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Added at least 3hp.
What Did You Do with Your 80 This Weekend? (68 Viewers)
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Flexed out the cruiser today with a forklift. First time for that. I was just seeing what it could do. Factory suspension. One inch body lift. Sway bar disconnected. Got about 22" before the rear tire lift the ground.
Awesome work. I hate the bad apples too. Probably an unfair generalization though. Were the appliances dragged out by the shooters? In my experience they were probably dumped by someone else and then the local armed idiots were happy to punch holes instead of putting forth the effort that your group did. When I see I pile of beer cans next to a wallowed out mud hole and big tire tracks, I don't chastise the entire 4wd community, but there are bad elements, and there are many non-4wders that do use this as fuel to add gates to public land too. Thanks for the sweat equity that you are putting in to help counter this.Attended the Natural Restoration Lower Sycamore cleanup today. Good event, lots of responsible users there.
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Because we had the capable trailers, were requested to recover some appliances at a more remote location. Ended up finding two mattresses, a small fridge, washer, dryer, three TVs two laptops and a bunch of junk, all of it shot up.
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The main area (site 7) that we worked, by this time all of the big stuff was gone.
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Trees are irrelevant, shoot them to death, no worries, they will grow back in a few decades!
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Only one dumpster today, but it left totally packed and some trash went out in trailers. No weight yet, but estimated at ~6tons, representing ~$800 out of the OHV budget, for the dumpster alone.
Guaranteed, every single person there would have rather been wheeling today, the sponsors would prefer their donations were spent on OHV projects, instead of picking up after shooter pigs. This is by far the biggest recreation problem that Forest faces and the shooting community continues to deny, ignore, stand by, while the more responsible recreation communities spend their time and treasure on it. If they had any pride, it would be embarrassing!The sooner shooting is banned on public lands, the better it will be for those who care about having nice places to recreate!
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Or also available in a junk yard from any Toyota since the mid 80s that has a single-din factory head unit.
Pigs participate in every activity.Attended the Natural Restoration Lower Sycamore cleanup today. Good event, lots of responsible users there.
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Because we had the capable trailers, were requested to recover some appliances at a more remote location. Ended up finding two mattresses, a small fridge, washer, dryer, three TVs two laptops and a bunch of junk, all of it shot up.
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The main area (site 7) that we worked, by this time all of the big stuff was gone.
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Trees are irrelevant, shoot them to death, no worries, they will grow back in a few decades!
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Only one dumpster today, but it left totally packed and some trash went out in trailers. No weight yet, but estimated at ~6tons, representing ~$800 out of the OHV budget, for the dumpster alone.
Guaranteed, every single person there would have rather been wheeling today, the sponsors would prefer their donations were spent on OHV projects, instead of picking up after shooter pigs. This is by far the biggest recreation problem that Forest faces and the shooting community continues to deny, ignore, stand by, while the more responsible recreation communities spend their time and treasure on it. If they had any pride, it would be embarrassing!
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Made a run to Bakersfield to pick up the kids .
tested out an armrest fridge setup
tested out an armrest fridge setup
As an occasional target shooter and 4wheeler I also see the negativity some bring that's reflected to the many.
If the trails or area are closed down I doubt it changes the acts of people that are littering and harming these areas. There is already laws in place about littering. But I do think access by the good folks who do no harm and help clean up the areas will be severed and may result in even worse conditions if they can't access to clean it up
Just my opinion there. We need to all remember to take much more than we bring when we head out to the woods for this reason.
Good job on the cleanup regardless of the politics though!!!
If the trails or area are closed down I doubt it changes the acts of people that are littering and harming these areas. There is already laws in place about littering. But I do think access by the good folks who do no harm and help clean up the areas will be severed and may result in even worse conditions if they can't access to clean it up
Just my opinion there. We need to all remember to take much more than we bring when we head out to the woods for this reason.
Good job on the cleanup regardless of the politics though!!!
Re did the brakes this past week. New calipers, rotors, pads, and extended lines. Night and day difference soooo worth it. Then I got my senior pictures taken. Of course had to get a few with the cruiser.
mingles
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Bilstein 4600's. They had about 60K on them and it was time for a change. I found the Bilsteins too harsh for my tastes with an unloaded or loaded truck. Most of my miles are pavement over crappy potholed roads.
