What did you do to your Ram today???

[Belvedere]

I think I'm going to leave them here for now. Still haven't bought the harness, but not necessarily looking for projection far behind the truck. Mostly rear of tires and right behind the truck. Kinda wish these were flood instead of beam. I'll probably play around with mountingnoptions, etc. Too light out now to really tell how far they project, and about to head out for the evening.

May eventually build a harness that would let me power from backup lights or Homelink.

I will try straight back like you guys when I have more time.
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Was going to get the adapter from Vice Design, but found this while browsing Jeep parts. About half the price and already has two plugs. Don't need a splitter.

 

[boogielander]

Can't find pic but today I finally worked up the courage to go under the truck to check the trail damages.
Scraped exhaust tip on driver side and scraped and dented fuel tank skid in the middle.

Exhaust tip was driver error... I should've been in 4Lo instead of 4Hi and power through the ruts and hill climbs LOL but 4L is just too slow for 60% of the trail I was on. I hit the exhaust tip on a rock pretty hard on one of the hill climbs as I gunned it.

Fuel tank skid... that's just bad breakover angle. Long wheelbase plus not enough clearance caused that; would be avoidable if I had 35s lol. I want 35s but my wallet doesn't allow me to

 

[Belvedere]

Was going to get the adapter from Vice Design, but found this while browsing Jeep parts. About half the price and already has two plugs. Don't need a splitter.
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Just realized that's a 4-pin. Not that familiar with Deutsch connectors. May be better to stay with Vice.

 

[JamRam]

Can't find pic but today I finally worked up the courage to go under the truck to check the trail damages.
Scraped exhaust tip on driver side and scraped and dented fuel tank skid in the middle.

Exhaust tip was driver error... I should've been in 4Lo instead of 4Hi and power through the ruts and hill climbs LOL but 4L is just too slow for 60% of the trail I was on. I hit the exhaust tip on a rock pretty hard on one of the hill climbs as I gunned it.

Fuel tank skid... that's just bad breakover angle. Long wheelbase plus not enough clearance caused that; would be avoidable if I had 35s lol. I want 35s but my wallet doesn't allow me to

I don't know if I could do what you do with a truck that I'm making payments on.

I'd sooner have 2 trucks and build the cash one into the offroad rig.

 

[boogielander]

I don't know if I could do what you do with a truck that I'm making payments on.

I'd sooner have 2 trucks and build the cash one into the offroad rig.

i purposely avoid things like off-camber, rock crawling, extreme steep hills just because of that lol
my previous wheeling experience was done on a shorter wheelbase 4x4 (5th gen 4Runner). The way I look at it is if I don't do it I'll never get used to long wheelbase, and now I know the approaching, breakover, and departure angles I know how to tackle obstacles next time.

and also have good spotters. good spotters will guide you through obstacles without damaging anything.

 

[crusher]

Can't find pic but today I finally worked up the courage to go under the truck to check the trail damages.
Scraped exhaust tip on driver side and scraped and dented fuel tank skid in the middle.

Exhaust tip was driver error... I should've been in 4Lo instead of 4Hi and power through the ruts and hill climbs LOL but 4L is just too slow for 60% of the trail I was on. I hit the exhaust tip on a rock pretty hard on one of the hill climbs as I gunned it.

Fuel tank skid... that's just bad breakover angle. Long wheelbase plus not enough clearance caused that; would be avoidable if I had 35s lol. I want 35s but my wallet doesn't allow me to

what color are your exhaust tips? ill be removing my chrome ones as soon as the temp gets better (about a month) i already have my black ones... could sell you my chrome really cheap if your not in a hurry

edit: just saw in your pics that you have the black ones

 

[JamRam]

i purposely avoid things like off-camber, rock crawling, extreme steep hills just because of that lol
my previous wheeling experience was done on a shorter wheelbase 4x4 (5th gen 4Runner). The way I look at it is if I don't do it I'll never get used to long wheelbase, and now I know the approaching, breakover, and departure angles I know how to tackle obstacles next time.

and also have good spotters. good spotters will guide you through obstacles without damaging anything.

Just reading the description of your activities, I would suggest you do a vid of your exploits and send (sell) it to Ram.

You could just end up being featured jn one of their advertising campaigns.

 

[HEMIJAKE]

We're getting WAY off topic now, but what the heck...my wife sent me this picture from our front doorstep yesterday morning. Looks like an owl had a little meal on the welcome mat. I wonder if this head would bite my thumb.

