Driving to Alaska

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  1. 207nomad

    207nomad Medium Load Member

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    It's my favorite of the deer family.
     
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  3. cnsper

    cnsper Road Train Member

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    Sounds like some backstrap and tenderloin are in order.
     
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  4. Lepton1

    Lepton1 Road Train Member

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    From the sounds of it, you have a "Hamburger Helper" installed to mitigate damage. Did it do its job?
     
  5. IH Truck Guy

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    Hope the OP isn't lost in the bush looking for that return load.
     
  6. vikingswen

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    Note sure never tried it. I never stop for the road kill. The road was clear where I hit the two and you can still see the two flash frozen blood spots on the road. I think the last one probably made it clear into the tree line after a Western Star drove up it's butt at 100km/h.
     
  7. vikingswen

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    Yes, the Magnum bumper did it's job again. It has taken one moose and three Caribou all around 60mp/h with no damage to hood. I lost a back up light bar two weeks ago and this time it pulled my fender flare off two bolts.

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  8. IH Truck Guy

    IH Truck Guy Road Train Member

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    What kind of headlites are you using?
     
  9. vikingswen

    vikingswen Road Train Member

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    They are LEDs made by Speaker. I bought them in Alaska at the Truck Pro/ NAPA Traction store. They run about $350.00 each and work great. The only draw back they have is that they stay cold and will freeze over. The other day when I hit a bunch of ice fog I had to stop and scrap about an eight of an inch of ice off them. Stronger than seal beams too. Before I installed those I had to replace a seal beam on every trip since I had a rock go through.
     
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  10. rollin coal

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    If anyone ever came up with something to melt ice/snow off LED's that would really be the cat's ### right there.
     
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  11. LGarrison

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    water and a rag works wonders
     
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