NW WA Meet / BS Thread

I'm going to bring the camera as well. I have nothing but time.

 

So for those who all care. Staircase campground and nf24 are open, camping hiking all open now. Thinking about spending the weekend there. Nice spots with bathrooms.

 

i prefer shitting in the woods

 

Beginning of my spare-tire/fuel/jack carrier



ETA: these are acting as the verticals mounting surfaces for the hinge and latch on my current HC rear bumper

 

well , some of us aren't animals and like a nice seat to poop. But I will admit, a nice poop in the woods while aliens watch is pretty cool.

 

ive done mushrooms as well

 

behind the fringe my dude. walking into other worlds is quite the experience

 

I’m not saying that I’ve decided to take a bath on mushrooms and when the water got cold i started to drain the tub and felt like my soul was getting sucked down with the water but...i was taken out of a bathtub that night shivering and cold...

Also, trees CAN be good or bad

 

How thick is that stuff? It looks very stout, what are you cutting it with? I've been wanting to try putting some stuff together but I have no idea what I'm doing. That's looking great!

 

Definitely gonna pay attention to how you do this. In case I need to at a later point

 

The angle is 1/4” and the side plates are 3/16”. The angle is going to hold the load, so I’m going to weld on the inside and outside, rather overbuild it.

This was all done with a bit of light spray paint on the 3/16” to see the scribe lines and a cutoff wheel

 

Hopefully you’ll have the correct size mounting surfaces for the hinge and latch. These plates are just so i have a good place to start the actual work

 

Got the latch today, it feels super solid

thanks @JDAM for the recommendation

 

Steel is painfully expensive now

 

There’s gonna be a lot of tweaking but the bones are there

 

I’m assuming these fit the Actiontrax. Which style would I need?

 

After over 250 miles with the new tires I’m figuring I’m right around 14-15 MPG’s on average. That’s while fully loaded with tent, and a nights worth of camping gear.

big difference in fuel economy on 37’s vs 35’s

 

Shouldn't it get worse on big ass tires? That's what I get on 33s

 

i was severely over geared with 5.29’s and 35’s. Doing 70 mph on the highway with 35’s i was at 3500RPM, now I’m at 3000 on 37’s. It’s nice to not hear a 1gr screaming all the time

 

Are you welding them on/ creating a bracket or trying to run in slot tracks? I just Went with carriage bolts and star knobs with spacers.