Colorado B.S. Thread

Gonna be in Buena Vista for a wedding May 21st. Anything worth checking out around then? I'll have babyt running strong and ready to hit some dirt again. We are trying to get the my gf's father to bring her dirt bike up for her too. Probably won't run it that weekend but she might be eager if there is a good area.

 

Chinaman Gulch is just south of there.

 

Passes to the West (Tin Cup and Others) and also a trail from Crested Butte (Taylor Park) to Aspen.

 

Those will all be buried in snow until Mid to late July probably.

Chinamans is an awesome trail just outside of BV and it's open most of the year.

 

Flex testing the work van... Not bad

 

Quick question for everyone. When I got my lift, wheels, and tires, I only got 4 wheels/tires due to cost as well and the fact that I don't have a way of lifting the truck off the ground high enough to actually change a tire if I got a blow out.

So my question is how common is it to blow out a tire on a trail? Do you guys carry anything (that liquid tire sealer stuff, maybe?) while on the trails, other than a spare? Or should I just save up and get a spare and high lift jack? I'm not worried about around town - just up on trails when I finally have enough time to go this summer.

 

get a hi lift, with the hi lift jack mate or you are stuck using the jack in the center rear hitch receiver. you could also get rock sliders and have a jack point from just rearward of the front tire all the way to the forward of the rear wheel. Hi lifts are great if you have armor to jack from but on a stock truck you really only have the receiver and the jack mate which puts hooks into the wheels to jack from. Get a used cheap 285 and put it on your spare, thats what i did


carry a couple wide blocks of wood for the time being and your bottle jack will work in certain spots.

 

FTFY

$54 Hi-Lift Sport Utility Vehicle Jack LM-100 Lift-Mate, 5000 pound capacity

http://www.amazon.com/Hi-Lift-LM100-Jack-LM-100-Lift-Mate/dp/B00042KGWG

 

Lol never thought of a looking for a cheap used tire - that's a good idea! Ok, I'll look into those. Any suggestions for the best price on those? (Hi lift and hi lift mate)

 

Thanks! I'm gonna look reallly dumb, I'm sure...but what's FTFY mean?

 

Fixed that for you

 

Ahh ok, gotcha. Thanks!

 

you can sometimes find hi lifts on Craigslist but i got my first one off Amazon with free shipping

 

I carry a speedy seal kit and have onboard air just in case:

$63 ARB 10000010 Orange Speedy Seal Tire Repair Kit

http://www.amazon.com/ARB-10000010-Orange-Speedy-Repair/dp/B004P91FCO

It's not going to do anything if you get a sidewall puncture though, so a full-size spare is definitely recommended. If you can't find one on craigslist, try some local tire shops. When I had my 255's put on I didn't have the funds to get a 5th, but the shop I went to just happened to have a used spare of the same size. It wasn't pretty, but it's better than nothing.

 

ha ha ha, the list is growing @Wes0311 Get ready for your wallet to HATE YOU!!! I also carry a jack stand, and the tire fix it kit that Chenbro posted about, mine is smittybilt though.

also your going to want
tire deflators
compressor
recovery strap
shackles or a shackle receiver

$39 SmittyBilt 2IN RECEIVER CLEVIS BLK - SB29312B

http://www.amazon.com/Smittybilt-29312B-Receiver-Shackle-Receivers/dp/B001CF1A7O
CB


the list really does go on and on

 

Thanks for the info guys!

Yes, I had no idea what I was getting myself into! I have to keep reminding myself "I don't need that, or that, or that..."

 

But you'll need it all.

 

...eventually

 

Ha ha, I agree! But I need to convince my wife that I do too...

 

It does happen. I can think of three I've had off the top of my head, and not on hard trails. Three and a half. First and a half was outside of Buena Vista where I discovered it going flat as we set up camp to do some 14ers. The following day I took it in and had it patched. The day after that, it got a different puncture just after the first switchback on Antero after clearing treeline. Had to be changed on the spot, used a passing by jeep to try to and anchor the uphill side of the truck so it didn't slide off. It was on stock size tires (on a Silverado), but due to terrain we still had to stack rocks and such to get the jack to work.

Another was coming down from Rollins Pass. That was a slow leak though, made it to Nederland to fill it back up, and then back up to FTC before it went down again.

And then there was this fucking thing that happened when we were camped on Paradise Divide outside of Crested Butte. I thought the tire was toast for sure given the size of the rock, but place in Gunnison managed to patch it.





I may have had more, but none come to mind. Haven't lost a sidewall yet. But yeah, what others said. Get a used tire for a spare. Ask on here for whatever size, check craigslist, even tire stores. You are going to want it at some point. And you'll probably need it most when you don't have it.

Oh, and if you need help convincing your wife, just get stuck. Or show her some of the stuck stories on here about waiting in the cold four four to six hours for rescue.