Redgrrr
I have a problem with 40s
Great pics!
Sniv's 77 FJ40 Picture Log
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Thanks man! I'm definitely happy I got your hood versus going with an Aqualu one. I'm still planning to make it to the black hills and showing you the rig in the future!
Redgrrr
I have a problem with 40s
Come on up!
Our local Cruiser Club (DTC) has our annual TLCA event the third weekend in July every year. We usually have a pretty good showing of 40s and lots of rock trails as well as scenic ones.
Our local Cruiser Club (DTC) has our annual TLCA event the third weekend in July every year. We usually have a pretty good showing of 40s and lots of rock trails as well as scenic ones.
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- #44
Here's a photo dump of my favorite pictures from the past few weeks. Did a trip to explore the Uintas with the trailer and had a blast, though the trailer is in dire need of bigger tires and real suspension. Then picked up this '69 that's now referred to as "Baby Blue" for $600 (has a 350 swapped into it), which the outcome is still uncertain of what we'll do with it but my parents will be coming to pick it up before Winter break and my dad will probably start tearing it down. And then the last few pictures are from the first snow wheeling trip last night, and the first snow trip since the FJ got rolled and turned red! My 35s are super bald too so I just ordered some new Mickey Thompsons for $780 shipped from 4WP.
cruiserkreutz
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Those are some great snow wheeling pictures!
You can't go wrong for $600... That's awesome that your dad likes wrenching that much!
You can't go wrong for $600... That's awesome that your dad likes wrenching that much!
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- #46
Photo dump from a little trip today, plus first two from after getting the new tires. And a short rambling about FJ snow performance:
I must say, I'm kind of disappointed in the 40's snow performance, at least when compared to my 4Runner. I'm not sure if I'm just wheeling it in harder conditions or it's in scenarios most rigs would have trouble, but it just feels inferior to the 4Runner in the snow. Same tires, same wheels, both with open diffs, etc. The FJ definitely has less ground clearance all around, and less power, and less weight, etc. but I kind of expected it would be able to hold it's own. Like today, I had to get pulled for about a 100ft after the picture where it's in the rut. Granted, the guy I was with had a full set of chains on but I was at at MOST 1psi in all the tires (my single digit gauge wouldn't even register anything half the time) and I still couldn't get any traction, and I never really ran into that with my 4Runner. I'm not saying the 4Runner wouldn't get stuck, but when I would really air down (by my standards) it would just keep going and going, even just in the normal single digit psi range it always seemed to have tons of traction and the FJ just struggled more than I'm used to I feel like. I don't know, like I said, maybe I'm being too harsh and the conditions were just exceptionally gnarly and I'm not giving the FJ enough credit. Kinda hard to compare when I don't have them back to back and 99% of the people I wheel with either don't have enough experience or the right mods to keep up in the snow.
Anyways, fun times and enjoy the pictures!
I must say, I'm kind of disappointed in the 40's snow performance, at least when compared to my 4Runner. I'm not sure if I'm just wheeling it in harder conditions or it's in scenarios most rigs would have trouble, but it just feels inferior to the 4Runner in the snow. Same tires, same wheels, both with open diffs, etc. The FJ definitely has less ground clearance all around, and less power, and less weight, etc. but I kind of expected it would be able to hold it's own. Like today, I had to get pulled for about a 100ft after the picture where it's in the rut. Granted, the guy I was with had a full set of chains on but I was at at MOST 1psi in all the tires (my single digit gauge wouldn't even register anything half the time) and I still couldn't get any traction, and I never really ran into that with my 4Runner. I'm not saying the 4Runner wouldn't get stuck, but when I would really air down (by my standards) it would just keep going and going, even just in the normal single digit psi range it always seemed to have tons of traction and the FJ just struggled more than I'm used to I feel like. I don't know, like I said, maybe I'm being too harsh and the conditions were just exceptionally gnarly and I'm not giving the FJ enough credit. Kinda hard to compare when I don't have them back to back and 99% of the people I wheel with either don't have enough experience or the right mods to keep up in the snow.
Anyways, fun times and enjoy the pictures!
78fj40mg
TLCA #23510
Next time try chains on your rig maybe it will do better.
BTW great pics!
BTW great pics!
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- #48
Thanks! I completely agree chains would of helped, but I hate chains and never really felt like I would of needed them once I aired down far enough in the past, that's why I was surprised the 40 couldn't get the kind of traction I think I normally have in the snow. But like I said, lots of variables at play, I also really only had issues when I was following the taco which I think was because his chains were digging down to the ice layer so the low tire pressure wasn't gaining me anything since I couldn't float on the snow and have traction since it was all ice. We'll see how she performs in the coming weeks!
