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Mags, glad to see you’re still making progress on that truck. Been watching this since you dragged it home on the old SONTT board.
Keep at it buddy!
Wow the top of that 4Runner tank looks much uglier on my desktop monitor than it ever did on my iPhone, or when my head was wedged between that tank and frame rail. That definitely explains why the tank leaked after I overfilled it before winter storage.
You decide where the F150 tank will be hung yet? Do you know the total capacity of that tank?
Evan, thanks for the wisdom, I’ll be sure to protect the tank I have in the ’86 from accumulating mud and gunk on top.
Ouch, that coilover really bit you eh. Springs and electricity always make me uncomfortable, too much potential energy in storage.
How’d those 4.7s work for you on your first trip out?
Side note to dual cases, another benefit being an even lower than 4.7 when in low-low.. think it’s like 5.20:1 or close to that. I’ve never driven dual stock cases, but I’m sure it’d be pretty legit as well haha. Purely a mathematic viewpoint, no experience to add.
For the trailer, are there any on-road behaviour that are undesirable other than the rattling when using a pintle hook? I’ve seen the crazy triple pivot hitches the Aussie’s use, but wondering if it’s overkill in the name of Professionalism.
Way back when my addiction was still forming… SONTT wheeling ardbeg July 2010
Good luck to the guys who made it out to Ardbeg for 2018. See you out there next trip…..(perhaps Fall 2018??)
Nick buddy, truck looks great in its natural habitat. Glad you’re getting more wheelin’ in then I could.
Nick, glad you made it on here.
There’s an awesome parking spot at the last general store (last spot for gas, and fire permits) before you hit crown land. Pretty sure I paid $10 to park for the weekend. Roughly a half-hour to 45 min drive on one road.
Guys, I have to cancel. I broke my collar bone trail riding my dirtbike on Monday. This was less than 36-hours after I unleashed my plan to ride around Ardbeg.
Long and short, wife is suuuuper upset and cancelling this trip is digging up. At least attempting to dig up.
More importantly though, my bike survived with hardly a scratch. Buddy was able to ride it out of the woods half an hour after I walked (limped) out. Other than the broken clavicle, I’m in a great shape. Hardly even dented my will to ride.
Evan buddy, had a great time chatting up 4Runners, and brainstorming build ideas.
I had the same though to snap a pic of the first gens, but it slipped my mind by the time I retrieved my cell phone. I compared to the ’86, and at the end of the bedrail, the big truck stood a full 8″ taller!!
Sold to a family in Peterborough.
The fellow who responded to the ad has been building a 1955 Range Rover using a 1983 Toyota Pickup drivetrain for the better part of a decade. Family, careers, relocations have slowed him down, but such is life. He brought the truck home Friday, has knocked out my “punch list” in about 6-hours and is looking to wheel around Bobcaygeon (20-mins from home) with his buddies.
I shared the forum with him, hope he joins soon so we can keep the saga of BigRunner going.
Sold the Bigrunner, but still making the Ardbeg trip.
Planning to run the trails on my dirtbike if a buddy comes too, or perhaps ride shotgun if there’s anybody else riding solo.
