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Dapper Dan
Trad climber
Redwood City
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Sep 22, 2016 - 09:07pm PT
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Front and rear ARB's , what a great investment ....
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ruppell
climber
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Sep 22, 2016 - 09:19pm PT
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Dapper
Is that your rig?
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Dapper Dan
Trad climber
Redwood City
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Sep 22, 2016 - 09:57pm PT
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Yes , a 90' 4Runner with a Dana 60 rear and Dana 44 solid front axle. A bunch of other mods that I won't bore you with , but the ARB's get used on nearly every 4x4 trip I do ...
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ruppell
climber
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Sep 22, 2016 - 10:06pm PT
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Nice man. I noticed the SAS you added to the left of SR5. Dana's are a beast. I just picked up my 97. So far it's only gotten a 3" toytec/eibach lift. Plans are in the works for a rear ARB, front bumper, sliders, and skids. It's also a DD for the wife. Luckily she didn't even notice when I pulled the factory running boards off.
And bore away with the mods man. I actually need to extend the diff breather in mine fairly soon. I'd love to put a Marlin Crawler tacobox on it but that's gonna be a long way off. I need to get another vehicle for the wife first. lol
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WyoRockMan
climber
Grizzlyville, WY
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Sep 22, 2016 - 11:07pm PT
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TBC- If that was closer that crack would be my mistress. I don't think I could climb it, but I know I could sit under it and have a good think...
Oh yeah, 4WD...
Tons of places require 4WD. That gets your approach down to about 9 miles for example.
And another thing, I won't tow your Camry, Prius, or other inappropriate vehicle out of the ditch. (Winter, ice climbing areas in particular)
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Majid_S
Mountain climber
Karkoekstan
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Sep 22, 2016 - 11:09pm PT
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old El cap road
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WyoRockMan
climber
Grizzlyville, WY
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Sep 22, 2016 - 11:59pm PT
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North East Side of the Bighorns.
I guess you could walk for 20+ miles...In addition to the 9 miles from the wilderness boundary.
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Ezra Ellis
Trad climber
North wet, and Da souf
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Sep 23, 2016 - 02:58am PT
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Nut again, the current model Toyota 4Runner gets 22 or so on the highway, 17 in the city, and will be waaaay more reliable than a jeep.
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Jaybro
Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
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Sep 23, 2016 - 05:42am PT
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Yes randis, you hall monitor, in theory you can get anywhere on the planet w/o 4 wd. But in real world practice there are are a lot of them that just won't happen unless you have unlimited time and energy.
Thus 4 wd.
Would you walk or bike to Century crack, with the rack it requires? Twenty #5's alone ( I may be rounding up). Would be a full pack...
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JLP
Social climber
The internet
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Sep 23, 2016 - 08:08am PT
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4wd is mostly a man-toy. It's so unnecessary for climbing.
I've traveled the most remote 4wd roads anywhere via other means. I've found them to be full of fat people. A few grand for a vehicle and a tank of gas turns out to not be much of a barrier for a man to live out his boyhood fantasies of far-flung adventure to the edge of the unknown.
If you are looking for solitude, a pair of shoes and a small pack is best.
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tradmanclimbs
Ice climber
Pomfert VT
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Sep 23, 2016 - 08:30am PT
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Cars should not even be made without AWD. Everytime I have to drive a 2wd rig in the winter it sucks.
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Dapper Dan
Trad climber
Redwood City
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Sep 23, 2016 - 08:34am PT
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Excellent and timely Seinfeld referance DMT !
Ruppel here's the specs on my 'Runner...
rebuilt 22re with 40k miles
Dana 44 front and Dana 60 rear
5.29 gears with f+r ARB's
Goodyear MT/R's 37x12.5x17 tires
Dual cases with Marlin 4.7 rear case and Toyota 2.2 case
Twin stick on rear case
Trail gear sliders and tube bumpers
Warn 9500 winch
Here's my youtube channel , I got a bunch of off-road videos on there...
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCi8ppDZiz45KNtned7w1jgQ
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WyoRockMan
climber
Grizzlyville, WY
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Sep 23, 2016 - 09:29am PT
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It's so unnecessary for climbing.
Seems to be common thinking, judging on the number of stuck in the ditch cars I see every year.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Sep 23, 2016 - 10:05am PT
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Yeah, a Prius would have been great here.
That was the easy part.
Nah, didn't need 4x4 here either.
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JLP
Social climber
The internet
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Sep 23, 2016 - 10:34am PT
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Yeah, a Prius would have been great here. The discussion is about what climbing is at the end of such a road, not that these roads exist and what you need to run them.
If you want to discuss 4x4 roads, the pix thus far are weak and incapable rigs, really, if you want to discuss 4x4 roads. You might run a Moab 5 or 6 rated road out of 10, at best, and then only with a willingness to accept significant damage.
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kief
Trad climber
east side
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Sep 23, 2016 - 10:38am PT
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Reilly — Saline Valley?
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tradmanclimbs
Ice climber
Pomfert VT
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Sep 23, 2016 - 11:10am PT
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There were several times this summer when we were 50 miles from pavement. Once it rained on us in UT and the dust turned to grease. barely made it back to pavement. AWD was only really put to the test a half dozen times or so but it was peace of mind every time we went deep.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Sep 23, 2016 - 11:52am PT
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Kief, the first pic was Cottonwood Cyn, which was pretty rough and those
side canyons DO have climbing on pure Carrara marble in at least one of them.
The second pic is Wingate Pass. Not a lot of climbing around there.
Burch, I admit I'm not manly enough for a rag top Jeep - it messes with
my coiffure. In addition I would never own one because when I park it
to go climbing I want my margarita blender and microwave to be relatively
secure.
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Dapper Dan
Trad climber
Redwood City
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Sep 23, 2016 - 11:58am PT
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Burch , what trail is that?
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August West
Trad climber
Where the wind blows strange
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Sep 23, 2016 - 03:42pm PT
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Reilly,
Those pics show why you need clearance. But it's not clear to me that 4WD is required there.
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