WEBVTT 00:00:15.330 --> 00:00:18.149 Welcome to Botches Off -Road. Join us as we talk 00:00:18.149 --> 00:00:20.629 about everything from gear reviews to trail stories, 00:00:20.929 --> 00:00:23.070 tank camping to rock landing, and all things 00:00:23.070 --> 00:00:25.489 to do with the outdoors. Dude, I don't know what 00:00:25.489 --> 00:00:27.670 it is with AI. It really wants us to do this 00:00:27.670 --> 00:00:31.190 tank camping thing because it translated in the 00:00:31.190 --> 00:00:34.070 transcript to tank camping again. Oh, it invades 00:00:34.070 --> 00:00:36.969 engine. That's fucking funny. I thought you said 00:00:36.969 --> 00:00:40.390 taint. No, I mean, that would be a good camping 00:00:40.390 --> 00:00:46.479 trip too, I guess. I guess. But, yeah, it's a 00:00:46.479 --> 00:00:50.820 good old wrap. We're not going to do an hour 00:00:50.820 --> 00:00:52.880 -long episode this week. We've all had a pretty 00:00:52.880 --> 00:00:57.359 busy week. I've got lots of forerunner stuff 00:00:57.359 --> 00:01:00.700 to do between my truck and the crawler, so I've 00:01:00.700 --> 00:01:06.719 been plugging away at that all week. I guess 00:01:06.719 --> 00:01:09.359 for a wrap, Gavin, did you work last weekend? 00:01:10.200 --> 00:01:21.299 No. What did you do? So Friday I got home, did 00:01:21.299 --> 00:01:27.359 absolutely nothing. Saturday, tightened up some 00:01:27.359 --> 00:01:30.400 of the bolts on the roof rack, just making sure 00:01:30.400 --> 00:01:33.180 everything was tightened up all the way now that 00:01:33.180 --> 00:01:35.920 I've kind of had some rattling and, you know, 00:01:35.920 --> 00:01:39.959 just letting it kind of settle. Just a couple 00:01:39.959 --> 00:01:44.019 of them. bolts that I just probably missed. Um, 00:01:44.239 --> 00:01:47.439 went through the truck, cleaned it up, reorganized, 00:01:47.480 --> 00:01:50.900 uh, you know, the backseat area where I have 00:01:50.900 --> 00:01:53.680 my air hose and jumpers and stuff like that. 00:01:54.920 --> 00:01:57.739 Nothing too crazy. Just cleaned it, vacuumed 00:01:57.739 --> 00:02:02.719 it, washed it. Um, and then, uh, what was this? 00:02:02.739 --> 00:02:05.920 Saturday, we went and picked up a toddler bed 00:02:05.920 --> 00:02:11.639 for the boy. Um, ditched the old crib. He was 00:02:11.639 --> 00:02:13.219 climbing out of the crib and getting right on 00:02:13.219 --> 00:02:17.719 the changing table. So we were not wanting that 00:02:17.719 --> 00:02:21.360 anymore. He is a fucking climber, dude. He is. 00:02:22.280 --> 00:02:28.060 So we ditched that, put the toddler bed in. Now 00:02:28.060 --> 00:02:29.780 he's been sleeping in that, and he likes it. 00:02:30.099 --> 00:02:33.219 Then we took him to the park and had some fun 00:02:33.219 --> 00:02:37.680 at the park, and we put him on the slide. He's 00:02:37.680 --> 00:02:40.000 liking the slide. That's pretty much it, man. 00:02:40.259 --> 00:02:44.680 Pretty relaxed weekend. Didn't do a whole lot 00:02:44.680 --> 00:02:46.759 of truck stuff. Didn't have a whole ton of money 00:02:46.759 --> 00:02:51.060 to do anything. Oh, I feel that. I was supposed 00:02:51.060 --> 00:02:56.860 to go camping fully. We had some family stuff 00:02:56.860 --> 00:02:58.879 come up, and we didn't know if we wanted to be 00:02:58.879 --> 00:03:01.819 gone just in case an emergency popped up. So 00:03:01.819 --> 00:03:06.120 we ended up just staying just in case. Thankfully 00:03:06.120 --> 00:03:10.389 nothing happened. I mean, it was a good weekend. 00:03:10.430 --> 00:03:12.349 It would have been great for camping, of course. 00:03:13.409 --> 00:03:17.449 Yeah. I got paid on Friday and was out of money 00:03:17.449 --> 00:03:20.009 by Friday night, and I didn't buy anything. I 00:03:20.009 --> 00:03:22.370 just paid my bills. No, that sounds about right. 00:03:22.370 --> 00:03:25.009 And when I say out of money, I don't mean like 00:03:25.009 --> 00:03:27.789 when people say, like, I have no money. No, I 00:03:27.789 --> 00:03:31.110 mean I had to borrow money to pay my bills. Like, 00:03:31.169 --> 00:03:36.509 it was the worst week I've had in probably a 00:03:36.509 --> 00:03:39.810 year. It's been rough, dude. Yeah. It's been 00:03:39.810 --> 00:03:41.669 a little bit since he had a rough week like that. 00:03:43.509 --> 00:03:45.870 And this upcoming week isn't looking much better. 00:03:46.789 --> 00:03:51.469 Yeah. I'm going to pay off my affirm this weekend. 00:03:51.870 --> 00:03:55.530 So I only have like 150 left or whatever on it. 00:03:55.610 --> 00:03:57.490 So I'm just going to pay the rest of that off. 00:03:57.569 --> 00:04:05.469 And finally. But I did. Sorry, Gavin. I didn't 00:04:05.469 --> 00:04:07.189 mean to step on your toes like that. No, you 00:04:07.189 --> 00:04:11.319 didn't. I'm done. Okay, cool, cool. I did Thursday 00:04:11.319 --> 00:04:13.659 night. We got started on our weekend kind of 00:04:13.659 --> 00:04:15.500 early because Mark was in a hurry to put his 00:04:15.500 --> 00:04:20.519 bumper on. Yeah. And I was already halfway into 00:04:20.519 --> 00:04:23.399 putting my lower control arm on when he decided 00:04:23.399 --> 00:04:27.899 to show up. So I did change my driver's side 00:04:27.899 --> 00:04:29.920 lower control arm because I'm pretty