First Off Road Use.

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First Off Road Use.

Postby Gerdo » Sat Aug 26, 2006 5:12 pm

My wife and I want camping last weekend. I started up a trail and it kept getting worse as we drove. Large ruts/wash outs. Up we went. No camping up that trail but the only other vehicle was another 4Runner. They looked at us as if we were crazy. We found a great camping spot on another trail. As we set up camp we notices water running out of my galley drains and hatch. When we open the hatch I noticed one of my 5 gallon water jugs had popped its lid. It was still standing but only about one gallon of water was still in it. I guess it WAS a rough trail. My TD isn't a rockcrawler but I built it to take trails (see my album)(sorry no pictures of the trip)
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Postby mikeschn » Sat Aug 26, 2006 6:59 pm

Too bad you didn't get pictures of the trip... I would have liked to see the rugged terrain you were traveling in...

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Postby jagular7 » Sat Aug 26, 2006 8:32 pm

Pictures of the Toyota and trailer taking the ruts would have been a keeper, especially if the Toyota was tilting one way, the camper another. Do you run a ball tongue coupling?

Got a better cap for the water?
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Postby Gerdo » Sun Aug 27, 2006 9:05 am

There was times it seemed likt my TV was 30* to one side and my TD was 30* to the other.
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Postby dacrazyrn » Sun Aug 27, 2006 10:51 am

Where did ya go?
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Postby Gerdo » Sun Aug 27, 2006 3:04 pm

Just south of Buffalo Creek. Toward Wellington Lake.
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