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After nearly a year since my friend and I painted the ML, I finally took some video of it driving! Really need to get out but money has been tight all last year so haven't been able to afford to get out and explore :disrelieved:

Thanks! I mostly get funny looks and people asking "Why would you do that to a Mercedes??" But the ones who recognize it for what it is think its pretty nifty.

So a couple weeks ago I found a nail in the sidewall of one of my tires...which couldn't be patched (I'm not trusting a sidewall patch unless its the only option to get to a tire shop) and so thanks to the all wheel drive nature of the ML, I had to get all new tires. Decided to go from 255/65r16...

I dunno that I'll make the trip. Didn't get the new job and now my ML is in the shop due to a shut off issue when stopped for a minute after being run for awhile. Might be something with the fuel system or a sensor. It's at my mechanic and I should know what it is next week, but I dunno how much...

(I'm just seeing this now, lol) I wanna go but might be getting a new job this week, so I'll know next week or so if I can get that weekend. Was supposed to go camping in February/March this year when the pandemic started and didn't go because at the time I thought it would be just a minor...

I'm eventually planning on putting 33's on it! Well, 32.8...close enough! Just gotta finish the suspension lift before putting those size tires on it to avoid any chance of rubbing.

I haven't really done anything else to the ML in the last couple months, save for putting the spare tire and the roof rack back on. I joined a ML group on Facebook where a few members have theirs built for off roading, and I've learned a few things for how to move forward with getting it lifted...

I got the wheels painted! Doing so really finished the look of the vehicle!!

Well, last month I was laid off from the park, and used my unemployment monies to get the ML painted and to buy a cargo trailer! I was kicked out of the ranger house, and it took me far too many trips to get my stuff moved out in the ML, but with the trailer I can fit all of my things in it and...

Thanks! And it's nifty you're planning something similar! Don't let others in their Jeeps and Toyotas put you down for driving a Mercedes off road: there's a lot this vehicle can do in the woods, and the only major issue I've found is the subpar ground clearance. Raising the torsion bars all the...

Doesn't look like it unfortunately...We were meeting up once a month for most of last year, hopefully we'll get that started up again in the next month or so. I haven't been to Jones Lake, or in that region of NC. I'm also planning on using tax monies for a lift, haha.

Oof, that's a hell of a rotation you have.

I'm off on the 3rd and 4th, on the 10th I'm going in for an alignment, and then I'm free on the 19th and 20th, not sure beyond the 20th. I'm also free today and tomorrow (Tuesday), but I have plans so I can't go anywhere...

So with my new ranger rotation I barely have any weekends off. Is anyone else usually free during the weekdays and link up with for 1 night trips? It's been forever since I've been out camping and it's easier for me to go during the week when my 2 days off usually are.

Not going to be able to make it :sob: Hopefully I'll make the next one!

Going to request this day off! Hopefully I'll be able to join!!

I've been looking at the MicroMobile for a few months. Shame right now I'm switching jobs/moving this weekend and can't afford to buy anything right now...Next time!

Sesqui is a really nice park, its a shame I-20 is right next to it. Other than that its a good park. I've never been to Goodale, it looks like a small park and maybe that's why some rangers from Sesqui also work there.

Sesquicentennial/Goodale State Park(s) in SC! Apparently Sesqui also manages Goodale, so I'll be doing shifts at both parks. I'm pretty excited since I've been looking to get into the park service for a couple years now (and this year put out about 50-70 applications). Walking and standing more...

Oof, I almost forgot about the video I took. After getting back from the trip I got the flu, then job interviews (which I'll be starting as an Assistant Ranger on Dec 2nd!) and remembered I never actually posted any of what I shot. So here's the drive-by of all the vehicles along with the tree...