I just put 300 miles on the truck this weekend (with ~800 lbs passengers/cargo, RTT, and 250lb of tongue weight from a trailer) and the Fox shocks were much less harsh than the Bilsteins.
Good work and nice 80. I wish I could have afforded an 80 at your age. I was, however, able to scrounge up the $3000cash for a 1975 fj40 when I was 20. That was in 1987 before fj40 prices shot skyward.
Hmmmmm.... merry Xmas to me?
Thanks to @gearguywb for meeting up with me! Now I can give the J springs a proper workout with these heavy SOBs.
Thanks to @gearguywb for meeting up with me! Now I can give the J springs a proper workout with these heavy SOBs.
Me and the partner spent a few hours washing, polishing, and waxing the LC the other day. Surprised over the condition this rig has been kept for 26 years. And I know a lot of people hate on the Emerald Green, but I think it actually looks pretty great if kept up!
Also I came home last night to my rear passenger(left side since RHD) OEM window visor on my driveway shattered.
I knew the tape was deteriorating and the clips dont hold it well enough, so on me for not doing something about it earlier. Over lunch today I decided to strip the others off. I always had mixed feelings of the visors, but did feel they serve a purpose, as well as give it that extra JDM flavor. I already miss them, but the rig does look a tad bit cleaner.
Also I came home last night to my rear passenger(left side since RHD) OEM window visor on my driveway shattered.
I knew the tape was deteriorating and the clips dont hold it well enough, so on me for not doing something about it earlier. Over lunch today I decided to strip the others off. I always had mixed feelings of the visors, but did feel they serve a purpose, as well as give it that extra JDM flavor. I already miss them, but the rig does look a tad bit cleaner. 
thekitchensink
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Had a blast doing some light wheeling with my bro in North GA.
That’s awesome. My dad has a 79 fj40 he bought new. We use to take the camping all around Colorado in my younger years. That’s what sparked my love for the Cruisers.
thekitchensink
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Venison steak for dinner!
How many points do you get for hitting a 10 point? Is it cumulative, or is there a multiplication factor? Will there be a test after this?...
I’m up to 18 points : 10 + 8 and one doe in 11 years!!! Not sure how many points for a VW Jetta that hit me. No damage other than scratches to ARB but totaled Jetta. More from me having to put it in 4 wheel low to get unstuck from car. Lol. Thanks for the protection ARB!!!!! Had “brush guards” since my first 1979 toyota 4x4 truck. Most were ARB. A few WARN. Need them in PA!!!!!
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Fully agree, as an OHV advocate we often get egg in the face, sometimes the trick is gracefully wearing egg! Recreation is not a right, it's a privilege, not political, it's about budget, activation, responsibility, etc. The agencies, for sure Forest, have little, if any budget for recreation, so to have quality recreation, we have to make it.
Attending meetings, events, with people representing just about every type of public lands recreation imaginable, they all have issues, often internal. A priority is to do what is possible to reduce, improve, eliminate the problems. The biggest issue we all face is the shooting problem and have never seen any representation at any of these events, as a gun owner I find this highly embarrassing. It's not about gun hate, most outdoor users, no matter what category they put themselves in, are gun owners.
The thing is, the shooting community is huge here, lots of manufactures, etc, could likely buy the rest of the communities out of pocket change. But don't care about the destruction of our public lands by members of their community. If they are too good to pickup trash, could at least fund the efforts that do it on their behalf. So if you are a big problem and don't care enough to do anything about it, do you deserve the privilege?
Tons of time and effort has been wasted attempting to engage them, with almost zero result. It's a tough decision, many of us have enjoyed shooting on public lands, but the juice is no longer worth the squeeze. At this point, all of the local communities that we work with, are done with the shooting deal, it needs to go, and are advocating for that goal.
One simple solution endorsed by Trump and all true red blooded Muricans to the problem: privatize all public land and the problem you mentioned will go away. Just look how well it is working on east coast and Texas!
