Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)
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Tenderfoot
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Well new to me, it's a 95 PSD, 5speed, one ton axles, longer front leaf springs with shackle reversal (rides nice), billet turbo wheel, 4" exhaust, 6 position tuner, and lots of other things, didn't really need it but was one of those deals I couldn't pass up. Anyone want to buy a rust free 94 Chevy pickup?
Be careful with those tuners. They TS chips (most 6 pos tuners) tend to eat HPOPs and injectors. I own a Super Duty 7.3 1 ton. Good trucks. The 2-3 split in the trans kills me towing though. You can get them reprogrammed for better power and stock parts life too. I have custom tunes on my truck and it makes 340 RWHP on stock parts excluding a turbo wheel. Smokes like a freight train and EGTs get a bit high though. Would not go wild with boost too, the GT38s dont like more then 22-25 PSI. On my second turbo for that reason (bad tunes).
Good trucks. Happy to have mine, but a flatbed with drop sides would be nice.
Thanks for the info, ya it has a newer motor because first owner got a little carried away with a tuner and no gauges, has boost and egt gauges now, I watch them pretty close and usually run it on stock or mild setting (it's a BD tuner).
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Hauled one load home this morning. Have the trains ready for tomorrow, just have to get family Christmas over with 1st. And a pic of the pond that I dug a couple of months ago. I'm really happy how it turned out, it's really looking good. The water is coming in at the right height and going out good too some lucky eyeballing when I did it. The deer and turkeys should have lots of fresh water next year.
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Well enjoyed a nice sunrise and some piece and quite in the woods today. To bad I was hunting and hoped for some action and a very loud bang. Saw zero deer. Everyone I talked to in the parking lot said the same thing...They saw nothing in rifle, nothing in archery. The habitat is awesome but the deer are not there. Heard 15 shots nothing was close. Back at it again Monday.
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Its easy to get carried away, trust me! They are really fun trucks to drive. Dont do too many burnouts. Hard on your pinion yoke.
The Edge CTS is a good monitor for EOT Coolant temp and oil pressure as well.
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Well new to me, it's a 95 PSD, 5speed, one ton axles, longer front leaf springs with shackle reversal (rides nice), billet turbo wheel, 4" exhaust, 6 position tuner, and lots of other things, didn't really need it but was one of those deals I couldn't pass up. Anyone want to buy a rust free 94 Chevy pickup?
Awesome Nate!!!!
I really like that body style. I had a 95 straight cab. Great truck.
If you've never dealt with those year powerstrokes before, keep a spare cam position sensor and glow plug relays in the truck.
5 minute swaps but can really be a pain if the part craps out in the middle of no where.
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Another little FYI if you don't already know,
If the EGT probe is in the downpipe add around 200 degrees to the temp to get an idea of what it would be at the exhaust manifold.
The exhaust manifold is where you want the EGT probe for the most accurate reading but space constraints of the v8's make that a bugger.
I really dig the truck Nate. My dream truck is 95-97 f350 crew cab real box with a cummins. I love that body style.
Tenderfoot
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I installed mine on the drivers side manifold. It was a fairly easy job, I think it took me about a 6 pack start to finish.
If anyone wants I can go out and take a picture. Its in a Super Duty but that layout is pretty similar between the OBS and Super duty lay outs.
I keep an IPR (pain to change on the side of the road, but you can do it), CPS, spare relays and fuses in the truck. Most 7.3s have the new (better) CPS by now though. If the truck wont ever start and you have a check engine light un plug the ICP, 9 times out of 10 they will start. the normal cause of that is the ICP failing and reading 0 injector pressure. I also went to a larger aftermarket glow plug relay. It was the same price as OEM and the truck fires off with no block heater without trouble at -10 F now.
Grabbed a few more spruce snags today for the impending polar blast heading our way this week. Still haven't had to break into my stash yet.
Went out to the scrounging zone today to move some wood off the lot before the excavator gets there .
I dropped Billy another cord of wood today , I heard from family that he's tickled pink about all the wood that's been dropped off .
Jerry came over so it was hammer down and time to move some wood to an unsold lot just around the bend .
It's a little mucky in some spots but as it gets deeper we just keep throwing brush in the muck holes so traction is fine .
The lot owner came by , he was amazed at how well the little 1020 hauled a fully loaded trailer in rough terrain , then he asked if I wanted to cut the right of way for the powerpoles , I told him I'd look at it but not before I was done at the houselot , I'll polly take it but there will be a fee involved lol
I dropped Billy another cord of wood today , I heard from family that he's tickled pink about all the wood that's been dropped off .
Jerry came over so it was hammer down and time to move some wood to an unsold lot just around the bend .
It's a little mucky in some spots but as it gets deeper we just keep throwing brush in the muck holes so traction is fine .
The lot owner came by , he was amazed at how well the little 1020 hauled a fully loaded trailer in rough terrain , then he asked if I wanted to cut the right of way for the powerpoles , I told him I'd look at it but not before I was done at the houselot , I'll polly take it but there will be a fee involved lol
Spruce ,,,,, Nice burning wood
SmartAx ....
BTW , I'll be bringing the remnant of the spruce blowdown and the one and only dead standing spruce on that lot tomorrow , I'll get some pics
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Thanks, it's my favorite body style too, just didn't like that they were so rough riding since most of my driving is off pavement but this one rides nice more like a Chevy
. Yup guy I bought it from said same thing, it came with a new spare cam sensor. Thanks for all the FYI and advice guys, I really did luck out with this truck it's had all the "fixes" and upgrades.
FIXED!!!!
You ever drag a spruce in the house for a tree and let it warm up , black spruce didn't get the name cat spruce because cat's like to climb it lol
Balsam fir for christmas trees
Nate , since you like the chevy ride better , I'nm on the way to get my passport , be there soon to pick up that squarebox roughrider LOL
My 99 superduty rides some nice on dirt roads , even with the extra leaf springs in the back .
You ever drag a spruce in the house for a tree and let it warm up , black spruce didn't get the name cat spruce because cat's like to climb it lol
Balsam fir for christmas trees
Hey, aren't balsam firs the ones where all the needles fall off?
"because l can see you're a man who knows his trees"
"This isn't one of those trees that all the needles falls off, is it?"
"Nah, that's them balsams"
"The old man loved bargaining as much as an Arab trader.....and he was twice as shrewd."
I had a sweet '95 too..that is until I taco'ed it around a tree one dark and stormy night!
RIP my old friend! haha
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