A few friends with built 40's invited me to run the Dusy. I've wanted to do this for years, and finally felt my truck was ready. What a challenging trail! You have to be constantly alert, as the trail was not built for vehicles the size of the 80. I removed the flares because I knew if I didn't the trail would do it for me! Without the flares I barely squeezed through a few very tight spots.
It took three full days of driving to go 30 miles. The first day (Thompson Hill) was 11 hours to go 9 miles.
I ran this trail knowing the risk of body damage. Fortunately, I had only minimal damage, and it was all in lower areas that I plan on coating with U-Pol. Also, I sheared a mounting bolt on my rear anti-sway bar, so I removed it for the balance of the trip. That was the extent of the carnage, so I feel very fortunate.
My lift, tires, and armor all worked great! As did the Trasharoo (thanks, Dave)! I was only able to take a few pictures because I was so focused on making it through without major damage. Fortunately, one of my buddies took a lot of photos. When I get them from him I'll add a few more.
It took three full days of driving to go 30 miles. The first day (Thompson Hill) was 11 hours to go 9 miles.
I ran this trail knowing the risk of body damage. Fortunately, I had only minimal damage, and it was all in lower areas that I plan on coating with U-Pol. Also, I sheared a mounting bolt on my rear anti-sway bar, so I removed it for the balance of the trip. That was the extent of the carnage, so I feel very fortunate.
My lift, tires, and armor all worked great! As did the Trasharoo (thanks, Dave)! I was only able to take a few pictures because I was so focused on making it through without major damage. Fortunately, one of my buddies took a lot of photos. When I get them from him I'll add a few more.
I ran out of gas on the last day going down a major obstacle. (What am I saying? The whole trail is a major obstacle! 
) In fact, one of the other 40's ran out of gas also.
