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Home on the Highway - San Francisco to Ushuaia, Argetina in an 87 4Runner
Howdy folks! Figured it was about time to get this thread going. After saving and planning this trip for the past 3 years, Lauren and I are set to leave TODAY for the first leg of our Pan-American journey.
http://homeonthehighway.com/wp-conte...2011/09/us.jpg We are leaving from San Francisco to travel back to our home-state of Florida to say adios to our family and friends, from there we will trek back to Texas and cross the border into Mexico. DESTINATION: USHUAIA, ARGENTINA http://homeonthehighway.com/wp-conte...09/ushuaia.gif We have no set plans, No real set destination other than getting to the bottom. Our timeline for the trip is at least 1 year. We are planning to extend the trip by hooking up with volunteer organizations, couchsurfing, and house-sitting when possible. We have modified my 87 4Runner into a quasi-camper with most of the luxuries of home. ie: Bed, Stove, Shower, 110v etc. http://homeonthehighway.com/wp-conte.../09/IMG104.jpg The truck is fitted to tackle some serious off-roading, we look forward to exploring tons of backroads and trails all up and down Central/South America. Any suggestions on places to go, people to see, beers to drink will be appreciated! https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net...68801415_n.jpg I am still waiting to pick up our truck from the 4x4 shop today where they are mounting a rear-swingout for 2 jerry cans, Our lease is up and my last day of work was yesterday so we are OUTTA HERE as soon as we get the truck. We are going to take about 2 weeks or so to drive from Northern California to Florida. Lauren has never seen much of Utah, Nevada, Colorado so I believe we will be journeying that way. We plan to just look at the atlas and pick out national/state parks/monuments/forests to camp at along the way. Again we are open to ANYTHING so throw up your suggestions. SO EXCITED!!! Here is our blog with more information, feel free to subscribe and follow us on the facebook http://homeonthehighway.com Thanks, James |
Good Luck, sounds fantastic, it's what i want to do with my truck. Especially after reading about Ramblewriter.
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Thats pretty awesome! Good luck to you and i wish you the best of luck.
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I remember you mentioning this months ago here - awesome that it's finally happening!
I'll be watching your progress - you going to keep us updated with posts here AND on your blog? Phil |
Originally Posted by Philbert
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I remember you mentioning this months ago here - awesome that it's finally happening!
I'll be watching your progress - you going to keep us updated with posts here AND on your blog? Phil |
Subscribed!
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Wow! That is awesome! I would love to do that trip someday. Nice 4 runner. Perfect rig to do it with. Post lots of pics.
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Have a nice and safe trip... I'll be subscribing and Yes lots of pics.. Hopefully Someday I'll be making that same trip but am planning to go all the way to Antofagasta, Chile
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Wow....that sounds like a great trip. Good luck, keep safe, subscribed. I've booked marked your site so I can see your trip.
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Subscribed. WOW...you are living my dream. Good luck to you. Any set route you are taking through Utah or Nevada?
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no set route, looking to head up towards nevada/utah/colorado then down through texas to the southland. any suggestions on places to see/camp/wheel will be appreciated
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Check out Canyonlands National park and Arches National park in Utah if you are able to...thats southern Utah area. Maybe youll run into me, Ill be around that area too all next week
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November 1st came and went, we were antsy to get going but the world had other plans. Luckily we only ended up two days behind “schedule”, which I am now declaring as a dirty word. Schedules are for people who have someplace to be.
