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The Green Machine - parked

Keep an eye on the antenna, it may spring enough on a bumpy trail that it could slap the roof or the hood. I have the same spring with a firestik mounted on the corner of the bed (5' off the ground) and it will hit the ground if I'm bouncing right. A tennis ball keeps it from slamming against the cab.
 
Keep an eye on the antenna, it may spring enough on a bumpy trail that it could slap the roof or the hood. I have the same spring with a firestik mounted on the corner of the bed (5' off the ground) and it will hit the ground if I'm bouncing right. A tennis ball keeps it from slamming against the cab.
Didn't have any trouble on the Kane creek trail with my antenna.
 
Trip report from Moab, truck did awesome. The only thing that really held me back on the trail was tire size and associated lack of clearance under the differentials. Otherwise traction was great. No broken parts to report, other than some damage to the fender flares because my small tires couldn't scale some rocks and I had to squeeze past.

Which brings up a decision I have to make, do I wheel this aggressively, or buy another ride? I love the way this thing looks, and I'd really like to keep the paint finish looking nice, but I also love rock crawling. I think I'll keep this as the camping rig/lighter duty trails rig, and get something like a 2 door Tahoe or Yukon and make it a crawler. That way I can beat on it and not be mad at myself for doing so.

Things I need to fix now:

The stereo quit producing sound during the trail ride, not sure why.

I really need to redo my front driveshaft, I'm getting tired of the vibrations from the bad angles from the simple 2 joint shaft. I'm on the lookout for a flange output for the front of my 241 t-case, if anyone has one, I'm interested.

The cheap Rough Country EZ Rides on the front are sagging unevenly, so I really need to swap them side to side so my truck isn't listing going down the road. Waste of my damn money, those were. I have other things to do first, but I really want to get some custom Alcan springs front and rear. It's only money...

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I will try to remember and look to see if I have a flange for a 241.
It's great that you are pleased with your truck! Using it is awesome!
 
Why not some bigger tires?

Seems like they’d eliminate most of your performance issues.
 
This right here looks perfect to me. My vote is another trail only rig. Then use the Hoe for when you want to wheel and drive to the trail. More overland type stuff.
 
This right here looks perfect to me. My vote is another trail only rig. Then use the Hoe for when you want to wheel and drive to the trail. More overland type stuff.
Can't even get away from it here...:surepal: people calling my rig the wrong vehicle. I have a Yukon :deal:
 
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