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A month and a 1/2 in the making. Getting closer to being back together by the day. Before: After:

I am sure there are somethings I have forgotten. And my timeline maybe a little skewered. But when I talk about my truck I tend to ramble on. Thanks for reading it all. I’ll continue to update as it goes back together and beyond.

Today... Monstaliner it is. My plan is to let it cure the next couple of days and then put all the trim and lights and weather stripping back on as well as what I had to tear apart to do the door jams as well. Tomorrow the new Carli torsion bar will go in. Tuesday night when I can get a...

Summer of 2020 I wired in a second battery on a voltage sensing relay, and power outlets in the camper shell of my brothers truck. I liked the way it turned out. The thing I didn’t like was he packed a couple extra batteries in case we camped somewhere for a few days and didn’t run the truck to...

I’ve posted up pictures of my 05 ram 2500 in the Let’s see the rams thread, but I have never had a build documented on it. I bought it brand new when I was 23. My first and only brand new vehicle. I owned it for about 2 weeks when I lifted it 4 inches and put a set of 35s on it. This picture...

I love it but I may be a little biased in my opinion. If I ever get the dodge put together then the bronco will go under the knife. 400 is getting tired and losing oil pressure. I need to find some bucket seat brackets for it though.

I’ve run an AFE cold air intake on my 05 since it was new. Never had a problem. Switched to the dry filter when it came out. I clean it twice then buy a new one. Never had an issue at all. Easy to get at too. If you want the cat style filter I’d get on Cummins forum and search “big honkin air...

The closest I’ve gotten to any kind of adventure was when we went to Arizona. Valley of Fire is only an hour and a half from the wife’s grandparents house. Traffic the whole way and never got off the pavement.

I feel like it’s been 2020 all over again this year. I’ve been on lock down in the shop ever since the weather started getting descent. Made a 4 day trip to Arizona so the wife could see her grandparents. Then a 3 day trip to the in-laws to dig irrigation ditches. Other than that I feel like...

I loved the way my ARE Shell looked. And I bought it for the same reason being the cost of the caravan. I never had anything more than a 6 foot piece of pvc strapped to the rack. But mine fell apart after 2 years. That’s when I decided caravan or nothing for me. Wish I would have bought it in...

Check caravan campers out. Expensive but they had pictures with 4 wheelers on top of their campers in their shop.

Some awesome places and pictures. I love the Sheldon refuge and the alvord desert. Burns, Oregon is a place that will always feel like home. Hopefully next winter I will finally visit Death Valley.

Nice looking rig. I’d pull that #4 plug wire off and fill that hole with penetrating oil. With my luck, as soon as I find out something is seized or gonna be a real pain to get to, that’s when it goes bad.

I was just in valley of fire on Sunday. Saw 7 rams that day. Forgive the phone picture.

Thanks. I will definitely post pics if I do. I should probably start a build page on my truck. I’ve just been using the let’s see the rams page. A rear plate bumper with tire carrier is coming next. But my last upgrade blew up one me and my truck is getting an extreme make over. I’ll start a...

Look at the guys who have been from Alaska to the tip of South America on a pedal bike. Anyone here have balls enough to tell them they aren’t overlanding? No roof top tent or slide out kitchen. Hell they don’t even have 4 tires. The one thing I can honestly say they have is my respect. It’s a...

How stuck do you plan on getting and in what kind of terrain? Forest service roads, desert two racks, run what you have. Recovery if needed shouldn’t be that violent. Deep mud and huge rocks - get the recovery points. Knowing your rig’s limits can eliminate the need for a lot of the recovery gear.

I like that set up. Really like the improvised shooting range picture too. If I build a drawer system I want one drawer for my big tools - hi lift, shovel, axe, recovery ropes and straps. The other one I’d want to hold a rifle or 2 and my fishing poles.

I need a friend like you to save me some parts. What about the hd full progressive leafs? Know anybody running those? I am curious what they do to payload. I don’t run around with 1500 lbs extra in my bed but I bet my shell weighs close to 400. Then by the time I gear it up for a camping trip...

One of my favorite places has a paved road to the camp ground. Most have maintained gravel roads. I am not even remotely interested in putting my rig in a boulder patch. As a mechanic who has built a few crawlers, I think they are amazing machines. I’ll read about them, discuss the builds, and...