EDdaTREE
1/2 ton status
Maybe its a 203 thats still fulltime? Your shifter might be out of adjustment.
9/11/01..Never forget...Never forgive
9/11/01..Never forget...Never forgive
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203 or 205
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Twin stick offers a handy feature which makes it much more than a gimmick. The twin stick mod offers front wheel low range/rear wheel nuetral. With this you can lock down the rear brakes and literally pivot the truck on the rear wheels. Stephen Watson uses separate E-brake cables to each rear wheel to make this feature work even better.
Just a FYI...I thought it was sort of a useless mod until I read a little further too.
Rene
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Just a FYI...I thought it was sort of a useless mod until I read a little further too.
Rene
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i am trying to visualize any time in the past that this technique would have prevented me from using my winch. not coming up with an example.
i see it could perhaps have saved me rocking back n forth a few hundred times.
perhaps at the expense of being able to pound the shifter from 2hi to 4lo in one motion when an 'easy' puddle turns out to be a major hole.
not bashing it, just isnt high on my list of 'wants'
for competition it may make the difference.
was going to twin stick it at one time but would prefer seat time in a twin stick vehicle before going to the trouble, guess i could easily sell the results if i hated, it to recoup some of the loss.
would have to hear an honest all purpose review to learn more.
still wouldnt take a 203 over a 205 ever
i see it could perhaps have saved me rocking back n forth a few hundred times.
perhaps at the expense of being able to pound the shifter from 2hi to 4lo in one motion when an 'easy' puddle turns out to be a major hole.
not bashing it, just isnt high on my list of 'wants'
for competition it may make the difference.
was going to twin stick it at one time but would prefer seat time in a twin stick vehicle before going to the trouble, guess i could easily sell the results if i hated, it to recoup some of the loss.
would have to hear an honest all purpose review to learn more.
still wouldnt take a 203 over a 205 ever
84_Chevy_K10
Banned
Man, you guys certianly do some different off roading out west. Where I go, if you stopped or slowed down to play with shifters and lock up all kinds of brakes, you'd be lucky to get moving again.
You guys need to learn the mud concept when doing other types of offroading (rollcage required). Here, we call it WFO. Basically, you put the pedal to the metal and hold it there.
Tim
'84 Chevy K10, lifted, loud, fast, and 3/4 ton axles
You guys need to learn the mud concept when doing other types of offroading (rollcage required). Here, we call it WFO. Basically, you put the pedal to the metal and hold it there.
Tim
'84 Chevy K10, lifted, loud, fast, and 3/4 ton axles
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Man, you guys certianly do some different off roading out west. Where I go, if you stopped or slowed down to play with shifters and lock up all kinds of brakes, you'd be lucky to get moving again.
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We have a lot of variety here...including tons of mud. I don't mind mud, but usually unless it's part of the trail I avoid it. I've spent quite a bit of time "WFO" as you put it. I've also spent quite a bit of money replacing parts that wore out because of the abrasive, destructive qualities of the mud here. Never mind the endless tokens fed to the pressure washer here to get it decent looking afterwards.
Here's a pic of a local mud playground, Stave Lake mud flats..
<a target="_blank" href=http://albums.photopoint.com/j/View?u=1707837&a=13790307&p=54453552&Sequence=1> Acres of mud...</a>
I'll be installing a rev limiter before I go mudding again...the only time I have ever seen my 350 pull 6000 RPM was in the mud.
Rene
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Man, you guys certianly do some different off roading out west. Where I go, if you stopped or slowed down to play with shifters and lock up all kinds of brakes, you'd be lucky to get moving again.
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We have a lot of variety here...including tons of mud. I don't mind mud, but usually unless it's part of the trail I avoid it. I've spent quite a bit of time "WFO" as you put it. I've also spent quite a bit of money replacing parts that wore out because of the abrasive, destructive qualities of the mud here. Never mind the endless tokens fed to the pressure washer here to get it decent looking afterwards.
Here's a pic of a local mud playground, Stave Lake mud flats..
<a target="_blank" href=http://albums.photopoint.com/j/View?u=1707837&a=13790307&p=54453552&Sequence=1> Acres of mud...</a>
I'll be installing a rev limiter before I go mudding again...the only time I have ever seen my 350 pull 6000 RPM was in the mud.
Rene
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84_Chevy_K10
Banned
I actually meant that as a joke, but, mine has hit 6,000 as well. In mud, stuck in 4 low, 1st gear, WFO. It certainly ripped me through that pit pretty good, but I don't like 6,000. In fact, I don't like anything over 5,000 or even 4,500.
Yes, I looked down, at the end of the pit. In mud, you don't need to look where you're going anyway. The ruts will take you where you need to be.
Tim
'84 Chevy K10, lifted, loud, fast, and 3/4 ton axles
Yes, I looked down, at the end of the pit. In mud, you don't need to look where you're going anyway. The ruts will take you where you need to be.
Tim
'84 Chevy K10, lifted, loud, fast, and 3/4 ton axles
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sweet ass muddin spot, rene!! what do you mean you avoid mud?
i'll have to come up there so we can hit that. looks deep- i'll bring hip waders. i would love to build a dedicated mud truck that sees 6 grand regularly. 44s, 5.13s, nitrous, and mud shooting 50 feet in the air. Aaaaah, i can dream can't i?
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<font color=blue> Experience enables you to recognize a mistake when you make it again.
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Well I used to have my tach mounted on top of the dash directly below the rear view. It was a crappy dash so I didn't mind adding a few extra holes at the time. I caught sight of the needle buried pretty deep about the time forward motion stopped. On that particular hole there were two other trucks very stuck. A 4Runner with a 383 stroker and 42's and a mid 70's short box Chevy on 44" Boggers. The Chevy had burned up a 12,000 lb winch trying to extract himself from the goo.
The part of the hole I was in was nowhere near as deep but jsut as gooey. I hammered the same line 3 times and almost made the end of it on the last go...by the time I left I needed a pull to get restarted because the starter was so packed with mud it wouldn't work no more, both power windows were stuck open, my T-case adaptor had cracked (not fatally) and my alternator was doing a nice impression of a Pete Jackson gear drive. Strawbery was fun until they closed it down! 6 months later my rear brakes were ruined and the axle seals were gone. I should have disassembled it all when I got home and washed that crap out, but I didn't know any better at the time.
Rene
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The part of the hole I was in was nowhere near as deep but jsut as gooey. I hammered the same line 3 times and almost made the end of it on the last go...by the time I left I needed a pull to get restarted because the starter was so packed with mud it wouldn't work no more, both power windows were stuck open, my T-case adaptor had cracked (not fatally) and my alternator was doing a nice impression of a Pete Jackson gear drive. Strawbery was fun until they closed it down! 6 months later my rear brakes were ruined and the axle seals were gone. I should have disassembled it all when I got home and washed that crap out, but I didn't know any better at the time.
Rene
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84_Chevy_K10
Banned
Ouch! It looks like fun.
As for the ruts, my friends all have 38s, 39.5s, or 44s pretty much, except for one, he has 33s. So, we are pretty much good to go on the ruts...we just follow our big friends.
Tim
'84 Chevy K10, lifted, loud, fast, and 3/4 ton axles
As for the ruts, my friends all have 38s, 39.5s, or 44s pretty much, except for one, he has 33s. So, we are pretty much good to go on the ruts...we just follow our big friends.
Tim
'84 Chevy K10, lifted, loud, fast, and 3/4 ton axles
