Turboyota
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December 11-13, 2020
Trucks: 4
1. My Turboyota
2. @Motiracer38
3. @GahnRacing with axle pros Alec co-dog
4. @Kellyex1450 with his son co-dog
Children fathered by the 4 drivers: 11
(Chill on the pullout game, Gahnracing)
Total dirt miles: 380
Met at Cougar Buttes at 7:30AM on a beautiful overcast and brisk dezert morning. Gahnracing and Motiracer38 camped there Thursday night, Kelly1450 and I drove in that morning.
Turnoff from the power line rd to the Silver Cliffs Mine and the Silver Bell Mine. Notice the 90lbs of eucalyptus firewood precariously perched atop my spare tire/bumper...
After some fun bush bashing up a random wash, Motiracer led us to the Silver Cliffs Mine.
Bushes and small trees run over: dozens
Shittalking on the radio about Motiracer’s road: significant
There are a couple vertical shafts that have been closed with generous helpings of steel. It took 7 seconds to hear a rock hit the bottom of this one. Vertical Depth is 376ft.
Headed across the valley to the Silver Bell Mine. Motiracer took the lead for this section and actually found a road.
We crossed the 40 at the Lavic Lake volcanic field and blasted East to Ludlow for a fuel top-off.
Somewhere on this road before the dunes, we helped a dude in a rental car get unstuck. Apparently there is no photographic evidence of that endeavor...
Next stop was Kelso Dunes for some beers. My tire carrier was determined to foil my plan of having a raging hardwood fire. Cracks and torn steel were apparent after 80 miles of abuse, so we transferred the 90~ish pounds of firewood to the bed of Kelly’s sleeper ‘yota.
Somewhere in the Providence Mountains I stopped and talked to a hunter who had great success with quail and chukar. Any other hunters up in this bitch...?
Around this point, Kelly radioed that he had broken a leaf spring. Uh oh!
We flipped a bitch through the bushes and went back to drink beer and help Kelly.
Me: “Damn dude, sorry my firewood broke your spring!
Kelly: “I preran the entire Baja 500 on these springs and it’s the second time I’ve broken one.”
(Kelly ran an explorer leaf pack in the back of his Toyota.)
Kelly solicited the services of his newly-installed winch and pulled the axle and spring forward, effectively wedging it into the forward spring hanger.
Driver’s side rear is a little wonky in this pic:
All tuned up and made it 6~ish miles to Essex rd. Transferred the firewood to truck #3 for the day.
Kelly said the truck drove predictable with the axle winched forward, so he decided to hit pavement and cautiously head home.
To be continued...
Trucks: 4
1. My Turboyota
2. @Motiracer38
3. @GahnRacing with axle pros Alec co-dog
4. @Kellyex1450 with his son co-dog
Children fathered by the 4 drivers: 11
(Chill on the pullout game, Gahnracing)
Total dirt miles: 380
Met at Cougar Buttes at 7:30AM on a beautiful overcast and brisk dezert morning. Gahnracing and Motiracer38 camped there Thursday night, Kelly1450 and I drove in that morning.
Turnoff from the power line rd to the Silver Cliffs Mine and the Silver Bell Mine. Notice the 90lbs of eucalyptus firewood precariously perched atop my spare tire/bumper...
After some fun bush bashing up a random wash, Motiracer led us to the Silver Cliffs Mine.
Bushes and small trees run over: dozens
Shittalking on the radio about Motiracer’s road: significant
There are a couple vertical shafts that have been closed with generous helpings of steel. It took 7 seconds to hear a rock hit the bottom of this one. Vertical Depth is 376ft.
Headed across the valley to the Silver Bell Mine. Motiracer took the lead for this section and actually found a road.
We crossed the 40 at the Lavic Lake volcanic field and blasted East to Ludlow for a fuel top-off.
Somewhere on this road before the dunes, we helped a dude in a rental car get unstuck. Apparently there is no photographic evidence of that endeavor...
Next stop was Kelso Dunes for some beers. My tire carrier was determined to foil my plan of having a raging hardwood fire. Cracks and torn steel were apparent after 80 miles of abuse, so we transferred the 90~ish pounds of firewood to the bed of Kelly’s sleeper ‘yota.
Somewhere in the Providence Mountains I stopped and talked to a hunter who had great success with quail and chukar. Any other hunters up in this bitch...?
Around this point, Kelly radioed that he had broken a leaf spring. Uh oh!
We flipped a bitch through the bushes and went back to drink beer and help Kelly.
Me: “Damn dude, sorry my firewood broke your spring!
Kelly: “I preran the entire Baja 500 on these springs and it’s the second time I’ve broken one.”
(Kelly ran an explorer leaf pack in the back of his Toyota.)
Kelly solicited the services of his newly-installed winch and pulled the axle and spring forward, effectively wedging it into the forward spring hanger.
Driver’s side rear is a little wonky in this pic:
All tuned up and made it 6~ish miles to Essex rd. Transferred the firewood to truck #3 for the day.
Kelly said the truck drove predictable with the axle winched forward, so he decided to hit pavement and cautiously head home.
To be continued...