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"Home sweet home, my ***" - the bird.

 

[Rock Crawler]

I live in a very rural county, about half of which is forested and owned by the state. Every year, a couple dozen knuckleheads have a big festival and go out in the woods flipping over rocks to see who can find the biggest one. I try to stay as far away as possible ha. I've seen a few of forestry roads for work, but I try to stay out of their neighborhood and hope they stay out of mine. Spiders I have no fear of, oddly enough

That’s funny. When my dad was in high school, and living in west Texas, he said when they played golf they would collect rattlesnakes. They would take them to town and get paid for them. The place they took them to used them to make anti-venom.

 

[Eighty]

That’s funny. When my dad was in high school, and living in west Texas, he said when they played golf they would collect rattlesnakes. They would take them to town and get paid for them. The place they took them to used them to make anti-venom.

Small world - we did that too (I grew up in West Texas). We'd take them to San Angelo and got paid for them, even had an annual Rattlesnake Roundup festival.

 

[Dogpatch]

"Home sweet home, my ***" - the bird.

Needs a new door mat….“Home Is Where The Feathers Are”

 

[Dogpatch]

That’s funny. When my dad was in high school, and living in west Texas, he said when they played golf they would collect rattlesnakes. They would take them to town and get paid for them. The place they took them to used them to make anti-venom.

You’re not even supposed to touch them here as they are a protected species. Ya right….like I’m going to co-exist with rattlers in my yard!

 

[Dogpatch]

Small world - we did that too (I grew up in West Texas). We'd take them to San Angelo and got paid for them, even had an annual Rattlesnake Roundup festival.

When I lived on the prairies, as a kid(many years ago LOL) the farmers used to pay us for gopher tails. $0.25 for each one.

 

[Dogpatch]

I think I'm going to leave them here for now. Still haven't bought the harness, but not necessarily looking for projection far behind the truck. Mostly rear of tires and right behind the truck. Kinda wish these were flood instead of beam. I'll probably play around with mountingnoptions, etc. Too light out now to really tell how far they project, and about to head out for the evening.

May eventually build a harness that would let me power from backup lights or Homelink.

I will try straight back like you guys when I have more time.

I‘m with you. I have the license plate LED bar. Great for straight back reversing. The issue I want to deal with is when you are reversing in a short arc. You can’t see to the side and the rear facing lights don’t light up enough to see anything in the side mirrors.

 

[Belvedere]

I‘m with you. I have the license plate LED bar. Great for straight back reversing. The issue I want to deal with is when you are reversing in a short arc. You can’t see to the side and the rear facing lights don’t light up enough to see anything in the side mirrors.

I held one up late last night, roughly where I had previously mounted it. Looked like it was going to work great.

 

[el_goob]

Small world - we did that too (I grew up in West Texas). We'd take them to San Angelo and got paid for them, even had an annual Rattlesnake Roundup festival.

San Angelo resident here. I remember being confused as a kid hearing the roundup commercials on the radio. I always pictured Whacking Day from The Simpsons.

 

[HemiDude]

Finally installed the Red Hound sill protectors on this truck. They seemed durable on the last truck, and I like the way they look.

 

[spithead051]

About a month ago bought a Retrax MX for a amazing price. Been eyeballing them for awhile now but never pulled the trigger. Old Lomax has done me well but Trifold for daily use has gotten annoying and latches need some work. Thought the canister size would be a deal breaker but I also use to haul a Milwaukee box that wasn’t exactly small, downsized to a Rigid box so I make up some bedspace.


Also got realigned at Pepboys after I removed Readylift strut spacers. Quick 10 mins of work there. Long story short…some words was said when it came checkout time. Lifetime alignment ftw. Got bs about the alignment being voided if lifted unless they did work etc. I chuckled pointed out it was lifted prior. As well as my previous truck and lowered cars in the past never been brought up as an issue. Never used this location before typically I use the one right in town but its less busy here and I had something to do just up the road so it was convenient. Also used several out of state for the same thing never once has it ever been an issue.


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What bed mat are you using? Looks like it fits your ramboxes well!

 

[PurpleRT]

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The widths correct, just had to cut the length down. Tractor supply use to stock them locally in store.


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[Rock Crawler]

You’re not even supposed to touch them here as they are a protected species. Ya right….like I’m going to co-exist with rattlers in my yard!

This was back in the 60’s before hugging trees even became a “thing”. I can’t even imagine them being “protected“ here in Texas. On our ranch in West Texas, they are everywhere.