Power Wagon Registry

Got 31000 miles out of the 315/70-17 Cooper ST Pros. All in all, they were an excellent tire. Very good traction, very tough sidewalls. But, as part of now towing our new camper, I decided to go back to stock tires in a slightly less aggressive tread pattern. The truck is now wearing 285/70-17 Coope...

Greetings! It's been a while... We've joined the heavy towing club. Bought an Outdoors RV Black Rock 24KTS. If you haven't seen one, I'm not surprised. They are a small scale manufacture of truly capable trailers designed for off grid camping. Dry weight is 6900 lbs, but add in the 90 gallons of wat...

I replaced my synthetic rope last October after 7 years of service. If you take care of it, it will last a long time. Once off the drum, I salvaged two extensions from the old 90' line, one 25', the other 20'. Get the tools you need to splice rope - it's easy to do. Sent from my XT1585 using Tapatalk

3000 to 3500 miles. Camber is measured at 0.6, so I get very even wear.

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I'm at 20k + on the tires, and I expect to get to 30k before replacing them. At that point I would guess they will be under half tread depth. Tires went into service in Nov of 2015, so if they get me thru to this Nov, I'll be very pleased. Traction is still excellent, but they are starting to talk t...

100,000 miles on the truck!

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...at the AZ Game nad Fish Expo at Ben Avery Shooting Range. With over a hundred exhibitors and lots of guns available to shoot, it's always a fun day. But, when Dillon shows up, that takes the cake. The gun was cool, and so was the Aussie sourced Toyota HiLux diesel it was mounted on. And Miss Dec ...

My buddy Dustin drew a picture of Cactus Red for me. Done in water color pens, it's a way cool rendition of the truck.

Hey Mark! How's it been? Will you be at primm this weekend? Sent from my XT1254 using Tapatalk All is well on the home front. Work has gone crazy - we're an all defense aerospace job shop, and the orders have started pouring in. That's a good thing, we give thanks to President Trump for that. I onl...

If you haven't seen a Trophy Truck without the fibreglass, here's agood look at the #41 truck when it was built.

(Note: Not my video - wish it was tho...)

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Nuther great time at the 2017 Parker 425. Spec-tater'ed again this year out at North Well. Got some good video at three places. Turn up the volume and listen for the sounds of the trucks as they approach. The course was it's normal brutal self - over a 50% attrition rate. Times were down as well - t...

Nice! Great equipment built by great guys, and offer excellent service to their products.They are here in Prescott, I know them all as a customer and friends. This is a solid value. Socialism: A stage of society in Marxist theory transitional between capitalism and communism and distinguished by une...

They won't guarantee the work without it. I guess it's common to crack the plastic lines.

Socialism: A stage of society in Marxist theory transitional between capitalism and communism and distinguished by unequal distribution of goods and pay according to work done.

I did OK chasing the rally cars, kept the closing car in sight, even after 11.5 miles. I know the volunteers got a kick out of seeing a FS truck at 65 to 70 MPH. I do have the advantage of knowing the roads very well tho.

Holy crap. Tank alone is $749.00, pump is $333.00, and they guestimated 4 hours labor. I'll submit it to the insurance co. and see how it goes. Socialism: A stage of society in Marxist theory transitional between capitalism and communism and distinguished by unequal distribution of goods and pay acc...

Spent Friday evening and today running sweep at the Prescott Rally. Sometime this morning, a piece of steel was kicked up off the course by the left front tire. It punctured the fuel tank about 3" above the skid. It wasn't a stream, just a fast drip. I carry Permatex Fuel Tank epoxy in my kit, somet...

Almost exactly 5 years ago, two DieHard Platinum batteries were put in the truck. Today I noticed the windows were sluggish, and after isolating the rear battery, found they were at 12.32 (front G65) and 12.30 (rear G31) volts after sitting all weekend. Those batteries are no longer available at Sea...

I've already let the other mods/admins know that I'm no longer able to spend the time required as a moderator, and that my visits to the forum will be far fewer. I don't participate in any other type of social media, and have lost the fire as it were for forum's in general. It's been a pleasure to s...

Damn...

Both of you are lucky to be alive.

Socialism: A stage of society in Marxist theory transitional between capitalism and communism and distinguished by unequal distribution of goods and pay according to work done.

I had the 35W HID LF's early on in Cactus Red's build. Very, very bright, but on the RED Inc. light bar were prone to severe vibration when used off road on heavy washboard roads. The all plastic mount is very high to the attachment point. Never was able to solve that. The additional lens covers wer...

The Spyder cover does fine on the front. Takes a good whack, and more importantly, keeps you from peeling open the lip when backing off stuff when you hang the diff. The billet covers from DT ProFab are welded and then machined absolutely flat. No leaks on mine. Socialism: A stage of society in Marx...

On an '09, the Cig Lighter plug is on when the key is on. The AUX power plug is on all the time.

This is my kit. All three pulley's are 20K rated, the shackles are (5) 3/4" and (3) 7/8", all rated at 6.5T. Don't over think it - these have done multiple double line pulls, dozens of single line pulls, and many redirected pulls. The snatch blocks are: Smitty Built 20K, ARB 9000 20K, Warn 88899 20K...

So, the load on each line is no more than the rating of the winch pulling in the cable, but the load at the moving hook is higher. In our case, the pulley is fixed to a tree or PulPal. The moving load is the truck itself with only one point fixed as it were. Socialism: A stage of society in Marxist ...

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 c...