Nevada Desert Run September 19th & 20th

Hey Guys,

For those of you who aren't familiar with us, we organize offroad runs in the Southern US and Baja. We found our start in the Raptor community but we would like to include all capable trucks to join in on our adventures.

This being the case, we'd like to throw an invite out to anyone who would like to join us on our next run. This will be a fast paced trip so please make sure your rig is built for it. The terrain won't be to rough but the trucks take a beating from all the vibrations at speed. For example, a Tundra or Tacoma with some upgraded shocks like Icon, Fox, & king should do fine on this one. You'll need a VHF radio and some sort of GPS. Ideally a lowrance but motion x app or something else on a tablet or smart phone will work. You can get a nice preprogrammed handheld from rugged radios for under $100: http://www.ruggedradios.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=1274

Here's a video from our last trip so you can get an idea of what we do.

https://vimeo.com/134525098

This is free and we do not require any sort of membership. Below you'll find all the details for our run. If you'd like to go, please register here: expedition-x-offroad

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The starting point will be Carson City, NV. We’ll be covering 600 off-road miles over 2 days. Saturday will likely be a long day as we’ll need to cover 400 miles. The trail is fast so we should have no issues covering the mileage.

Our adventure is free and open to all capable trucks. The Devils Express will take us over sections of the original Pony Express Trail along with some cool sites like an old Ghost Town and The Devils Caldron.

Ghost town



Devils Caldron



As usual, there are some requirements which I believe most everyone has. None the less, here they are:

-50 watt vhf radio
-GPS - Preferably lowrance. If you don’t have a lowrance let me know and we can figure something out.
-full size spare (Ideally 2 spares) - flats happen all the time in the desert and you don’t want to have to call it a day if you get just one. -Several times we’ve had someone get 2 flats.
-ALL maintenance done and truck running in good working order. If you have a small problem with your truck it almost always becomes a big problem on the trail.

We will be remote camping Saturday night so there will be no facilities. This being the case, there are several must haves for the Devil Express (In addition to normal preparations).

-Enough water & food for two days - We will have 2 gas stops on Day 1 and two on Day 2. We will be eating lunch on the trial both days. We will eat dinner and breakfast at camp.
-Tent
-Sleeping bag
-Toilet paper - We will be primitive camping with no facilities. Nearest town will be 35 miles away.
-Flashlight
-Warm clothing - It might get cold at night.

Suggested items:
Firewood - If everyone can bring a small bundle we should have enough for a blazing camp fire.

Plan

We’ll be meeting at the Del Taco in Carson City at 7AM sharp on Saturday September 19th.

Address: 3780 U.S. 395 - Carson City, NV 89705 - There are two Del Taco’s in Carson City so make sure you are at the correct address.

· Saturday
o 7am - Gather at meet spot in Carson City gassed up and ready to go. We’ll load map files, air down, and have a quick drivers meeting.
o 7:30am - Departure

· Sunday
o 6:30am - Get our day started by eating breakfast and packing up camp.
o We should arrive back in Carson City around 5pm-8pm depending on our pace.



Thank you,

J

 

Great video! Looks like a really fun time. i wish I was local or had the time off to join you guys.

 

Seriously thinking about this.

 

@seanx25

 

We'd be happy to have you join in. Let me know if you have any questions. We always have a couple first timers and they have blast.

If you have the time, it's worth the drive. Seeing cool stuff in that most people don't get to makes it worth it for us. We have a couple guys driving down from Washington for this one.

 

nice vid, very well done, & props for the invite.....