Darren and Marc at Any7 got the truck all finished up, they did a great job putting our ideas for the truck into action. We picked it up and headed home to cram all worldly possessions into the back. Thanks guys! http://homeonthehighway.com/wp-conte...11/11/any7.jpg Luckily this process only took about 30 minutes. Impressive! We bid our landlords and our cabin farewell and headed out the door. It was too late to actually make it anywhere and the truck was too full of crap to camp in the back. Darren let us crash on his couch for the night, the first of many couch surfing experience to come I am sure. Re-arranged the back of the truck in the morning and hit the road. Our destination for the night was the Sierra mountains. Excitedly we headed off into the rolling foothills of the Sierras. http://homeonthehighway.com/wp-conte...foothills2.jpg The clouds looming overhead did not look very inviting, and as we approached the mountain range we saw signs stating the most of the mountain passes were closed. I thought this was odd since I was just up here last weekend and there wasn't any snow on the ground. Cranked up the weather report on the radio… WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY – SNOW STORM APPROACHING EASTERN SIERRAS AT 730PM – 8 INCHES OF SNOW AND 75 MPH WINDS EXPECTED AT 8000FT. Perfect, so pretty much exactly where we were heading? Looks like our “schedule” is about to change again. A quick look at the map and we decide we are going to go up and over the Sierra range and camp at a ghost town called Bodie on the eastern-side foothills. The storm was not scheduled to hit until 730, was only 430 at the time. We were about 2 hours from the other side. No problemo. We press on determined to beat the storm. Not much time for pictures this visit to the Sierras. http://homeonthehighway.com/wp-conte...rra4runner.jpg Approaching 8000FT http://homeonthehighway.com/wp-conte...raltimeter.jpg Making good time, should make it easily before the storm hits. …until http://homeonthehighway.com/wp-conte...nstruction.jpg What the hell!? Construction delays on the Carson pass! A bunch of bozos trying to build a road as the storm approaches, A long line of trucks idling waiting for the road to clear. The white flakes starting to fall and winds picking up! Eventually we make it over and haul ass down to Bodie as the storm picks up gusto. We find a side-road up in the hills and setup camp for the night as the storm set in. It’s going to be a cold one… DAMN! 11F at 830AM, Had to have got down to 5F or so overnight http://homeonthehighway.com/wp-conte...oldmorning.jpg We awake to all the windows completely iced over, rear window and side windows frozen up, only way out of the truck is to move all the crap piled in the front back onto our bed and then climb out the front seats. Iced over http://homeonthehighway.com/wp-conte...zen4runner.jpg She still started on first crank! http://homeonthehighway.com/wp-conte...ozentoyota.jpg Froze our ass off trying to repack the truck in 11F weather, headed into town to grab a coffee then headed south. We wanted to check out the Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest. Home to the oldest living things in the world. http://homeonthehighway.com/wp-conte...ristlecone.jpg Weather was still crappy but we knew if we waited any longer they would shut the road down (We have tried 3 times to get up here, every time it has been closed due to inclement weather/snowed out roads) Road to nowhere? http://homeonthehighway.com/wp-conte...snowstorm2.jpg The ancient bristlecone pines are only found in the highest elevations of the Inyo forest, from 8000-12000ft these beasts have lived for over 4000 years. Older than the next oldest living thing by over 1000 years! I had to see them! Conditions worsening, 4Runner can take it. My buddy Jimbo gave me my first 4x4 lessons driving in a damn Sierra blizzard, I think I can handle a little powdering. http://homeonthehighway.com/wp-conte...1/snowroad.jpg Made it! http://homeonthehighway.com/wp-conte...11/snowlot.jpg Quick poses! too cold to hang around http://homeonthehighway.com/wp-conte...ristlecone.jpg http://homeonthehighway.com/wp-conte...ristlecone.jpg Back to the truck and crank the damn heater up! http://homeonthehighway.com/wp-conte...1/coldbutt.jpg http://homeonthehighway.com/wp-conte...coldlauren.jpg Drove back out of the park and camped on another backroad near the back entrance to Death Valley Not a bad sight to wake up too. http://homeonthehighway.com/wp-conte...akfastview.jpg http://homeonthehighway.com/wp-conte...ernsierras.jpg