Anyone like EXTREAM off road driving

[Balljoint]

Try this on the History Channel Alaska Off road Warriors Sunday at 10 pm very EXTREME offroading from south to north for $100,000 dollars five teams (one out already)

[daddyusmaximus]

I heard about this show. I have an alarm set to remind me before it comes on Sunday. I love off road driving. I have driven vehicles, and camped out all over the world in my 28 years with the U.S. Army. My daily driver is a very capable 4x4 truck, with front and rear air lockers... and I have taken her wheeling on some rugged trails, not just a mud hole here and there. I'm planning to explore some of the more scenic parts of America in it while camping in the back under it's camper shell. I'm also on a forum called expeditionportal.com that deals with this kind of wilderness travel.

[JCalhoun]

Nice rig!

[daddyusmaximus]

Thanks.

I caught the show. Good off road action. Makes me wonder how they get their fuel is such a remote area. Probably have it flown in for the show. That is some beautiful country up there. I would love to do that run, but as part of an expedition, not a race. I like slow and steady, with teamwork.

[Rick_W]

Nice truck!

F-250 Diesel? Which engine?

[daddyusmaximus]

Thanks. It's the 7.3. Here are details. She's coming along so far... http://www.expeditionportal.com/foru...y-camper-build

[LongRange]

just noticed your post daddyusmaximus...i was into EXTREME off roading for years...i use to build roll cages,rock sliders. and built a few tube buggies as well...this was my last rig...77 dodge power wagon,2.5 ton rockwells welded rear detriot front,42" super swampers.howell throttle body fuel injected 440,off road design tripe stick doubler T-cases with mount to tranny and one to T-case,interior cage,back halfed,3 link rear with 2.5" 18" travel fox shocks,full hydro steering with return to center orbital valve and 1.5gal resevor with 14" tranny cooler ,boat sided from door pins to frame(more clearace than a heep..i mean jeep)pinion brakes front and rear using yota calibers and rotors,front end pinched to the radiator(19" wide fender to fender,3/8" thick rear tube drive line,long slip front drive line 1410 U-joints...i cut and fitted doors for winter and the heater worked....12000lb mile marker winch...im sure i missed a bunch but you get the idea LOL...i sold it to my buddy and he sold it to a guy in canada...we almost had this rig in top truck challenge in 2003 or 2004 but missed by 20 votes and i know it would have eatten up the challangers as this rig was BOMB proof!!

[LongRange]

this is my current rig when i first bought it...93 ram charger LE addition...



this is after a 6" lift 58 series wheels and a set of 35" dick cepeks...ive done a bunch more to it...new interor,,,bumbin sound and a bunch more...

[tufrthnails]

My rig:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBTD...1BtWyanvU8WjsA

[daddyusmaximus]

Yesterday started off easy enough. A little snow wheeling on trails in the woods.



We then discovered that 7 inch thick ice will support Jeeps, and Broncos, and GMC crew cabs, but not a Super Duty diesel.

Had to dig out tire size chunks of ice to save the oil pan. Too late for the steering stabilizer.

[Rick_W]

Ooopps. :-)

[daddyusmaximus]

The ice was thick enough to support every rig out there.... except mine. I guess I'm the designated trail whale.

[Stockrex]

The ice was thick enough to support every rig out there.... except mine. I guess I'm the designated trail whale.

What does your rig weigh? it must have been those studded tires ;-)
My 08 duramax weighs nearly 7400lbs with full diesel and chunky u know what.

[daddyusmaximus]

No tire studs, but she's over 9K in daily driver trim. Back has custom storage on both sides full of tools and camping gear.

[sniper15545]

Very Nice truck!!!! I drive a 2000 Ford f350 4door superduty. I love my old 7.3. My short bed weighs 8625 pounds full of fuel.

[yobuck]

Would an 06 rubicon count as a (decent) off road rig?
Lessons learned the (hard way). Planned mods like lockers dont count.
Even if 44 rears for front and back are laying in wait. ANY off road rig without lockers is just another 4 wheel drive and subject to
failure on the least bit of ice. REGARDLESS OF TIRES UNLESS STUDDED OR CHAINED.
My 79 cj7 was to my mind a good off road vehicle. And would be getting better after the addittion of the 44 rears and lockers.
But, loss of traction on a steep grade with just a trace of packed snow was enough for it to slide backward and over the edge on
a mountain road. Unfoutunatly my friend since our teen years was thrown out as the vehicle rolled and crushed as the vehicle rolled over him.
God only knows why i survived. Those who have posted here know full well what im talking about. But for others who think their 4 wheel drive
is bullet proof, think again because its a tragety waiting for the right place to happen without lockers or at the very least studded tires, and preferrably both.
And thats just for the normal driving around stuff, not what these guys are doing.

