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For now you could literally make them stay together with tire chains. It's almost that season, again. It's on my list to (hopefully) get the rest of the nice Pewags bought from Choprboy cut down to fit my non-Michelins before it all freezes.

Yeah, that's how I use the splitter in the Pete when pulling a heavy load, or passing on an uphill, and I'm sure it's just as useful to be able to split gears in a SEE. But with my SEE, that hardly ever gets subjected to road use, the range lever and splitter stays in low. And if I could make...

Perfect for a prolonged burnout. Gotta get rid of those Michelins somehow.

You're welcome, minirover. Ironically, a few days ago I read in the "newly discovered" handout that without ​the loader and backhoe the SEE should only be driven at max. 5mph, and within a service facility. I know, I know, it didn't make sense to me, either.

Glad you got it fixed! But while I frequently drive triple digit speeds in more road worthy vehicles, I don't understand what is nice about going 50 mph in a SEE. Okay, if somebody was shooting at me I'd gladly go that fast, and worry about the consequences later. Or if there was a pyroclastic...

Hey, my British cars haven't given me any trouble at all in the past year or so. Of course, that could partially be because so much time has been spent on the FLUs that I haven't been driving those cars. If you used Safety Seal to plug that tire there's no need to put a patch in it. Technically...

Good, then you should be all set.

If you look at it as an '86 K-30 it is far from unique. There are lots of choices out there for them.

Yep, LEDs are our friend. I've replaced both front and rear work lights with cheapy (8 bucks) ones from Amazon. One 12-24 Volt set died, but that was on the SEE that often pegs the Volt meter. Now I'm buying the ones good for up to 48 Volts. Either way, compared to the factory...

You didn't know? There's gorilla tape, duck tape, rat tape, all kinds of deterrent tape.

You may be over-thinking it on that lever. It's just there as a way to supply air to the trailer brakes without having to use the SEE's brake pedal (and brakes). For example, I often pull the lever a bit in the Pete, instead of setting the brakes, if I need to keep it in place while I check...

Fred?!? Okay, there are times when he does. Hopefully this is one of them.

I hope that's a trailer full of oil.

Sorry to hear that about your dog. Ours is a bundle of energy (okay, borderline hyper) even though he was described as very calm by the rescue. He expands his world by hundreds off feet per minute if not carefully monitored. About the SEE, if I can figure them out enough to keep them running...

I threw that out there without even knowing what standard 6.5 GEP engines go for, so I'm open to offers. In this case, your stock transmission may not be up for what this engine puts out (about 500 ft.-lbs. as I recall), but I also have a built 4L80E with an Atlas II that I no longer need.

Would you be interested in a complete, hot rodded (by GEP) engine? It's never been installed or run, other than on GEP's dyno.

Well, what sucks is when both axles are locked and having chains on all four doesn't do it. Haven't tried them out yet, but got some far more meaningful chains for this winter.

You have no idea how many times I've wished that your statement was true. But running locked front and rear sure has gotten me deeper into the gnarly stuff - also known as being harder to extract when finally stuck.

I'd gladly pay $2,000 for it. Not that I can think of a need for a slow dually that needs to be lowered and get new tires, but not having a logical reason for buying a vehicle has rarely stopped me in the past. Then there's the "...time, energy, money..." part.