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  1. old_man

    Going to be back in NorCo for Thanksgiving Week anybody interested in a short trip?

    I am going to be back in NorCo starting Friday before Thanksgiving through the Saturday after Turkey day. I am interested in doing a one or two day jaunt to the mountains. Anybody want to tag along? Have a favorite location?
  2. old_man

    How to earn ranks/badges and such

    I have been on here a while and every once in a while I ask myself, how do you qualify for badges, etc? For instance, the builder badge. I have built a rock crawler/expedition vehicle and posted a build thread. I designed and built from scratch an offroad teardrop and posted a extensive build...
  3. old_man

    old_man 's vehicle build thread

    I have a long history of doing bodywork/paint/mods on my vehicles, starting with my new 67 Mustang. My wife bought me a Cherokee 22 years ago. It was a bone stock white 4 banger with a carb. It has come a long way over the years. I have modified EVERYTHING on the vehicle. I started with a...
  4. old_man

    Please Update Traveler Level

    I apologize if this isn't the right place but I met another OB member which should promote me to II. Also, how do I get it to show on my details on posts? Here is confirmation of the meeting...
  5. old_man

    White Rim Trail

    I am an engineer and with the changes in tech, many times I have to work contracts, both local (Front Range Colorado) or out of state. At the moment I am between jobs. I think I should have something settled in the next week or two and can plan a trip. I have been trying to set up a three...
  6. old_man

    What do you do for insurance on your offroad trailer?

    I built a nice offroad teardrop. I plan to be towing it aroung North America but will not always be tied to it. I am not worried about wrecking it, but they get stolen around here frequently. I called my insurance agent and got a quote for $15,000 of stated value coverage. I was pleasantly...
  7. old_man

    What keeps you from overlanding more?

    I don't get out near enough. I live close to some awesome trails but life gets in the way. For me, it is either time or money. I have my rig and trailer built but when you are working 60 hours a week, days off are few and far between. Health and their expenses have cut my budget. Just when...
  8. old_man

    Tip for mounting high lift

    Being a fabricator and a tightwad, I built my own roof rack but wanted to hang a high lift on it. Here is what I came up with. I took a hockey puck and drilled a hole in it for a bolt, then sliced it perpendicular and made two half moon pieces. A bolt through or welded to what every you are...
  9. old_man

    Your best McGyver fix on the trail?

    I took the teeth off the Dana44 rear pinion on Poison Spider Moab. The broken teeth in the case kept locking up the gears. I ended up having to jack up the rear, pull both axles, pull the carrier, then remove the ring gear. I cleaned out the housing and reassembled everything and drove out...
  10. old_man

    Your worst mechanical fail???

    While not mechanically the worst, I had a piece of dirt stick in the steering gear valving and it froze the steering gear and it wouldn't turn as I was dropping off a ledge. The drivers side wheel dropped in a hole I was supposed to steer to the side of. This was on Moab Rim "Z turn". If the...
  11. old_man

    How many fabricators out there?

    I am a working engineer with 40+ years of fabricating, wheeling, and expeditions. I am interested in finding out who out there is into fabrication. Over the years I have built about anything you can imagine. I built my daily driver/rock crawler/expedition vehicle, a 1985 Jeep Cherokee. It...
  12. old_man

    What tools do you guys take with you?

    Around here trips get pretty rough and you are rarely within cell phone service. We try to be prepared and carry quite a few spares. My question is what do you do for tools and what spares do you carry. I even carry a 20lb CO2 bottle for airing up and down and running air wrenches.
  13. old_man

    old_man's Offroad Teardrop Trailer Build Thread

    "Welcome to my build thread". My purpose was to design from scratch and build an offroad “teardrop” trailer. While technically, the shape is not a pure teardrop, the same purpose is the goal. This was built as a prototype for a possible product. My design goals were to be able to pull it on...
  14. old_man

    New from Colorado headed for Arizona

    Hi, I live in Colorado but I am looking at working a contract in Phoenix for a year or so. I have been wheeling (rock crawling/expeditions) for over 40 years, having lived in the mountains of Colorado. My rig is a 1985 Jeep Cherokee on 35's, locked Dana 44s front and rear, powered by a 4.7L...
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