add up. i like the idea of the shorepower plug, read about that before. i'll be anxious to see how yours turns out.

Afternoon Pat, AL, Brandon, Mike, Rich, and Andrew

-The Great

Mysteriously warm today....50* ..... I'm ready for the snow!!

-The Great