Headed up the backroad into Saline Valley, Death Valley National Park http://homeonthehighway.com/wp-conte...tionalpark.jpg blech, cooties! http://homeonthehighway.com/wp-conte...11/cooties.jpg DV has some of the most breathtaking scenery in the U.S, the weather/light was crap most of the day so I couldn't get very good pics. http://homeonthehighway.com/wp-conte...eathvalley.jpg Abandoned homestead http://homeonthehighway.com/wp-conte...alleyhouse.jpg Stopped for some lunch, you can somewhat see our current “organization” system. Still a work in progress. http://homeonthehighway.com/wp-conte...alleylunch.jpg Saline Valley Rd. http://homeonthehighway.com/wp-conte...11/dvroad2.jpg http://homeonthehighway.com/wp-conte...linevalley.jpg Part of the old trolley system that carted salt from the Saline valley up and over the mountains to Bishop, CA. quite a feat in its day. http://homeonthehighway.com/wp-conte...1/trolley2.jpg Driving down Saline Valleys dirt roads was a blast. The new OME suspension ate it up! I could haul ass now over every type of rock, pothole, dip, whatever. The suspension ate it up and asked for more. I am really happy with it, Thanks again to Any7 Offroad for putting it all together for us. http://homeonthehighway.com/wp-conte.../11/dvroad.jpg Riding down the road we came across a Toyota FJ60 broken down on the side of the road. Not being one to leave a fellow Toyota behind we pulled over to see what was up. Hmmm… 20 year old spare didn't cut the mustard in Death Valley? http://homeonthehighway.com/wp-conte...1/fj60flat.jpg Turns out these guys were from LA and were out here cruising for the weekend headed to the Hot springs. They caught a flat the day before and the spare blew out them just a mile down the road. They had been stuck there for about 24 hours now. At least they had a nice view… http://homeonthehighway.com/wp-conte...tabrothers.jpg 10 minutes with the plug kit and the punctured tire was repaired, took about another 3 hours wrestling with the jack and the stock sagged out springs to get the blown out spare off. Luckily they had beer, which is about all it takes to keep me around for 3 hours. Stock spare off, not enough clearance to mount the fixed tire though. http://homeonthehighway.com/wp-conte.../jimbomove.jpg Gotta air it down! Ladies… We need your butts. http://homeonthehighway.com/wp-conte...1/flattire.jpg With the tire aired down we were able to clear the lugs, get it bolted on and air it back up. Back on the road! We set our separate ways and setup camp somewhere down in the valley. http://homeonthehighway.com/wp-conte.../dvmorning.jpg Woke up in the morning, pack the truck up and headed out. Destination Las Vegas. Joshua Trees in DV. http://homeonthehighway.com/wp-conte...1/joshtree.jpg Lauren says this is where Dr. Seuss came to write his books, the truffala tree looks oddly similar to the Joshua Tree http://homeonthehighway.com/wp-conte...treelauren.jpg http://homeonthehighway.com/wp-conte...enjoshtree.jpg Off out the valley, into Nevada. Reason #1 why Nevada rocks! Was paying ~$4/gal in CA. http://homeonthehighway.com/wp-conte...pnevadagas.jpg We are now lying in bed in a hotel in Las Vegas, couldn't pass up the cheap deal and a hot shower! The adventure continues… |
For better pics of the Sierras and Death Valley, check out some of our older trips here.
http://homeonthehighway.com/other-trips/death-valley/ http://homeonthehighway.com/other-trips/rae-lakes-loop/ |
I am having some issues with the truck though, looks like when the motor got rebuilt they put a O'Reillys thermostat in there instead of the dual-spring OEM one so I am getting tempature overshoot constantly, espciailly in this cold weather, the block cools down instantly and the thermostat slams shut until the truck is practically overheating, then it drops back down to normal temp, i gotta keep the RPMs up the keep the temp up to prevent the thermo from slamming. Calling the Las Vegas Toyota dealer in the AM, hopefully the have the thermo in stock, if not Ill call ahead to my next town and have them order it for me.
Also looks like I am seeping oil from the oil pan gasket and possibly someplace else, I thought I saw some red ATF fluid under the truck at one gas station but have not seen it since. Going to give everything a scrubdown tomorrow and evaluate, anyone know know a spot in Las Vegas that I could get some work done if need be? |
Simply awesome! Now i'm debating on weather to ride my bike across country solo, or grab my girl and road trip it next summer.