[Stockrex]

No tire studs, but she's over 9K in daily driver trim. Back has custom storage on both sides full of tools and camping gear.

very nice,
is that a compressor and air tank on the pass side?

[Stockrex]

I am in the process of adding some skid plates to my dmax, need to add allusion filter shield before I head out for some fun.

Here is a pic from little off road fun in my buddies Ford gasser.

[daddyusmaximus]

very nice,
is that a compressor and air tank on the pass side?

Yes. it runs the air lockers, in addition to running air tools or inflating tires. The switch above the tool box activates it. I have to get out to lock the hubs anyway, so I just do all 3 at once. That door under the compressor houses a separate battery for the compressor and inverter. It is isolated, but charged by the engine.

[daddyusmaximus]

I am in the process of adding some skid plates to my dmax, need to add allusion filter shield before I head out for some fun.

Here is a pic from little off road fun in my buddies Ford gasser.

Beautiful country. Where is it?

[Stockrex]

Would an 06 rubicon count as a (decent) off road rig?
Lessons learned the (hard way). Planned mods like lockers dont count.
Even if 44 rears for front and back are laying in wait. ANY off road rig without lockers is just another 4 wheel drive and subject to
failure on the least bit of ice. REGARDLESS OF TIRES UNLESS STUDDED OR CHAINED.
My 79 cj7 was to my mind a good off road vehicle. And would be getting better after the addittion of the 44 rears and lockers.
But, loss of traction on a steep grade with just a trace of packed snow was enough for it to slide backward and over the edge on
a mountain road. Unfoutunatly my friend since our teen years was thrown out as the vehicle rolled and crushed as the vehicle rolled over him.
God only knows why i survived. Those who have posted here know full well what im talking about. But for others who think their 4 wheel drive
is bullet proof, think again because its a tragety waiting for the right place to happen without lockers or at the very least studded tires, and preferrably both.
And thats just for the normal driving around stuff, not what these guys are doing.

That is tragic, I agree it is important to know your gear and make sure you have the proper gear for the conditions.

[Stockrex]

Beautiful country. Where is it?

Thank you Sir, this is in Hillside, CO, facing East.

Do you have details of the compressor on your expedition forum build post?

I want to add onboard air to mine to air up the tires after riding the sand dune here in west MI.

[yobuck]

That is tragic, I agree it is important to know your gear and make sure you have the proper gear for the conditions.

Well again, the people who have posted here know all that and its sorta like preaching to a quior.
But there are also lots of people who think their 4 wheel drive you name it will see them thru anything they might encounter.
Without some type of locking differentials they are really not much better off than with 2 wheel drive if ice is encountered.
Same thing happens with both axles as the wheel with traction stops and the one without just spins.

[daddyusmaximus]

Thank you Sir, this is in Hillside, CO, facing East.

Do you have details of the compressor on your expedition forum build post?

I want to add onboard air to mine to air up the tires after riding the sand dune here in west MI.

I got better photos of the install and the battery that runs it. Don't remember if I went into very much detail. It's a VIAIR 10007. Rated for constant duty, 150psi, came with the tank. I wanted it protected from the weather. I like it up inside, but it's a PITA to drain the moisture out. I never thought of adding a line going out the bottom until I had it in. I just put a towel under the valve and soak up moisture coming out. If I had it to do over I'd switch the tank and compressor around. Can't fit a drain line going down due to the tank sitting over the tool box. I wanted the QD fitting where i could reach it with the back open. I could have ran a QD fitting back there or plugged in from the side... I got that 20/20 hindsight thing.

[Stockrex]

Very nice, bigger photos pls.
I bought a York a/c compressor off a jeep few years back with the intent to mate it with a 2.5 hp gas motor for a stand alone compressor.
I think I can 4 cfm at 90 psi, should be adequate to air the tires up.