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Posted: Sat Aug 29th, 2020 12:31 pm

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I turned on the TV and tuned in the Motor Trend channel while I was fixing breakfast this morning. I had missed the first 15 minutes of the half hour show. They were converting a Mazda 4x4 into a rock crawler. They changed out the rear axle and put in a one ton heavy duty rear with huge 40" tires. They also cut out the torsion front end and steering. They then put a solid front axle with springs back on the front. Once they had it back together they took it rock-crawling. They had smiles but they wanted to change out to lower gears.

Has anybody else seen it? The show was "Dirt Every Day" and the episode was "LITTLE RED ROCKCRAWLER".

The MTHD web site is a bit wonky if you are trying to find anything other than the current playing show.

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Posted: Sat Aug 29th, 2020 02:19 pm

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I didn't see that one but Mazda/Ranger all good.

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Motor Trend is one of the few channels we watch in our household. I have the On Demand app so we pay $50 a year for unlimited watching.

I have seen that episode! But I am going to have to rewatch it tonight now. Haha.

I Love Dirt Every Day and Roadkill. As that is our main thing we watch
I been binge watching Engine Masters lately as well.

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MTHD is #1 on my most watched channels. I like the Wheeler Dealers and Kendigit but this is the first I have seen of "Dirt Every Day".

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I too have the app, best money I've spent in a while.

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