Hi all,
Took the fam and cruiser to spent the night out in the Cascade mountains on an ‘easy trail’ to Bitterlake. My first time on trails in the Pacific Northwest. My prior experiences have been desert for the most part and so I would appreciate some help before I go back out there!
I’ll see if I can upload pictures later. The terrain was mixed. Lots of corrugations (moguls), pot holes, and 1 foot of snow in certain parts although a trail was carved over it by other vehicles.
I am running a Dobinsons MRA suspension on 275 65 18 Toyo AT3s (going up to 275 70 18 this weeks).
In terms of recovery equipment: I took chains along with standard recovery gear except traction boards because I couldn’t find mine. Have a new set coming in. Didn’t have any issues getting stuck although I had a few moments of pucker
Onto my Qs:
- Is it a bad idea to fly down corrugations and potholes at 30-40 mph? This is what the suspension is made to handle yes? I noticed I was driving like a grandma 20mph and everyone around me (mostly in lifted Tacomas or 4Runners) were blowing past me. The pot holes were the thing that was worrying me the most as I took some shocks going through the roads. Mostly though I think it’s my own discomfort with the level of shock that the truck chassis is experiencing. TX dirt trails are comparatively tame.
I need to go faster than I’m going because the roads are private and going 20 mph makes it a 2 hour drive just to get to an area where it’s okay to camp.
Anyone running Dobinson’s MRA please let me know what settings you have compression and rebound on similar terrain.
- What is the essential requipment to get unstuck in the snow if traveling alone without a winch? I have traction boards and
- How do you all deal with pinstriping or preventing it? I think having some wires along the hood to A pillar might go a long way. I use this truck for work too and don’t want to shop up with the sides totally scratched up
Appreciate any and all feedback
Took the fam and cruiser to spent the night out in the Cascade mountains on an ‘easy trail’ to Bitterlake. My first time on trails in the Pacific Northwest. My prior experiences have been desert for the most part and so I would appreciate some help before I go back out there!
I’ll see if I can upload pictures later. The terrain was mixed. Lots of corrugations (moguls), pot holes, and 1 foot of snow in certain parts although a trail was carved over it by other vehicles.
I am running a Dobinsons MRA suspension on 275 65 18 Toyo AT3s (going up to 275 70 18 this weeks).
In terms of recovery equipment: I took chains along with standard recovery gear except traction boards because I couldn’t find mine. Have a new set coming in. Didn’t have any issues getting stuck although I had a few moments of pucker
Onto my Qs:
- Is it a bad idea to fly down corrugations and potholes at 30-40 mph? This is what the suspension is made to handle yes? I noticed I was driving like a grandma 20mph and everyone around me (mostly in lifted Tacomas or 4Runners) were blowing past me. The pot holes were the thing that was worrying me the most as I took some shocks going through the roads. Mostly though I think it’s my own discomfort with the level of shock that the truck chassis is experiencing. TX dirt trails are comparatively tame.
I need to go faster than I’m going because the roads are private and going 20 mph makes it a 2 hour drive just to get to an area where it’s okay to camp.
Anyone running Dobinson’s MRA please let me know what settings you have compression and rebound on similar terrain.
- What is the essential requipment to get unstuck in the snow if traveling alone without a winch? I have traction boards and
- How do you all deal with pinstriping or preventing it? I think having some wires along the hood to A pillar might go a long way. I use this truck for work too and don’t want to shop up with the sides totally scratched up
Appreciate any and all feedback