BC witness Posted February 27 Author Posted February 27 That poster was my friend Bill Miller, who unfortunately passed away 6 or 7 years ago. That test was done on the shore of Harrison Lake, here in BC. He is sorely missed in our local research circle. 1 2
PNWexplorer Posted February 28 Posted February 28 Getting my overlanding/exploring rig more capable. While not nearly as awesome or capable as Norseman's Ram, it can go on some roads that stock pickups might not be able to. Just a leveling kit with 37s, a 13.5k winch, and beefy bumper. 2 1
BC witness Posted February 28 Author Posted February 28 Looks really capable. Are those running boards, or rock sliders under the door sills? My H3 came with what looked like sliders, but were really only cosmetic, as I managed to crush one on the first trail I drove the day after I bought it. 1
norseman Posted February 28 Admin Posted February 28 11 hours ago, PNWexplorer said: Getting my overlanding/exploring rig more capable. While not nearly as awesome or capable as Norseman's Ram, it can go on some roads that stock pickups might not be able to. Just a leveling kit with 37s, a 13.5k winch, and beefy bumper. We should go camping this summer! 👍 1
Madison5716 Posted March 1 Posted March 1 16 hours ago, PNWexplorer said: Getting my overlanding/exploring rig more capable. While not nearly as awesome or capable as Norseman's Ram, it can go on some roads that stock pickups might not be able to. That's a pretty truck 1
Madison5716 Posted March 1 Posted March 1 On 2/17/2026 at 12:39 AM, PNWexplorer said: But, the fact that those BF tracks were sinking in twice as deep as the surrounding deer tracks, with a much larger surface area, tells me that the BF was significantly heavier than the average whitetail deer of about 130 lbs. I would guess at least a 400lb creature. I'm kinda guessing that the creature whose tracks were at the river mud flat may have belonged to the same one peeking in my car windows. The foot and hand prints seem to be of similar sizes. I just can't figure out how it got a print on the top of my windshield without apparently leaving any other marks on the vehicle. It was not parked under big enough trees to allow it to dangle, from above. I don't understand. Another mystery!
PNWexplorer Posted Saturday at 09:47 AM Posted Saturday at 09:47 AM Just got back from a 3200-mile road trip from Washington to the AZ/Mexico border and back. I won an auction for a 2009 IH ambulance in Marysville, WA so had to take a sidetrack to there and pick it up. Plan is to convert it into an RV for exploring the Idaho woods. I would have loved to find one in 4x4, but realized most of my weekend trips didn't really need 4wd. The new rig is very beefy and not in too bad of shape. Going to strip the interior and build a log cabin-themed interior complete with little wood stove. 1
Trogluddite Posted Saturday at 01:27 PM Posted Saturday at 01:27 PM Okay, I was wondering why you were bidding on an old ambulance!! Thank you for explaining that right up front. Your conversion sounds amazing; hope to see pictures of it. 1
PNWexplorer Posted Monday at 05:15 AM Posted Monday at 05:15 AM Got the emergency lights hooked up. Neighbor kids love them, lol. 1 1
wiiawiwb Posted Monday at 10:13 AM Posted Monday at 10:13 AM Great acquisition. Are you going to gut the inside and start over or redo just certain areas within the vehicle. A lot of potential there!!
PNWexplorer Posted 3 hours ago Posted 3 hours ago On 3/16/2026 at 3:13 AM, wiiawiwb said: Great acquisition. Are you going to gut the inside and start over or redo just certain areas within the vehicle. A lot of potential there!! I don't know. I will likely gut the entire rear box and build it up from there. But that will take a ton of time. And I don't have a shop. First steps will be to do maintenance on the rig and do some minor corrosion repair on the aluminum. Going to buff and wax the exterior, detail the interior, and sell the Stryker system. Once I get the rig cleaned up and repair all the little things, then I will evaluate it's retail value vs. cost/time of converting it to a class C motorhome. I'm also planning on building an RV pad and snow shed, along with a smaller shop, on some property in Idaho. I may want to just focus on that project since this summer is going to be hell in the Idaho mountains due to the low snowpack and winter that never came. The camping season is going to be about a month or so before they shut down the woods and ban campfires due to extreme fire danger. But there are some amazing ambulance conversions out there!
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