sure it 00:04:29.920 --> 00:04:33.560 was the factory one and it was just time. And 00:04:33.560 --> 00:04:36.259 I was hoping that it would solve my shake. Spoiler 00:04:36.259 --> 00:04:38.920 alerts. It didn't. My shake is still here in 00:04:38.920 --> 00:04:41.879 full force. Actually, not full force. It's better 00:04:41.879 --> 00:04:49.800 than it was. And then I did today solve a little 00:04:49.800 --> 00:04:54.100 bit more of the shake. I crawled underneath the 00:04:54.100 --> 00:04:56.079 truck and happened to look at the wheels and 00:04:56.079 --> 00:04:58.420 noticed that both wheels had like a pound of 00:04:58.420 --> 00:05:01.639 mud caked to the tire itself. Oh, you didn't 00:05:01.639 --> 00:05:05.240 even wash that to begin with? I did. It was on 00:05:05.240 --> 00:05:08.120 the inside. Like, who sprays the inside of their 00:05:08.120 --> 00:05:10.519 tires? Oh, that's been your shake the whole time, 00:05:10.660 --> 00:05:13.120 dude. How long have we been getting our trucks 00:05:13.120 --> 00:05:15.500 muddy? You know to spray the inside of the rims 00:05:15.500 --> 00:05:18.420 by now. No, no. The inside of the rim was clear. 00:05:18.740 --> 00:05:23.259 It was the tire. Oh. On the backside of the tire 00:05:23.259 --> 00:05:25.639 on the inside. Oh, okay. I've never had mud cake 00:05:25.639 --> 00:05:30.160 up right there. Okay. MTs, man. Never. So, I 00:05:30.160 --> 00:05:31.959 mean, that helped a little bit, but I've still 00:05:31.959 --> 00:05:34.930 got... The best way I can describe it is a death 00:05:34.930 --> 00:05:38.490 wobble. Anything over like 50 miles an hour, 00:05:38.529 --> 00:05:40.509 my steering wheel just starts shaking side to 00:05:40.509 --> 00:05:45.329 side violently. I know you said you got the mud, 00:05:45.490 --> 00:05:49.410 but that happened to me with mud. And the mud 00:05:49.410 --> 00:05:53.189 was just, it was coated around the rim because 00:05:53.189 --> 00:05:56.769 I drove and then it had dried. So it almost looked 00:05:56.769 --> 00:06:00.160 like it was the rim. And then I started chipping 00:06:00.160 --> 00:06:04.000 away at it. This was a New Year when we did the 00:06:04.000 --> 00:06:06.000 New Year's run. Oh, yeah. I actually had to, 00:06:06.000 --> 00:06:08.279 when we left, I had to pull into a parking lot 00:06:08.279 --> 00:06:12.500 because it had frozen at that point. I had to 00:06:12.500 --> 00:06:14.899 pull into a parking lot and grab a screwdriver 00:06:14.899 --> 00:06:17.339 and chip it all off. But then my death wobble 00:06:17.339 --> 00:06:22.699 went away. But that was my big one there. I've 00:06:22.699 --> 00:06:26.279 got that going on. I think it's an imbalance 00:06:26.279 --> 00:06:29.689 tire. I really do. But I've been dealing with 00:06:29.689 --> 00:06:34.110 it for four or five weeks now, so I'm getting 00:06:34.110 --> 00:06:36.009 a little concerned that it might be something 00:06:36.009 --> 00:06:37.949 else. But I'm out of things to try because I 00:06:37.949 --> 00:06:43.589 fixed everything. Yep. I did notice I've got 00:06:43.589 --> 00:06:47.670 a rear shock bushing that needs replaced, so 00:06:47.670 --> 00:06:50.110 I'm going to order that this weekend. So it'll 00:06:50.110 --> 00:06:54.860 be here at some point this week. So maybe that'll 00:06:54.860 --> 00:06:58.019 help, but that's not the problem. It's just an 00:06:58.019 --> 00:07:00.779 issue. It's not the problem. Did you fix your 00:07:00.779 --> 00:07:05.360 self -adjusting links? Yes, I fixed the self 00:07:05.360 --> 00:07:10.040 -adjusting links. Is it happening to your front 00:07:10.040 --> 00:07:15.300 end or rear end? Both. Well, I'm just wondering 00:07:15.300 --> 00:07:19.379 because if you could put a jack on your axle. 00:07:21.769 --> 00:07:25.550 and just watch the tires spin and see if there 00:07:25.550 --> 00:07:29.790 is just an imbalance or something. Yeah, I haven't 00:07:29.790 --> 00:07:31.889 been able to notice that. I did jack up the front 00:07:31.889 --> 00:07:34.370 and shook fucking everything, and everything 00:07:34.370 --> 00:07:39.389 feels tight and fresh. So I'm wondering if it's 00:07:39.389 --> 00:07:44.389 my bad -from -the -factory rack opinion. Yeah. 00:07:45.840 --> 00:07:48.879 So I thought about stealing the one off the crawler, 00:07:48.939 --> 00:07:51.660 and then I took the tie rod off and wanted to 00:07:51.660 --> 00:07:53.839 cry because it was the worst rack and pinion 00:07:53.839 --> 00:07:57.600 I'd ever seen. Oh, jeez. Dude, like, we're talking 00:07:57.600 --> 00:08:01.720 an inch of plate up and down on the rod that 00:08:01.720 --> 00:08:07.839 runs side to side. Oh. That's bad. Yeah. So, 00:08:08.000 --> 00:08:10.620 yeah, I got to figure that shake out. If I don't 00:08:10.620 --> 00:08:12.680 figure that out by Leatherwood, I'm done. Like, 00:08:12.740 --> 00:08:14.660 I ain't going to Leatherwood with that. Mm -hmm. 00:08:16.100 --> 00:08:18.560 Sounds like someone needs to get like a Raptor 00:08:18.560 --> 00:08:20.459 before they go to Leatherwood and then just take 00:08:20.459 --> 00:08:24.160 the Raptor. Well, one, I don't know who's talking 00:08:24.160 --> 00:08:26.180 about buying a Raptor. We haven't talked about 00:08:26.180 --> 00:08:28.720 any Raptor on the podcast. I never said anything. 