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John Moosie
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Beautiful California
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Apr 29, 2010 - 01:44am PT
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You haven't been 4 wheeling until you've gotten stuck. Congratulations. haha.. You don't carry a self rescue kit? A come along and a hi-lift jack are about all you need. Plus a shovel and maybe a tow strap.
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John Moosie
climber
Beautiful California
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Apr 29, 2010 - 02:08am PT
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Shoot, jack up the axle, put the planks under the tires, and drive out. Saves you a few bucks. And yes, I loved my toyota for how tough it was.
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John Moosie
climber
Beautiful California
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Apr 29, 2010 - 02:25am PT
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Yep, once you are use to it, you just laugh it off. Of course it helps if you didn't break anything and it helps that you had triple A. That makes it easier to laugh. Glad the guy was nice and knew what he was doing.
Blocks of wood do help. In your case, with a shovel. You put a plank under the jack. Jack the axle up. Shovel some dirt under the tires. Let the jack down, Put another plank under the jack and jack it back up and put more dirt or rocks under the tires until you have it high enough. Works like a charm, as long as the dirt is loose so you can shovel it, or their are rocks, or you have blocks of wood. Even a spare tire can be used under a tire to gain clearance. But thats a LOT! of work and triple A is easier.. haha.. Hi lift jacks are great. You can even use them like a come along. Though that can be tedious. But if you are stuck and its a long way from anywhere, well. You do what you have to do.
Edit: You should have seen me this winter when I slid off the road down a hill into a deep snowbank. Had to jack the back tire up to get the chains on. Had to put a strap on the truck so it wouldn't slide further down the hill while I was jacking it up. With all the shoveling, it took me about 2 hours. But I don't have triple A, so I save myself at least 100 bucks.
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LithiumMetalman
Trad climber
cesspool central
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Apr 29, 2010 - 02:56am PT
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Hi-lifts are nice (and do make a nice makeshift come-a-long) but fairly useless (please correct me if I am wrong) if the truck lacks rocker panels or hi-lift "compatible" bumpers for jacking, though the wheel lifters in conjunction with a hi-lift do work nicely!
Toyota trucks are tough! A proud owner as well!
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Willoughby
Social climber
Truckee, CA
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Apr 29, 2010 - 03:02am PT
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279K hard miles on mine, and counting. Been stuck plenty of times, but nothing I couldn't figure out on my own. Come along was one of the first purchases. I'm gonna be so sad when that truck finally craps out. Maybe I'll just throw a new engine in when the time comes. I mean, where else am I gonna listen to my old cassettes?
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climbrunride
Sport climber
Purgatory
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Apr 29, 2010 - 03:03am PT
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Those trucks rock. Ya gotta try REALLY hard to kill 'em.
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John Moosie
climber
Beautiful California
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Apr 29, 2010 - 03:35am PT
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I understand TR, It can suck when the weather is bad. I live in the mountains and carry severe weather gear for when I get stuck, but I still piss and moan when its sleeting and hailing and your hands are freezing. I also carry extra pairs of gloves and hand warmers for just such occasions. But then I hate spending money on a tow, so I have spent a fair amount of time getting unstuck. Plus I have been in places where a tow truck wouldn't come out. And I use to go by myself. So no choice but to deal with it.
Lithium, they have gadgets that attach a hi lift to rounded bumpers, and there is a device for attaching it to wheels for side lift. I have used a strap attached to the frame for a side lift when there wasn't room to lift the wheel. You can still mess up body panels, but sometimes that is less important then getting unstuck. When your truck is in danger of rolling down a hillside, you stop caring about things like bent body panels and start trying to jury rig whatever you need. If you are in that situation though, you have likely devoted your vehicle to 4 wheeling and have added the necessary attachment points.
Of course when I first started wheelin, we got ourselves into some serious messes pretty quickly and didn't have the best gear. haha..It is amazing how fast you can get yourself into a jam. Sidehills are my nemesis. No more for me, as I am too poor to fix a broken truck and don't have a serious rig anymore anyways. Now I turn back before things get very wild.
here is a video as the extras they sell. I don't recommend the base. A piece of wood with a bolt in it works better.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q881HaMAWkk&feature=related
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hooblie
climber
from where the anecdotes roam
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Apr 29, 2010 - 10:55am PT
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on my digs out on the coconino, i've got one of those '70's shuttle busses we all rode around in... the one with the matching trailer. midship stairs with the bi-fold doors, huge picture windows. it makes a wonderful sunroom when the wind is blowing cold. i tugged it nearly into position with my tow truck since it has no back axle. the engine is gone and the front axle needs to be returned to the seller.
