Arrived back late last night from a great 2 days of offroading in the Ozarks. My brother was fortunate enough (for both of us) to join me on this outing. Thanks to him I have some great action pictures. Good Friday was cool and wet as mist/light rain still came down. The park is mostly rock and gravel, so trail riding was still great. Saturday was much better with clear skies and warmth. I had aired the tires down to 12 psi front and 10 in the rear, and hardly had to use the ARB air Lockers. the lower gear ratio with the larger tire contact patch made for some great slow crawling and climbing. The rock crawling was fun, but a little hard on the underside. No major damage that I've discovered, yet. Drug both drive shafts and managed to drag the frame, tranny and exhaust against the rocks. Thankfully the added flex joints to the exhaust prevented any damage to the exhaust manifolds.
I envy you. I want to get mine done so I can go trail riding but you are willing to put your's through far more than I am!
You're working that old girl, for sure!
-John
Member of Dixie Division MVC
1953 USAF M37 wow, restored
1962 M151 Ford Production, on the rotisserie now
1953 USMC M37 w/w -in storage
1942 M6 Bomb Service Truck (sold to UK collector)
1967 M116A1 Pioneer Trailer
1968 M101A1 Trailer
S-89 Comm box
HingsingM37 - Yes a blast to actually have an improved performance form running there last year was great. Only Jeeps and a couple of samurai's, traffic was much lighter over the holiday weekend then I'd expected.
refit1701 - I don't know that anyone should envy me, but Thanks. I built this truck for fun, not sure I had where I'm headed in mind when I started. but I wanted tough reliable Dodge. I look back now and some of the "repair" work I did in the fenders, frame tie downs, etc... were a waste. However I'm enjoying it. I suppose since I've gone through it like I have, at least I should know how to fix it when I break it. I think next winter I'll re-wire it, as my wiring got out of control and is a mess. Now I can fix the Power Wagons (some day I hope) so they can be nice drivers, and not hard core off road trucks.
awesome pics....looks like a blast too. i cant wait to get mine on the trails. it will be a completely different beast then my jeep. keep up the awesome work on that beast!
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