I finally got the chance to go play in the snow this winter...For all you new mexicans, this is off of SR 126 near Cuba, NM. There is literally 3 feet of snow in areas. And it was a wet heavy snow, very difficult to drive through. But a lot of fun!



What I learned about snow wheelin' is momentum. Just after I took this pic when starting again I sunk through another 2 feet of snow and was burried up to the doors on the drivers side. Don't stop for pics in the snow!



Snow Flex



Remember, Safety in numbers and have plenty of recovery gear. We each pulled each other out more than once.

 

BBBBRRRRRRRR makes me cold just looking at them.

 

I glad you enjoyed yourself

I drive through that much snow every morning to go to work or to go to the grocery store. hehe! Try doing it a t night, alone...

But you have a point... bring recovery gear to help you out of "snow jams".

 

Cewl. No fair. I wanna. Your rig looks good! Makes me wanna put back on my limited flairs.

 

Wow, small world. I have camped right near Cuba before.

Awesome 4-runner! Great pics Jim!!! Glad to see you enjoying the snow

 

My "wife" grew up there. There are some cool places to see, not to much extreme wheelin' but a lot of FS roads and beautiful scenery.

Get a hold of me if you are ever in the area again.

 

You've got that right.



Will do!

 

Nice pics, that's more snow than I've ever seen.


Off topic, how did you mount your hi-lift to your ARB? Any close up pics?

 

Looks good Jim. Snow busting is always a blast.

I thought there were bumper plans. Am I just not looking closely enough?

 

Plans? Yes

Steel? Sitting at SteveO's

Time? Not yet

I hope things slow down a little bit soon.

 

Nice pics Jim. Some snow would be nice but all I get around here is ice.

Bumper plans? New or modify existing?

 

My plans haven't changed. I will continue to make a rear bumper slider that bolts where the original hitch bolts, a complete wrap around design very similar to my sliders. I figure since the stock bumper is more of an extension of the body anyways, I might as well treat it as such. And even with a custom bumper you don't gain very much departure angle, so why spend the $ to do that. I hope to build something that could be copied and used by people who do not want a complete custom bumper, but want rear protection.

As you guys witnessed, my plain old simple "Moab bumper" held up just fine in Moab and CO. So why not go with that philosophy.

 

Nice pics, Jim. That area has gotten so much more snow than us this year. The local ski hilol has plenty, but here in town we haven't got that much...

Let me know when you have time and will be working on things at Steve's, I'll try to come down there and get in the way.

 

There is certainly a lot of snow up there. We were messing around and jumping into snow up to our waist. It was pretty cool. I got stuck a few times trying to go through deeper and deeper snow. Very fun!

I will let you know when I get up there.