Where Have You Off-Roaded Today? 3rd Gen

West desert cruzin'

I love Utah....

 

You need to come over to the Utah thread. Would provide a link, if I was smart enough to do it.

 

Got a couple battle scars from today's trip (Big Fork - Chattanooga, TN). Scuffed my wheel and I took a limb to the passenger side axle boot, got lodged in between the lower control arm & axle and sliced it... Not even 9k miles and I'm going to be replacing it...lol

I'm also rethinking my Bud Built Rock Rails, I love the look and how they are tucked up but I'm beginning to think I need some more protection that sticks out a little more. I'm doing a little more aggressive stuff than originally planned... And I've got to reroute my exhaust, I've taken a few dents to the cross over piece that hangs down.

 

More ice road adventures today as it’s slowly melting an in a month we won’t be able to drive on it anymore
Inuvik to Aklavik NWT Canada

 

Very nice. Location?

 

TX.

 

Arizona. BumbleBee Rd -> Dugas Rd

 

Found some dirt this weekend...

Kruse Rhododendron Preserve, Sonoma County

 

Drive by this area everyday, finally pulled off and gave it a go.

 

Went south to the Flathead with a couple friends.

East Kootenays, BC, Can.

 

The landscape out there is beautiful and the trails, fire roads, etc. are on another level as well. Here in Virginia aside from the Blue Ridge, you'd be lucky to go down a power line service road without getting in trouble for it.

 

Im originally from Mass so i know what you mean, the only wheeling was either on private land or drive out of state to NH. Im still in awe with how diverse the landscape and the amount of trails that exist here. Totally worth the 125 degree summers

 

Not mine but relevant.
https://youtu.be/uo74Q_T274g

 

New Mexico. 4/4/20

 

Thanks for sharing. I learned something new about the traction control in these trucks today. Gotta remember to turn that shit off when I'm driving in the loose stuff.

 

Both my LCA’s and one of my wheels are rashed up from AOP and Windrock in TN. LOL. Part of the off road life. I use my Harley frame paint to fill in my wheel and touch up my LCA’s. It’s a truck and it’s going to happen. Gotta be a good sport throwing a nice truck on some trails.

 

It’s probably been posted in this forum somewhere but for those who haven’t seen it yet...

 

A friend showed this to me and even though I'm not a rock crawler, there are several basics that even I can see that he made mistakes on...

1) Wheeling alone.
2) Didn't have any self-recovery tools.
3) Didn't air down.
4) Didn't know his own capabilities.

He set himself up for failure, especially trying an include like that alone and how he managed to get himself stuck that deep before realizing he was in trouble, oy vey...

 

I see this wheeling alone thing a lot. Do you guys never wheel alone? I moved to a new city and don't have someone to wheel with so I go alone all the time. I think a little common sense goes a long way when going by yourself. He should never have tried to tackle that hill in the first place, with or without someone else there.

I've been on the trail solo before, seen an obstacle that looked risky, and turned around. Sometimes you just have to use your brain a bit, but it can be done.