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Build What did you do to your Land Cruiser/Toyota/Lexus 4X4 this week?
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New wheels and tires on the 40 this week.
Wife suggested a lunch date at Sawmill Run on the Lemmon via the control road to trail test the new suspension parts and the manual
locking goodies.
Added bonus, right place at the right time. These guys were practicing touch and goes where the Old sawmill used to be (right on the side of the trail). First time in my life to be blasted with rotor wash.
locking goodies.
Added bonus, right place at the right time. These guys were practicing touch and goes where the Old sawmill used to be (right on the side of the trail). First time in my life to be blasted with rotor wash.
Clocked all 2s on the odometer towing the boat to the lake with the new to me rear bumper.
Wife suggested a lunch date at Sawmill Run on the Lemmon via the control road to trail test the new suspension parts and the manual
locking goodies.View attachment 3339567
Added bonus, right place at the right time. These guys were practicing touch and goes where the Old sawmill used to be (right on the side of the trail). First time in my life to be blasted with rotor wash.
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I haven't heard anything about this one lately, do you have it?
Added a GX460 to the driveway, took it to MT, and put nearly 3k miles on it over the past 2 wks. Made a stop at the Land Cruiser Heritage Museum in SLC, and took it all in
It was a quiet day at the museum.
It was a quiet day at the museum.
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Added a GX460 to the driveway, took it to MT, and put nearly 3k miles on it over the past 2 wks. Made a stop at the Land Cruiser Heritage Museum in SLC, and took it all in
It was a quiet day at the museum. 6yrs ago, at the previous location, I ran into @Honger there.
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Funny sometimes I forget silver dollar city is such a destination. I live 1.5 hours away so it’s an easy day trip over there.
I really wish I had stopped at the museum while I was in salt lake last year.
Yes I do! Kinda been reduced for post office runs lately, anything else is highway from here and everyone want's to run me over.
Yes I do! Kinda been reduced for post office runs lately, anything else is highway from here and everyone want's to run me over.
Believe you live pretty rural northeast of Tucson? Has it built up that much. Almost twenty years since I been there. Could it also be.possible they is nothing close by you want to go off road? The first relic run was the last time I drove an FJ40 in metro Phoenix area. Stock running gear in the 1970 FJ40 is not up to today's freeways. Steering and brakes are probably worse. Only other time it's been out of it's home in Northern Arizona was on the Casner mountain trip 2019. Towed it behind the Sequoia for that. Short drive out of the subdivision I'm in the locate National Forest with plenty of non paved roads.
Come to think of it, I am actually "Living in the past" with this 4runner...
Taco has a new friend - a Taco Buddy!
If I regear the diffs I could easily tow this with the 40!
You wouldn't believe the 10 ton wood trailer I learned to tow behind the 40 when I was a teenager. My brother built the wood trailer on top of two mobile home axles and we used it to haul green pine out of the forest every summer.
Then my brother also did weird sh!t like this from time to time:
Mostly the 40 towed the trailer on the left hand side of this picture - my Dad's 55 towed the one on the right.
They are like little Tugboats aren't they. I drug home one of these on an equipment trailer during a thunder storm. Not something I would do again,
but finished the job and got it back to Linda Vista rentals in one piece.
but finished the job and got it back to Linda Vista rentals in one piece.
Little Sedona Day with the kiddos
Spent 8 days and approx 2,800 miles traveling through New Mexico, Colorado, Nebraska, Wyoming, South Dakota, and Utah for a family trip to Badlands and Wind Cave National Parks. I stayed in Cimarron campground in New Mexico, which was awesome with cool temps at 9k feet on my way to Denver to pick up the family at the airport (they don't appreciate road trips as much as I do). Then drove up to the Badlands for a couple nights stay. High winds and lightning forced me to abandon my RTT on the second night, as being the tallest point in the campground in an aluminum box didn't seem like a great idea. There was minimal shade and high temps at the Cedar Park campground, so the new Alu-cab Shadow awning came in super handy and was deployed regularly (even in the strong winds with no issues). We moved to Elk Mountain campground adjacent to the Wind Cave visitor center for another couple nights. Wind Cave was really cool, but Jewel Cave was better about 30 minutes away. We finished our time in South Dakota and tripped to Cheyenne, Wyoming for a hotel room before dropping the family back off at the airport in Denver. I finished up my trip at Devil's Canyon campground just south of Moab. Another nice spot at a higher elevation with morning temps in the low 40s.
Badlands NP
Buffalo
Cimarron campground in New Mexico
Devils Canyon, UT
Jewel Cave
Badlands NP
Buffalo
Cimarron campground in New Mexico
Devils Canyon, UT
Jewel Cave
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Some more pics
Badlands NP
Bike maintenance
Elk Mountain Campground (Wind Cave NP)
Jewel Cave wild cave tour measurement device
Wind Cave NP
Badlands NP
Bike maintenance
Elk Mountain Campground (Wind Cave NP)
Jewel Cave wild cave tour measurement device
Wind Cave NP
Looks like Roosevelt??
That's right