Impressive...keeep the updates flowin. Good Luck |
Subscribed, best of luck on your overlanding trip.
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Alrighty, found a dealer in St. George, Utah that ordered me the t-stat going to check everything out here today, if we look good I am planning to drive the Tuweep trail down to the North Rim of the Grand Canyon, then head back to St. George to pick up the part tomorrow.
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Spent yesterday under the truck tracking down my leaks, oil pan gasket is the ˟˟˟˟ty cork one that leaks, not sure why the guy didnt use the FIPG, so I need to replace that.
Also found that the oil seal on the passenger side input shaft on the diff side is blown out and not holding grease, i think this explains the interesting whirring sounds I am hearing around 40MPH. My question is, I know the oil pan will be fine as long as I stay on the fluid, How long can I ride out this blown input shaft oil seal? I know I have to drop the diff to replace it but do not have the tools to do so right now. at the stealership in St. George now, asked them how much to replace the oil seal and they quoted me something like $700. no thanks! Headed to the Grand Canyon and then back up into Zion, Moab, and all kinds of other cool places here in Utah. After that I am headed to Colorado |
Well that stinks, i hope someone can give you an answer about the shaft. I'd offer to fix the issue, but Baltimore is a bit far from you.
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Wow! I am stoked for ya, man! You and your gal are a VERY nice couple! Looks like you've had quite the adventure, already!
I'll be watching... one of my dream trips, when I FINALLY take some time off! lol. Great looking rig/set up/expedition packing! lol. Traveling mercies! Mark |
Not sure if you can put it off until you reach Texas, but I just cleared out the shop so we can drop your diff here. I'm stocking up the beer fridge now...
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ya shes doing fine, its not leaking diff oil or anything so I am not really too worried about it, just mashed 200 miles of dirt roads out to the grand canyon north rim, was amazing, no one around for miles except for us and the canyon. in zion national park now, got here at night so i am sure to wake up to some epic surroundings.
sounds good bud, ill see you soon! |
oh and the dual-stage t-stat fixed my overheating right up, temp is solid as rock now!
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Totally subscribed
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Originally Posted by Ruined Adventures
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Not sure if you can put it off until you reach Texas, but I just cleared out the shop so we can drop your diff here. I'm stocking up the beer fridge now...
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You are living my dream! It's awesome that your girl is so gung-ho for this also - cute to boot!
When you are down in Florida, give me a shout - I live in Orlando and it would be my pleasure to meet up with you guys for drinks somewhere. We have a couch and a loveseat that you could crash on, but it sounds like you've got that covered with the family and all. I'll PM you my cell phone number. Cheers! Fink:devil: |
subscribed!! are yall comin through TN?
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subscribed!!
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Bummer...JUST missed you guys. Did the tuweep trail yesterday, absolutely amazing views at the end. Sorry wasnt able to run into you guys. Sitting on my parents patio that overlooks the toyota dealership in St. George, I'm sure you were right below me.
Great to see you guys are keeping your spirits up despite the bad weather. |
crap need to edit pics
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Glad to see those boys at Karnage Fabrication took care of yall. You should be good for the next 30,000 miles :safari:
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this is awesome, good luck guys and stay safe!
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It's rare to find such a down female companion. I am envious. I could get mine to do a week tops...
If your in Wyoming and need to fix some stuff up, I have a large heated garage with all the tools...and a very good parts guy. Good luck on the trip! |
Wow! We had a great response to our first post. I am glad you guys are enjoying our adventure. I know in our last post we said that the Sierras and Death Valley is some of the majestic scenery in all of the U.S. I think I need to keep my mouth shut because the past 7 days of traveling the “4 Corners” area of the U.S. has been AMAZING.
