Toughest Trail You've Done With a Stock Tacoma?

Crom · Aug 20, 2011

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Great post! Love the pictures. It's remarkable what a stock Tacoma can do with sliders. I'm now going to plan an expedition to Utah starting tomorrow.

MountainEarth said: ↑

RUBICON.

The WHOLE damn thing.
(and then i woke up...)
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FYI, One of Japanese Engineers / architects of the FJ ran the Rubicon in a stock FJ with sliders a number of years ago. I recall this from some Toyota literature a few years ago.

boatswain · Aug 21, 2011

hey pugga! jackman maine. been there, done that. bridges out,skidder ruts,ice covered water holes that break through while crossing,gutters where drainage pipes were ripped out,ice,deep snow,flooded roads from beaver dams, crossing small flooded streams,avoiding moose on 201. damm-love them north main woods. had to use some sense though. 635 mi. away from home. our guys took several 200# buck out of the jackman area. weighed at bishops store.always good to come back with a critter or two,and not have the truck damaged. oops! almost forgot the biggest hazzard,logging trucks on the haul roads, they have the right of way. I don't care if he's in the middle of the road or on your side,get out of his way.that can get tricky on snow covered roads with drainage ditches on the side,or while approaching one lane bridges.

ETAV8R · Sep 9, 2011

What do we mean by stock? I do have sliders but no suspension upgrades.

Berdoo, Death Valley (Numerous trails), Panamints, Sierras, Inyos, and the central coast. In the past two years the Gini has been all over. I think Dedeckera Canyon was one of the worst. Lippencott has some tight areas but the views are amazing. Damn now I'm missing DV.

Heading to Canyonlands next month, fingers crossed the White Rim is repaired by then.

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Congrats on Berdoo canyon. I ran it with my wife in 2009 going into the park. We visited the Berdoo camp ruins before entering. It is a very neat place.

I saw me a nice Borrego Big Horn sheep in the canyon.

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Crom, I'm jealous. I want to see a bighorn and have yet to spot one.

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Wow!!!
Toyota should pay you for that one. Those stairs/steps/ledges you took on would have me wound tight. Sphincter factor of the Nth degree.

MountainDog · Sep 9, 2011

Stock '94 pickup. Open diffs. Factory skid plate. 31 x 10.5 SilentArmor AT's
I've done a ton of trails rated 3-4 around Colorado. Here's a few of the harder ones I remember:
McAllister Gulch and Ptarmigan Pass near Shrine Pass.
Bill Moore Lake and Barbour Fork in the Front Range.

I love the old pick up, but I think I'll be getting a 2012 Dbl Cab Off Road real soon. I could use some AC, more power for the passes and more space for dogs/people in the cab. Hopefully the '12 doesnt' turn out to be too big for my liking.

UndefinedTaco · Sep 9, 2011

I did a mudbog in my 99' Tacoma 2wd 5/6 drop...friends were having problems getting their diesels stuck and shit. I just held it almost wide open 2nd gear and floated it all..and picked up about 45lbs of mud on my truck

Maticuno · Apr 28, 2012

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Last Chance Canyon, CA.

Went through that with 3'' lift and 31's for the first time. No sliders. It took 3-4 hours to cover just two miles. My spotter walked nearly the entire way. So many close calls with rocker panel damage.

Last time I went through with 33's, sliders, bumpers front and rear, AP LT, and a couple thousand more miles of offroad experience it took about 15-20 min, no spotter, and no getting out of the truck.
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I do this route in a Chevy Colorado. You should check it out again sometime if you get a chance. One of the storms we had a while back did a number on it.

BRUIN8124 · Apr 28, 2012

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MountainEarth · Apr 28, 2012

Another thread back from the dead

Chickenmunga · Apr 28, 2012

but it's a good thread.

4WD · Apr 29, 2012

Bronco Peak at Corral Canyon OHV , San Diego

(single black diamond rated)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EwSxX87W-bU

bozotaco · Apr 29, 2012

Love to see this thread is back and active. Super impressive what a stock taco can do!

