Rowher Flats - February 14, 2026 Club Run

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The club is planning day run at the Rowher Flats OHV area and anyone is welcome to join us. This run will include some steep climbs and descents but should be suitable for stock vehicles unless the trail has been eroded. The plan is to meet on Saturday (February 14) at 9:00 A.M. and head out on the trail shortly afterwards. We will meet at Staging Area 1 in the OHV park (see map below and this link). The plan is to then follow the Rowher Trail up and over the mountain and end up on Bouquet Canyon Road. If we have time, we will then drive about 3-4 miles south down Bouquet Canyon Road to Quarry Road and take several trails over the hills to San Francisquito Canyon Road. We did this run last year and it was pretty fun and had good scenery (2025 run photos).

Attached are two Google Earth files with the approximate routes of the planned trails. The Rowher Flats trail is marked in red and the trail over the hills to San Francisquito Canyon Road is marked in yellow. These files can be imported into Gaia GPS and probably other programs. If anyone has suggestions for a different route, post up and we will consider changing the plan.

If you have any questions, post here or message me. Message me if you want my phone number. For our Ham operators, we may use channel 146.535 but we will figure out at the trailhead.

If you are planning on attending please post here or message me so we do not leave anyone behind. Also, the OHV park is subject to closure due to rain so if there is any rain in the week before the run then we may need to postpone.

Thanks!

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The views are amazing. One of the best local runs by our club. The steep sections are not difficult but the lean angles are not for the faint of heart
 
Have to pass. Truck is at the dealer overnight for a parasitic drawdown test. Truck is less than 2 years old and 10,000 miles. Wouldn't start after a spectacular light display from the dash and headlights...then nothing. Pretty sure dealer is going to put the blame on my ham radio wired direct to the battery...just like the Landcruiser had been for 15 years...and I told them that. No parasitic drain from that radio!
 
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Have to pass. Truck is at the dealer overnight for a parasitic drawdown test. Truck is less than 2 years old and 10,000 miles. Wouldn't start after a spectacular light display from the dash and headlights...then nothing. Pretty sure dealer is going to put the blame on my ham radio wired direct to the battery...just like the Landcruiser had been for 15 years...and I told them that. No parasitic drain from that radio!
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Brentbba said:
Have to pass. Truck is at the dealer overnight for a parasitic drawdown test. Truck is less than 2 years old and 10,000 miles. Wouldn't start after a spectacular light display from the dash and headlights...then nothing. Pretty sure dealer is going to put the blame on my ham radio wired direct to the battery...just like the Landcruiser had been for 15 years...and I told them that. No parasitic drain from that radio!
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Bummer, Brent! Good luck with the dealer!
 
Brentbba said:
Have to pass. Truck is at the dealer overnight for a parasitic drawdown test. Truck is less than 2 years old and 10,000 miles.
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Say it ain’t so! I was looking forward to following your Trailhunter again. I have a jumper cable if you change your mind. Could it be you’re not driving it enough to charge the battery?
 
Well, they found nothing. Parasitic and battery test were clean. Me tikned my aftermarket wiring of my ham radio...told them that couldn't be it as I'd had it wired the same way with the same radio in the Landcruiser for 15 years without an issue.

Seems OK for now and yes, I don't drive much and what I do is usually short distance. Both aren't good for battery life.

At least I found a video pointing out the auxiliary wire plug location in the truck. Truck has 3 Aux buttons on the dash prepared for things like rock lights, etc. With manual, I couldn't find it and finally found a video point it out. Rewired the radio to that so on prewired truck fuse panel power source now. No excuses for Toyota!
 
@Brentbba consider using a solar trickle charger to keep the battery topped. I use one in my 100 since it sits for weeks sometimes and it never has an issue starting. Also, I don’t know about your truck but on the 100 series if you leave the headlight switch on auto there is a small draw that will eventually kill the battery if parked for a while. Maybe check for something like that or similar that draws power?
 
Otis said:
@Brentbba consider using a solar trickle charger to keep the battery topped. I use one in my 100 since it sits for weeks sometimes and it never has an issue starting. Also, I don’t know about your truck but on the 100 series if you leave the headlight switch on auto there is a small draw that will eventually kill the battery if parked for a while. Maybe check for something like that or similar that draws power?
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Interesting on the headlight auto setting. Never heard that, but that's how I keep mine...and interesting enough, when I got the truck back, the headlight switch was off. Toyota had obviously turned it off for their tests!🤔
Truck doesn't sit for weeks, but a day or two sometimes.
 
My Subaru Outback had several electrical parasites:
1. Power lift gate sensor
2. Automatic interior and head light
3. Door open sensor
4. Battery ground
5. 3G navigation system
6. 3G emergency or SOS communication system
Each has its own fix. It was a painful experience. Hence I’m still driving my 33 year old rig…
 
At one point I had considered a remote kill switch like this:
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Otis said:
A few days with the headlight switch set on auto should not drain the battery. More like a couple weeks…
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Or almost 2 years. I always leave it on. Toyota also mentioned that all the truck electronic sensors that report to the Toyota app can cause a drain. I've turned those all off. Things like doors unlocked, windows open, etc.
 
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