ac dyer skid plate?

[turbocruiser]

speak for yourself concrete

turbo - it's based on picking the route

I respectfully disagree, no matter what route you pick sometimes you simply have to have some scrapage, again, I am not "rock crawling" really and I am usually without a working spotter but I am wheeling over all sorts of natural obstacles that take the toll on the bumper and the AC dryer. When you have some stream that runs for many miles, or a series of granite gravel ledges that you have to go over that run for many miles, there is not much to do other than approach slowly and then speed up quickly.

 

[Junk]

there is not much to do other than approach slowly and then speed up quickly.

What I’m getting at is perhaps there are two ways to get up that ledge, cross that stream etc. I know I haven’t been at your exact obstacle before, but there are many ways to clear the same hurdle. For some ledges some guys prefer to go straight over while others may prefer to get a wheel partly up then turn into it sharply. Others may approach it turning into it immediately and yet others may prefer to approach it in parallel, inch onto then crank into it etc. So there are many ways and that’s what I’m getting at. When we go on the trail, we use a spotter if we need one. Then again, we usually don’t wheel by ourselves. So dissimilar situations result in dissimilar results.

 

[concretejungle]

Leave it to junk to argue.......

 

[Junk]

me argue?

 

[turbocruiser]

Leave it to junk to argue.......

Actually Junk is correct, there are ways and methods to approach with that would prevent me smacking the snot out of the bumper, the problem is actually not one of aggressiveness or experience that tells me to take a straight shot approach it is the opposite; because I am still not so comfortable with going up steep slopes sideways, even for a short amount, and because I do not have a spotter (I always go out with several other toyotas but we all work our own rigs) I go as smoothly and as slowly and as straight as possible. As I get more experienced I will experience how far the vehicle can vary from level (I've had it to 36 degrees on the gag o meter!! woohoo!!!!). Still, while crossing streams I'll probably still work the straight shot approach simply cause with one wheel going up an icy frozen embankment at diagonal angles, I'm likely to slip off and crash down and disturb even more of the river bed, hey not only do I tread lightly, but I respect fish habitat as much as realistically possible...if the ARB has to scrape over the frozen edges of embankments to protect my fishy little friends, then so be it.

 

[e9999]

Actually Junk is correct, there are ways and methods to approach with that would prevent me smacking the snot out of the bumper, the problem is actually not one of aggressiveness or experience that tells me to take a straight shot approach it is the opposite; because I am still not so comfortable with going up steep slopes sideways, even for a short amount, and because I do not have a spotter (I always go out with several other toyotas but we all work our own rigs) I go as smoothly and as slowly and as straight as possible. As I get more experienced I will experience how far the vehicle can vary from level (I've had it to 36 degrees on the gag o meter!! woohoo!!!!). Still, while crossing streams I'll probably still work the straight shot approach simply cause with one wheel going up an icy frozen embankment at diagonal angles, I'm likely to slip off and crash down and disturb even more of the river bed, hey not only do I tread lightly, but I respect fish habitat as much as realistically possible...if the ARB has to scrape over the frozen edges of embankments to protect my fishy little friends, then so be it.

so you want to protect the fishy little friends so you can have them later get their mouth torn on a sharp metal barbed hook, then slowly suffocate, and finally be eaten, like some of our friends like to do...?
Or you just like to look at them?

 

[turbocruiser]

so you want to protect the fishy little friends so you can have them later get their mouth torn on a sharp metal barbed hook, then slowly suffocate, and finally be eaten, like some of our friends like to do...?
Or you just like to look at them?

Whoa man, that hurts, you got it all wrong, when i flyfish it is in "Gold Medal Water" which means no live or real bait, no barbed hooks, no excessive fighting with the fish, and nothing but catch and release. We use dry fly or wet nymphs that are in the 18 to 24 range (tiny), we tread lightly up to the site, walk even lighter on the site and treat the thing as sacred as it is. The moment with the fish is a gift from god and we let em go as good as they were before meeting us. For the record, I have never killed any fish anytime I have caught one, the worst any have ever had from me is a small precise puncture from a non barbed hook, so there!!! ;p

 

[stuck in GA]

Wow you served him. Haha. You sound like a well respected all around fly fisher. We should go sometime. I love to flyfish down in the dirty south where i am. haha

 

[cruiserdan]

I have never killed any fish anytime I have caught one

Neither have I. Somehow they seem to "bump" their noggins on something and I end up having to keep them........


AND BEFORE SOMEBODY STARTS QUACKING>>>>>>>NO, NOT IN CATCH-AND-RELEASE WATERS.....................

 

[turbocruiser]

Wow you served him. Haha. You sound like a well respected all around fly fisher. We should go sometime. I love to flyfish down in the dirty south where i am. haha

Sure, anytime, I love to meet new friends as much as I love to meet new fish!!!

 

[clownmidget]

ac drier bracket mod

A variation on the theme that I had mentioned regarding what Junk did is as follows:

Once you situate the ac drier up to it's new location, limited by the headlight, with the bracket still in it's original location, go ahead and mark it as Junk did. As I was getting ready to cut that and re-weld it I noticed it was about as wide as the ac drier so I just used a BFH and an anvil to flatten that portion and the vise to make a 90-deg bend. Now the little retaining tab actually points up in the vertical plane and the "extra" portion of the bracket covers the bottom. Not a full-blown Slee skid plate but higher and moderatley better protected than it was. And again, for the cheapskates - it took a little under an hour of time. Depending on your tolerances 1-6 beers...

 

[e9999]

Whoa man, that hurts, you got it all wrong, when i flyfish it is in "Gold Medal Water" which means no live or real bait, no barbed hooks, no excessive fighting with the fish, and nothing but catch and release. We use dry fly or wet nymphs that are in the 18 to 24 range (tiny), we tread lightly up to the site, walk even lighter on the site and treat the thing as sacred as it is. The moment with the fish is a gift from god and we let em go as good as they were before meeting us. For the record, I have never killed any fish anytime I have caught one, the worst any have ever had from me is a small precise puncture from a non barbed hook, so there!!! ;p

OK, OK, that sounds just fine to me
(well except for the hole poked in their tender cheeks, of course...)

 

[e9999]

Neither have I. Somehow they seem to "bump" their noggins on something and I end up having to keep them........


AND BEFORE SOMEBODY STARTS QUACKING>>>>>>>NO, NOT IN CATCH-AND-RELEASE WATERS.....................%$#@^

dunno, man, the size of your fishes, they could knock themselves out by hitting a fishing hook headfirst...

 

[Darwood]

Sure, anytime, I love to meet new friends as much as I love to meet new fish!!!

I love to eat new fish! Not too big on eating new friends though... however with some fava beans and a nice chianti you never know.

 

[reffug]

Actually Junk is correct

NO F-ING WAY!!!!!