This is How Steep It Is

"functionoverfashion" (functionoverfashion) 05/08/2020 at 10:48 • Filed to: None

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I think these pictures adequately illustrate just how steep the hill is, up which I’m driving my truck full of logs. I finally felt a little wheelspin yesterday going up that first corner, enough to make me a little concerned. But it hooked right up and kept climbing. This is all in 1st gear 4lo. If it gets more slippery I might air down the tires a little.

Still trying to convince a kid to hold my phone and take a video or something, of going up the hill. But they like riding in the truck too much.

punkgoose17 > functionoverfashion 05/08/2020 at 10:54

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Very neat!

ItalianJobR53 - now with added 'MERICA and unreliability > functionoverfashion 05/08/2020 at 10:56

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RALLY STAGE!!

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > functionoverfashion 05/08/2020 at 11:10

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Truck stuff! Can we get a satellite image of your enlarged property? 

shop-teacher > functionoverfashion 05/08/2020 at 11:19

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That looks like so much fun!

wafflesnfalafel > functionoverfashion 05/08/2020 at 11:29

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very cool -

I’m surprised how well even basically stock 4x4 trucks can climb - I was out with my father-in-law a number of years ago on some steep wind farm access roads in an F450 set up as a rural FD brush truck, (he was volunteer chief at the time,) and there were a couple spots that I thought no way was it going to make it, but it crawled right up...

ShrimpHappens, née WJalopy > functionoverfashion 05/08/2020 at 12:00

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I reckon I’d rather be going up with that load than down.

Eury - AFRICA TWIN!!!!!!! > functionoverfashion 05/08/2020 at 12:06

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Love that truck. Serio us ly impressed that it has a NH license plate and hasn’t returned to the earth.

and 100 more > ShrimpHappens, née WJalopy 05/08/2020 at 12:32

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The load gives added traction to the rear!

Tripper > functionoverfashion 05/08/2020 at 12:34

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Seeing that truck do truck things is like seeing a happy dog out for a walk.

Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > functionoverfashion 05/08/2020 at 12:52

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The nerve-wracking part is the fun part though. I vote you make it steeper and more washed out to finally give yourself a real challenge. Alternatively, add more logs ;)

functionoverfashion > wafflesnfalafel 05/08/2020 at 14:23

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Yeah, there’s a lot to be said for straight-up traditional 4wd with solid axles. Simple, reliable, and capable. 

functionoverfashion > ShrimpHappens, née WJalopy 05/08/2020 at 14:24

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I agree, although at least I have been through the brakes on this truck, added a dual-master-cylinder setup last year. 

functionoverfashion > Eury - AFRICA TWIN!!!!!!! 05/08/2020 at 14:26

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It spent most of its life inside a fire house in VT, that’s the key

functionoverfashion > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com 05/08/2020 at 15:01

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We’ve owned parcel 17 since 2008, and we just bought parcel 18. The one below shows the outline of parcel 18 in blue and the outline of the clearing in green. If you recall, we did not do the clearing, but I’ve cut about 40-50 additional trees on 17 to give us a clear view through the opening on 18... if that all makes sense.

Obviously, the google image will take a while to update to show the new logging. The clearing is about 2.4 acres in area. All that tracing is based on just walking around with my phone in my pocket, Gaia GPS tracking on.  

functionoverfashion > Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available 05/08/2020 at 15:03

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I’ve been adding a few more logs each trip - this last trip I put in more beech than poplar, which made it heavier even at the same volume of logs. I wouldn’t do much more, I think. 

functionoverfashion > and 100 more 05/08/2020 at 15:05

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Indeed, and I have to back down because there’s nowhere to turn around at the bottom. I use 4wd low range reverse AND the brakes, even with an empty truck. 

functionoverfashion > shop-teacher 05/08/2020 at 15:07

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It’s so satisfying. I doubt I’ll find a better use for this truck, in terms of using its full potential, for a long time. Already the road over to the land (on the flats) can almost be done in 2wd, with the incremental improvements I’ve been making, plus drying out. 

CaptDale - is secretly British > functionoverfashion 05/08/2020 at 17:09

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I really love that truck

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > functionoverfashion 05/08/2020 at 23:32

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That’s awesome. And 10 acres need to be left pretty much alone to get the tax benefit? 

functionoverfashion > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com 05/09/2020 at 09:13

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10 acres... need to be “undeveloped” but that doesn’t mean I can’t have access roads or harvest timber, or plant a garden. Or put up a solar array. Mostly, it means no buildings or “real” roads. 

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > functionoverfashion 05/09/2020 at 15:19

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Nice.