big sky trapper
Adventurer
This is what Im starting with...
85 F150 4x4 LWB. Dual Tanks. 300 straight six (great mileage and a serious torque monster) factory 4.10 gears with LS rear end. Almost no emissions simple single barrel carboration. Massive wheel wells=33x12.50x15 rubber with no lift and no rubbing. The stongest frame of the 80's fords in the half ton size.
Plans to build something on a little differant platform besides the yoda-jeeps-and LC's ect. plus its the ultimate budget DIY build. Its intended use is geocahing runs, ghost town hunting in the north west, elk hunting and running our back country trap lines and the occasional 4 wheeling trip and campping trips.
My com package is nearly finished.
Scored a like new camper/topper with built in sleeping platform-storage area. To be installed tommorrow night if the snow lets up.
So far for maintenance Ive replaced heater core and all rubber under hood, complete tune up, oil pan and rear main set, ball joints, and all front end uJoints, wheel bearings and seals, tie rods and radius rod bushings.
Total cost so far including truck...865.00
Future plans include SAS front axel hopefully to be accomplished with as little to lift as possible. (6.9l deisel in the garage on a stand), 9 in rear, true lockers, Air compressor, hidden frame mounted front and rear winches (have front mounts made need to finish the bumper extensions)
and of course the required camo paint job haha will post some pics as it goes if interested...
85 F150 4x4 LWB. Dual Tanks. 300 straight six (great mileage and a serious torque monster) factory 4.10 gears with LS rear end. Almost no emissions simple single barrel carboration. Massive wheel wells=33x12.50x15 rubber with no lift and no rubbing. The stongest frame of the 80's fords in the half ton size.
Plans to build something on a little differant platform besides the yoda-jeeps-and LC's ect. plus its the ultimate budget DIY build. Its intended use is geocahing runs, ghost town hunting in the north west, elk hunting and running our back country trap lines and the occasional 4 wheeling trip and campping trips.
My com package is nearly finished.
Scored a like new camper/topper with built in sleeping platform-storage area. To be installed tommorrow night if the snow lets up.
So far for maintenance Ive replaced heater core and all rubber under hood, complete tune up, oil pan and rear main set, ball joints, and all front end uJoints, wheel bearings and seals, tie rods and radius rod bushings.
Total cost so far including truck...865.00
Future plans include SAS front axel hopefully to be accomplished with as little to lift as possible. (6.9l deisel in the garage on a stand), 9 in rear, true lockers, Air compressor, hidden frame mounted front and rear winches (have front mounts made need to finish the bumper extensions)
and of course the required camo paint job haha will post some pics as it goes if interested...