The Lumpskie Build - '96 5-speed

I never tried to run them with stock springs, but I think you can probably do it. I'd also check out first gen tundra springs. If the radius isn't much bigger (wider) than a tacoma coil, you can probably find some for less than $50 and they'd have a spring rate high enough to carry some extra weight. ...just a thought!

 

I just got back from my 1500 mile road trip. The truck ran great but my AC started acting funny...

In other news, my new Alcans should be ready. I'll find out on Monday.

 

I found out that I had slightly overcharged my AC system and that was causing the compressor to constantly cycle on and off.

In case anyone wants to know, the pressures that I ended up going with are:

~230 PSI High side
~33 PSI Low side

My AC now runs roughly 33 degrees when it's roughly 80 degrees outside!

 

So, fall is on it's way. Here's a trip I went on last year and I'm hoping to repeat this year. It was 4 days from Marble to Crested Butte to Aspen, all off road.

We started in Marble and headed up to the Crystal Mill.


From there we headed out to the old town of Crystal



After leaving Crystal, we started Schofield Pass and found an amazing campsite.


The next morning we continued the pass to the Devil's Punchbowl.





From there we continued on to Emerald Lake



After that, we we headed to Gothic



From Gothic, we drove through Crested Butte and headed over Pearl Pass




Finally, we stopped at our last campsite, near Ashcroft, before heading back through Aspen

 

Sweet man! Looks like fun!

 

sweet photos. Looks like a great area.

 

Nice pics. Man, I've been wanting to get to the Elk Mtns for years... I've got my sights set on next summer (again)

 

Thanks for the compliments, guys.

And, Buckoma, I know the feeling of having to put trips off... I'm still hoping to catch up on my agenda this year! Where are the Elk Mtns?

 

Nice rig and pictures are sweet too. makes me wanna move to Colorado

 

That's what I call the general area of mountains from your pics... Pearl Pass, Schofield Pass, et al.

 

Oh, cool! I learn something new everyday!

 

Ha! Yeah I've been to the San Juan Mtns (Black Bear, Engineer, etc) and LOVED it and I've been wanting to hit up the Elks someday, but it seems to always get pushed every year. You're lucky... well, this time of the year you are

 

It's funny because I'm in the same boat about getting down to AZ. I lived in Prescott for 7 years, but never owned a truck when I was out there.

 

let me know if you are planning a trip like that again..we'll be planning a foliage camping/wheeling trip coming up soon and that area is a focus..

taylor park reservoir area and head toward aspen maybe or start in crested and work our way north

 

^Will do. BTW, a few of us are headed up to Wheeler lake this Sunday, if you're interested.

 

I finally got a chance to take a look at the pictures Wifey and I took on our anniversary road trip. Here are some random ones:

We stayed at an actual KOA campground. It was my first time... and kind of weird. But we got a decent spot.









Crazy Horse Monument


Custer State Park

 

Iron Mountain Road, on the way to Mt. Rushmore











Mt Rushmore:





Devil's Tower

 

Badlands and Theodore Roosevelt National Park:

 

Wild Horses


Montana Sunset


National Cemetery at Little Bighorn

 

I went out to Wheeler Lake with RM4x4 today. I didn't bring a camera but caught some pics on my phone: