Hiluxforever
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Sounds like you saw STEVE. I saw something similar to steve but on a larger scale in 2004. You could see driving down 235 with all the stret lights on in Des Moines
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Just completed Broken Arrow in Sedona. The GX did great but I need to trim the front bumper. It has TRD wheels in 265/70
r2m
Richard
Wow! That thing is MINT! Can't be new, is it???Not exactly GX but back on to pictures I dropped the trailer off at the 4x shop near me out in the middle of nowhere earlier this week to have them give it a good going over. This was on the lift when I walked in they said someone had imported it from Saudi Arabia. I had never seen one before even when I was over in the Sand Box
r2m
Richard
Welcome to the forum!
There's a few threads on here about trimming both front and rear bumpers if you do a search.
Or.... You can start looking at the Guide to GX 460 Builds and Aftermarket Products for some armor!
Hey curious what size tires and Lordy details in these photos- truck looks phenomenal
r2m
Richard
Don't know about you, but to me it just looks plain dirty...
re_guderian
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For those wanting to see
Hiluxforever
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I highly recommend Spaceweather.com. you can even pay to get alerts. It's the main site is use for picking when I shoot sunspots. I started using it when I was still in the chAir Force in 2001 or so. When i moved downtown I started doing solar photography since astrophotography was out with the level of light pollution here.
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Another day out in the Mountains, another reminder the “splash pan” ain’t no skid plate..
Hiluxforever
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It's custom! 
I have been happy with my ARBs so far.
I have been happy with my ARBs so far.
I really need to get my 55 on the road and stop beating up the GXIt's custom!
Hiluxforever
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yea, the arb skids are not too expensive. They aren't as nice or thick as the bud built but they are good for the light stuff. Mine tends to plow out the center of the local mud holes, soI really need to get my 55 on the road and stop beating up the GX
I am doing a community service...
I went for a nice 400 mile drive today. I got a million photos to go through, but this one stood out.
I've taken this same pic at this location with a half-dozen different cars, but this is a good 'un.
I've taken this same pic at this location with a half-dozen different cars, but this is a good 'un.
which
which crossbars are those?
I woke up Sunday Morning with no way to hold my head that didn't hurt. So I set out at dawn, searching for Aspen trees with colorful fall leaves. When I was growing up in Colorado, our house overlooked a valley filled with Quaking Aspen and every fall it would burst with color. Tourists would flock to the area from Denver, but our private little corner of the mountains was pristine and it was one of my favorite annual events. Last year, when visiting Bishop, I heard the familiar rustling of Aspen leaves and got hit with an unexpected wave nostalgia. I didn't realize how much I missed Aspens, and it dawned on me that I hadn't seen the leaves change in a couple of decades.
Bishop is a little too far for a day trip, even for me. So I headed up Sherman Pass from the East Sierras in a long shot attempt to see the Aspen leaves change. They aren't common anywhere in the state, and especially not this far south, but the Kern Plateau is accessible and always worth the trip, Aspens or not.
I struck gold a couple miles below the summit of the pass. It's no Pando, but beggars can't be choosers and I'll just count my blessings instead of Aspen shoots. By this point I was doubting that I'd find any, so to see this small stand in peak color was a relief.
It doesn't get any better than that. By next week these trees will likely be bald. With my mission accomplished, I proceeded to wonder around and get myself into trouble.
I explored a trail that had piqued my curiosity but I'd never attempted. Looking at the map, it appears to Peter out about a half mile before a junction with a larger trail. I suspected there'd be a path through, and I was somewhat correct. After the trail's end, it got narrower but continued as expected. I was hopping out to tuck branches back, but didn't saw any limbs. Eventually, I ran out of luck.
It's hard to tell by the pic, but this is where I turned around. The small tree on the right edge of frame was blocking about 80% of the trail. I scouted beyond that and it didn't look promising, so I did what must have been a 20 point turn until I'd swung the beast around. I was probably only a couple hundred yards from the expected junction, and I would've gone for it in a lot of my old cars, but I like this paint and my wife doesn't like pinstripes, so I called it off.
I explored yet another fork and drove it to its end in a meadow just below the main ridge. The whole area had burned, very recently, and I could see evidence of fire crews working this meadow.
As we were leaving, I spotted this wisp of smoke rising from the valley we just had lunch in. It turns out, this is the Trout Fire, and it's still very much in progress. I'm glad I didn't get cut off from my trail, as that has recently happened to folks with disastrous results. Gotta check those fire maps before heading out this time of year.
Up and over the ridge, where I took that top shot facing Olancha Peak, and I was back on more familiar turf. We were just here last spring for our last sledding trip of the year, and I could tell when my daughter started recognizing more landmarks and getting her bearings. In the background of the shot above, you'll see the Sherman Pass 4x4 trail descending rapidly. That trail has been on my bucket list for years, and one of these days I'll get the armor, lockers, and 35s needed to tackle it.
When I got down to the trailhead, I put all four tires on the trail and took a picture, before backing up and getting back on the pavement. This is the most poseur thing I've ever done in my life, and I deserve any and all scorn I receive.
We continued across the Kern River valley, and up to the Great Western Divide, where the Windy fire devastated numerous old-growth Sequoia groves back in '21. I wanted to revisit Packsaddle grove, which I found just weeks before the fire and I've read it was wiped out completely. The trails up there are still closed, three years later, so I wasn't able to check. It doesn't look promising from where I was, or from viewpoints in the area, but these ancients are resilient.
We went to Long Meadow Grove instead and hiked what's left of the Trail of 100 Giants. There was surface burns on every tree, and some of the old growth is clearly dead now, but it's better than I had feared. I think it's probably down to 60-70 Giants now, but many of the great trees were saved thanks to the hard work of our fire crews. I won't want to be there when some of that dead growth falls, but I was glad to visit these old friends of mine again.
By 7pm, we were sipping limeade at a Bakersfield Sonic, and home by bedtime (adjusted for adventure allowance). It was a great trip, but now I've got to wash all the ash and dust off this week at some point.
Bishop is a little too far for a day trip, even for me. So I headed up Sherman Pass from the East Sierras in a long shot attempt to see the Aspen leaves change. They aren't common anywhere in the state, and especially not this far south, but the Kern Plateau is accessible and always worth the trip, Aspens or not.
I struck gold a couple miles below the summit of the pass. It's no Pando, but beggars can't be choosers and I'll just count my blessings instead of Aspen shoots. By this point I was doubting that I'd find any, so to see this small stand in peak color was a relief.
It doesn't get any better than that. By next week these trees will likely be bald. With my mission accomplished, I proceeded to wonder around and get myself into trouble.
I explored a trail that had piqued my curiosity but I'd never attempted. Looking at the map, it appears to Peter out about a half mile before a junction with a larger trail. I suspected there'd be a path through, and I was somewhat correct. After the trail's end, it got narrower but continued as expected. I was hopping out to tuck branches back, but didn't saw any limbs. Eventually, I ran out of luck.
It's hard to tell by the pic, but this is where I turned around. The small tree on the right edge of frame was blocking about 80% of the trail. I scouted beyond that and it didn't look promising, so I did what must have been a 20 point turn until I'd swung the beast around. I was probably only a couple hundred yards from the expected junction, and I would've gone for it in a lot of my old cars, but I like this paint and my wife doesn't like pinstripes, so I called it off.
I explored yet another fork and drove it to its end in a meadow just below the main ridge. The whole area had burned, very recently, and I could see evidence of fire crews working this meadow.
As we were leaving, I spotted this wisp of smoke rising from the valley we just had lunch in. It turns out, this is the Trout Fire, and it's still very much in progress. I'm glad I didn't get cut off from my trail, as that has recently happened to folks with disastrous results. Gotta check those fire maps before heading out this time of year.
Up and over the ridge, where I took that top shot facing Olancha Peak, and I was back on more familiar turf. We were just here last spring for our last sledding trip of the year, and I could tell when my daughter started recognizing more landmarks and getting her bearings. In the background of the shot above, you'll see the Sherman Pass 4x4 trail descending rapidly. That trail has been on my bucket list for years, and one of these days I'll get the armor, lockers, and 35s needed to tackle it.
When I got down to the trailhead, I put all four tires on the trail and took a picture, before backing up and getting back on the pavement. This is the most poseur thing I've ever done in my life, and I deserve any and all scorn I receive.
We continued across the Kern River valley, and up to the Great Western Divide, where the Windy fire devastated numerous old-growth Sequoia groves back in '21. I wanted to revisit Packsaddle grove, which I found just weeks before the fire and I've read it was wiped out completely. The trails up there are still closed, three years later, so I wasn't able to check. It doesn't look promising from where I was, or from viewpoints in the area, but these ancients are resilient.
We went to Long Meadow Grove instead and hiked what's left of the Trail of 100 Giants. There was surface burns on every tree, and some of the old growth is clearly dead now, but it's better than I had feared. I think it's probably down to 60-70 Giants now, but many of the great trees were saved thanks to the hard work of our fire crews. I won't want to be there when some of that dead growth falls, but I was glad to visit these old friends of mine again.
By 7pm, we were sipping limeade at a Bakersfield Sonic, and home by bedtime (adjusted for adventure allowance). It was a great trip, but now I've got to wash all the ash and dust off this week at some point.
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r2m
Richard
Where did you find the 3" high Pixie walking towards the tree?I
Great photo of perspective!
Yeah, you really can't photograph these things accurately. This is from the same location, with a wide lense instead of zoomed. You want the wide angle to get the whole tree in frame, but to do that makes it appear smaller, so there's no good solutions.
You just have to go see them for yourself to really "get it." That's why I take my daughter to visit these places as often as we can, so she'll appreciate them and connect with them personally. From a more pessimistic perspective, it's so she'll remember them when they're gone.
r2m
Richard
We've been there. Need to go again for my granddaughters sake, same reasons as yourself.
I want to go to the Yosemite Ahwahnee Lodge before it closes beginning of December. It's going to be closed for quite some time, not known when it'll open again.
From what I understand, it's getting a major restoration, and supposedly really needs it.
I want to go to the Yosemite Ahwahnee Lodge before it closes beginning of December. It's going to be closed for quite some time, not known when it'll open again.
From what I understand, it's getting a major restoration, and supposedly really needs it.
I always make a point to show Joshua Trees to my daughter when we see them. By all accounts, those will be extinct within her lifetime, so it's important to make an impression on her while we can. Giant Sequoia aren't even endangered, and apparently some transplants to the British Isles are going gangbusters, but once we lose these old growth trees they're gone for the next few millennia. All the more reason to get while the getting's good.
Mostly still good. Mine looked far worse after bashing them on the dunes at Silver Lake...then some trails in VA. The dents come out with a hammer and dolly during oil changes
. I switched to ARBs and like them. I suspect they are not as durable as Bud or other makers but they've done well enough for me so far.
