Wisconsin Tacomas and bad financial advice

And skids and sliders. For that hill. It's worse than it looks in pictures.

The rest of the trail is ok with a stock truck.

 

Do you have TRD Off Road. If I recall the Sport does not have rear locker. Not sure what that 4Runner is, but if @Thatbassguy doesn’t have lockers, I would think a stock could make it up.

 

I used the locker a few times. The bigger issue is clearance. I was on my skids a lot. I wouldn't attempt it without skids.

Last year, a bunch of people looked at the pictures and said that hill wasn't shit. Then, almost everyone who has looked at it in person has said "HELL NO!".

@deekyn did it as well. He can confirm what I'm saying.

We can all look at it tomorrow and everyone can decide for themselves.

 

Anything is better

The number of reasons to leave is infinite

 

Yeah, I need to get a real skid plate. I think I have the clearance, but I’m not trying to mess up my truck tomorrow. We’ll see what it looks like tomorrow.

 

Mine is totally stock too. We'll be fine

 

With skids, aired down, use 4lo. A stock sport (open diffs baby) could walk that, even as an MT.

But you know..... With skids and sliders

 

Nope, no locker. All I need is a good head of steam and let the stiff sport suspension bounce up the hill.

I'll defer to the more experienced assessments.

 

Again, everyone who hasn't seen the hill in person thinks it looks easy. I believe any trim could make it with good tires. But, I got stuck aired down and locked and had to go around a short section. I needed a spotter more than anything. I couldn't stay on the right path.

I suppose I could have aired down further, though.

 

See you tomorrow!!!

 

I believe it man. Pics from Moonlight and Windrock look easy breezy, and then we get out there..... Yew! But hey, that's why I made my comment lol. I've had people encourage me to get my truck up into places I never would

 

True! I get what you're saying. Honestly, I need to push myself more like I did today. I've looked at that hill a bunch of times. I usually walk away thinking I'll get stuck or something. Today, I decided that I was going to try. And, I'm really glad I did!!

 

I ended up catching up with @Peeing on jeeps in Mountain. We had a good conversation, and now I'm off to find a good spot to spend the night. I'll see some of you tomorrow! If anyone's running early, let me know. I might go putz around for a bit in the morning.

 

I’m going to give it a shot, but no guarantees. It’s at least 3 hours from here and I’m not much of an early riser...

 

I spent the night by Ass Rock. Having the breakfast of champions!

 

Damn! Look at you, a proper off-roader! You made it up the rocky hill on the pipeline? Nice work! I went down it and thought it was tough, up is even tougher.

 

It took a long time. I skipped a short section where I couldn't get traction, but I'll try again with a spotter. I was on the skids and sliders a lot, and on the spare tire where I had to go around.

These Toyotas consistently prove to be more than capable enough for my level if courage!

 

@deekyn How is NM treating you?

 

Yeah, I’m lifted and on 295s and banged around a fair bit on my way down. I sure wouldn’t try it without skids and sliders. I’d say that hill is 3-3.5/5 type rating? Officially in to the hard range, not medium.

 

Awesome! We’ve got a house we really love and the weather has been amazing. 70s and 80s for the last month, except the 10” of snow we got a week and a half ago that was gone in two days.

This is the view from the backyard...


plus I got to run some trails in Colorado (black Bear pass and imogene pass) last month,
am doing a little Offroad adventure today in NM and have a trip lined up with like 150 miles of dirt roads with proper off-roading over two nights in Canyonlands NP lined up next month.