Coloardao Trail Day Thread

alot of the trail was fairly easy just alot of flexing where low was good mainly to keep the rpms in a good range...low helped on the decents and only a couple spots where 4wd was needed for ascents...used my locker on a couple spots mainly because i could and made it easier by not worrying about spinning (loose dirt and rocks were the main culprit, but the more difficult line selections led to flexing which locker helped keep all wheels moving)...

every obstacle was passed easily by us, and those that at first made us think it would be difficult, turned out to be alot easier than first thought..

 

damn that's quite the trail! nice rigs too!

that sounds like you got a nice path laid ahead for your truck

 

Any of you guys going with Devin and I to Tarryall the first weekend of June?

 

If you get all that recovery gear don't turn into those jeep drivers we saw at left hand. I don't want to stop at every obstacle so that you can use your tree strap and winch

 

LOL I also have a good list of recovery stuff but I would rather have it and not need it than need it and not have it

 

Anyone going camping/off-roading this upcoming weekend? Wife, daughter and I moved here early Jan. 2011 and have been ready for nice weather for camping/off-roading. Going to stay away from the big parks but not quite sure where to go yet.

 

First weekend in June a few of us from here are going camping. Dirt bikes, beers, BBQ. That's about all you need for a trip

 

the gf's friend and bf want us to come camping with them and some other people up near kenosha pass this weekend i guess..so i maybe up in that area...

if not , might head over near buena vista to chill by the river for a couple days

 

I honestly dont see the point in lokcing the front end with our cv's... your gonna snap them like twigs, plus a SAS would enable u to so many more abstacles... why spend the money on LT and locker and gears? SAS...

 

I am not going to LT the front, I am just going to do coil overs. I may not even lock the front, but I will do gears.

 

Gears a must but since you are in the front you might as well throw in a selectable and do it once. There are many situations where a little extra front traction will help without romping on the gas and breaking the CV's. Besides I would rather have a weak point of a CV (while expensive) then an SAS axle break. At least if one CV goes I still have 3 wheel drive. An Axle breaks and for the most part you are no longer driving at all.

 

http://www.tacomaworld.com/forum/of...5-21-penrose-liberty-cottora.html#post3220075

 

Do you know how much a SAS swap would cost on our 2nd gen trucks ?
It is way less just to do gears and locker in the front also my plans for this truck

 

I think you quoted the wrong person.

Gears and a locker at the same time is probably best BUT anyone that does this would have to expect the additional cost to maintain their truck.

 

I was just trying to keep it on topic, But yeah there is going to be a little more cost when you snap more CV's but that could happen now with out the locker. I have already been through one on my truck.

 

Anybody planning on a Memorial weekend trail ride? Thinking about going up somewhere on Sunday!

 

i will be camping, so i cannot go

 

ill be out of town this weekend.

 

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