Oh me and this thread are going to get along just fine.
I have lots to post from the last few years but I’ll refrain for now.
This is from last weekend
I rearranged the underneath!
Gas tank got hammered pretty good, and i punctured it. It was pouring out pretty bad. I parked it on an angle to prevent it from leaking further, and my buddy Ian hooked me up with some 5 min epoxy, I put some of that on the puncture and hammered it closed. Been driving it for 5 days not and it appears to be holding.
Also smashed my carrier bearing and muffler really nicely. Muffler is a little loud now. Once I pried the carrier bearing strap off the shaft it actually drives fine still.
Still running it. It ain’t pretty but I need to save money for cool truck stuff so.
Broke a spindle hammering through the "ditch / quad trails" beside the service road everyone was creeping down. I was doing like 70km/h and didn't realize there were like 2' whoops that were buried under the snow. Pretty sure I snapped my rear axle upper control arm at the same time but didn't find that until a week or two after haha. Jacked it up, cut a small log to jam between the lower control arm and bumpstop. This let the tire rub against the shock coil instead of the shock tower. Had 4 miles or so to drive back to where I could a tow. Log fell out or crumpled at some point and tire still took some damage. Temp was --22 celcius that day. Truck was sitting with factory rear coils and I took all the preload out of my front icons.
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You guys are from Alberta. Sweet. I've got a question for you guys that maybe you could help with.
First, nice carnage. Stuff like that is the whole reason I started the thread. Plus, I tend to have a lot of carnage and needed a support group. lol
Onto the question. What do you guys know about the Bow River and Ghost River valley's?
I climb a lot and those are two places that I've always wanted to go. Can you legally drive in? If not how close can you wheel to them? My rigs capable and I'm not a big fan of hiking so the closer I can get to the rocks the better. lol