00:08:28.899 --> 00:08:31.680 I'm just saying a Raptor would be freaking cool. 00:08:32.659 --> 00:08:34.940 A Raptor would be freaking cool. Someone should 00:08:34.940 --> 00:08:36.919 buy a Raptor, man. I don't know who, but someone 00:08:36.919 --> 00:08:40.240 should. Maybe Mark. Maybe Mark should buy a Raptor. 00:08:40.240 --> 00:08:44.720 If you don't name the Raptor blue. What's up? 00:08:44.879 --> 00:08:50.840 Got to name the Raptor blue. Jurassic Park. Yeah. 00:08:52.960 --> 00:08:57.500 Yeah, whoever buys it should do that. But, see, 00:08:57.559 --> 00:09:00.100 I got to figure that out. I think I'm on the 00:09:00.100 --> 00:09:02.840 right path. I think I've got it narrowed down 00:09:02.840 --> 00:09:05.159 to a handful of things. I just got to verify 00:09:05.159 --> 00:09:09.519 them. In other news, I've started taking the 00:09:09.519 --> 00:09:17.919 long travel off the crawler. It is very homemade. 00:09:19.019 --> 00:09:22.919 You couldn't tell? I don't know what else to 00:09:22.919 --> 00:09:27.679 put it. But, I mean, it works. Everything's still 00:09:27.679 --> 00:09:31.720 tight. God, what are they called? The heim joints 00:09:31.720 --> 00:09:34.899 are still solid. All the bolts that were on it 00:09:34.899 --> 00:09:38.059 are still good. Everything seems to be in good 00:09:38.059 --> 00:09:40.840 shape, so I'm excited to get my truck ready for 00:09:40.840 --> 00:09:43.799 that. which is also why I'm not super worried 00:09:43.799 --> 00:09:45.759 about my front end because I'm going to rip all 00:09:45.759 --> 00:09:48.639 of it off soon anyway. Yeah, everything all brand 00:09:48.639 --> 00:09:52.679 new. Then he's going to put old crawler parts 00:09:52.679 --> 00:09:55.220 on it. Then he's going to be like, I don't know 00:09:55.220 --> 00:09:57.120 why it's breaking again, this piece of shit. 00:09:58.639 --> 00:10:01.159 That's exactly how that trip's going to go. Mark 00:10:01.159 --> 00:10:05.279 my words, Mark. But you know what? It's going 00:10:05.279 --> 00:10:09.000 to look damn cool doing it. Damn cool on that 00:10:09.000 --> 00:10:18.389 car hauler. That's exactly. No, I mean, are your 00:10:18.389 --> 00:10:21.909 wheels, do they have like a hollow parts on the 00:10:21.909 --> 00:10:25.250 inside of like the rim? Could it be mud caked 00:10:25.250 --> 00:10:27.049 up? Do you know like some of them are like they 00:10:27.049 --> 00:10:30.789 have like a concave and then like on the inside 00:10:30.789 --> 00:10:36.340 you could have mud in that? I think it's just 00:10:36.340 --> 00:10:38.740 I've been struggling getting these tires balanced 00:10:38.740 --> 00:10:41.200 for the last two years, and I think that they 00:10:41.200 --> 00:10:43.799 might be out around now. Maybe we should get 00:10:43.799 --> 00:10:46.259 you a cheap set of new tires put on there and 00:10:46.259 --> 00:10:49.379 see if that helps. I am stealing the tires off 00:10:49.379 --> 00:10:55.840 the black truck for Leatherwood. Yep. Is the 00:10:55.840 --> 00:10:59.019 black truck there? It's at my mom's right now, 00:10:59.059 --> 00:11:01.480 but it's coming here next week. I was going to 00:11:01.480 --> 00:11:04.080 say, you should just unbolt the wheels off of 00:11:04.080 --> 00:11:06.860 that, bolt them onto yours, drive it, and see 00:11:06.860 --> 00:11:08.940 if that fixes it. I think that's his plan. I 00:11:08.940 --> 00:11:14.559 put Mark's front tires on mine, and it definitely 00:11:14.559 --> 00:11:18.639 made the shake better but not fixed. So I'm wondering 00:11:18.639 --> 00:11:21.039 if it's a front and rear combined thing, but 00:11:21.039 --> 00:11:23.299 we didn't take the time to do that. No, we didn't 00:11:23.299 --> 00:11:26.320 take the time to do that one. You said you just 00:11:26.320 --> 00:11:29.320 had them rotated too, right? Yeah, I just rotated 00:11:29.320 --> 00:11:32.190 them. So if they were already that fucked up 00:11:32.190 --> 00:11:34.950 and they got rotated, that might be why you're 00:11:34.950 --> 00:11:39.830 getting it on all ends now. Yeah, it's, and like 00:11:39.830 --> 00:11:42.750 I said, I paid $500 for a brand new set of tires 00:11:42.750 --> 00:11:45.870 two years ago. I've put, what, 40 ,000 miles 00:11:45.870 --> 00:11:48.590 on a mark? Like, it's been a lot. It's been a 00:11:48.590 --> 00:11:51.120 lot. I'm not saying that they haven't done you 00:11:51.120 --> 00:11:53.679 well. I'm just saying that it's probably time. 00:11:54.039 --> 00:11:56.820 I think I'm just at that point where it's just 00:11:56.820 --> 00:11:59.360 time for new tires. And you can't properly rotate 00:11:59.360 --> 00:12:03.539 like your all -terrains. Right. Well, not all 00:12:03.539 --> 00:12:05.399 -terrains, just non -directional tires. Oh, true. 00:12:05.559 --> 00:12:09.899 Non -directional. Let me restate that. So that 00:12:09.899 --> 00:12:11.940 could be the issue there just because they're... 00:12:11.940 --> 00:12:17.549 Yep. I mean, I've had... I've never had a set 00:12:17.549 --> 00:12:19.850 of tires that had to be rebalanced as much as 00:12:19.850 --> 00:12:22.029 these do. Probably like once or twice a month, 00:12:22.129 --> 00:12:25.909 honestly. Yep. In your opinion, would you ever 00:12:25.909 --> 00:12:28.269 buy them again knowing that, non -directional? 