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped...ateaus_map.png The Colorado Plateau is a geographic region of the U.S which covers over 130,000 sq miles of land shared between Arizona, Utah, New Mexico, and Colorado. This area has the greatest concentration of National Parks in the U.S and it is easy to see why. Developed over billions of years and uplifted and modified by faults and receding oceans this area is chock full of geological, ecological, and historical splendor. We had a blast. Leaving Las Vegas! http://homeonthehighway.com/wp-conte...1/IMG_1917.jpg Our night in Vegas was spent mostly holed up in our room enjoying the HEAT! and updating the blog. We did make it down for a few drinks and some midway games at Circus Circus Lauren won a Rhino, He got some free drinks http://homeonthehighway.com/wp-conte...1/IMG_1923.jpg Headed up to St. George, Utah and camped off some forest road. Our first taste of red dirt http://homeonthehighway.com/wp-conte...928_thumb1.jpg Snow Canyon State Park, St. George Utah http://homeonthehighway.com/wp-conte...954_thumb1.jpg Since leaving the Bay, we have been having overheating issues, the thermostat on the truck has been malfunctioning. I had read about this issue in the past happening with your standard Autozone thermostats and knew it was fixed by getting the expensive Toyota OEM dual-stage thermostat. $45 later and 1/2 gallon of coolant onto the NAPA parking lot and we were fixed up, issue solved, no more overheating. Off to the Grand Canyon! We read about a 90-mile backroad from St. George to a remote area of the Grand Canyon National Park called the “Toroweap Overlook”. Talked to a few people in town who said that it would be snowed and we would not be able to make it up and over the Mount Trumball pass. We’re used to naysayers and of course headed off anyway, the 4runner could make it. Sunset on the Toroweap Rd. http://homeonthehighway.com/wp-conte...983_thumb1.jpg http://homeonthehighway.com/wp-conte...994_thumb1.jpg http://homeonthehighway.com/wp-conte...001_thumb1.jpg Nightfall hit by the time we made up to the mountain pass, It was covered in snow and mud, I had a blast mashing through it all in 2 wheel drive, slipping and sliding all over the place and making a big ol’ mess of the truck. http://homeonthehighway.com/wp-conte...020_thumb6.jpg http://homeonthehighway.com/wp-conte...030_thumb1.jpg Eventually made it to the campground, setup shop and went to sleep. Awoke in the morning completely alone and surrounded by the majesty of the red rocks and Grand Canyon. http://homeonthehighway.com/wp-conte...034_thumb1.jpg http://homeonthehighway.com/wp-conte...042_thumb1.jpg http://homeonthehighway.com/wp-conte...043_thumb1.jpg http://homeonthehighway.com/wp-conte...060_thumb1.jpg Headed out on a hike to the Toroweap Overlook, no one around for miles but us and the canyon. No guardrails, no tourists, just the way we like it. http://homeonthehighway.com/wp-conte...065_thumb1.jpg http://homeonthehighway.com/wp-conte...073_thumb1.jpg http://homeonthehighway.com/wp-conte...103_thumb1.jpg http://homeonthehighway.com/wp-conte...130_thumb1.jpg http://homeonthehighway.com/wp-conte...149_thumb1.jpg http://homeonthehighway.com/wp-conte...095_thumb1.jpg Played around in the Canyon for a while, then headed off again back to Utah. Headed to Zion National Park. Spotted some Coyotes http://homeonthehighway.com/wp-conte...154_thumb1.jpg http://homeonthehighway.com/wp-conte...156_thumb1.jpg We arrived in Zion in the middle of the night, awoke surrounded by huge canyon walls and beautiful CLEAR weather! Something we have been lacking most of the trip. http://homeonthehighway.com/wp-conte...200_thumb1.jpg http://homeonthehighway.com/wp-conte...202_thumb1.jpg http://homeonthehighway.com/wp-conte...217_thumb1.jpg http://homeonthehighway.com/wp-conte...272_thumb1.jpg http://homeonthehighway.com/wp-conte...320_thumb1.jpg http://homeonthehighway.com/wp-conte...248_thumb1.jpg http://homeonthehighway.com/wp-conte...330_thumb1.jpg Spent most of the day hiking around Zion, then headed off to explore more of Southern Utah. Headed to