Dcd5907 · Apr 29, 2012

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JayDawg · Apr 29, 2012

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Anderson Truck Trail in Alpine, CA:

First time taking my truck out alone on a trail I've never been before- my first mistake
Not knowing when to turn back would be my second mistake

It started out as a simple access road/ fire road so we went on some miles and got to a large ranch. After the ranch came a sign reading, "Road not maintained." The road began to get pretty uneven: first one tire would drop, go back up as we moved forward to feel the other front-side of the vehicle shift down while the rear was lifted by the previous bumps. I would get out at times to check for damage and saw many marks from my diff on the bumps. The bushes grew dense on each side of us. Girlfriend said lets back out, but I said no way! It continued on like this for a while and many times, we got to points where my tires would just spin, but they wouldn't grab enough land to push forward- for some reason backing up a little while twisting the wheel helped in many of these situations so I just tried again and pushed forward and was so happy when we met the downhill sections. Martha would get out to spot me down these sections as they were very deeply rutted. Sometimes there was no best way we just had to go on, myself believing the trail would get easier later, but it only grew harder. The ground began to shape huge dips with gigantic cracks. I would the front set of tires into the ditch-like dip, slowly push til the rear was now inside and would then ease myself out, giving my sidesteps MUCH scrape-age and deformation (but the plastic sliders popped back into place!!) Soon enough we had got down so many rutted and chewed downhill sections that I was afraid to tell Martha, "There is no turning back now." I knew I didn't have a 4x4 so I knew those sections would be almost impossible if we turned back. There had to be an exit up ahead. We pushed on and came to a downhill section where half the narrow road was washed 3 feet down with the other half acting as a half road. Martha said no but I said yes. I collected tons of small rocks and put them in place to fill in as much as I could. I gently eased the front down and then the rear. By the time I was done, the small rocks were scattered, but I made it with minimal scraping to the undercarriage. Soon after the road opened up and became very flat so I just bombed for a couple miles I think, hitting mud for my first time- That real sticky, red Indian clay. We came across a huge mud hole that I didn't want to try after feeling how slippery the mud before was. We ventured on and the trail grew smaller... locked gate with a very small bypass, just big enough for our Tacoma.

By this time, Martha had already understood there was no way back, so she cried. I took her back to the mud hole so she didn't have to stare at the gate, but instead gave her a view of the lake in the distance. I walked down the road passed the gate and what I saw was not nice: The terrain took HUGE, sharp dips. If I were go into these, I would need to be pulled out. So I walked back to the truck to rest an drink some water.

After breaking the news for Martha and holding her as she cried out of fear I couldn't help but feel like an ass hole for dragging her out there with me. So after enough resting and stressing about the hard truth, we turned back. Many of the uphill climbs took a couple tries as I still didn't know my truck very well; I would get so far and start slipping, back down, choose a different line and gun it harder than last time. This seemed to work for most of the inclines until we got to the half broken road again. We must have gave it 5 shots and still no luck. We tried one side, then the other and almost made it till one tire was just completely in the air hanging over the broken ledge and the other tire spinning on the loose gravel. It looked cool as fuck but by this time, we were done with pictures and how "cool" things looked. In fact, in most of the tougher spots, we just didn't take pictures because our focus was on staying safe. I backed it back down again and just sat there for a while not knowing what to do. Bushes, rocks and sticks. They were all around me and so I used them. We started collecting any rocks and limbs we could find. I ventured back and lugged over some gigantic rocks that must have been over 75lbs each. I was beat after a few of them. We placed the bushes on the rocks and more rocks on the bushes and tried to fill in the gaps with small rocks. I tried again, but just started slipping and tossing debris when the back wheels touched. Frustrated, I backed down and put some of the bushes and rocks back into place. It wasn't nearly as well done as the first time. I was done with it and so was she. I asked her to wait up the trail as I didn't want her to get hurt should I overshoot and fly off the hillside or go into a rock. I pretty much just hit the gas and took to the rightmost side, launching my truck at least a couple feet off the ground to feel a harsh bottoming out in the front and rear upon the landing. I made it up at which point I got out to look for damage- none!! I did see though, some very large rocks that were tossed out by my tires about 20 feet behind me. So glad I told Martha to wait ahead and not behind. I walked back and picked up all of the big rocks I could find to put them in my truck for weight and to help my way out up the rest of the climbs. They proved very useful to make the dips easier to cross and helped filled in ruts on the tougher climbs. Again gunning it and careful lines were key in getting us up and out. We again traversed the very uneven ground and dense bushes in our stock Tacoma. Once we hit the ranch, we were so happy to see the angry looking dogs racing towards us. I almost wanted to get out and hug them but I knew they weren't running at me to happily great me so I tossed that idea out the window as quickly as it came. In all, we spent about 5 hours out there. Two hours spent getting into the situation and three spent getting out. Keep in mind I was trying my best not to hurt my truck (didn't care about the slight scratches though,) but kinda said screw it half way out. This was my first time ever doing a real trail- I had never been on a road such as this so it pretty much broke me in with how scared I was and all.