00:12:29.049 --> 00:12:32.330 No. Nope. Definitely not. You want to know why? 00:12:32.429 --> 00:12:35.750 The price went up $300. Oh. I was about to say. 00:12:35.769 --> 00:12:38.850 Before tariffs. Yeah. So now that tariffs happened, 00:12:38.950 --> 00:12:41.230 I bet you that's over almost a grand at least 00:12:41.230 --> 00:12:43.669 to buy a set of those. i would say if you had 00:12:43.669 --> 00:12:46.230 a dedicated trail toy it would be a different 00:12:46.230 --> 00:12:48.129 story but i probably would never buy directional 00:12:48.129 --> 00:12:51.929 mud trains again i i didn't notice they were 00:12:51.929 --> 00:12:55.309 directional when i bought them yep so i probably 00:12:55.309 --> 00:12:57.850 i had another one i was looking at that wasn't 00:12:57.850 --> 00:13:01.049 directional and i chose these because they're 00:13:01.049 --> 00:13:03.070 made by pirelli and they're a little higher quality 00:13:03.070 --> 00:13:08.190 of a tire but they were still a 500 set of Okay, 00:13:08.210 --> 00:13:12.169 they're technically 32s. They're 31 .9, but still. 00:13:13.649 --> 00:13:19.570 500 for a set of four. Not bad. And then I think 00:13:19.570 --> 00:13:23.370 I had $100 in balancing, so is that 600 bucks 00:13:23.370 --> 00:13:26.129 for a brand new set of tires? Yeah, not bad. 00:13:26.509 --> 00:13:29.950 Even if they only did me 40 ,000 miles, that's 00:13:29.950 --> 00:13:33.590 still a hell of a deal. Yeah, I was stoked to 00:13:33.590 --> 00:13:37.019 pay 800 for those fucking wild peaks, so. 600 00:13:37.019 --> 00:13:40.399 is fucking nice. And that's all said and done. 00:13:40.500 --> 00:13:46.179 That 800 was before bouncing and all that. So, 00:13:46.200 --> 00:13:48.559 I mean, if they went back down to 500, I'd probably 00:13:48.559 --> 00:13:50.820 buy them again if I didn't want to go up a size 00:13:50.820 --> 00:13:52.759 in tires because I want to go up to 35s now. 00:13:54.279 --> 00:14:00.259 Yeah, might as well. At the price, they're probably 00:14:00.259 --> 00:14:02.019 the best tire you could buy. But now that they're 00:14:02.019 --> 00:14:03.580 more expensive, because now they sit at like 00:14:03.580 --> 00:14:10.039 760. No way I'd even touch them. Yep. Have you 00:14:10.039 --> 00:14:12.460 looked at, like, Marketplace for some just cheap 00:14:12.460 --> 00:14:15.659 35s to tide you over for a couple hundred bucks? 00:14:16.519 --> 00:14:20.720 I have. I never have. Right now I don't have 00:14:20.720 --> 00:14:23.139 a couple hundred bucks at any given time. Oh, 00:14:23.200 --> 00:14:27.200 I feel you. His best option is the black truck. 00:14:28.779 --> 00:14:32.480 Just use the tires off the black truck until 00:14:32.480 --> 00:14:35.809 after Leatherwood. And then after Leatherwood, 00:14:35.870 --> 00:14:41.830 I've got a set of tires in my eBay follows right 00:14:41.830 --> 00:14:46.269 now. My watch list. I actually got a couple different 00:14:46.269 --> 00:14:48.470 ones. Some of them are more cheap tires. Like, 00:14:48.490 --> 00:14:50.889 I haven't learned my lesson, guys. Let's be honest 00:14:50.889 --> 00:14:53.230 here. I mean, that's basically what I was asking 00:14:53.230 --> 00:14:56.350 was, like, I mean, like, at that point in your 00:14:56.350 --> 00:14:59.669 head, when you're thinking about all the trouble 00:14:59.669 --> 00:15:02.350 you've gone through with them. Even if they were 00:15:02.350 --> 00:15:05.029 down to still 500, I mean, is it even worth it 00:15:05.029 --> 00:15:08.509 anymore? I would get them. Well, no, because 00:15:08.509 --> 00:15:10.529 I want to go up to 35s. If it wasn't for that, 00:15:10.590 --> 00:15:15.509 I'd probably get them again. So I've got a set 00:15:15.509 --> 00:15:21.190 of Kanadi Mudhogs, five of them for $1 ,100. 00:15:23.009 --> 00:15:27.870 They're 35 by 12 .5. I thought you were going 00:15:27.870 --> 00:15:31.559 to all terrains. Yeah, no, like, that's the plan. 00:15:31.740 --> 00:15:34.460 But, like, it's a good deal, so I might go Mud 00:15:34.460 --> 00:15:37.019 Trains again. You could get all terrains for 00:15:37.019 --> 00:15:42.159 $1 ,100. I've also got some Gladiator X -Cops. 00:15:42.299 --> 00:15:45.700 I sent those to Mark. Yes, you did. But I did 00:15:45.700 --> 00:15:48.059 not favorite them. So I learned something new. 00:15:49.399 --> 00:15:56.429 So you can get a 35. Okay, I was looking specifically 00:15:56.429 --> 00:16:01.309 at Gladiator XCOMs. Yeah. So if you get a 31570R17, 00:16:01.690 --> 00:16:06.389 that works out to about 34 .4 inches by 12 .4. 00:16:07.750 --> 00:16:14.769 That's $500 cheaper than a 35 of the same brand. 