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How to build a Light Weight Moose Buggy

Remove the body and take 18" out of the middle of the frame from any full-size blazer that has a Dana 44 in the front and a 12 bolt in the rear. Bend a custom roll cage. Axle choice is pretty important here for ultimate reliability! Don't swap in 3/4 ton or 1 ton stuff because it adds way too much weight and drastically reduces ground clearance. You could run up to 33" tires with a strong v8 and not have any problems with the 1/2 ton stuff. We installed Posi front and rear. This a must! Posi traction is nice if you don't have allot of money to put into lockers. Buy Detroit's of Arb's for the ultimate traction. You have got to be able to spin the mud out of the tires. It is better to choose a higher gear for the mud and a lower gear for rocks. We used 31x15.5/15 Good year terra tires with 3.73 gears but there is no reason you couldn't use a larger tire of the same tread design with different gearing. (Self Cleaning) If you are going to run lots of hp then buy a set of Super Swamper Boggers and cut the little lugs out. 

On the front of the buggy rests a warn 8274 8000 lb winch. Decent bumpers are of great importance. We built ours with schedule 40. Do not get to carried away with making things bullet proof though. Your goal end weight is less than 3000 lbs. Less weight is better, especially after you load it down with gear and a few friends.

 

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Oblique Trig Cheat Sheets

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Right Angle Trig Cheat Sheet

 

We have a responsibility as 4wheelers to be careful where we drive, and always support Tread Lightly policies. We don't want to see someone tear up land and make new trails on their own. These are  legitimate trails. Most trails here are fair game as long as you don't cross any "Critical Habitat", salmon stream's, or private property. The pictures that you see on this page or anywhere else on this website are all on dedicated trails. There are a few pictures that appear to not be on a trail, but I assure you that they are. The reason that they look the way they do is because not very many people make it back  this far, so the trail tends to grow over after a few years. Also, people have made bypasses around the nasty spots.  We  prefer to stick to the main trail when ever possible.

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