Bryce Canyon. Amazing Scenery of course. http://homeonthehighway.com/wp-conte...341_thumb1.jpg http://homeonthehighway.com/wp-conte...349_thumb1.jpg http://homeonthehighway.com/wp-conte...360_thumb1.jpg Bryce Canyon was pretty well snowed out when we got there, Still checked it out. http://homeonthehighway.com/wp-conte...364_thumb1.jpg http://homeonthehighway.com/wp-conte...368_thumb1.jpg Spent most of the time running out the overlook then back to the car, was about 30F outside at the time! Too cold for this Florida boy. http://homeonthehighway.com/wp-conte...383_thumb1.jpg http://homeonthehighway.com/wp-conte...378_thumb1.jpg From Bryce we headed down another backroad towards Capitol Reef National Park, sun went down and we setup another freezing camp. Awoke in the morning to frost covering the truck once again and dreary cloud cover. http://homeonthehighway.com/wp-conte...401_thumb1.jpg http://homeonthehighway.com/wp-conte...410_thumb1.jpg The beautiful dirt road through Capitol Reef made up for the weather. This is a great drive and there was no one out here but us. We enjoyed taking our time cruising through this beautiful place. http://homeonthehighway.com/wp-conte...422_thumb1.jpg http://homeonthehighway.com/wp-conte...471_thumb1.jpg http://homeonthehighway.com/wp-conte...462_thumb1.jpg http://homeonthehighway.com/wp-conte...479_thumb1.jpg http://homeonthehighway.com/wp-conte...491_thumb1.jpg http://homeonthehighway.com/wp-conte...496_thumb1.jpg http://homeonthehighway.com/wp-conte...515_thumb1.jpg http://homeonthehighway.com/wp-conte...562_thumb1.jpg Eventually the dirt road led us to Glen Canyon National Recreation area, which is home to most of Lake Powell. Similar to Hetch Hetchy in the Sierras, a environmental tragedy took place here where we dammed up the Colorado River and flooded the majestic Glen Canyon to increase water supply to the surrounding area. The created reservoir was named Lake Powell after one of my heroes. http://homeonthehighway.com/wp-conte...571_thumb1.jpg http://homeonthehighway.com/wp-conte...550_thumb1.jpg http://homeonthehighway.com/wp-conte...580_thumb1.jpg http://homeonthehighway.com/wp-conte...599_thumb1.jpg We hit the highway once again and headed towards the 4x4’er mecca. AKA MOAB, UTAH! http://homeonthehighway.com/wp-conte...621_thumb1.jpg Got to Moab in the middle of the night, shacked up in a cheap motel. I thought I had heard some strange noises coming from our trash bag we had been carrying since Grand Canyon. Messed around for a bit with it and didn’t see anything, figured I was just crazy. Next morning Lauren is doing Yoga and hears the same noises coming from the bag. We snatched it up and dumped it into the bathtub to investigate. HITCHHIKER! http://homeonthehighway.com/wp-conte...629_thumb1.jpg Screaming like little girls and dancing around the room in our underwear trying to catch him but he ended up escaping somewhere in the motel room. Sorry Motel6! Now that our adrenaline was pumping it was time to go beat on the truck some. We headed to the “Poison Spider 4x4 Trail” to try our luck and see how far we could make it. Lauren has never been 4wheeling before and was pretty much peeing her pants the entire time as we drove all over this place. The 4Runner with little 31 inch tires and open differentials is still a pretty capable machine. http://homeonthehighway.com/wp-conte...707_thumb1.jpg http://homeonthehighway.com/wp-conte...649_thumb1.jpg http://homeonthehighway.com/wp-conte...737_thumb1.jpg http://homeonthehighway.com/wp-conte...705_thumb1.jpg http://homeonthehighway.com/wp-conte...761_thumb1.jpg http://homeonthehighway.com/wp-conte...717_thumb1.jpg http://homeonthehighway.com/wp-conte...765_thumb1.jpg http://homeonthehighway.com/wp-conte...770_thumb1.jpg http://homeonthehighway.com/wp-conte...754_thumb1.jpg After mashing around in Moab for most of the day we were headed up to Grand Junction, CO. An awesome guy from MarlinCrawler forums had offered to help us fix up a few issues with the truck that we did not have the tools or knowledge to tackle ourselves. http://homeonthehighway.com/wp-conte...782_thumb1.jpg http://homeonthehighway.com/wp-conte...805_thumb1.jpg http://homeonthehighway.com/wp-conte...822_thumb1.jpg http://homeonthehighway.com/wp-conte...832_thumb1.jpg http://homeonthehighway.com/wp-conte...840_thumb1.jpg Drove around Colorado National Monument looking for a campspot, eventually found some dirt road that we took, kept getting higher and higher into the mountain. Eventually we were driving through deep snow in the middle of no where, figured we should turn around. Well the rear wheels dropped into a icy rut and we were stuck. 