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Wife drives a 99 tahoe. door was off for some repairs. It's been a good vehicle.

My whole family tends to enjoy some range time. My kids even help me with the reloading. And I always have a way to protect myself and my family. But what, where, and why are my business not the group I am with. I don't advertise the fact that I carry. If you ask I'll answer but I won't...

Yellowstone NP - Grand Prismatic from the hillside above it.

We still have the good old Colman white gas that has been used and abused but keeps working. We have one of the jet boild stoves for hiking or warm drinks. We have 2 lanterns that use the same fuel. It's nice to only carry one fuel type. But we cook on the fire as much as possible so the...

Ouch, Glad everyone is ok.

Due to all of our kids being winter babies the youngest they camped was about 3 months old. The wife did eventually figure out that she packed way too much stuff. Yes you'll need more spare cloths for the kids. But your camping and exploring so if your doing it right you'll probably end up a...

I had an 1985 Buick Lesabre. Took that thing hunting and camping. It explored many no maintenance and forest roads. Even some water crossings I had no business trying.

Thanks, I like how it turned out. Kind of a mix of ideas that fit the shape of the Bronco. Most of what I found for sale is just too big and bulky.

Thanks, it has been fun building and figure stuff out. Yes sir that serpentine belt has been great no more slipping belts and voltage drops from water, mud, and snow. Nice quiet and smooth steering now.

After playing with several ideas I decided to do about a half height grill protection. I also added the front receiver hitch since it does come in handy now and then. I cut it off an old one I had and welded ti to the bottom with some added reinforcement. Then final grinding, sanding and...

Finally build this bumper this fall. I've had a warn 16.5ti winch sitting under my work bench for too many years. Finally convinced myself to buy a tubing bender for some of the projects we have in mind. Started by making as much room as I could to push the winch and bumper as tight to the...

Thanks. I think I have a tool and tinkering/building stuff addiction. It just seems like I can usually find something close to what I want but just not quite. So I end up figuring out how to build what I want myself. That and why pay $1200 plus for a bumper when I have a welder and plasma...

Thanks. The family and I have enjoyed it. Now though I have to make some wife requested improvements in order to get her to take longer trips in it. Although the aren't crazy changes. Just safety and comfort stuff. Along with a few fun upgrades.

We have a lot of fun together hunting. But I have to take it easier than normal so that she can keep up. Also its entertaining to listen to her while she is walking through 6 foot tall reeds and cat tails. She asked me to "teach her to shoot deers with my gun" this year and was bummed when I...

Good to know mine is about 15 years old and has a tiny tank built into the compressor that the solenoid is threaded into. Makes sense that they would have updated the design in that amount of time. Mine is old and slow to fill tires. I'd be curious to know how the newer ones perform. Might...

If you are going to run arb air locker or similar you will need a tank of some sort. I don't think an on demand type would hold pressure in the line to keep your locker engaged. I am pretty sure ARB requires constant air pressure on the locker. So at least a small reserve of air volume would...

I hunt duck, goose, pheasant, deer, prairie dogs, and pigeons. I used to get enough meat in the freezer to feed the family red meat for the year and supply a few friends as well. But between kids activities, work, and loss of some private land I used to be able to hunt I don't get out as much...

With some of the water and mud I've been silly enough to go through it was time to build and air box with the ability to seal it and possibly turn into a snorkel eventually. I picked up a plenum or hat for the throttle body and some flexible elbows. Eventually I came up with a plan and...

Since I had an updated belt setup. I figured I'd try an electric cooling fan. My ecm is capable of controlling the relays to run a fan so why not try it. I decided to use the fan from a v8 thunderbird since it is a very high flowing 18 inch fan. I make an aluminum bracket to mount it to the...

A strong shovel in case you break through some hard packed snow, a recovery strap or 2, good solid tow points, and someone to help you dig out and push.