Gary Lewis

Just to round out this report, here's a video from a guy we met on top of Black Bear. In the video he catches our new-found friend Mike in his 4Runner @ 2:56, and catches us in Big Blue at 3:28. But then we, and BB, are shown while at the top and in the drone footage several times. So this lets us see the tight turn with the rock on the first switchback where Mike said "You won't make it." But, there's another LWB truck or two on the trail, so presumably they did. Anyway, enjoy!

Eunice looks like she’s taking it in stride. 👍

That is a great story. Hope you get it running quickly.

You are now on the map, and close to Ryanjave. Might send him an email.

I think those signs need to be displayed prominently. Yep, I thought that would be the clip nuts. But do you have them? Have a source? What size of screw?

Welcome! Glad you joined. Sounds like a cool plan - fix up your re-acquired first vehicle and teach your kids to drive a stick. Where's home? Wyoming? I ask because we have a map (Bullnose Forum/Member's Map in the menu) and we can add you if you knew the city or zip.

I think the stock hood is the way to go. I don't think a scoop or scoops would look right on a serious truck. As you said, maybe on a lowered truck with street tires, but not your truck. Just my opinion. Good luck on the header. Apparently no one wants to fess up that it is their fault. As for the pressure gauge, might you be able to get it where you can read it with a mirror? Or by getting down close to the fender? The one on Big Blue requires you to be in just the right spot, but it sure is nice to be able to tell w/o pulling the air cleaner. Anyway, it is looking good!

Looks great, Bill. You are making real progress. Do you have the clip nuts? Or what kind does it take? And, who is Grumpy?

My thoughts too. This gate wasn't perfect, but it looked to be rust free and good for a driver. There's 13 locations so far, and if I'm not mistaken, they all have tailgate benches out front. I'm not sure how many of those are bullnose gates though, as this restaurant had a dentside tailgate bench as well. Dentside is worse! Even harder to find from what I've read.

You know that's the way I like it to be. One of the reasons I spent tons of time studying Scott's truck at the show. I stole this from him....LOL! Next mod, PMGR starter! The only thing anyone will ever note about the PMGR starter is the starter cable on the front post of the relay and the smaller wire on the back post. But they'll be eyeballing the 3G alternator and lack of regulator on the fender long before they spot the wiring change.

Why go if you don't get out? You might as well just watch it on TV. Our slide-in was 9 1/2' long and had a toilet, shower, hot water, and furnace. No A/C but we rarely went anywhere in the summer, instead waiting until after school started and it cooled off. But the plan wasn't to sit in the camper and read books. It was to experience wherever we were.

That's sacrilege! At least they could buy the thin ones from someone like LMC instead of using a real one.

I need another project like I need another hole in my head. But, if I do another Bullnose I would like to try the 300. (With dual carbs, dual exhaust, etc.)

Yes, it looks good. And no one but a guru would know it isn't stock.

Got your email - you are now on the map.

Welcome! Glad you joined. I've heard a whole lot about the 300, mostly good, but have never owned one. Maybe I should? Ontario? Would you like to be on our map? You can see it at Bullnose Forum/Member's Map in the menu.

Trail riding? Exploring? Or you can still call it 'wheeling. Early on I did 3 'wheeling/trail riding/exploring trips where we carried everything with us all the time and stayed where we were at the end of the day. The first two were great, but the third, with a wife and a 2 year old, not quite so much (although the one night we stayed at a nice resort, last minute, saved that trip, which isn't a bad story either). The next trip we took we tent-camped at a campground and just went out 'wheeling/trail riding/exploring from there. Trip after that was a camper in the back of the pickup at a campground as base camp, and a few years back we moved up to a motorhome. But our constant for over 25 years has been a campground base and day trips out from there. So you won't get any complaints from me if you stay at nice places between days exploring a different kind of nice places. My Facebook friend and author, Susan Dragoo, recommended a B&B in Mena, so we'll stay there if it is available. And Hot Springs Village appears to have some nice places. So I can't say we'll even be "glamping", much less camping. But, we've done some of that. Camped out of our boat on Lake Powell with the kids. Had a slide-in camper on our '72 F250 and made it to California, Wyoming, and lots of places in between. And on several of those trips we pulled a trailer with our bikes on it. One time we had the 750 K2 and rode all over Arizona. Another time we had my XL350 and her Trail 90 and rode all over CO around Buena Vista. However we've not done tent camping. The closest we came was on Powell when we set up a tent on shore. But we slept on the boat and really just used the tent to house the stuff we didn't want to take with us each day as we explored. And, to mark out campsite. But we called all of that "camping", probably because there was meal planning, food cooking, and dish washing involved. But what we are doing today only has us planning meals to the extent that we might have to pack a lunch.

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You are surely going to be a big help here! Show us some of your restorations?

You've done quite preaching and started meddling! Speaking of which, it is time to get ready for church. Later, gator.

We got ~4 MPG on the trail and 11 on the highway. Part of the 4 was due to airing down as that causes a LOT of friction. In fact, the truck doesn't really want to roll at 15 psi in the tires. And part of it was due to the serious climbing we were doing in low range and low gears. Plus, there was the altitude of from 7,000 to 13,000 feet that enriched the mix and reduced power. We might not air down to 15 psi in Arkansas. We will have to see how rough the trail is to determine that. And if we don't that'll help the MPG some. Plus, I'm thinking we can do most of the trip in 4Hi, which will keep the R's down, and that'll help as well. And, the altitude will be a max of 3,000'. So, let's assume 6 MPG. At 38 gallons that would be 228 miles. But even if we only got 4 MPG we could make 152 miles, so that would be enough for the big day. However, I may well take a 5 gallon gas can along just for insurance. But that can will fit very nicely in the bed with the cover closed, so no need for redesigning the bumper that is, yet again, well and truly stalled.

Amen! To me, overlanding includes going somewhere and camping while doing it. Taking the Jeep roads around Ouray is 'wheeling. But taking a trail, like the Ouachita trail, and spending the night on the trail is overlanding. Doesn't have to be for very many days or nights. That's my daffynition and I'm sticking to it. That's 'cause if I ever get my son to go "overlanding" with me it'll only be for a few days before he has to get back to his work. And I want to "overland". But I don't know what taking a trail and stopping at a motel or B&B is.

There's a lot of truth in that. We've traveled all over Europe and were able to communicate well enough to get by with our English, although since I was in Germany quite a bit I learned a teeny bit of that. And the only person that wouldn't try to communicate with us in English was a young lady in Paris. All of the other Parisians and everyone in the south and in Normandy gladly used English. But the young lady in Paris would NOT and was emphatic she would not. Made me think she knew English but wanted us to know French.

Fixed it for you.

Here's your pic. All I did was to copy the url and past it into the blank below "Or copy an image from the internet", making sure to wipe out the "http://" that is already there. But it won't upload 'cause it is over 1MB in size, so I clicked the Big button in Resize. And it looks like an M-Block to me. The thermostat is in the block and it doesn't look like there's a bypass hose, although it is hard to tell on the latter. Another check is 8 bolts on the valve covers and the fuel pump bolts are oriented vertically on the M-Block.