You're gonna need all the comfort you can get, that's a long drive.
Wish I could make it this year.
Wish I could make it this year.
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Looks sweet
It's only been with out shocks for a few days right?but the difference in ride quality is incredible
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Ride out to the beach was super smooth with the new shocks and caster shims! Made it to this point in roughly 4 hours, so not too bad.
We rolled up to the beach and found this guy not 15 feet from the entrance. First up was Brian (black 80), then I got a shot.
I hitched up to the tundra, gave it a good pull and when she dug down to get traction, the tundra popped up. At the same time, moonshine made a popping noise, apparently only audible from the cab, and there was no more forward or rearward propulsion. Motor still ran, but driveshafts weren't spinning, so instead of ruining the weekend, we instead elected to tow me up to the house. Huge thank you to @GarnerFJ40 and @erymer for towing me
Further up the beach we had to go down to one truck because it got narrow, and that's when the towing got interesting. After getting up over a steep hill, we bombed down the beach so as to not get bogged down again and moonshine was pelted with sand, so much so that the windshield wipers stopped working. I radioed to Brian "Uh, Brian, we've got to stop because I can't see anything". His response (more or less) "I can't stop because we probably won't get going again". The only logical conclusion was to do it ace venture style, and although painful, it worked well and we made it to the house.
This is when Gabe's video happened:
This is what my poor girl looked like afterwards (I had just wiped the driver's side of the windshield):
Saturday was a blur and totally amazing. We ate, we drank, we lounged in the pool and watched a new ford burn on the beach, then found some wild horses. It was quite the day:
Sunday was pack up and leave day. @erymer and his family stayed with Laura and I as we waited for the tow truck to get there, despite having a 6+ hour drive home. I love you guys, thank you.
Got dropped off almost exactly 200 miles from that lot and then @mtweller and @ontherxs helped load moonshine onto Ramon's trailer, who brought me the rest of the way home for free, instead of for $3 a mile.
This week I'll pull the transfer case out and see what I broke, then contemplate enrolling in driving school, or maybe common sense school, so I'm not ripping on my truck so hard.
We rolled up to the beach and found this guy not 15 feet from the entrance. First up was Brian (black 80), then I got a shot.
I hitched up to the tundra, gave it a good pull and when she dug down to get traction, the tundra popped up. At the same time, moonshine made a popping noise, apparently only audible from the cab, and there was no more forward or rearward propulsion. Motor still ran, but driveshafts weren't spinning, so instead of ruining the weekend, we instead elected to tow me up to the house. Huge thank you to @GarnerFJ40 and @erymer for towing me
Further up the beach we had to go down to one truck because it got narrow, and that's when the towing got interesting. After getting up over a steep hill, we bombed down the beach so as to not get bogged down again and moonshine was pelted with sand, so much so that the windshield wipers stopped working. I radioed to Brian "Uh, Brian, we've got to stop because I can't see anything". His response (more or less) "I can't stop because we probably won't get going again". The only logical conclusion was to do it ace venture style, and although painful, it worked well and we made it to the house.
This is when Gabe's video happened:
This is what my poor girl looked like afterwards (I had just wiped the driver's side of the windshield):
Saturday was a blur and totally amazing. We ate, we drank, we lounged in the pool and watched a new ford burn on the beach, then found some wild horses. It was quite the day:
Sunday was pack up and leave day. @erymer and his family stayed with Laura and I as we waited for the tow truck to get there, despite having a 6+ hour drive home. I love you guys, thank you.
Got dropped off almost exactly 200 miles from that lot and then @mtweller and @ontherxs helped load moonshine onto Ramon's trailer, who brought me the rest of the way home for free, instead of for $3 a mile.
This week I'll pull the transfer case out and see what I broke, then contemplate enrolling in driving school, or maybe common sense school, so I'm not ripping on my truck so hard.
Great pics. Sorry to hear about Moonshine, but I'm sure you'll be able to get her going in no time.
Cruiserdrew
On the way there
Wow. Good attitude though. Time for Atlas?
Don't I remember you got towed home once before? Time for a big truck and a trailer.
Don't I remember you got towed home once before? Time for a big truck and a trailer.
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This is the third time that I've had to have Moonshine towed home. First was multiple birfs and a rear axle shaft, then too many flat tires, then this. A tow rig and trailer is in the works, but even if I had one, I'm not sure I would have used it for this beach trip.
It may be time for an atlas, but I want to see what's busted first. I hope it's the transfer and not the transmission.
It may be time for an atlas, but I want to see what's busted first. I hope it's the transfer and not the transmission.
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Could not agree more. ONSC is incredible.
Sorry to hear that. At least you had fun in the process or at least a good story to tell. Maybe the 4WD shift collar thingy broke? Hopefully something simple.
Gotta love pullin people out of stucks eh?
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If I had broken the front output shift collar or shaft, I should still have been able to drive in RWD.
That's my guess as well. When you broke your crawl box a few years ago (first time we met) what component actually failed?
This is the last time I pull someone out with a regular snatch strap when they're that stuck. I over-estimated Moonshine's pulling ability.
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One Bashed Up 80
The input shaft/gear.
I hope it's something simple to fix. But it would be disappointing to know the NV4500 transmission could not take trying to pull someone out of the sand. I thought these things were built to tow really heavy loads.