trouble is, i want it snugged right up to a big juniper to perfect the framing of the view of the san fran peaks, but the gap left by the absented tow rig called for solution. i have a long cable threaded thru the tree, but the rocky side hill and no rear axle problem will have to be overcome by inserting a uniquely dimensioned A-frame in the gap such that back end will arc up and over, landing in place. then the leveling can begin, four (stone) masonry pylons constructed, tie downs rigged, and hearth* fashioned in place of the engine cover.
five of the benches are enjoying a second career, in a ring around the fire pit. according to the whims of the smoke, relief is found by sliding from seat to seat.
for old times sake, throw a coiled rope down on the fiberglass, follow it up with the thump of a loaded rucksack, the slap of the buckles. yup, exactly as remembered from the glory days, watching the walls roll by through the forest picket, slumped in a heap after slugging it out in on a ten pitch bout
*rocket stove, a really cool, i mean hot technology. google it!
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Watusi
Social climber
Newport, OR
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Apr 29, 2010 - 12:56pm PT
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I have a '86 4X4 that I take virtually everywhere! Even did the camo job myself!! I also have a High Lift Jack, Come-along, Shovels, Tow-Straps, and even Sand Rails for the Dunes here at the beach in Oregon...Mostly used this stuff for rescuing others that I come along...But that's just good Karma!:) Even including a shot of my Cam'O'Lantern that I painted for Halloween with the same stencil (from Stencilease.com) that I used for my truck, Ha Ha! Peace and good off-roading T*R!!!
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couchmaster
climber
pdx
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Apr 29, 2010 - 02:06pm PT
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We got the Lesbaru stuck at our secret camping spot once on a Smith trip when it rained and we thought we could 4 x 4 over slick rock to get out...uhhh, nope.
The fully chained up tow truck which showed up to tow us, a 4 x 4 itself, got stuck. The tow truck that the tow truck called could have got stock too, but he was savy and set his hooks and ran a tow rope @ 100 feet to the stuck tow truck, who finally got out and then they both got us out.
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hooblie
climber
from where the anecdotes roam
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Apr 29, 2010 - 02:21pm PT
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trade that high lift in for a proper fence stretcher ... kidding,eh? what you really want is an air bladder inflated by the compressor
made from your decommissioned air conditioner. coupla slide rails under the chassis can be handy.
crack a cold one, sit back and savor the sound of goodbye to jacking and cribbing
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Watusi
Social climber
Newport, OR
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Apr 29, 2010 - 08:04pm PT
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"Is that a picture of a truck? I can't make it out it's so well hidden."
Hee-Hee!!:)
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EdBannister
Mountain climber
CA
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Apr 29, 2010 - 10:34pm PT
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1/2 ton truck 7 miles to 384 K, 1st problem, a starter, at 175K.
Previa Van 28k to 172k still running perfectly, replaced a starter and a wire harness.
Sequoia 11 k to 38k rt front speaker replaced. orther than that, flawless.
Tundra 3 miles to 177k, recalled the ball joints, other than that all toyota paid issue, 0 problems, perfect every time.
Toyotas have more free running clearance underneath the axle. look at ford or gm products, brake lines hanging below the axle YIKES!! hook yer stump on That!
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apogee
climber
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Apr 30, 2010 - 02:20am PT
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I love my 2004 Tacoma 4WD xtra cab.
Lots.
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Willoughby
Social climber
Truckee, CA
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Apr 30, 2010 - 02:21am PT
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I shouldn't have said anything last night. Apparently I jinxed it and my e-brake went out. C'est la vie. I'll fix it...
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Mighty Hiker
climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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Apr 30, 2010 - 02:36am PT
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toyotas are MIGHTY! I just knew there was a reason I have a Matrix.
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Watusi
Social climber
Newport, OR
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Apr 30, 2010 - 10:50am PT
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I have seen the inflatable jacks before...Cost comparison first...
Hi-Lift Jack: $49.95
Inflatable Jack: $249.95
Plus with the Hi-Lift Jack engaged you can drive right off of it, as I've done many times. Most recently while High Centered on Fallen log...
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Norwegian
Trad climber
Placerville, California
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May 12, 2010 - 05:12pm PT
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during a mid-winter rebuild, i glimpsed her soul. no onedur they foul the air.
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nature
climber
Tucson, AZ
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May 12, 2010 - 06:22pm PT
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Made my first payment two days ago. Dam straight I appreciate my Toyota.