30 minutes of winching later we were turned around and headed back down the road. The Smittybuilt winch is no longer a virgin and it worked like a champ! Next morning headed over to Phillip’s shop in Grand Junction. The shops name is Karnage Fabrication, Phillip knows Toyota’s like the back of his hand. He has owned over 50 of them and had ours torn apart and fixed back up in no time. This guy was a lifesaver, The Toyota community is an great group and I feel honored to have met such an awesome guy and his beautiful family. We replaced the oil pan cork gasket with the proper sealant, fixed up a leaky inner shat oil seal, and replaced the failing AUTO hubs with some beefy AISIN manual hubs. Thanks again Phil, you are our hero! And Thanks to Sean and Ace for grabbing some much needed parts. It was great to meet all of you! http://homeonthehighway.com/wp-conte...852_thumb1.jpg http://homeonthehighway.com/wp-conte...859_thumb1.jpg http://homeonthehighway.com/wp-conte...864_thumb1.jpg Lauren and Phil’s daughter became bestest of friends. http://homeonthehighway.com/wp-conte...878_thumb1.jpg 4x4 Fabrication/Arts and Crafts. Karnage Fabrication has it all! http://homeonthehighway.com/wp-conte...901_thumb1.jpg Headed off today for Vail to meet up with one of my dad’s old friends. Speaking of which… I should probably get on the horn and let him know were coming! |
Wow! great pics... sounds like you are going to have an amazing adventure...
I would consider investing in some ARB locking diffs or at least a rear limited slip before you head south of the border... the open ones might leave you stuck and seriously on your own... I'd also get an HF/CB radio set for comms... again especially handy in the back country south of the border... a Sat phone might be useful if it's in the budget and can be used to update your posts here lol... separate personal EPIRBs for both of you and carry them both when you are out of the truck... handy if you get hurt hiking or lost or possibly abducted... that last is not something to dwell on but it does happen and not just in Mex. here's a link to the turtle expedition people http://turtleexpedition.com/ they have been doing 4wd travel for years down where you are headed... they fitted out their truck with additional high security door locks to keep it secure whenever they where away from it. They also packed a denver boot to make sure the truck would be where they left it... don't know if you need to go that far... if you don't have already get a car safe and bolt it in to keep your important papers safe... but you're smart peeps you prob. already got one of them... this time of yr. make sure someone knows what roads you are going down and generally where you are going to be, there are'nt that many folks 4wheeling the back country and you might wait a long time for help if you get stuck... looking forward to hearing more about this epic journey... drive safe... |
ya i wanted to put an elocker in the rear, just wasnt in the cards or the budget. just have to avoid sticky tree-less situations
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Wow that sounds amazing. Good luck with the trip.
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Another epic update! Awesome.
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Read this entire thread on T4R forum the other day.. Amazing to say the least. I know most of us toyota 4X4 guys would love to take the time off to do something like this. Stay safe and look forward to your journey updates. :)
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