Group Overland Trip

[daniel3507]

I cant wait. Everyone is going to need a walkie talkie so we can talk on teh trail

 

[sbsrlewis]

Walkie talkie?? U better get a CB. I'm running a 40 channel cobra.


Steve

 

[daniel3507]

I don't know if I will have the time or the money to be able to get one before the trip. I don't even know how to tune the damn things haha

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[sbsrlewis]

I have never "tuned" any of my cb's...it might help them work better but for what i use them for, keeping in touch on the trail, i haven't had any issue.

drop into your local Love's and check there flyers. they have sales on cb's quite a bit. also stop by truck stops. sometimes you can catch package deals at a good price. once you get one you will want one in all your trucks.


Steve

 

[country0001]

Im just hopin there is cell service.

 

[sbsrlewis]

Cell service is hit or miss down there at Clayton. I would imagine it would b more miss than hit on the K Trail.


Steve

 

[kryptonitecb]

X2 to the CB, I have one and the range is longer than a handhold, +no batteries

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[redneckfordranger1986]

sounds like a good time im down ... just got to fix my truck alil more. i got a cb just need to hook it up .

 

[Tulsa Time]

Ugh! Ranger down! I’ve been limping the 3.0 trying to get by until I swap in my 4.0.
The 3.0 has now developed a hard miss. Today I pulled the plugs to take a look, #3 was extremely oil fouled.
A quick compression check revealed, in order, cylinders 1-6:
87psi
115psi
0 (ZERO) psi
115psi
115psi
115psi
The swap just became a bit of a higher priority but, I leave for China on the 4th. It looks like I’ll be in Columbia or Alabama most of February.
I would love to make a trip like this but I’m just not sure I can have the motor swapped in time. Hopefully I can find a way to make it happen.

 

[BroncoIIer]

This sounds like exactly what I built my truck for! Hopefully everything goes good on my first test drive! I'm down for spring break if everything is in order by then!

 

[daniel3507]

Alright a little update on the trail. Just want to see what everyone thinks of this. Ive found another .GPX file on the K-Trail. This is a little different from the one I previously posted. This one is on the Central Overlander website which is a great resource for stuff like this. Ive learned a lot about the area from reading over there. This particular file is the route a group of guys from over their took. I trust this one a little more since it is not from a motorcycle website. They started in Hot Springs and ended in Clayton. We obviously wont be going quite that far unless something changes. It looks to be roughly around 100 miles and we will get up to 2,433ft. We would follow this from the dark blue, through the light blue, and would be ending in that weird sea green type color under Dallas, Arkansas at the "Wolf Pen Gap west trailhead" picture.

Here is the link to the .gpx file.
https://docs.google.com/leaf?id=0B0...hmOGQtNmQ0YjU3MDRhODMw&hl=en&authkey=CMfG2JkP

When you download it you will then need to upload it to this website if you want to view it on your computer. You can select what you want to view it in. I like google earth.
http://www.gpsvisualizer.com/?ref=ge&time=1321457225

 

[country0001]

Something else to consider in all of this is the weather.......

I've been following the farmers almanac this year and its been pretty spot on. Its calling for stormy weather for the region for the 16th-19th.

I'm just throwing this out there.

I'm not sure if I'm going to make it this trip or not. Depends on my funds, a couple of things have came up and I need tires for the B2. Also starting the SAS on my other B2.

I'm still considering it tho.....

 

[BroncoIIer]

Hopefully the weather will be nice. Since we are in Oklahoma it could be a blizzard or clear and 100 deg.

It Looks like by the map we would get off the trail on highway 71 to get to Mena? Then either part ways to home or turn around and take the trail back? I'm stoked for this trip! Already started to prepare my truck. Spare Hubs, u joint, and electric fan; check!

 

[sbsrlewis]

Rain would suck because of camping in it plus I wouldn't get to run my 1/2 doors. But other than that COME ON MARCH!!


Steve

 

[daniel3507]

Yeah I really hope it doesnt rain. Might make it way harder for my 2wd. Guess we'll wait and see

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