Utah - How much risk are you willing to take on a trail?

It sure was and your welcome to join us on the next run the NorCal BS Thread has talks of are runs we need more guys on this thread it's kinda sad how little us NorCal guys organize runs.

 

My vote was for the small rocks. I dont mind things like pinstripes and so on. I would be will in to give larger rocks a try but since I'm stock and my truck is a primary transportation I dont want too go overboard.

 

I voted narrow dirt. I already have a few redneck pinstripes on my truck so I couldn't care less about getting more of 'em. Being a Ramen-eating college student I can't exactly spend money on repairs if I f*** my truck up in the process though. Small rocks, like the Squaw Peak trail is fine.

 

give medium or large rocks please

 

Exactly. I realize that some people cant help but to vote on something thats irrelevant to them, but I made the poll public so we can use it more as a person A wants to do this and person B doesn't want to do that type of thing and less about 10 people want to do this and 10 dont.

I also realize that people tend to vote a little higher than they're willing to do, specially looking at the amount of Medium Rock votes. I would be interested in knowing how many of those votes change after the first set of obstacles. (But then again, Jan did impress by attempting Mineral Basin with his rig (I would consider that a large rock for his current setup), and still voting for medium rock after the panel hit and losing his front mud flaps.)

Well, this trail run isn't mine, so the ultimate decision comes down to Jan and what he wants to do, but I'll give it a read.

 

I put medium rocks, because that is what I can currently attempt without huge risks, or getting stuck. Mineral Basin dinged my truck, and I kept going until I got partially stuck/unable to continue, and realized it was just out of my league, until I get a lift, some sliders, etc.
Once my rig is properly set up, I will certainly attempt harder trails.

That said, I will certainly not opt out of a trail until I can see it in person, and make a decision based on the facts as I know them, instead of what I have heard. Forest Lake was said to be hard, but it looked doable, and I was SO glad I didn't get cold feet, after I completed it successfully without any damage or close calls.

Greg, I will send you a PM tonight, and get the trail names, and we can chat about this... I would certainly like your input before making the decisions!

 

Not to sound like a party pooper here but if your not up to the risk keep it on the pavement. Ive tackled some impressive obstacles in the west desert, and in Moab with a stock tacoma. Havent got any damage so to speak yet, out of the box the truck does really well. I say the Utahns need to have a met here and we will seperate who wants to dump a bunch of money in their trucks and keep em on the pavement versus those of us that bought the truck to use it.

 

Amen!

 

Pics or it never happened.

 

Look in my gallery. You'll see stock to stockish Tacomas doing difficult, Moabish terrain with great success. Better yet, go to the photo gallery thread I linked in an earlier post (#17). That way you can see other's pictures of the trip as well.

Stock Tacomas are quite capable if you're willing to scuff your front and rear bumpers.

For the record, I'm pretty sure no body damage happened on that trip. The long bed may have slightly tweaked his bumper though.