00:16:15.769 --> 00:16:22.289 Hmm. So... You're paying $500 more for six -tenths 00:16:22.289 --> 00:16:24.970 of an inch. To me, it's worth just buying the 00:16:24.970 --> 00:16:31.330 34 .4. It's basically a 35 anyway. There's no 00:16:31.330 --> 00:16:35.990 true 35s at this point. Right. And I can get 00:16:35.990 --> 00:16:39.389 a set of those for like $800. I mean, that's 00:16:39.389 --> 00:16:43.389 what we've got on my brother's truck, my sister's 00:16:43.389 --> 00:16:47.620 Jeep. I bought some for the black truck, but 00:16:47.620 --> 00:16:49.500 we ended up using something else. They're decent 00:16:49.500 --> 00:16:57.799 tires. They do really well on snow and ice and 00:16:57.799 --> 00:17:02.620 rain. Hmm. Which I haven't experienced in a mud 00:17:02.620 --> 00:17:08.400 terrain, so. What's their load? These ones are 00:17:08.400 --> 00:17:15.079 load range E. Okay. Which. At this point, I'm 00:17:15.079 --> 00:17:17.259 just accepting that low -range E is kind of where 00:17:17.259 --> 00:17:25.279 I'm going to end up. Elite. Yeah, they're good. 00:17:25.539 --> 00:17:28.799 They're a good tire. I got nothing. Oh, they're 00:17:28.799 --> 00:17:31.299 only speed rated up to 112, so I guess I got 00:17:31.299 --> 00:17:34.700 to keep my car under 112 miles an hour. Oh, that 00:17:34.700 --> 00:17:37.099 one went for me after getting rid of my old bumper. 00:17:40.680 --> 00:17:44.000 Yeah, are the bumpers heavier than the other 00:17:44.000 --> 00:17:48.559 ones? My old one was. The swing out was heavy. 00:17:48.859 --> 00:17:53.619 Oh, so you're lighter? 152 is incorrect for Hookie's 00:17:53.619 --> 00:17:58.240 website. My new bumper is 180, and they said 00:17:58.240 --> 00:18:00.299 on their website for Hookie that the swing out 00:18:00.299 --> 00:18:03.859 was 152. It took me and Gio to manhandle it all 00:18:03.859 --> 00:18:08.740 the way to his trailer. I call bull crap on 152. 00:18:11.400 --> 00:18:16.140 I got rid of my squat. Yeah, your truck looks 00:18:16.140 --> 00:18:20.200 great with that new bumper. Yes. Both bumpers. 00:18:20.200 --> 00:18:24.519 I haven't seen it in person yet, but. Both bumpers, 00:18:24.519 --> 00:18:28.299 little B's, high clearance rear bumper, quite 00:18:28.299 --> 00:18:31.400 the step to go to, especially if you're not one 00:18:31.400 --> 00:18:36.940 that likes to chop their bodies. Yeah. We cut. 00:18:37.549 --> 00:18:40.470 I mean, there's like a foot, a square foot on 00:18:40.470 --> 00:18:42.329 either side of his bed that had to get cut off. 00:18:42.410 --> 00:18:48.710 Yep. Oh. Yeah. So right now it's a dedicated 00:18:48.710 --> 00:18:54.150 rock runner build. Let's see. Oh, and we added 00:18:54.150 --> 00:18:59.450 a cheap $100 semi -spare tire holder. Yep. With 00:18:59.450 --> 00:19:02.349 the intentions of using it for one trip and replacing 00:19:02.349 --> 00:19:06.339 it. Yeah. And now I think. We're getting a second 00:19:06.339 --> 00:19:09.400 one. It's going to be dedicated now. I don't 00:19:09.400 --> 00:19:12.400 think I'm going to do a swing gate anymore. Considering 00:19:12.400 --> 00:19:14.759 the swing gate was going to be $3 ,000 and my 00:19:14.759 --> 00:19:18.779 option I just put in was like $70. I don't know. 00:19:18.779 --> 00:19:22.220 It looks cool like that too. It does. But it's 00:19:22.220 --> 00:19:24.400 going to be cooler after we get done with hopefully 00:19:24.400 --> 00:19:26.259 how it's going to build out unless we change 00:19:26.259 --> 00:19:30.099 the plans again. I mean, we can talk about it. 00:19:30.440 --> 00:19:34.019 Since I refuse to get a spare tire carrier because 00:19:34.019 --> 00:19:37.559 I'm a fucking heathen, we're going to put my 00:19:37.559 --> 00:19:40.180 spare tire carrier in his bed so he'll have two 00:19:40.180 --> 00:19:45.339 spares on either side. Not on the trailer? Well, 00:19:45.359 --> 00:19:46.900 there's going to be one for the trailer, but 00:19:46.900 --> 00:19:49.319 it's for the trailer itself. Trailer's going 00:19:49.319 --> 00:19:53.410 to carry its own spare. We are eventually, the 00:19:53.410 --> 00:19:56.349 Ingo is all of us running the same size tire 00:19:56.349 --> 00:19:58.730 with the same rim, so it's going to be matchy 00:19:58.730 --> 00:20:02.109 match. Yeah. Matchy match. So let me know when 00:20:02.109 --> 00:20:04.069 you go and get rid of yours, Mark. I'll take 00:20:04.069 --> 00:20:08.569 your wheels. Okay. Because those are the bronze 00:20:08.569 --> 00:20:12.410 ones, right? Yes. Yeah. Yeah, the super beat 00:20:12.410 --> 00:20:16.230 up bronze ones. Just bronze. I mean, they're 00:20:16.230 --> 00:20:19.369 not bad, right? It's just the lip has major. 00:20:19.900 --> 00:20:22.980 rash from rocks and stuff. Oh yeah. I don't really 00:20:22.980 --> 00:20:24.700 care about that as much as long as they don't 00:20:24.700 --> 00:20:29.279 leak and they're all not all bent up. Yeah. I've 00:20:29.279 --> 00:20:33.700 got, uh, I started getting rock rash at third 00:20:33.700 --> 00:20:36.019 gen weekend and we found it this weekend. So 00:20:36.019 --> 00:20:39.460 that's sad. Yeah. Cause my wheels have looked 00:20:39.460 --> 00:20:41.559 fresh this whole time and now they're looking 00:20:41.559 --> 00:20:45.359 beat. Yep. Yeah. It's about time for me to throw 00:20:45.359 --> 00:20:49.019 a fresh coat on mine. Get them show season ready. 00:20:49.679 --> 00:20:55.680 Oh, my God. This goober. Are you going to part? 00:20:57.059 --> 00:20:58.859 What's a good way to say this? Are you going 00:20:58.859 --> 00:21:02.359 to redneck spray it? That's a good way to say 00:21:02.359 --> 00:21:04.740 it. Yeah. Yeah. That's what I did last time. 00:21:04.779 --> 00:21:08.259 It worked great. Oh, my God. I did it again before 00:21:08.259 --> 00:21:11.579 the last rigs and coffee I went to. You didn't 00:21:11.579 --> 00:21:15.140 even know, did you? I did it right before I left. 00:21:16.619 --> 00:21:19.140 so I had time to dry out while I was driving. 