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| Overlook at the end of Tower Road, Prentice Cooper State Forest in Tennessee. | Rock-crawling in Monteagle, Tennessee. | ||
Rocket City Rock Crawlers participated in the SFWDA Cleanup Day on March 10, 2001, March 9, 2002 and again March 3, 2003 at Tellico ORV area. From left, the 1st, 2nd and 4th people are USFS employees. I dont know any of the rest of these folks, but there were a lot more from various clubs picking up trash. There was one other place where bagged trash had been piled up which was substantially larger than this pile. I picked up a full 30 gal contractor bag full of cans and other trash just on the dirt road leading up to upper 2. People are really trashing Tellico.
Trail #2 in Upper Tellico ORV Area, NC. Truck was still IFS at this time...
Long Point, PCSF Tn. The sign says "End of Trail"
Campsite at Big Oak Grove campground, Tellico. I pretty much had it to myself...
MTTR Trail Ride on May 19, 01 - private property near Graysville, Tn - incredible trails led by a Hummer - Thanks Mickey!
Trail #7, Tellico ORV area. This obstacle is known as Peckerwood, and it took a toll on my drivers door, as you can see.
Climbing rocks at Monteagle
Rocking on the staircase at Coalmine
Ashley driving at Prentice Cooper
Crawling Upper 2 at Tellico ORV Area
The mighty AlabamaToy is an 86 4Runner. Here's a list of the latest modifications:
LC Engineering EFI Pro engine with
LCE header
and a
Centerforce clutch, Black Magic electric fan- Long slip front driveshaft and IFS CV joint conversion on rear driveshaft, both from Huntsville Driveshaft. The front driveshaft was later modified with a 1/4" wall tube.
- Front Suspension: AllPro OffRoad 5 inch springs in front, with AllPro spring mounts and u-bolt flip kit, 1985 solid axle, All Pro OffRoad HySteer, wide track axle spacers, and FJ80 brake discs. Actual Solid Axle conversion performed by Danny and Scott at Rocket City OffRoad, Huntsville, Alabama 256-883-1131
Rear Suspension: Front Range Offroad Fabrication
rear Brake Proportioning Valve, 63" Chevy springs with Rancho
add-a-leaf, custom hangers from RCOR,
AllPro u-bolt flip kit,
Downey disc brake mounts and hoses with Monte Carlo calipers and Chevy truck
discs
AllPro Offroad Driveshaft disc parking brake
(Update Dec 04 - this parking brake is gone....I was unable to resolve the
clearance problems with the body without adding a body-lift, which I dont
want to do.)
Inchworm double crawler
and Budbuilt transfer case crossmember.- 35X12.50 BFG M/Ts on el cheapo wagon wheels
- Detroit EZ Locker in front, Detroit Locker in rear, along with a differential breather at each end, and 4.88 gears from West Coast Differentials
- Onboard air from a York Compressor
- Warn 6K# winch
- Removeable doors
- Bikini top for summer
Custom
sliders, built by Richard
Charles - these double as compressed air tanks.
Custom
front bumper, designed by me and built by Jeremy
Cash- SR5 Instrument Panel
- Hella H4 replaceable bulb headlights, custom home-brew wiring harness.
- Kenwood TM-261A 2m amateur radio, CB Radio, Panasonic FM radio/CD player
Coming next: cut-down doors for summer, Hummer wheels w/ beadlocks and run flats.
I bought this truck new and it now has over 250,000 miles on it. As of January 2002, the truck became a non-daily-driver. Here's the new tow rig:
2001 F250 Extra-Cab 7.3L Powerstroke Diesel 4X4, 6 speed manual transmission
Now I guess I gotta learn about diesels....
And the modifications begin!
Heres the Kenwood D700 installation:
The control head (apologies for blurry photo):
The main unit is located under the passenger seat. The homebrew GPS
unit is the small black box ziptied to the seat frame immediately below the
Kenwood unit.
This location protects the radio from rear passengers feet because its so
far forward under the seat, and the seat adjustment lever acts as a protective
guard for the radio and its connectsion from the front passengers feet.
The Kenwood D700 is a 2m and 70cm unit with APRS and packet built right in. The GPS is a homebrew (thanks to KC4UII, Rick) Motoroloa GPS board with a TAPR interface and a remote antenna. This unit puts out NMEA sentences 24/7 which the D700 uses for APRS (Automated Position Reporting System). See my location at http://map.findu.com/ke4kuz.
Headlight "upgrade"....Before: 
After: 
The sealed beams will be replaced by Bosch or Cibie H4 enclosures with 80/100
watt bulbs, and an upgraded harness. I think that the sealed beams look
better, too. I think the original aero headlamps give the truck a dead
look to it, whereas the sealed beams look somehow alert...or something.