Yep, read it! Im interested to see how yours turns out!

 

Me too! It's been a long time coming. I am really looking forward to feeling the difference the first time I get to drive it. And, later on down the road, cleaning up the body work, having it painted, and having an awesome truck that I am proud to call my own

 

For sure man! Bein proud of your work is the best feeling!

 

I dont get this either unless they are building a mall cruiser. I just spent 4 days fishing on almost all dirt roads. I can't imagine taking a nice truck in some of the areas we went. My brothers Exterra was even getting scraped pretty hard! My rust didn't get damaged though.

 

HAHAHAHAHAHA AWESOME!

Oh, and I don't want anybody to be confused, I am already very proud to call this truck my own. "Clyde" is AWESOME! (I wanted to have an "AWESOME" theme)

 

Yes you should be proud of Clyde, an AWESOME looking tough truck. P.S. When's the lift coming?

 

Very good question. I may get it in time to put it in while the engine is out, but we'll see. And I think I am going with a 2.5 inch lift. Something clean and subtle. Maybe...jury's still out

 

pansy .

 

I think my truck is more a baby Monster truck than a true off road rig.

Maybe crossing open desert would be doable but certainly not rock climbing.

The fiberglass body would just shatter.

Up at the family cabin in the Adirondacks I do take my truck down roads that have overgrown into trails and I stay on the roadways.

I don't cringe at limbs brushing along both side of the body, but I am always on the watch for what for me would be low hanging limbs.


This was open field back in the early 60's. Conservation planted Red Pine.
As I understand it this was a homestead before WWII.
The gravel logging roadway ends in this overgrown turnaround. Continuing on, the roadway has overgrown down to a quad trail.


The brush is tighter to the road further back the way I came.
The river crossing fill over the culverts has washed down over the years and the 'road' has narrowed to the point where I can't
look down from my driver's window and see any road beside me.


If I had continued on past the overgrown turnaround then I'd be following this quad trail.
The quad trails follow the skider trails; and all the creek crossing culverts are pulled out when the loggers are done in the area and
the guys use pallets to bridge them when necessary.
If I had a backup camera then i might venture in a ways until I hit the first creek ditch.


This is a state motor vehicle trail and quads (even though registered) are not allowed on it.
The picture was taken in mid May, usually the roads dry up by the end of April.
The time i got stuck I had my diesel Blazer and it was mid April and the ground was frozen, I busted through the frost on the way back out and
sunk up to my frame with the passenger door suck up against the mound of the bulldozer cut.
My wife wasn't happy, though my daughter then got to drive while I unglued the truck from the ground.


The culverts are collapsing, and the logging roadway is narrowing as the sides wash away.

 

That may just settle it... 4 inches it is!

 

no monster trucks here, just a clean rust free 86 150 with a soon to be healthy 300 i6.

and the lady is not short, she is totally capable of jumping an extra 4"

 

I think Ray is a bully. There is a $300 dollar difference in lift prices. So...if I go with 4" it won't be happening by this time next month. A 2.5" lift might. Also...Cali started "complaining" about having to jump into the truck when I took the steps off and put on 32's. That is with old worn out springs.

The prices are roughly $900 for the 4", and roughly $600 for the 2.5"

 

theres that money getting in the way again. i hate when that happens!

 

That and when you get the lift you'll probably want to go with the longer radius arm option rather than the drop down brackets.

 

That's why I added the steps to my van, as the Quigley 4x4 conversion lifted me 4 inches.

I had the shop set the step to be axle height, knowing that I was going to put 35.5" tires
on later and gain another 2.5" of road clearance.


That's a Rhino Hitch Step with a shop fabricated bracket to
attach it to the floor pan of the cab.
The tire in the picture is the original 30.5 inch.