TEC || Newbie Run 2023 - June 17, 2023

Am I reading this right? 3+ hr drive from Hamilton??

 

Yep, hour north of Peterborough.

 

My boys have been bugging me about to taking the truck off road, guess they’re sick of not seeing any dirt on it lol!

Think it can be done less than 3 hours? lol

 

I kanz photo chop dirt on your buggy...you know, to save a 6 hr round trip for 3 hrs on a trail...

 

LOL!

A 4 year old and a 11 year old, they can’t be in the same room for more then a few secs unattended…let alone a 6 hour round trip haha!

 

Picard Lake Trail by itself is listed on OF4WD with 5-hr avg completion time. @Snail81 and I finished it in just over 3 hrs in 2020.

Put the 11 year old in the bed with a leash? The D-rings are rated for 250 lbs IIRC.

 

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@19Canuck
@Snail81
@TunedUpTaco
@mibagentq
@MaverickT883
@Tacoguayaco
@WorstCaseOntario
@Dystor
@Ulfy
@Michaelzg
@Shveet (currently a maybe since i have trail damage from Ardbeg to still fix)

 

You have 2 weeks to fix that...get moving.

 

1. reinstall upper control arms
   
2. Get new bushings for UCAs
   
3. pull old UCA bushings out with a press
   
4. install SPC, removing my current OEM ones
   
5. Get alignment? I think i can skip this step.
   
6. get new sway arm links & install them, or just swaybar delete as it's cheaper
   
7. bend forward skid plate back into place , or buy a slightly used one
   
8. otherwise weld new support brace plates to avoid caving in the front again
   
9. install the transmission skid plate
   
10. reinstall the Transfer case skid plate
    
11. fix/ straighten out cross member that i fucked. but I broke a sledge hammer so now...
    
    
12. check front again for knocking (not engine knock but could be rad mount again? i never did re-tighten the new bushings...
    
13. Front fox shock bushing might be done.
    
14. roller bearing is probably fucked ECGS tool is where in the world atm?
    
15. check rear drum breaks, they probably need to be replaced by last year idk 150k should still be good right?
    
16. Engine knock, maybe is that vacuum pump in the rear... hard to say but replace with new part
    
17. Lower COntrol arm gusset stiffener, might as well replace those bushings as well
    
18. spray underside of truck for rust
    
19. wash and wax exterior
    
20. cry as i dont want to wash the interior but i have to...

 

Pfffft...is that all?

 

no actually ._.

list continues with a new truck but that's further down the list

 

Fearless leader wouldn't do any of that. Full fucking send and fix the rest later

 

replacing something that just broke is a waste as it'll break.
but if it's broken, it can only be MORE broken. i get your drift.

 

New truck?
Explain.

 

Sunken cost fallacy.
might be cheaper to start over

 

I myself have crossed that path...all be it in the GM fold...but I think I'm approaching it in this Toyota rabbit hole

 

fully agree, that’s why we have winters for, do the entire overhaul then.


Plus I did help him with the armour, it’s 69% more rigid now.

 

The large contingent of access cab long beds in the club influencing you?

 

I know @Norilsk's bed is tweaked a bit so i would have to rebuild his canopy anyways

 

Safety crocs FTW!