00:21:19.180 --> 00:21:22.220 Made the coat really nice and even. That's your 00:21:22.220 --> 00:21:25.680 tire wet is just spray paint? Yeah, black spray 00:21:25.680 --> 00:21:29.839 paint. It looked damn good last year when I did 00:21:29.839 --> 00:21:32.619 it. You couldn't even tell. I did the whole tire 00:21:32.619 --> 00:21:35.710 until where the tread met the pavement. Jesus 00:21:35.710 --> 00:21:38.930 Christ. And it legitimately looked like fucking 00:21:38.930 --> 00:21:42.069 tire wet. I was like, holy shit. I said, see, 00:21:42.069 --> 00:21:43.650 look at this. And she's like, what did you do? 00:21:43.789 --> 00:21:45.710 I was like, well, I didn't tire wet the damn 00:21:45.710 --> 00:21:47.890 thing. I didn't tell you that. It takes too long. 00:21:52.910 --> 00:21:54.710 It's getting to be that time of year where I'm 00:21:54.710 --> 00:21:56.930 going to be tire wetting mine all the time. Keep 00:21:56.930 --> 00:22:00.950 my rubber soft and fresh. Yeah, I just seal mine 00:22:00.950 --> 00:22:06.579 with spray paint. Keeps them fresh, too. It's 00:22:06.579 --> 00:22:09.579 not good for it. It gives it a nice coating. 00:22:09.900 --> 00:22:13.059 The tire wet actually softens the rubber and 00:22:13.059 --> 00:22:17.160 makes it last longer. I don't know, man. I wouldn't 00:22:17.160 --> 00:22:20.599 put lotion on my hands to make them softer. Just 00:22:20.599 --> 00:22:28.460 got wussy hands. Oh, my gosh. Yeah, so Mark's 00:22:28.460 --> 00:22:32.009 truck's looking great. I think it performs better 00:22:32.009 --> 00:22:35.630 since getting rid of that old bumper, too. Feels 00:22:35.630 --> 00:22:39.650 better? Oh, it feels a lot better. I did notice, 00:22:39.690 --> 00:22:41.670 too, after putting all that weight in the back 00:22:41.670 --> 00:22:45.630 of my FJ, my truck feels a lot softer now. Those 00:22:45.630 --> 00:22:48.170 200 -pound constant load springs needed that 00:22:48.170 --> 00:22:51.609 weight still in there to actually work right, 00:22:51.730 --> 00:22:54.650 I guess. Because when I took everything out for 00:22:54.650 --> 00:22:58.740 the winter, it felt stiff. I'd go over a bump 00:22:58.740 --> 00:23:01.460 or something, and it felt like it wasn't giving 00:23:01.460 --> 00:23:06.759 much, if that makes sense. I wonder if my weird 00:23:06.759 --> 00:23:09.440 ride correlates with when I took all the weight 00:23:09.440 --> 00:23:12.380 out of the back of my truck. Oh, I didn't even 00:23:12.380 --> 00:23:15.359 think about that. Because you pretty much threw 00:23:15.359 --> 00:23:23.200 all of it on the trailer. Uh -huh. Yep. Hmm. 00:23:24.509 --> 00:23:26.950 Maybe I should throw it back in there and see 00:23:26.950 --> 00:23:29.349 if it makes any difference. You should. Probably 00:23:29.349 --> 00:23:33.049 should. I know my truck just feels so much better. 00:23:33.549 --> 00:23:37.269 I will say that I think one of my tires is leaking 00:23:37.269 --> 00:23:41.049 a little bit. I went and washed it today, sold 00:23:41.049 --> 00:23:44.250 like an old backpack that I had, and checked 00:23:44.250 --> 00:23:47.329 my tire pressure. It was at like 20. I'm like, 00:23:47.390 --> 00:23:49.690 yeah, that's why it looks like it's a little 00:23:49.690 --> 00:23:55.210 saggy. Filled that up at the car wash and put 00:23:55.210 --> 00:23:57.230 it... What are you guys running on yours right 00:23:57.230 --> 00:23:59.009 now? Because I think I have mine at like 35. 00:23:59.910 --> 00:24:01.990 I haven't checked mine a little bit. I should 00:24:01.990 --> 00:24:06.230 probably check it. I do like 35 or 40. I'm somewhere 00:24:06.230 --> 00:24:10.589 between 35 and 40. Yeah. Okay. Yeah. There was 00:24:10.589 --> 00:24:12.890 definitely a lazy week where I had mine at like 00:24:12.890 --> 00:24:15.509 20, 25, and I just didn't feel like filling them 00:24:15.509 --> 00:24:19.299 up because it was winter, but... I could... My 00:24:19.299 --> 00:24:22.700 tires are rated for like 90, but there's no way 00:24:22.700 --> 00:24:26.619 in hell I would drive that truck on 90 PSI. I've 00:24:26.619 --> 00:24:30.460 filled mine up to 90 % before. Could never get 00:24:30.460 --> 00:24:34.079 them to 100%, but I got them to 99%. Pretty close. 00:24:36.140 --> 00:24:41.019 Oh, man. You goober. I know. The safety officer 00:24:41.019 --> 00:24:42.680 has to make these kind of jokes every once in 00:24:42.680 --> 00:24:46.259 a while. We've seen too many videos of like... 00:24:46.709 --> 00:24:50.269 Kid's going, I filled my bike tire to 99%. Dad's 00:24:50.269 --> 00:24:55.509 like, what? Yeah, 99%. I'm going to go ride down 00:24:55.509 --> 00:24:57.549 the street. He's like, don't you dare get on 00:24:57.549 --> 00:25:00.009 that fucking bike. I saw a video of a kid just 00:25:00.009 --> 00:25:02.069 talking on his bike and they were spraying it 00:25:02.069 --> 00:25:04.230 down and all of a sudden the tire blew. The tire 00:25:04.230 --> 00:25:07.710 was over pressurized. Yep, 99 % right there. 