Mars
SILVER Star
I've been hanging around the board for about a year now, and its about time I post up a report. In the last 2 months I found the 80 that I wanted, a 1993, locked with 170k, perfectly maintained and never wheeled, for a price that I couldn't pass up. I've had my 60 for a year, and it was time to step it up to something locked and a little more comfortable.
Friday night I pulled off the stock hitch, and threw the spare in the back. Removed my running boards and all the mud flaps getting ready for Saturday's trip. I went solo up Coyote Canyon and Sheep's Canyon in Borrego Springs to try the truck out and see what it could do. My first mod on the truck was to pick up some 285/75 Dueler Revo's, and I was curious to see how they'd perform.
Without a doubt, the truck impressed me in every manner. It basically went everywhere I pointed it, with minimal effort. The tires gripped as well or better than anything I've used previously, and I couldn't be happier with them. I even got them into some super loose sand in the dunes by the Borrego Airport...if you know the area. The tires, even fully aired up, didn't dig in, just chugged up almost axle deep hills with no problems.
Highlight of the trip...leaving the canyon down a rocky wash, half way down I come around a corner and run into Cruiserdrew, Alvarorb, and some other mudders coming up. I gladly backed up and out of the way for them, 9 built cruisers in all! and watched the show as they cruised by with no problems. Apparently they were headed up to camp out and spend the night, too bad I had to be home for Saturday night, it sounded like a good time.
All in all, I couldn't be happier with the truck and the tires. I took a little damage to the undercarriage from rocks, and the front bumper took a hit on a steep dropoff, but other than that, everything fared well. Unfortunately (for my credit cards), the list of mods that I 'need' are all of a suddenly getting a lot bigger...ha!
Mars
Friday night I pulled off the stock hitch, and threw the spare in the back. Removed my running boards and all the mud flaps getting ready for Saturday's trip. I went solo up Coyote Canyon and Sheep's Canyon in Borrego Springs to try the truck out and see what it could do. My first mod on the truck was to pick up some 285/75 Dueler Revo's, and I was curious to see how they'd perform.
Without a doubt, the truck impressed me in every manner. It basically went everywhere I pointed it, with minimal effort. The tires gripped as well or better than anything I've used previously, and I couldn't be happier with them. I even got them into some super loose sand in the dunes by the Borrego Airport...if you know the area. The tires, even fully aired up, didn't dig in, just chugged up almost axle deep hills with no problems.
Highlight of the trip...leaving the canyon down a rocky wash, half way down I come around a corner and run into Cruiserdrew, Alvarorb, and some other mudders coming up. I gladly backed up and out of the way for them, 9 built cruisers in all! and watched the show as they cruised by with no problems. Apparently they were headed up to camp out and spend the night, too bad I had to be home for Saturday night, it sounded like a good time.
All in all, I couldn't be happier with the truck and the tires. I took a little damage to the undercarriage from rocks, and the front bumper took a hit on a steep dropoff, but other than that, everything fared well. Unfortunately (for my credit cards), the list of mods that I 'need' are all of a suddenly getting a lot bigger...ha!
Mars
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