Crown King Run & Camp - July 30/31 2011

I might be up for this run if I am still in town. Hopefully by then I will have my Allpro armor and my ARB locker in to keep me from doing the 2 wheel boogie. At the least I will have the yellow wire mod done for some poor mans A-trac.

 

Just let me know and I'll add you to the OP

 

Here's some pics of the actual trail (back way):


This is about the norm near the bottom:


There's a few of these


Some of this


a little of this




lots of boulder washes but they're pretty much like this (few spots have some larger boulders but aren't much worse)

 

Also to mention, there are bypasses to almost all of the hard climbs that aren't pictured here.

 

yeah each hill theres like 4 different ways to go up. i was solo when i did it so i did almost all the easy ones. only had free wheel spin once (no locker) but backed down a foot and hit a different angle and went right up it

 

There's angles to hit everything at a crawl in 4 high. I took the bypasses on most of the nasty stuff and tackled a few with no problem or hits to the undercarriage. I never went into 4 lo once on this trail, nor did I air down the first time. This time I'll probably air down from 35 to 20-25 just for some extra grip and cushion on the boulders but we should be good.

 

hope i dont break anything. damn, i gotta get my ass in gear and make sure i have all of my camping stuff. i still need the "airbedz" or "truck bedz" matress. the one i bought was the wrong one. need to sell it. it fits a reg bed. apparently i was wrong, and i have a short bed.

 

yeah we aired down to 20 when we went. hella fun.

 

Hmmm... what do you want for the regular bed one?

 

This definitely look fun.. I really hope my 3" lift and 32's can make it.. this is why I want armor. But at the same time I don't because of the extra weight and I want to keep the truck stock and clean.. i guess ill just see how it does on this trail and use it for the deciding factor.

 

You will be fine with 3" and 32's. What tires are you running?

edit: n/m, just saw you are running the nitto grapplers. Those should grip plenty

 

i dont know Adam. let me see what i paid for it, and prolly knock that in half. only used it once. built in pump was nice too.

 

We made some of these climbs with stock bumpers and had no issues. It's all about tire placement.

 

Well think about it and give me a realistic price. I know it's new and I'm not looking for a steal but I am interested in getting one and it would fit my truck so...

 

Cool.. I've had jeep wrangler with a 4" lift and 33s and a 2001 Tacoma with a lift and 32s and did tons of technical stuff, definitely all about tire placement and staying on top. But with this new Taco I'm still unsure what the accent and descent angles are with the lift. Don't want to F it up since its new and my DD. Im sure ill learn a lot about it this trip.

 

just remember guys i did this all stock with 31s. oh wait i had billys and eibachs in the front. but no bumpers, sliders, nada. never needed a spot. and i had 7 inch flared bedsides that stuck out like a mofo. outkast, moose you guys will be fine! yeah you guys might hit a couple times but you will be fine. i plan on trying mose of the harder bypasses

 

will do adam. might let you know tonight. time permitting. stupid drug test for a new job is getting in the way of my relaxing and TW time. lol damn those new jobs. lol

 

steve ryan or oliver, would one of you bring my kayaks up so we can fish on the lake out of em? if not its cool!

 

Hey Adam, hows $150 sound?

 

Sounds good to me. I need to go through my finances being that I'm spending a ton on our move to Peoria this week and next. Just want to be able to justify the expense. I've wanted to get one of these for a while for having a truck tent (still only have ground tents).

I'd like to check it out in person to see the fitment/quality etc. Can we make that happen?