00:25:11.890 --> 00:25:14.900 Well, the... Mark, have you done anything else 00:25:14.900 --> 00:25:16.619 other than your bumpers, like any interior stuff 00:25:16.619 --> 00:25:23.660 lately? No interior mods. You can count me laying 00:25:23.660 --> 00:25:27.240 out wires I meant to do for a while. I actually 00:25:27.240 --> 00:25:30.859 ran my CB antenna underneath the carpet this 00:25:30.859 --> 00:25:34.960 time instead of just through the seats. Oh, GMRS. 00:25:35.359 --> 00:25:39.619 Yep, GMRS. Let me see that. Yeah. When I did 00:25:39.619 --> 00:25:41.839 my roof rack, I actually took the time and tucked 00:25:41.839 --> 00:25:45.359 all my wiring in. Do you have two antennas on 00:25:45.359 --> 00:25:51.799 your roof rack? Me? Yeah. I have the one for 00:25:51.799 --> 00:25:56.319 the Wii Boost. I have the other one on my back 00:25:56.319 --> 00:26:01.359 door. And then I think I have that one tiny one 00:26:01.359 --> 00:26:06.859 that was my spare for... Yeah. I think that was 00:26:06.859 --> 00:26:10.240 the old spare for the GMRS. But I had it tied 00:26:10.240 --> 00:26:13.369 in. So I didn't rip it out because I didn't feel 00:26:13.369 --> 00:26:17.309 like ripping everything. I had it taped in with 00:26:17.309 --> 00:26:19.009 the other ones to try to keep all the wiring 00:26:19.009 --> 00:26:21.490 together. Oh, that's great. You just didn't cut 00:26:21.490 --> 00:26:24.269 it off then at that point? Yeah, just cut it 00:26:24.269 --> 00:26:27.809 off. Wow, you can't even see it now. I was just 00:26:27.809 --> 00:26:31.230 going to unwrap it and save it because I wanted 00:26:31.230 --> 00:26:35.089 the backup just in case that antenna's cap has 00:26:35.089 --> 00:26:37.529 been off of it for I don't know how long now. 00:26:38.230 --> 00:26:41.119 So I'm just like. waiting for it to take a shit 00:26:41.119 --> 00:26:44.980 and i wanted something oh your cap's missing 00:26:44.980 --> 00:26:47.640 too yeah i thought we had the conversation i'm 00:26:47.640 --> 00:26:51.039 missing for mine's been missing since the week 00:26:51.039 --> 00:26:53.079 after i bought the antenna and it's been solid 00:26:53.079 --> 00:26:56.720 yeah i'm waiting for a uh a cool plastic toy 00:26:56.720 --> 00:26:58.759 that my son has that he doesn't want anymore 00:26:58.759 --> 00:27:01.160 and then we cut the head off it and blew it on 00:27:01.160 --> 00:27:06.670 there just get a duck Impaled ducks. I don't 00:27:06.670 --> 00:27:10.190 know how ironic I want that to be. If I cut the 00:27:10.190 --> 00:27:13.250 hat off of it, made it look like we decapitated 00:27:13.250 --> 00:27:18.670 it, that might be kind of sick. Maybe do a little 00:27:18.670 --> 00:27:20.970 sticker on the antenna that says death to ducks. 00:27:21.849 --> 00:27:27.369 That'd be perfect. So real quick, what are plans 00:27:27.369 --> 00:27:33.490 for this weekend? Work. Hmm. We doing anything 00:27:33.490 --> 00:27:37.559 on your truck, Mark? Maybe lift the front back 00:27:37.559 --> 00:27:40.599 up a little more. Heard it rubbing again when 00:27:40.599 --> 00:27:44.500 I backed up Monday morning. Got to crank those 00:27:44.500 --> 00:27:48.819 up a little more. Finish working on stripping 00:27:48.819 --> 00:27:51.240 things off the crawler frame. Oh, oil change. 00:27:52.400 --> 00:27:55.359 You got to do an oil change. Duncan has some 00:27:55.359 --> 00:27:57.599 stuff, but he's not ready to lift his truck yet, 00:27:57.700 --> 00:27:59.220 which is driving me nuts because I just want 00:27:59.220 --> 00:28:00.859 to get it done so we don't have to worry about 00:28:00.859 --> 00:28:03.220 it anymore. Yeah, he's getting close to the crunch. 00:28:03.819 --> 00:28:07.079 Being capable for Leatherwood. I know. I'm like, 00:28:07.160 --> 00:28:12.259 dude. And he's busy this weekend. He's busy next 00:28:12.259 --> 00:28:14.279 week. And I'm like, dude, you've got like. A 00:28:14.279 --> 00:28:18.779 week. You have like two weekends. Like. Yeah. 00:28:20.339 --> 00:28:23.599 Have you. I would try and put some weight in 00:28:23.599 --> 00:28:25.740 your truck too this week or the Friday or whatever. 00:28:25.900 --> 00:28:28.960 And whenever you decide to do it. Probably do 00:28:28.960 --> 00:28:34.660 that tomorrow. yeah i don't know i really just 00:28:34.660 --> 00:28:36.700 think my tires are out around at this point because 00:28:36.700 --> 00:28:39.420 i've got both lower control i mean the whole 00:28:39.420 --> 00:28:41.579 front end is brand new now there's nothing left 00:28:41.579 --> 00:28:45.759 that it's all been replaced since november yeah 00:28:45.759 --> 00:28:48.940 yeah i definitely throw those other wheels on 00:28:48.940 --> 00:28:51.980 it and drive it around and see what happens yep 00:28:51.980 --> 00:28:55.660 so hopefully that solves it even if it just makes 00:28:55.660 --> 00:28:59.359 it tolerable at 65 i'll call it a day but oh 00:28:59.359 --> 00:29:02.220 yeah when i was leaving on new year's i was like 00:29:02.220 --> 00:29:05.200 i'll deal with it it'll fall off hell no it did 00:29:05.200 --> 00:29:09.720 not no uh we tried to go to 55 and i was like 00:29:09.720 --> 00:29:12.000 dude i'm gonna break something just trying to 00:29:12.000 --> 00:29:14.619 get it up to this speed it's funny because i 00:29:14.619 --> 00:29:18.099 i remember before we left i was like gavin you 00:29:18.099 --> 00:29:19.940 really should swing by the car wash and you were 00:29:19.940 --> 00:29:26.180 like ah ah yeah i was tired i was like i'll do 00:29:26.180 --> 00:29:29.160 it after which i did It just didn't help because 00:29:29.160 --> 00:29:32.160 everything was frozen, so I didn't go underneath 00:29:32.160 --> 00:29:35.180 the truck and do the inside of the wheel, which 00:29:35.180 --> 00:29:38.400 really wants me to get, when I do get wheels, 00:29:38.460 --> 00:29:41.220 to make sure they're fucking, get basically steelies 00:29:41.220 --> 00:29:44.480 or something like that that are easy to clean. 