Offroad

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Light offroading in dry conditions and the Cybertruck completely failed.

Best quote: "wow that Subaru Crosstrek with us had no problems at all and it was his first time!"

• 4" narrower than the 200 series
• 112" wheel base
• Front IFS, rear solid axle. Factory rear locker. Full time 4wd.
• Hybrid Turbo inline 4 cyl 326HP 465 lb-ft torque
• Base model starts at $55k
• Three editions - "1958", "Land Cruiser" and "First Edition".

More info in the linked article.

Pic from a trip in 2021 to Nordkapp, in northern Norway.

I figured I'd post just a short trip report for a Sand Hollow trip in Utah that we did last weekend.

The forecast we super hot for both days (over 100 degrees) so we decided to go in the morning.

We ran Milts Mile on Saturday. That was a really fun trail, but it claimed my passenger-side hub knob. I was able to scoot up middle monkey (which was hella steep but surprisingly not too scary).

The off-camber stuff scared me the most. In the photo above, this section of rock had me in my head so much that I stopped and my spotter and to jump out and assure me the passenger tire was still on the ground.

I don't have sway bars at all (with plans to fix that) so I get tons of body roll.

On Sunday, we ran Ridgeline and the first part of West Rim trail. My wife drove that day and had zero problems with the initial shelves and rocky climb on Ridgeline.

She was able to take the "fun" lines at the Funnel and Steps as well.

What blew me away is she managed to drive up Toll Booth #1. I didn't want to try and drive it because I was worried about the amount of body roll my XJ has, but she wanted to give it a shot, and boy did she ever.

Finally, we hit Top of the World - snagged the photo, and left via the Water Tank "road".

We've got another weekend trip planned in November and we can't wait to go back!

EDIT: Imgur Album with more photos.

Florence OR back in the day with the PNW FJ group...many good times, glad to see there is a community started here, I don't offroad anymore (don't even have a driver's license anymore 😀) but I love to see the adventures!

In Colorado last week. 02 Land Cruiser

I've got an ARB awning tent that packs relatively compact and light that I use for camping when wheeling. Works super well for me and my dogs (or whoever's with me).

And to think this was taken 30 days I to a drought

Western utah after driving through a storm two weeks ago.

A couple years ago, my buddy and I had just finished enough of his SAS project on the hundie that we needed a test drive. This trail is relatively close and has some great views. We managed to rope our other friend (who owns the orange FJC) into it as well.

Nothing failed and all the welds stayed welded, so that was nice.

Working on getting the hang of the fediverse lol. Redcone was amazing, killer views!

I misjudged how deep the rut was and ended up stuck between the banks. It drove out okay but I totally thought it was going over while I was doing it. The rear right tire dropped down like 6 more inches and the front left lifted off the ground about a foot to foot and a half from this point. Also found out the seat belts lock when you're tilted this much so I couldn't put it back on when I got back in.

Me and a buddy are trying to find some good photography locations for the Oct. eclipse in the United States. Was able to get some decent shots out in western Utah.

80 series solid front axle. IMO - this is possibly the best overland rig out there - great balance of offroad capability and space.