So it begins - the project - here is the truck I just bought from my dad for $9000 - he is retired and doesn't drive it anymore so he helped me out while I helped him out getting it paid off - since I need it it in Alaska -









So I gotta drive it back to NY and then in September drive to Alaska after I go thru school

Just ordered the 6'' Pro Comp lift kit and ordering 35'' general grabber and 17'' mickey thompson sidebiters so more to follow

 

Sharp looking truck. Too bad about the sticker on the back. ;-P

 

Are you getting stationed at Richardson or Elmendorf? I'm currently at Elmendorf.

 

i have 9inchs of lift and 35s and i didnt regear also yet i only get between 9 and 13mpg depending on how i drive and where i go

 

just make sure that the states you are driving through will not pull you over for having yoru truck jacked up 6". I want to say it is not street legal to drive a vehicle lifted any more than 4" in Wisconsin, for example.

 

getting stationed at Richardson . how much longer are u there?

 

yeah i am going to have to get it regeared for the drive to alaska I figured a $2000 investment will pay off instead of the loss of MPG in the long run

 

nah being military i can almost get away with murder - like in NY I had limo tent on my old charger and never got messed with because I had FL plates - either way most states a cannot ticket u if u are breaking a state law on a vehicle modifcation due to u are only "passing" thru.

 

I'd say about 2.5 more years. Very nice base up here and there are a lot of modded out trucks. I drove from minneapolis to here with my f150 and it was a great drive, wasn't that bad at all like people would think. Just sucked driving through canada when gas is over $4.00 a gallon... but gas up here is $3.38

 

yeah i am looking foward to the drive from NY to Alaska - how is the off roading there?

also if anyone knows I currently have 3.55 gearing in the rear ..what is the recommended for 35'' tires to help save on gas...not too concerned about towing but more of traveling long distance

 

I think 4.10's would be a good compromise. If you are towing 4.56's would be better.

 

You can find some decent trails off base and little on base. I try to avoid doing heavy off roading because i have an aluminum leveling kit , I'm saving up for a suspension lift though. Its a scenic drive to Alaska! Espically if you're going through Edmonton, Fort St John, Fort Nelson, Whitehorse, etc. Made a lot of money for truck upgrades doing that dity move.

 

oh nice! yeah i just picked up a 6'' pro comp so should have any issues - yeah i was told by my soldier he did partial dty and banked either way with or without dity move people make a lot of money driving the ALCAN highway route - it should be interesting being a MP for 5 years and reclassing to Signal - atleast i'll have my weekend minus CQ duty.

 

Oh thats cool! My job in the AF is kinda the same as signals in the army, but more specific into networking. Do you know what you will be doing in signals yet or no?

 

well 25U which is signal support so doing everything..but being Airborne qualified i'll be attached with a combat unit