Head back out 24 hours after returning from the previous trip to get another night in the woods. 30 miles from the house at 9k feet made for a relaxing, low key evening followed by a fantastic sunrise. Hard to beat.
What Did You Do with Your 80 This Weekend? (51 Viewers)
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This weekend I finished up a 2 month 10,000 mile trip from Colorado to Alaska and back.
Rough summary: On the way up, went through Wyomining, Montana, Idaho, and Washington. Stopped for a few days to finish the northern 110 miles of the Pacific Crest Trail so I've now done the whole thing. Continued through BC eventually north on the Cassiar Highway then Alaska Highway to Anchorage. Did a lot of trail running in the connected road system and spent time in Cordova (without the Cruiser). Picked up my girlfriend before heading north to Fairbanks and then the Dalton Highway to Prudhoe Bay. Got snow in mid august in the Brooks Range. Swam in the Arctic Ocean. Drove back through Dawson City, then the Cassiar Highway again to Washington. More PCT stuff. Back through a different Washington/Idaho route to Wyoming for a Wind River backpacking trip. Then back home very late yesterday and back at work today!
The Cruiser did well. Some notes:
Rough summary: On the way up, went through Wyomining, Montana, Idaho, and Washington. Stopped for a few days to finish the northern 110 miles of the Pacific Crest Trail so I've now done the whole thing. Continued through BC eventually north on the Cassiar Highway then Alaska Highway to Anchorage. Did a lot of trail running in the connected road system and spent time in Cordova (without the Cruiser). Picked up my girlfriend before heading north to Fairbanks and then the Dalton Highway to Prudhoe Bay. Got snow in mid august in the Brooks Range. Swam in the Arctic Ocean. Drove back through Dawson City, then the Cassiar Highway again to Washington. More PCT stuff. Back through a different Washington/Idaho route to Wyoming for a Wind River backpacking trip. Then back home very late yesterday and back at work today!
The Cruiser did well. Some notes:
- Got an oil change and tire rotation in Anchorage half way through. Driving back, there was basically no oil consumption until the last 1k or so driving back into the lower 48 (where it was generally a lot hotter driving conditions). Now the dip stick is half-way between L and F with almost exactly 5k miles on the oil and 213k on the engine. Pretty impressive I think.
- Haven't run all the MPG numbers, but seems to be right on 13 average. Best and worst MPG were on the same section of I-80 in Wyoming. On the way up I had a horrible headwind. Literally fighting to maintain 50-55mph on the interstate and I had to stop early to get more gas. On the way back in the opposite direction I drafted a semi from a safe distance with a minor tailwind. And besides crossing eastern Washington on the way back, this was the only interstate I took.
- Some sections gas was really expensive and man it was painful on my wallet. Lots of $4/gallon+ in northern Canda. $5/gallon+ on the Dalton Highway.
- The Dalton Highway was a little rough. I broke 2 exhaust hangers (or maybe 1 was already broken but not noticed) so my exhaust tail end is held with some scavenged wire. It also seemed to have killed my 9011 low beam bulbs. Both burned out north of Fairbanks with about 15k miles on them. I had my old stock bulbs so I put those back in. But driving at night sucked after that. Also the road rattled one of my battery terminals just loose enough that the truck wouldn't start/no sign of life at the highest/most remote part of the road on Atigun Pass. This was quite alarming until I tightened the terminal!
Bludozer
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Man that is awesome, sounds like the perfect trip! Any mechanical hiccups to report? One day hope to be able to do something very similar.
It's alive after rebuild.
@pawnthatdude more pics please sounds epic
voodu3
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It’s officially hunting season again. My sidekick and I spent an afternoon in the dove field.
Amazing! Very happy for you.
Thanks!!
In a shocking move, something I did took LESS time and was EASIER than expected.
After reading multiple threads I budgeted 1-2 hours and gave it a 25% chance of something going wrong.
30 mins later I was totally done and took the time back to vacuum out the inside. One more item checked off the list.
After reading multiple threads I budgeted 1-2 hours and gave it a 25% chance of something going wrong.
30 mins later I was totally done and took the time back to vacuum out the inside. One more item checked off the list.
Sounds like my typical project. I pressed out the old bushings and installed new ones in a spare set of rear control arms yesterday. Didn't almost die from the press and everything went together smoothly. Seems suspicious to me....
You're one of the lucky few with the T-Harness adapter. My LX was hard wired to almost everything.
I might have spoken too soon. My wife just called from a parking lot. Apparently the cruiser just up and died while she was driving and now wont start. Sigh.
Bump the shifter to neutral, move some of the plugs around, squeeze the plugs together. May have one that jiggled loose.
Hoping you post up lots of pics of your trip!
Went up to camp @ Gold Lake
Box Rocket
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Had an awesome Labor Day weekend! Ended up being a nearly last minute decision to make the trip but my son and I joined Dave Connors and J Ralls for some dirt miles. I think I did about 850 miles over the weekend by the time I got home. Explored some spots that we already knew but took a few new roads we'd never been on. Considering that we've been exploring Utah backroads for 20+ years it's awesome to still find roads we haven't been on. The great thing is that there are still TONS of roads we haven't been on yet.
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That 200 reminds me of a big fat guy who's a great mountain biker (I've met a few of them)
Box Rocket
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I'm always impressed with the 200. I'll have one at some point, they're great rigs.
I'll second that Comment - 200's are great rigs
Not beyond what I noted. The battery cable presented itself earlier, though. Twice in Canada on the way up, the truck wouldn't start after stopping for gas. I would wait a few minutes and then it would start. I thought my starter was going bad. But since tightening the cable I have had no problems starting.
Here's an album of some I took. They aren't really in any order.
