Reno and surrounding areas: Official spotted, BS, and meets thread

la0d0g · Sep 25, 2013

Nathan - did you get my PM?

Traction120 · Sep 25, 2013

Yessir, check your build thread

la0d0g · Sep 25, 2013

10-4

skidooman · Sep 25, 2013

Yes, just no money...

Traction120 · Sep 25, 2013

skidooman said: ↑

Yes, just no money...
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PM me, we might be able to set something up, Eric said adding a reciever is a possibility...

skidooman · Sep 25, 2013

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After reading the beginning of boxrocket's UCE3 trip. I really want to do something like that. I mapped out a little last night. Starting in Gerlach, and ending in Montello. Thats not border to border, and not ALL dirt, but very close. I picked Gerlach, because I have never been in the BlackRock and I though that would be cool. Go from there to Knott creek/Onion Reservoir, maybe stay the night in one of those places. From there we come out at the NDOT station just south of Denio. Small amount of pavement to what is called Sheep Camp Rd. That will take us up and over the Bilk Creek range into Kings River Valley, and out to Orvada(more pavement). Head north on 95 for a few miles onto a road I cannot remember the name, but it will take you over to Hinkey summit and out at Paradise valley. Maybe stay up there somewhere or down to Chimney Creek. From there I'm not sure of a route that crosses the Owyhee desert. I know the IL Ranch has a ton of that locked up. The map showed a road that goes from around Chimney Creek that looks to head south and come out between Getchel and Twin Creeks, but not sure what of that is locked up either. If we can get to Midas we can go through Tuscarora and then a small amount of pavement again on route 227 I think, over Chicken Creek summit toward Maggie Summit. This will spit out north of Wildhorse Res on Route 228. Another small amount of pavement to the Sunflower Flat road. From there over Merritt Mountain toward Jarbidge. Somewhere around Merrit we could stay the night, there are some pretty cool camp spots up there. From Jarbidge, I'm not sure of a route, but there has to be a way north of the Jarbidge Mountains to the O'niell basin road, so we dont have to go south almost all the way to I80 then back north. Then over by the winecup ranch and across 18 mile to Montello... I looked around the central part of the state. I couldnt find much, but I dont know that area very well either. Any interest in this? Try to do it in spring sometime depending on snowfall.
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-1 for quoting myself, but...
Would people be interested in doing this in a 3 day or 4 day? Either could be done, but I dont want to be leaving at dawn, arriving to destination at dusk. Myself, I would rather take 4 days and take our time. Then if we run into any troubles we can adjust and not run too short of time. Is it too early to make this it's own thread?

la0d0g · Sep 25, 2013

Make it a 7 day for all I care, the longer the better! And I don't think its too early for a thread. It'll just make sure we stay on top of planning.

Traction120 · Sep 25, 2013

la0d0g said: ↑

Make it a 7 day for all I care, the longer the better! And I don't think its too early for a thread. It'll just make sure we stay on top of planning.
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X1000

Let's get a thread going! Nail down some dates with a poll or something

Bobbb · Sep 25, 2013

Traction120 said: ↑

X1000

Let's get a thread going! Nail down some dates with a poll or something
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X2000. The sooner there's an actual plan--the better.

Edit: And yeah, I'm a strong believer in having time to relax in the evening on a deal like this, so a long enough sked to actually enjoy the trip is certainly my idea of a good time.

skidooman · Sep 25, 2013

Trip thread.
http://www.tacomaworld.com/forum/south-west/296322-cross-nevada-all-dirt-expo-trip.html#post7480830

Traction120 · Sep 25, 2013

Right on man

Traction120 · Sep 29, 2013

Relentless Rear still up for grabs. Pm me for more info

Traction120 · Sep 29, 2013

Also have these for sale. 7" 55w HIDs. $120 for the pair.

Traction120 · Sep 29, 2013

Ultra Gauge group buy...

If anyone is interested
http://www.tacomaworld.com/forum/group-buys/296712-ultra-gauge-group-buy-feeler.html

RelentlessFab · Sep 29, 2013

Traction120 said: ↑

Ultra Gauge group buy...

If anyone is interested
http://www.tacomaworld.com/forum/group-buys/296712-ultra-gauge-group-buy-feeler.html
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You ever use an ultra gauge? F#&kin hated mine, pretty glad that my dog chewed up one and the other was stolen out of my 4 runner. The scangauge2 is my choice hands down, even at the higher price point

Traction120 · Sep 30, 2013

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You ever use an ultra gauge? F#&kin hated mine, pretty glad that my dog chewed up one and the other was stolen out of my 4 runner. The scangauge2 is my choice hands down, even at the higher price point
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Well shit, good to know lol.

Squirrel cage · Sep 30, 2013

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You ever use an ultra gauge? F#&kin hated mine, pretty glad that my dog chewed up one and the other was stolen out of my 4 runner. The scangauge2 is my choice hands down, even at the higher price point
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What did you hate about it? Differences between the 2? Was just about ready to pull the trigger before I saw the group by, and your post.

RelentlessFab · Sep 30, 2013

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What did you hate about it? Differences between the 2? Was just about ready to pull the trigger before I saw the group by, and your post.
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The ultragauge has more features and a 'better' display, but the scangauge is superior IMO.

From my use, the buttons on the UG would only work when they wanted to; I'd sometimes have to push a button 5-10 times before it would register the first time, then from there it would move through the menu only ok at best. This was the case from day 1 with the UG, yet my SG2 has worked flawless and rarely requires even a second button push to register and I've had it in my last truck and current one being used for over 5 years now.

The extra settings/features of the UG came at a cost IMO... they make the UG feel very cluttered to me, and also very confusing to setup. Navigating the UG menus is clunky. The setup and use of the SG is much easier also.

The cord on the UG is permanently attached to the unit, unlike the SG where it is a removable/replaceable cord. That makes routing the cord to the mounting location much easier since you can route the thin ethernet style end of the SG cord rather than be stuck routing the big bulky OBD2 plug behind the dash or just cramming the cord into the edge of the dash to route it.

Another benefit of the removable cord, is that you can buy additional cords as spares to let you diagnose another vehicle, perhaps your buddies car or your spouses. Or you can plug the unit into your second vehicle etc. for use on trips if you'd like (just keep in mind if you use it in 2 vehicles, you'll need to calibrate and write down the setting for each vehicle and adjust the parameters each time you swap for things like speed/MPG/DTE to be accurate)

As far as what they gauges do... they both read the same things. One just does it more simply, while the other tries to feed you EVERYTHING in 'pages' of menus which was more than I needed. The SG2 only shows 4 'gauges' at a time, the UG will show anywhere from 2-8(can be adjusted in the settings) and then has anywhere from 1-6(iirc) pages of gauges that you can setup as well. I could have probably spent half a day adjusting and setting up the UG whereas the SG2 plugs in and works easily straight out of the box, with on the fly changes to which 4 gauges you view. No need to dig through settings menus and tons of pages to find the one you need.

I could probably go on more if you guys want, but those are some of the points that come to mind right now.

Squirrel cage · Sep 30, 2013

Awesome! Thanks for the review. That was exactly what I was after!

Traction120 · Sep 30, 2013

SG2 it is then...

In my experience, Eric's judgement is enough to sway me towards any part of his choosing lol. Nerver has steered me wrong. Thanks man.

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