KOH 2024. Left Friday morning with some buddies and landed at the shit show around 12:30. Met some more people and set up camp. Unloaded the shit box and headed out west away from the lakebed to recon some spots to watch the race from. Blasted around the desert the rest of the day giving people rides.One buddy had a moderately built new bronco and thinks it works so good. He was absolutely blown away on how much faster I can go. At the first set of whoops, I could see him panic and brace himself for a huge hit that never came. He was shopping for long travel by the end of the weekend.
Watched all the racing Saturday/Sunday, drank all the beers, watched an absolute shit show of Chocolate Thunder Saturday night.
Truck did awesome. Drivers side CV nut at the wheel bearing came loose and had to get snugged back up. I could feel it through the steering wheel. Second time this happened, the little Toyota retainer/cotter pin kept it from getting too loose, maybe an 1/8 of a turn to tighten it back up. Red loctite?
Trans temp climbed to 210 and the fan couldn’t bring it down. When I run the fan from cold, temp never goes above 190. I think I’m going to put a hole in the bedside to give the hot air a place to escape. It just kinda swirls in the dead space behind the cab now.
Looked for BLGT camp around turkey claw a few times, but never saw any familiar trucks/faces. Saw Geoff’s Bronco a few times, but we were always both moving.
Overall a great trip and lots of trouble free desert miles.
