Power Wagon Registry

Yup, they are all junk. Proof positive that we are de-evolving as a species as a whole. So many products that we have been making for 100+ years & still can't seem to get it right. All that being said................ We just returned from a week away, with camper & canoe. Truck ran fine. Rear diff s...

With 8 months and 18K under my belt, here are my top 10 things to hate, and to love about the Power Wagon. Things to Hate; 10. MPG 9. No rear step system 8. Front bumper needs angled ends like other modern 4x4s 7. Ground Clearance under some chassis parts 6. Garage Door opener barely transmits 5. N...

Mine is going on 10 yrs old & still working fine. Only cooler in front of my radiator is the tiny power steering cooler.........but i have a stick shift so.. . I put my engine oil cooler in front of the a/c condenser as much as possible. Have not hooked it up yet, just mounted it. No need, no overhe...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVWKBuYZlWc

Enjoy !

Now, picture this truck with the newly released 425hp - 450lb-ft of torque !!! Makes me like it even better. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvrppqyT4pE&feature=youtu.be The beat down was good. Well deserved imho. I'd a gave her much more, but thats just me. Sounds to me like a skank just looking fo...

Retired BLM Rig wrote: ↑

Sat Jul 28, 2018 1:34 am

This is for you Twinstick!


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That is frucking awesome !!!!

Wrong shift pattern, but awesome nonetheless !!! I think I could modify that to work !!!

This is like reading about a bad dream becoming a nightmare. :shock: 2sticky. Keep your '08 PW. Because I think you would be disappointed with the performance of the ZR2 diesel. From what I've been hearing. Mileage isn't bad. But when you put your foot down. It will trip over it's self. The respons...

That is so true. I have been researching the ZR@ Diesel pretty hard. Lots of issues with the DPF & regen & limp mode. One guys has been in the shop 6x in 6 months. He was so discouraged with their service & the way he was treated, he said he would never own a GM product again. They are ALL told "DO ...

NickTF wrote: ↑

Thu Jul 12, 2018 8:14 am

I’d personally like to see a badge that says “MDS Lifter Delete”!

I sure could'a used one today. Coming home with camper in tow, down a major road. Had to turn right. Guy in front of me also turns right but stops to talk to an old lady going the opposite way !!! right in an intersection on a major road. Camper almost got rear ended by a semi-truck....he also layed...

Is it true, that if you say lawyers with the right southern accent, that it comes out as liars' ?

It is at the point where the cost of new trucks is simply just not worth it anymore. $50k-$60k-$70k-$80k & even $90,000 for a new truck & then to get treated like that, is just unacceptable. Sorry but if you have a 3/4 ton you should get a 3/4 ton to drive until they figure their shit out. Not your ...

I have used my 2-20,000lb snatch blocks from Tractor Supply with no issues. I have made some heavy ass pulls too. Take em apart, clean & regrease em every few years too. Made in China.

Again, the load can't exceed the rating of the winch at any attachment point. The physics are straight forward. You do get a theoretical 30K of load, but it"s split between two points, the pulley and the anchor point. That's just the way it works. Here's some mathematics that show it better than I ...

You must have a fancy toilet. Mine is just a slide lever, flat plastic with rubber seal. I am sure they are all a PITA to replace though. Toilet work is never fun.

Vintage? Seriously. Must be due to low production numbers. If 2008 is vintage, what does that make us? :angry: I believe the word your looking for is "antique !!! ", and yes, I am also included in that. LOL :lol: Those bars are really NOT that HD. It would be easy to make some or have some made of ...

This is the most comprehensive & accurate explanation of recovery calculations I have ever seen posted on this site !!! Kudo's to you sir :rockon: :rockon: :rockon: Farm boys, & military men agree, off-roading will inevitably lead to some wicked stucks. Sometimes, you just gotta be there to believe ...

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So much speculation. Maybe,,,,those lower control arms are actually a kind of I-Beam, that is so HD, they had to lighten them up with the weight saving holes ??? lol :lol: Honestly, I don't think they could go wrong if it looked like the red 1500 pictured, only sat up higher like PW's do & get the s...

So, to update this a little more....car is running & driving great. Daughter was at the top of her class but quit 9 weeks into the Academy. She would not tell me why but assured me that nothing bad happened. Found out just recently from my son why though.....They had 1 week of training on what I wou...

Moving slowly on the trailer. Got some E-track installed along the sides, carpet of sorts on the floor & ramp & got some E-track 2x4 holders & using that for the bed platform-tall enough to fit the ARB fridge's underneath. Got some bicycle fork mounts mounted inside up against the front wall.

Shackles are on, bronze bushings came with them (to replace the just about worn through in less than 1000 miles white plastic bushings, so thin you could see through some spots). I realized they had no bushing around the top shackle bolt, it really didn't need one but it was useless to have a grease...

That looks like a fun project, to protect camping essentials, of course !!!

Got my HD shackle kit with greasable bolts & my never fail bushings for the camper today. Factory shackles are about 3/16" thick at MOST. These are 1/2" thick. Will install as time/weather permits.