Official Colorado Spotted Thread

In no way at all. I look at that as huge learning experience. Just poking fun in good spirits. Sorry if it was too soon to rip you on the fire. Not much you coulda done to prevent your situation under the circumstances. On the the other hand, I coulda not been an ignorant Yankee from the the foothills of the appalachians who thought his silly little truck could handle January in the Rockies.

 

Lol no worries... Everything is a learning experience. Mine was expensive AF And sure learned... Haven't wired a damn thing to this truck, and won't!

 

Umm, why isn't your truck in the photos? Were you just strolling by?

 

I’m curious what’s the lesson you learned and what you’d do different? Carry two fire extinguishers at all times?

I read through your posts and thought you were prepared for pretty much everything, you just had a bad string of luck with Murphy’s law.

 

I was used to having a ton of stuff in the truck and didn't due to using it for work when shit hit the fan...leaving me with a hiking pole for digging. But just a combination of stuff going wrong, any one thing could've changed the outcome. Should've had gear in the truck, should've turned around at the top of the pass even though snow didn't look any worse (easy to ram snow going uphill and just back down... Doesn't work the same driving downhill), especially hitting a section that has a deep section hidden, should've noticed the seat heaters were on, should've purchased better ones to begin with, etc. I've put myself in a bunch of risky situations, and it finally caught up with me then. I try to take it a little easier now.

Now one side of the decked drawers has what recovery gear i have left and it stays in there, doesn't get taken out. Typically have full camping stuff as well.

And i still don't like electrical... All aftermarket was behind a breaker, and then everything was fused. So I'm still not sure if it was temperature, pinched wire or heater line things or it got wet... Newer heaters seem to be like oem and cycle the heat instead of being on full time so there was an issue with that design.

 

Dang, I thought you were talking about me until the foothills part, I was from full blown Appalachia once upon a time.

Lived in Cumberland, MD from 6th to 12th Grade. They never let me forget to them I was just a Yankee...

 

At the Home Depot on south Wadsworth this morning.

 

There were two nice white 2nd gens heading up Argentine this morning.

 

Ha! One of them was the OP of this thread.
@Kappes03

Based on recent IG posts the other one was a guy on IG known as overlanding5280.

 

That actually wasn't me. I went solo and passed them at the trailhead. Other guy was @ke0ipo on IG

 

That looks like a ham call sign for sure.

 

Were you parked at the large open mine after you pass that house with another white taco and a wrangler?

 

Nope. That was the 2 mentioned above. I didn't hit the trail until about 2pm and headed down around 530

 

Who dis? Parked next to me at the Lazy Dog in the Orchards.

 

Dig the white wheels.

 

Pretty sure he's a member but I can't remember who.. Might be building a trailer. @Gramps probably knows

 

Are those just spare steelies? Trying to find something like this, then powdercoat them to match my Quicksand Tacoma.

 

I believe that's what @crolison used, but most likely just painted with Testors model paint and model brushes.

 

White wheels look good until you start using them, then it's a constant battle to keep them clean from brake dust. I'm going with a gray color when I get around to painting them something other than black.

 

They are just stock spares.

I used model glue first as a primer