00:29:45.579 --> 00:29:47.940 No, just easy to clean. I don't want any that 00:29:47.940 --> 00:29:51.319 have any concave hollows or something for mud 00:29:51.319 --> 00:29:55.309 to stick and stay. Something simple. They have 00:29:55.309 --> 00:29:58.529 those black rhino ones that are like solid on 00:29:58.529 --> 00:30:00.549 the outside and inside. Those are impossible. 00:30:01.089 --> 00:30:04.089 Those are impossible to clean. Thanks for ruining 00:30:04.089 --> 00:30:07.309 my dream. The mud goes on the inside of them, 00:30:07.390 --> 00:30:09.609 and then you have to take them off to wash the 00:30:09.609 --> 00:30:14.490 inside. Oh, yeah. That was a concern. Those were 00:30:14.490 --> 00:30:16.069 definitely the ones I've been looking at, though, 00:30:16.089 --> 00:30:19.690 just based off of looks, though. Oh, yeah. They 00:30:19.690 --> 00:30:22.289 look sick. They're great show truck wheels. Mm 00:30:22.289 --> 00:30:26.309 -hmm. Yeah. I mean, I really don't mind mine 00:30:26.309 --> 00:30:28.809 right now. Like I said, just keep spraying them, 00:30:28.849 --> 00:30:32.029 and they look brand new every three months. We 00:30:32.029 --> 00:30:34.349 talked about getting black rhinos for the trailer. 00:30:35.009 --> 00:30:37.869 Yeah. That would be sick. That would be sick, 00:30:37.890 --> 00:30:41.910 sick. Now we're going to do matching wheels and 00:30:41.910 --> 00:30:45.309 tires across our two builds, the Jeep build, 00:30:45.470 --> 00:30:49.309 and the trailer. That way you can just put them 00:30:49.309 --> 00:30:53.559 on anything. Yep. If you all get Bajas. like 00:30:53.559 --> 00:30:57.779 what Mark has, you would have a spare wheel for 00:30:57.779 --> 00:31:01.440 everything. See, the problem with Baja's are 00:31:01.440 --> 00:31:06.480 they're really expensive. Just afterpay it. It'll 00:31:06.480 --> 00:31:11.880 be fine. Now, if we all did the Gladiator X -Comps, 00:31:11.880 --> 00:31:16.220 which are also a great tire, I think they're 00:31:16.220 --> 00:31:21.160 like half the cost of the... Alex just has to 00:31:21.160 --> 00:31:23.960 be patient and after pay one Baja at a time. 00:31:24.359 --> 00:31:28.660 Oh, my God. I'm telling you, just pay the 200 00:31:28.660 --> 00:31:30.880 some. I think it's like, what, 310 for a Baja? 00:31:31.279 --> 00:31:34.259 I don't remember. What are you running, Mark? 00:31:34.319 --> 00:31:36.940 You're still running 33s, right? Okay. Are you 00:31:36.940 --> 00:31:41.680 ready for this? They're technically 32s. Oh, 00:31:41.799 --> 00:31:48.160 okay. So for a load range D, Baja boss set of 00:31:48.160 --> 00:31:53.890 two, It is $814. Oh, yeah, that's after payable. 00:31:54.829 --> 00:31:57.009 What size tire are we looking at doing again, 00:31:57.089 --> 00:32:01.730 Alex? Well, those are 35, so we're looking at 00:32:01.730 --> 00:32:09.970 like 34 point something. Fuck. Just say get whatever 00:32:09.970 --> 00:32:12.190 Mark's got. That way you guys can interchange 00:32:12.190 --> 00:32:14.230 all of them. Well, Mark's going to need new tires 00:32:14.230 --> 00:32:18.069 soon, too. 315, 70, 17, and he wants to go to 00:32:18.069 --> 00:32:36.609 35, so. So 315. 315, 70, 17. But I think that 00:32:36.609 --> 00:32:39.529 the Baja Boss only sells in a 35. I think so. 00:32:39.750 --> 00:32:49.589 They got an AT. Yeah. 315, 70, 17. 338. I'm seeing 00:32:49.589 --> 00:32:54.519 the AT at 396. It's on eBay. I'm on eBay right 00:32:54.519 --> 00:33:00.079 now. $792 for a set of two Baja Boss ATs. So, 00:33:00.119 --> 00:33:04.440 literally half the cost to go with the Gladiators. 00:33:05.599 --> 00:33:10.500 I mean, don't get me wrong. The Baja Boss is 00:33:10.500 --> 00:33:14.900 a fantastic tire. It's held up pretty well, but 00:33:14.900 --> 00:33:18.640 at the same time, wouldn't mind getting something 00:33:18.640 --> 00:33:20.519 cheaper, especially if we're going with new rims 00:33:20.519 --> 00:33:25.690 again. Yep. Now we get rims that last a good 00:33:25.690 --> 00:33:27.809 bit. We don't have to worry about replacing them. 00:33:27.890 --> 00:33:30.990 It would be a different story. I could really 00:33:30.990 --> 00:33:34.630 keep running my wheels, but I want to go to the 00:33:34.630 --> 00:33:36.329 matchy thing because it's going to save us a 00:33:36.329 --> 00:33:42.829 lot in the long run. All right. Well, that's 00:33:42.829 --> 00:33:47.470 like 33 minutes. Yep. So let's call her. Yep. 00:33:47.839 --> 00:33:51.839 So we'll catch you guys later, and I'm sorry 00:33:51.839 --> 00:33:54.299 that we're not doing an hour -long episode, but 00:33:54.299 --> 00:33:57.700 meh, life gets busy, and this week is one of 00:33:57.700 --> 00:34:00.559 those weeks. Yep, and we'll talk to you later. 00:34:00.720 --> 00:34:01.160 Later.