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Denise Umstot
climber
Princess of the El Cap Bridge!
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May 12, 2010 - 06:28pm PT
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Nice Nature...I love my Toyota FJ!
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Jingy
Social climber
Nowhere
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May 21, 2010 - 11:01am PT
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Toyota's coming back to the NUMMI plant....
Maybe this time American Auto Indstry will pay attention...
Jay Edit:
Already mentioned...
Beans...
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Jaybro
Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
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May 21, 2010 - 11:02am PT
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If only they'd make Saabs there too....
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seth kovar
climber
Bay Area
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She's in the mail... can't wait to start appreciating her...
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Willoughby
Social climber
Truckee, CA
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Apr 13, 2011 - 11:43am PT
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Oh, what a feeling! Toyota!!
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Chaz
Trad climber
greater Boss Angeles area
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Apr 13, 2011 - 12:07pm PT
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Looks like you're done with the break-in period, Willoughby.
The White Tornado, here, gets a new timing chain on Monday.
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this just in
climber
north fork
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Apr 13, 2011 - 12:53pm PT
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I got the one I saw on T.V. The Loch Ness Monster threw my truck out of the water and it was unscratched. I hit a deer at 55 (cause I don't speed)and it was 5,500 in damage?????? Maybe I got a defect?
Toyota's are the best, just buy a brushguard. I still haven't bought a brushguard= dumb arse.
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Norwegian
Trad climber
Placerville, California
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Apr 13, 2011 - 01:04pm PT
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i have always will been an hillbilly,
sans souci at the contienent's edge, wine-spiced reality.
the laws they be occassionally broke.
mesa verde national forest - 10000 foot pass north of durango.
the little 20r within was always anxious for adventure.
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Norwegian
Trad climber
Placerville, California
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Apr 13, 2011 - 01:12pm PT
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mid winter rebuild
stupid, f*#king zen
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Chaz
Trad climber
greater Boss Angeles area
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Apr 13, 2011 - 01:19pm PT
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Weschrist writes:
"I'm getting a Nissan."
You know what "Nissan" stands for, don't you?
"Fix It Again, Tony"
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Grayarea
Trad climber
CA
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Apr 13, 2011 - 06:10pm PT
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84 straight axle extra cab- drove her till 334,000, and kidneys and low back couldn't take it anymore. Newer 4 runner 1996, now has 242,000 and going strong, just got a tune and running like a new truck. I love my Yota's!!!
driving her to JT next week week!!
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nature
climber
Kovalum Kerala India
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Apr 14, 2011 - 01:09pm PT
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I have a small list of things I miss in America. One is my Toyota which is sitting in storage all safe and sound.
I think once I get back to the states I'm converting my trailer into an office and will work from the road. it's working in India/Thailand so I might as well make it work on the mainland.
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giegs
climber
Tardistan
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Nov 19, 2011 - 10:14pm PT
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After 2 years of living and climbing car free, it's time to burn dinosaurs.
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mctwisted
Social climber
slacker city
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Nov 19, 2011 - 11:10pm PT
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buddy came over to the house needing a little help with his toy, he knew i had a winch so...
fired right up and drove off
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drljefe
climber
El Presidio San Augustin del Tucson
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Nov 19, 2011 - 11:24pm PT
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Well, I know this doesn't reeeealy count, compared to all these burly yotas, but...
Say hello to Stella Blue.
I've been car free for 1.5 years and am super stoked.
Only has 25k('05) and it IS a Toyota engine.
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laughingman
Ice climber
Seattle WA
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Nov 19, 2011 - 11:40pm PT
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Not a truck but still a Toyota and a good story
A 1993 Toyota corolla saved my life on october 30th 2011
It was a dark, story and rainy night in seattle some dude merged into me and I swerved overcorrected and put the car into a spin, spun out across several lanes of traffic and hit the wall going 60 MPH. I walked away without injury. The car got totaled (the front end hit the wall straight on). I feel very lucky to be alive.
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nature
climber
back in Tuscon Aridzona....
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Nov 20, 2011 - 12:28am PT
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sweet..... you're turn to drive up Lemmon.
or Cochise.
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Norwegian
Trad climber
Placerville, California
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Nov 22, 2011 - 03:11pm PT
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part time mid-wife here,
delivering transmission in the rain.
no drugs administered to my clients.
i've cool friends that let me wrench on
pregnant trucks in their yard.
we hilbillys take good care of usall.
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