2008 F250 Build

[ktn00000]

Near Goose Creek, south end of the Kenosha Range

[ktn00000]

Spent some time exploring the backcountry in Wyoming yesterday. Went to Sinks Canyon, the Wind River Range, South Pass City, Carissa Mill, Atlantic City, Miners Delight, Independence Rock, Devils Gate...

Lots of photos

The sink in Sinks Canyon, where the Popo Agie flows into and through underground caverns


Popo Agie


Pop Agie


Wind River Range




South Pass City




Original Wyoming Expedition Vehicle


Abandoned Mine


Inside the mine (yes I had literature proclaiming it a 'safe' mine to enter)


Abandoned stamp mill


Mill debris


Carissa Mill


Atlantic City


Saloon at Miners Delight


Miners Delight




Mining debris at Miners Delight


Miners Delight






Cemetery at Miners Delight


Independence Rock was a large half-mile long rock about twenty miles north of Muddy Gap on the Oregon Trail. The emigrants on the Oregon Trail needed to be to Independence Rock by the 4th of July to get to Oregon or California before the snows. Half a million people or so camped here. While they camped there along the Sweetwater some of them carved there names in the stone.






Devils Gate was where the Sweetwater cut through rock, the Oregon Trail cut through as well.
For some perspective, that cut is 40 feet wide and 400 feet deep.


All in all a very good day, covered a lot of ground and did a lot of hiking. Good day in the backcountry! Looking forward to getting the pop up truck camper, could spend weeks in the Wyoming backcountry. Endless things to see and do.

[ktn00000]

Caught this good little article about a Phoenix camper http://www.truckcampermagazine.com/l...e-jeep-trails/

Lots of good features in this, makes me wonder about paying Phoenix another visit some time. I think I could come up with something specific to what I want to do with a camper.

[r50fj60]

Love the truck. Body style is one my fav's. Dare I ask what mpgs you are seeing? Ive read the 5.4 SDs are notorious for being pigs

[locrwln]

Great looking truck.

BDS suspensions has a 4 link conversions for those trucks that can be used on a stock height (it does increase the caster slightly, which isn't a bad thing on a 05+ front suspension). It will increase the travel considerably and maintain the proper geometry throughout the suspension travel, which the stock arms do not.

By the way, I have a FWC and love the fact that offroad, it does not affect the feel of the truck. Mine is a shell, so it is really light, but overall you can't tell it's there even in the off camber sections.

Jack

[ktn00000]

The best MPG I have seen is 15.5 MPG, pretty consistently in the 13's.

Not an economy vehicle.....

[ktn00000]

Since I was now curious, I filled it up yesterday then drove about 175 miles through a combination of dirt and secondary roads (only in four wheel drive for about a hundred yards on an icy uphill curve) then filled it up again. It got 14.25 miles per gallon on that little jaunt.

[BCHauler]

I have enjoyed your write up on your truck.

I am poised to make a tire purchase for my f250 and have been planning on 315/75/16 Duratracs on a set of 16x10 wheels that I already own. However, I have been running a worn out set of Terra Grapplers in that size on those wheels to see how I like them and frankly, I'm not sold. The look is much more aggressive, but I'm almost a little bit embarrassed at the same time. I don't feel the need to compensate but it almost looks like I am...(just my personal opinion however).

Anyway, now that tire spending day is upon me, I am suddenly revisiting the 255/85/16 idea with stock 16x7 wheels. I really haven't liked how the truck tracks on the highway with the wide tires and how the braking seems to have suffered.

Anyway, I'm not meaning to hijack your thread. Can you give us an update on the truck and how you have liked the skinny BFGs? Any regrets on your choice?

Thanks.