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The flat bed is completed and we’ll pick it up tomorrow AM. Spend another night couch surfing, then on to New England for the installation of Me-Shell on the 7th.

The 80 had “heavy” OME J springs and were stiff, with heavier springs in the rear. The 350 is a much better ride by far. In the 80 even with the heaviest springs available, a good side wind and we’d be rollin. So ya, basically a back pack- the 4WD pop up is 1700 dry, add us, all the liquids &...

In our old 80 series I removed the front sway bar for one trip and we rolled out and swayed quite a bit. I put it back on and left it on. Now I’m reading that a lot of people are removing the front sway bar from their F250/350s and experiencing a better ride and no loss in stability on...

Well, at least we aren’t a couple of Nancys

Now is the tough part. Couch surfing at my Brotherinlaw's. The custom build on the flatbed met a snag yesterday and the rear boxes must be re-built. It will be ready next week, then we're headed to RI for week before the installation of MeeShell begins on the 7th. Chomping at the bit would be...

Who is Felicia?

Yup, after reading everything I could find on the topic that’s what I’ll be doing. Old school dictated keeping the auto transmission cooler by not working it too hard, hence, low range, high gears. It seems ford engineering is not concerned with this as the trans and engine cooler works...

yes we have and a deep rabbit hole indeed. RTTs deserve themantra, you get what you pay for.

If money is no object, then consider the James Baroud tents. Easy set up’ light weight, and good enough to pass on to your grandkids. James Baroud Evasion Rooftop Tent Another RTT to strongly consider would be the Roofnest. https://roofnest.com/products/sparrow-2-xl My brother-in-law...

I’m just now reading your wonderful stories! Where have I been? Not paying attention, that’s for sure.. great write ups and inspirational, thanks! There isn’t anything quite like being up on top of the world.

Yes, we’ve had a conversation about Mexico, I look forward to meeting them one day.

Diagrams of the flatbed. The header board is not contoured in order to protect the leading edges of the camper . The boxes & skirting will have the exteriors rhino lined. I opted for a rear compartment 36”x 52”x 5” over a drawer for more stowage. There will be a full inner fender along with...

True, but we were full bore hard core until last summer- I’m 71 now and am still tempted! LOL

Without a winch up front we would have turned around a lot more often and never had gone to some of the most remote places in the country over the past 22 years, 11 years with a Jeep and 11 years with an 80 series more often than not, alone. Now I am considering whether to spend the money on...

Only carry one snatch block- a metal one and I used synthetic line. Metal block is good to use with sythetic line provided a wire line has never run through it. That’s a serious recovery you have diagramed there.