Salem area Tacoma owners meet up (Oregon)

Where were you thinking? Maybe this can happen in the near future.

 

Putting on the OME lift kit on my 18 next week. What’s a reliable alignment shop? I’ve had enough of the turdballs at Les Swab.

 

In Salem, I had mine done over 6 months ago at Cascade Tire Pro’s on 12th street. Still holding up fine.

 

I send all my customer vehicles to RJ Chassis Dynamics. Talk to Russ or Jay. They know all about what your doing. I did the OME kit on buddy's 2015. He loves it.

 

Sweet deal! I'll check out RJ's. Ya'll ever going to have a meet? We need a local MOD day!

 

Just moved down here.

 

Welcome to the area. Coast Guard vet or still active duty?

 

Just retired.

 

Hello Inferno.

 

Good luck, been trying to get people to do another meet up or something since the one and only meetup like a year ago.

 

Heh we rolled up to elk lake this weekend and there were a half dozen jeeps in a group.

 

I'm in for a meet/camp out but not on New years. Elk lake is awesome, You guys made it up there this time of year? The one above Detroit?

 

I've been going up there for years. It got pretty popular about 10 years ago than they decided to put in actual camp sites and a shitter. Never did a whole lot of wheelin in the area, just fishing, hiking and camping. It'd be a great spot for a Salem Tacoma meet. But... It gets snowed in pretty deep. Summer would be fun but the sites get takin up quick so we'd have to do a midweek thing. Let me think about a good spot for this time of year and I'll get back to you. Looks like Coastie Mike is alert so that would make 3. Three's enough to get unstuck. I'm winchless for now but I have a shovel and my truck does a pretty good job pulling. Talk to you soon. P.S. If we keep the shananagins alive I'm sure the other Salem boys will chime in. When it rains like it has been today Tacoma boys get restless.

 

On foot I tried till I ran of beer. Jeep past me on the way back to the cooler. He ask me how the road ahead was, I said. You can't make it. I never saw him again. Not sure if it was because I made it back to the cooler, or, if he flipped his jeep, or, if he said, damn, those boulders are big, I'm outta here.

 

Yeah, no real problems, didn't even need to get in 4L.

 

I couldn't throw down the 300+ for the fancy ones and decided to support the locals at Salem off road. Paid a hundred bucks for em and...knock on wood haven't had to use em yet. I assume I'm goin to let some idiot stuck in the snow use them and they'll burn off all the nipples before I can use them to save my ass. As far as Elk Lake and the road goes...The snow gets so deep up there it'll hide an entire house. I've spent an entire night winching myself out with my other rigs back in the day. That road can be a tricky bitch. Not to mention the black ice laid out on the black top below.

 

Well, sounds good to me but honestly I don't see anything happening on my end till after the new year. Got a 3 yr old and one on the way so "truck time" is hard to find right now. We'll keep this rolling, have a local meet than plan a campout in spring. I might be available the 27th-30th but it's questionable.

 

My kiddos love it when we go offroad, so...

 

I'm pretty much free whenever

 

Not to be taken in the truck (maybe something a little faster and lower, heh), but that loop down skyline and then back on Vitae Springs always bring a smile to my face.