I did get the bronco out yesterday, just to mess around, let it warm up some, put it in 4WD etc.

Just too friggin' cold to do much more. I'm glad I don't have any bronco fix/build plans right now. Took care of all the regular maint. a month ago.

The soft top, for those wondering, actually does ok in this below zero cold. Once the truck warms up I do have to crank the heater to keep it nice and warm, but with a sunny but cold day it's pretty nice, the black vinyl tends to warm well vs. my stock white hardtop. I think it loses heat more quickly than a hardtop would, but if anyone is wondering about how cold a softop might be in winter, it's really not much different.

I'm torn to keep mine on, I really need to restech it to get rid of the fold in the windows. But in terms of keeping warm air in, it's fine. Also poured rain the other day. Put my hand up on the freeway to feel the back of the cab and the top... Bone dry :D

just swapped steering column out the other day. Was going to start replacing front fenders and doors and the such but the cold has got me. Need to get it done so i can start on the new one though.

I believe it was about -20 or so with the wind chill here in Greeley last night. But, I believe its supposed to start warming up a bit the next couple days. I am finally done with school for about a month, so when I get a couple days off of work I am going to head down to Broomfield and finally fix my upper/lower ball joints and drag link. Also, I have to diagnose where my antifreeze/coolant leak is coming from. I believe it is the water pump seal, so I will have to fix that as well. Lets hope we get a couple warm days in soon.

With this cold weather, my truck has been whistling pretty bad. Not sure where it is coming from exactly.

just swapped steering column out the other day. Was going to start replacing front fenders and doors and the such but the cold has got me. Need to get it done so i can start on the new one though.

Its been in the mid-40s here this week. Feels pretty damn cold when you're used to hi-70s year round; but Im not being a whimp about it. The last couple of times I went to visit my girlfriend in Indiana, it was 15* or so and snowing and I loved every minute of it.

Hey Shado, why dont you post some pictures of what CO has to offer. Its a place I'm considering moving to when I want to buy a house :thumbup

Its been in the mid-40s here this week. Feels pretty damn cold when you're used to hi-70s year round; but Im not being a whimp about it. The last couple of times I went to visit my girlfriend in Indiana, it was 15* or so and snowing and I loved every minute of it.

Hey Shado, why dont you post some pictures of what CO has to offer. Its a place I'm considering moving to when I want to buy a house :thumbup


What kinda pics are you wanting Stan, house/community stuff, trail/outdoor stuff or ? Talk to Chexmix as well, he's been out visiting...you remember that funny thread where it turns out his girlfriend's parents live two houses down from me, and I caught him playing with his little remote Jeep out on the street one day while he was visiting here from Cali?

What kinda pics are you wanting Stan, house/community stuff, trail/outdoor stuff or ? Talk to Chexmix as well, he's been out visiting...you remember that funny thread where it turns out his girlfriend's parents live two houses down from me, and I caught him playing with his little remote Jeep out on the street one day while he was visiting here from Cali?

Yeah I saw that thread, pretty funny. Post what you like and dont like about CO. Im interested in seeing it all. Do you get all 4 seasons there (that sounds really stupid, but Im sure you understand what I mean)?

Lets see if I remember this right: We have summer, then we have early winter, then we have winter, which is followed by late winter. The gardeners around here keep ground cover for the late and early freezes.

Yeah I saw that thread, pretty funny. Post what you like and dont like about CO. Im interested in seeing it all. Do you get all 4 seasons there (that sounds really stupid, but Im sure you understand what I mean)?

I'm actually interested to as i am looking for places to live when im done with school and ready to buy a house. Thanks

oh god not more californians here

oh god not more californians here

well stan is but im not im from New York. dont worry you can tell me your secrets i wont tell him

Lets see if I remember this right: We have summer, then we have early winter, then we have winter, which is followed by late winter. The gardeners around here keep ground cover for the late and early freezes.

Well, not sure where you have lived, but I've got a lot to compare Colorado to, so let's see if we can spice this response up a bit. Stan, I'll post a few pics I took or others this past year, but you can get a billion pics of beatiful colorado, so lets start with just some gab/info:

My comparisons, having lived in Maryland, Jersey, California, Arizona, Oregon and now Colorada on 2 occasions.

Colorado does have all seasons, and they are gorgeous in the mountains with the trees turning.

Because of altitude even in the "flatlands" you have to be careful with change of seasons, things happen suddenly here. So turning off sprinkler systems and winterizing too late can be a big mistake. I'm a weather freak so I keep a very close eye on the happenings.

For the most part summer goes into a fantastic fall around october here, the aspen trees, wow. The mountain altitude always begins things a few weeks earlier. And then Nov/Dec is when you never know....it was in the low 70's mid Nov., and then we went on a Carribean cruise the day after thanksgiving, and that day it had snowed a little and it was all ice out at that airport. Came back about 2 weeks ago and it was 62* !!! and since then we have had -19* and some snow, which set a record.

Anyway, it is usually dry here (no humidity like the east coast).

there are lots of sunny days, even in winter (unlike Oregon). when it rains or snows it usually does it's thing and then clears out and gets sunny again.

There are a fair amount of windy days.

Spring is not like Oregon, there are not days on days of drizzly/gray days. It can still snow, and get cold, and you can get some nasty storms that tend to blow through fairly quickly.

Winter, Colorado is a crap shoot. The mountains will always get their share of snow, but much of the state is not mountains. so, you get systems from the PNW and Cali that blow in and dump snow in western colorado and often Denver and the east slope get little. However, you can get "backflow" of air that pushes up against the mountains, coming from the east, and if this is cold air from the north, and you get a moisture feed, things can get real bad here. '97 when I first moved here, and then again in '06 just before I moved here again.

