Wyoming B.S. Thread

Ah that would make sense.

I thought I had ben read the code a while back too but I don't remember where that lead.

 

In 2006, when I was shopping for a 4x4, I drove a low mileage '01 T4R with a v6 and an auto.

Compared to the extracab TRD trucks I had been looking at, the runner was kind of a pig. Certainly not as quick. I can't recall how it was equipped locker wise and no idea on the gear ratio, but at the time I assumed what I was feeling partially due to the weight differences between the two types of vehicles.

I also remember noting that the Toyota horsepower spec for the v6 in the runner was less than the one in the trucks. 190 vs 180/185 IIRC.

 

I'm pretty sure the HP rating was in the paperwork (original sticker, etc.) that came with that vehicle. It also seems like I have seen the same thing elsewhere in other documentation.

However, it has been a long time and my recollection might be in error.

 

that helps.

did you mean 96? no 2006? because...in 2006 the 4runners had the 4.0l. Which had 235hp at that time. And actually eventually more than the tacoma, 10hp more. Or the sweet 2uzfe v8

Every 3rd gen i've driven is nice, just like a taco yet not. I did not like the wiggle from the 3link though over big bumps. Got bad on grants especially lifted.

4th gen should be good i think. Especially with the v8. I drove a 5th gen though and it was a total pig. But its the biggest 4runner ever made too..

 

Yeah, I know, reading comprehension can be hard... and is a lost art.

Another diff I noticed at the time was seating position. Hard to explain but the seat in the truck seemed to be more upright or higher in relation to the view out the window and over the steering wheel.

Essentially, all of these things I've mentioned ended up turning me off on the one I drove.

 

That does probably help. The wheel base I thought was the same, just the body was shorter?

 

Interesting, I always thought the 4runner was on a truck frame. Good to know

 

Any info on the wheelbase length of the 1st gen single cabs? Seem like a 4 runner is closer to that.

 

Huh interesting. Seemingly ringing a tiny bell back in my head somewhere about the single cab wheel base.

 

welp bought a new 18-135 for 300 shipped. Not bad. $500 in camera lenses..sheesh.

 

@Blackdawg

You ever take the Gros Ventre Rd in Bridger National Forest?

 

I typically go down there a couple times each summer

 

You go all the way through to union pass when you go? Just looking to see if it dead ends or if the forest service rd at the end is passable.

 

I have not. Though I've been on Union Pass. Watch the Eclipse from there.

 

I can't say for certain, I want to say one of the times there was a gate. But hey bring a bolt cutter and a spare lock and you're golden.

I will certainly be checking though.

 

looks like the road goes a ways but has a big fence. Goes by a few houses.

https://www.google.com/maps/place/G...b185c22018dd1!8m2!3d43.5923774!4d-110.3837857

Looks like you could go around the fence pretty easy though. However, the road just disappears after a bit. Also looks like a lot of deadfall across the road.

 

Thanks, I will compare it to the wyo atlas I have and see if I can find a way through so I can make a loop

 

The road goes through all the way, both past goose wing and cow creek towards the Darwin ranch, there are closure gates on both though, both are open to snow machines during the winter though

 

Well that's weird.

 

A lot of the usfs roads from Jackson to Dubois interconnect in lots of places, but they keep on putting up closure gates because apparently they hate us. They all show up on ORV maps as “Jeep trails.”