NW WA Meet / BS Thread

really the one they should me looked nothing like that one

 

have you tried less PSI in them

 

Talking about the actual roof rack and not the cap rack right? If so, yes. It's stock

 

no the cap rack. Sorry

 

http://seattle.craigslist.org/skc/pts/4674510636.html

Anyone think this is less than 55% he has in the post?

 

Ok. This is a roof rack from toyota

http://seattle.craigslist.org/kit/pts/4674227751.html

 

Haslefre is right, if you were refering to the cab its the OEM rack that I drilled holes for the basket.

The canopy rack is just two sets of Yakima Control towers and two sets of Yakima tracks. Two tracks are mounted on the top of the canopy and one track is mounted on each side of the canopy. There is a 1x1" aluminum bar connecting the top rack to the side track. This was modified/added by me so that I could mount the Rotopax cans. I have 4 bars that go across the top. Two are connected to the RTT so it disconnects easy but distributes the weight over the 4 bars when its on.

 

thanks I like it would like to do this to our F-150

 

good to know even though that tire will never be seen under my Tacoma next tire I buy will be the Irok in a 42X14/17

 

I love the tire since it is great in all weather since I daily drive with it, and lasts 60k miles.

I haven't tried lowering the PSI yet, this year I will.

 

Any tire 35" and bigger aired down is going to be a hell of a lot better than a 31" tire in snow. But even then Brian airing down makes a world of difference. My KM2s go from useless to pretty awesome in snow at 8 psi.

 

Sorry about the delay fellas, I had a long weekend and got home later than expected from the race. I'm still free for a Mod day tomorrow and maybe Sat. or Sun. too if enough people need to do some work? If this notice is too late, I'm happy to host another upcoming weekend too. Either way, I believe Kolt and I will be swapping 3rd members/gears in his truck tomorrow.

 

I was going to head over on Sunday but I'm on-call all weekend and it's a big weekend for T-Mobile with the new iPhone launch. That's going to put a lot more traffic on the network this weekend.

 

Yeah that is true. Only thing is I don't know how low of a pressure I can go in my tires without popping a bead, aren't most tires different in how low you can go or are they pretty much the same?

 

I was planning to grab the ferry Sunday ~10ish and hopefully get my long overdue lift installed.

Mah new bumper needs a good scrub, primer, and ye olde rustoleum before it gets bolted on. Sadly I won't be installing it this weekend.

If the consensus goes to Saturday I could probably make that work too.

 

I dunno I have run 12 psi in the snow and no problems. My adventure last weekend the Jeep and the Suzuki we saw did not have beadlocks but they were running 6-8 psi. You have a spare right?

btw that was impressive how fast you aired up with a CO2 tank.

 

I do have a spare but last thing I want to do is have to put it on in 6-10+ inches of snow

I love my CO2 tank. Aired all my tires and Cams in less time than it took to do yours Only down side is that I have to pay to refill it.. But my 5lb tank I think can do 15 tires before needing a refill. Could get a 10lb or 15lb and be fine. Plus run air tools.

 

You can practice this before you have to do it on a trail LOL

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GmMsBSbFq-g

 

I guess Ill just have to keep a can of hairspray and a lighter in my truck from now on haha

 

Guys at work where just telling me about this technique, a few of them had done it before to reset a bead. I ran mine at 20 psi offroad but I think I could easily run at 14-15. Biggest worry is pulling off a tire though when doing that.