Oregon and Washington BS thread

2nd gen or 1st gen????

 

2nd gen. He changed his mind late last night but will let me know if he decides to sell it.

 

Few other options, but some are pretty far away from you:
http://seattle.craigslist.org/see/wto/5325384387.html
http://wenatchee.craigslist.org/for/5272990403.html
http://portland.craigslist.org/mlt/wto/5324464731.html
http://portland.craigslist.org/clk/ptd/5308016989.html
http://portland.craigslist.org/clk/pts/5311909534.html

 

Dangit

 

It is weird. You'd think less rubber would mean less money.

 

From what I've heard, the casting process becomes harder the larger the wheel opening. I think it has to do with the small amount of sidewall making it difficult for good quality control. Also 15" tires are wayyyy more common and become less so the larger the wheel opening, so they need to recover more tooling cost per tire for larger sizes.

 

Holy crap that's cheap. Is that where you always get your tires? Never off the shelf new?

 

The last set I got from TWF (BFG Baja's) were brand new. Still had nipples on them. I wait till they get a new shipment of tires in and have them set me aside "new" ones. The first set of Goodyear's I got I hand picked out of a warehouse of around 1000 tires, and they were like new for $75 each. The goodyear's suck balls, but are a super tough tire and do great in the desert. The BFG Baja's are just a big KM2 (similar tread pattern and compound) mounted on the race tire carcass. Super tough, good in ice and snow, mud and ok on rocks. For around here, it's hard to find a better offroad tire. A little noisy on the highway for a DD, but not as bad as swampers.

Edit: last set before I mounted them

 

So fuckin JELLY!!!!!

My buddy sent me these last night from his house in Bend, I'm heading over there tomorrow!!!!

 

Wish I was there! Looks amazing.

 

Can't wait to tear it up there tomorrow

 

I must have had a different post started and then missed it. Lol.

My wife was interested in getting a self cut tree this year. Any recommendations or group trips planned? I asked before about a "tree run" but heard back it was mainly Washington folks that do it.

 

I don't think any of the PDX area members ever leave city limits. They could probably tell you which stores have the nicest fake trees.

 

The gf and I are heading up somewhere in the Trask to find a noble on Saturday I think.

 

We always do a tree run first weekend of December. Bunch of us heading out on the 5th

 

Lol

Nice! Where are you guys heading? Might be interested in joining if I can snag an invite

 

Les Schwab wanted $250 a tire. Thank God for Amazon Prime and free shipping haha. I had a set of these before my Treadwrights. Got twice as much mileage out of them and no blowouts for only $20ish more per tire. Can't wait for the UPS man now.

Federal Couragia M/T Performance Radial Tire-LT285/75R16 122Q

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00IAC7NSM?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=od_aui_detailpages00

 

Way up above oakridge. About an hour East of me. Noble fir country

 

@northwesttaco How's your truck ride without a swaybar in the front and your plate bumper? I drive a lot of freeway and feel like it might be a little sketchy. We have the same shocks up front so i figure you'd be the one to ask.

I know it'll tuck up better than this without the swaybar, is it worth it?

 

I LOVE IT. You do feel a bit of a difference but it really isn't bad at all, i've had to swerve and haven't crashed so Im fine with it. Just don't drive it like a rally truck and you'll be fine. Worst comes to worst you spend 10 minutes putting it back on, super easy to take on/off