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    The Mighty Merc – 1st ORT Flat Nasty 12-31-16

    January 11, 2017 /

    Well it nearly felt like this day would never come, but I finally broke my 1.5 year wheeling drought by getting out to wheel New Year’s Eve with some old friends. I also dragged along Grandpa and the Boy to share in the adventure. After waking up the kid early and picking up grandpa, we headed down to the park:

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    The Mighty Merc – Sliding along the edge.

    December 28, 2016 /

    With the first wheeling trip looming in the near future, I knew that the stock running boards were not up to the task of sliding along the rocks. Well, I guess they would one time, but two times? Probably not so much.

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    The Mighty Merc – My how we’ve grown up!

    December 6, 2016 /

    It’s fun to take a look back to see how things progress. This was take just after the 31’s were put on: And here is where we sit today: It grew up just a tad…

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    The Mighty Merc – Crossing the 1,000 mile mark

    December 5, 2016 /

    This past Turkey Day, we loaded up the Mercury for its first long road trip, which at the end of the trip marked the 1,000 mile point since the build first rolled out of the garage.

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    The Mighty Merc – Rear Cargo Platform

    December 2, 2016 /

    I have a dream that will probably never become a reality, but I hope to aspire to it one day. That dream is to have all the tools required for the Merc to just live in the Merc full time. That way when I’m ready to wheel, I won’t have to spend any time getting things loaded up, hoping that I didn’t forget something. I can just jump in and go.

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