Summer is the best. Spring you can get nastly lightning/heavy rain/hail type storms so I don't like that.

Only thing Colorado does not have are the beaches and the ocean. I'll miss that.

let me go grab a pic or two from recent wheeling.....

Oh, on the economic front Cali is WAY more populated that Colorado for the most part...yes I know the actual pop. numbers, but what I mean is even in Denver/Boulder, I am in the suburbs and it is NOTHING like Cali. around LA or SF. Although the mountains are kinda like the Sierra Nevadas, again you probably could get lost in the amount of Colorado's mountains and lack of people compared to the Sierras. Can't really compare to the Oregon Cascades since they are more full of lush trees, not so dry, but they are more like Colorado in that there are fewer people up in the mountains.

spring creek wheeling trip:
http://www.supermotors.net/getfile/647204/fullsize/dscn3297.jpg
http://www.supermotors.net/getfile/647205/fullsize/spring-creek01.jpg

bill moore trip:
http://www.supermotors.net/getfile/571384/fullsize/114_1438.jpg
http://www.supermotors.net/getfile/572434/fullsize/bill%20moore116.jpg

jenny creek trip
http://www.supermotors.net/getfile/669797/fullsize/107_0745.jpg

a few more coming in a sec....

from the house, looking west to the mountains:
http://www.supermotors.net/getfile/695386/fullsize/114_1410.jpg

And finally, you'd be suprised what you get house-wise compared to Cali:
http://www.supermotors.net/getfile/575472/fullsize/114_1452.jpg

And finally, you'd be suprised what you get house-wise compared to Cali:
http://www.supermotors.net/getfile/575472/fullsize/114_1452.jpg

Thanks for the input Shado, seems like you really like CO out of the rest of the places you have lived in the past. Im pretty much sick of California (I bet you know my reasons). Your house was built in '06 and I bet it cost half the price as my parents 2,050 sq. ft. house that was built in '77. Your house looks like its about the size of two mansions here ;)

been quiet. Workin too freakin much. Haven't started the bronco since elk hunting in october. planning on doing that this weekend. Only thing planned is to finally swap in the 4 speed.(im sure don is wanting the c-6). And hopefully gas prices stay low like this for next summer. I'll be out wheelin a lot.

Thanks for the input Shado, seems like you really like CO out of the rest of the places you have lived in the past. Im pretty much sick of California (I bet you know my reasons). Your house was built in '06 and I bet it cost half the price as my parents 2,050 sq. ft. house that was built in '77. Your house looks like its about the size of two mansions here ;)

I liked Oregon too, and being able to get over to the beaches. But I think overall the weather is nicer here.

not much of a plus, but when I do need to fly somewhere it's not as much of a flight no matter where you are headed in the US, and you've only got a 2 hr. time difference from the east coast.

I absolutely love Colorado, I've lived in many states as well Primarily Arizona but also Ohio, Washington, California, Texas. I just moved to Utah in May of this years (which is basically when Spring started since Winter was so wild last year). I absolutely love the mountains which are probably comparable to Colorado (in terms of beauty), having all 4 seasons, etc.

Its been pretty chilly here though we got a late start to our winter (just started snowing last weekend), since its been in the 20's during the days and single digits to low teens at night. This weekend its supposed to cool down alittle more with negative 3-5 degrees at night and days in the low teens. Surprisingly (being a zona boy) Im not having a hard time acclimating to the cold. Perhaps the remote start I installed just before I moved here helps that a bit :D..

The wife is having a hell of a time driving in the snow so I bought her a new rig yesterday (you know what I mean when I "bought it for you babe")..

http://www.voxsolid.net/myrig.jpg

Cant wait till spring now so I can pull the 351 out of my lifted 94EB and rebuild it..

Im just looking to get out of New York, and now thanks to atarsha Utah is on my list of states to look at to. thanks guys

I'd say everything that was said about Colorado could also be used to describe Utah, the photos included. I like the both of 'em. :thumbup

Heres a picture of Manti, UT which is further south than where I live "Ogden" Still very pretty.

http://www.voxsolid.net/IMG_1433-small.jpg

There was some sort of bark beetle that killed a bunch of the trees it was pretty sad to see such beauty in disarray.

-Art

Its been pretty chilly here though we got a late start to our winter (just started snowing last weekend), since its been in the 20's during the days and single digits to low teens at night.


fyi, winter doesn't start for a few more days.


i think anyone considering moving here should actually move to OR, WA, AK, ID, MT, UT, NM. you will like any of them better.

i think anyone considering moving here should actually move to OR, WA, AK, ID, MT, UT, NM. you will like any of them better.
I do love Utah, but what's wrong with Colorado? :shrug

fyi, winter doesn't start for a few more days.


i think anyone considering moving here should actually move to OR, WA, AK, ID, MT, UT, NM. you will like any of them better.

I do love Utah, but what's wrong with Colorado? :shrug

:stupid what is wrong with CO?

trust me and just stay put. :toothless

trust me and just stay put. :toothless

AHHHH I see said the blind man:doh0715:

On second thought, Utah is a HORRIBLE place to live HAHA! Just kidding, I dont care where you are from if you're bringing a Bronco you're okay by me.

Picking this up tomorrow...

http://www.ksl.com/index.php?nid=218&ad=5110612&cat=&lpid=

Oooh, I considered that as I browsed KSL today. That looks to be a great deal. :beer

Ya man, I guess like 15 people called him I saw it go up 1 min after it was posted so I was the first to txt him.. dropped the rear on my arm walking up slippery back fo the trailer friggin hurts!

Now I just need to get someone to help me pull them out of the trailer. That will have to wait a few days since we are getting POUNDED in Ogden by this winter storm..

-Art

nice find....