I've gone back there recently with my new suspension, new tires, and experience. That broken road looks to have been repaired with sand bags, but a lot of the terrain has become more beaten in some areas but in all is still challenging and fun.
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Gregero,

I grew up in El Cajon. That looks like a fun trail. I used to take my truck off roading in the Laguna Mountains and in In Ko Pah as well as the desert. Those were probably the worst places I took my truck. Same thing with the Lake Moreno trail too. IfI ever get out that way, can you give me directions to this trail you went on?

Here are some pics of the In Ko Pah trail in my old truck from several years ago. I think in 99' is when these were taken. I also boughtthat truck at Toyota of El Cajon as well.

4WD · Apr 29, 2012

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Ha! that looks like this place, Valley of the Moon

heres a vid Matt (recklesstaco) made on one of our runs out there, awesome place... I drove all the way to the top past Elliot mine..

kinda hairball in a few spots.. & this vid has legitimacy in this thread, alot of stock tacomas here..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwMLpA3H7Q4?version=3

PS78 · May 1, 2012

Did 4th of july bowl in breckenridge CO, almost up to the radio tower on peak 10. Pictures are my sig, made it up to the final switch back but didnt think i would make it so i backed down. My sig is from one of the switch backs further down the trail.

http://www.traildamage.com/trails/index.php?id=251

A month later did Eldorado Mtn to Caribou Creek

http://www.traildamage.com/trails/index.php?id=102
http://www.traildamage.com/trails/index.php?id=5

The group then headed on to Coney Flats and Middle saint vrain, Boy am i glad i rode along for that leg.

brian · May 1, 2012

Who the hell owns a stock Tacoma? :shrug:

JayDawg · May 3, 2012

4WD said: ↑

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Ha! that looks like this place, Valley of the Moon

heres a vid Matt (recklesstaco) made on one of our runs out there, awesome place... I drove all the way to the top past Elliot mine..

kinda hairball in a few spots.. & this vid has legitimacy in this thread, alot of stock tacomas here..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwMLpA3H7Q4?version=3
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Yep, that was the same place we went several times! Man, now I am homesick! I want to take my current Tacoma there so bad.

On a side note, back in high school, somewhere around Pine Valley, some friends and I went off roading to some old abandoned silver mines. I remember we had to cross a deep creek and follow some pretty decent trails to get there. Then we had to climb one hill that seemed like it was almost straight up. I didn't drive on that one and only road as a passenger in the back of my friends truck but I have been trying to find that place ever since I went to it in Dec. of 92'.

black_hawk8888 · May 8, 2012

I lifted my truck at 60k and have owned it since there was only 1 digit on the odometer...The only mods I did to it before the lift were a skidplate, AT tires, and the rear diff breather. Here's a rough list of the trails I have done in it stock:

Colorado:
- Black Bear Pass (twice)
- Imogene Pass
- Engineer Pass
- California/Hurricane Pass
- Poughkeepsie Gulch
- Taylor Pass/Reno Divide
- Pearl Pass
- Mt. Antero
- Tincup Pass (gets worse every year)
- Medano Pass
- Hayden Pass

California:
- Coyote Flats
- Baker Creek Meadow
- Brewer Lake

Also numerous unnamed trails but these are the more popular ones. These trucks will do much better than you think they will. In my experience, 99% of the time, the driver is the limiting factor. Lifts are cool but you don't really need one - just tires, armor, and driver experience.

4WD · May 8, 2012

black_hawk8888 said: ↑

I lifted my truck at 60k and have owned it since there was only 1 digit on the odometer...The only mods I did to it before the lift were a skidplate, AT tires, and the rear diff breather. Here's a rough list of the trails I have done in it stock:

Colorado:
- Black Bear Pass (twice)
- Imogene Pass
- Engineer Pass
- California/Hurricane Pass
- Poughkeepsie Gulch
- Taylor Pass/Reno Divide
- Pearl Pass
- Mt. Antero
- Tincup Pass (gets worse every year)
- Medano Pass
- Hayden Pass

California:
- Coyote Flats
- Baker Creek Meadow
- Brewer Lake

Also numerous unnamed trails but these are the more popular ones. These trucks will do much better than you think they will. In my experience, 99% of the time, the driver is the limiting factor. Lifts are cool but you don't really need one - just tires, armor, and driver experience.
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I'll buy most of that except in cases where the experience won't give you that 2 or 3" of clearance to need to complete an obstacle...

Trigo · May 11, 2012

does a spacer and AAL lift count as stock, if it does ill upload a video tomorrow

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