Didn’t expect to be doing this, this weekend but here we are…
What Did You Do with Your 80 This Weekend? (119 Viewers)
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You did that to your cruiser thus weekend?
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M Go Blue
Well that's 5 minutes and 45 seconds of my life I'll never get back.
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BadReligion
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Solo spring camping/exploration trip in remote NV. Went to scout out some new chukar spots for next season. Almost ended up needing a rescue, but rear winch and burying a spare tire got me out of a sticky situation. Otherwise help would have been 2+ hours away, one direction.
Always neat finding old mining ruins along the way.
The shaft on this one was pretty deep. At least 7-8 seconds before a rock hit the bottom.
That ladder looked pretty sketchy.
Things got interesting when the road up to my camp spot was washed out. I found what looked like a suitable crossing point, and even dug a bit with a shovel to make sure the ground wasn't too soft, but the top 1' was pretty firm, and the next 3-4' where endless goop. Probably the closest thing to quicksand I have seen. I knew the second my front tires dropped into the wash I was in trouble. Even with the tires aired down to 8psi and all lockers engaged, I was not going anywhere. High lift jack on the front bumper did nothing and just sunk into the ooze. Luckily, I have a rear winch on the 80, and carry a small army surplus trench shovel. So after about 2 hours of digging, I was able to use the spare as a winch point and get unstuck.
Always neat finding old mining ruins along the way.
The shaft on this one was pretty deep. At least 7-8 seconds before a rock hit the bottom.
That ladder looked pretty sketchy.
Things got interesting when the road up to my camp spot was washed out. I found what looked like a suitable crossing point, and even dug a bit with a shovel to make sure the ground wasn't too soft, but the top 1' was pretty firm, and the next 3-4' where endless goop. Probably the closest thing to quicksand I have seen. I knew the second my front tires dropped into the wash I was in trouble. Even with the tires aired down to 8psi and all lockers engaged, I was not going anywhere. High lift jack on the front bumper did nothing and just sunk into the ooze. Luckily, I have a rear winch on the 80, and carry a small army surplus trench shovel. So after about 2 hours of digging, I was able to use the spare as a winch point and get unstuck.
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BadReligion
SILVER Star
Back at camp. It snowed that night so the stove kept things comfortable. All in all, still a fun trip. And yes chukar were located.
Nicely done. There is nothing quite as exhilarating as getting your s*** stuck in the remote wilderness by yourself in the winter. It's quite the rush when you finally get the rig free.
I wish I could dig as hard when I am doing yardwork
Thinking a transmission line had a catastrophic failure… it was pretty late in the day to get a read on it… gonna crawl under it after work today a see what’s what.
I'm nursing a slow power steering leak on mine that hopefully will hold out to warmer/longer days. That's where my mind went on the pic.
Glad I could invoke a stroke of paranoia early Monday morning ha
Isuzu. All very identical to the ones that came out and now it shifts better than every. Adjusted the throttle valve cable as well while I was at it, so that is very likely part of that feeling
fj80rodngun
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BadReligion
SILVER Star
Nicely done. There is nothing quite as exhilarating as getting your s*** stuck in the remote wilderness by yourself in the winter. It's quite the rush when you finally get the rig free.
I wish I could dig as hard when I am doing yardwork
Absolutely. Now that it is over and had a good outcome, it just added to the "adventure" and let me try a new recovery method. Luckily, when it happened, the weather was nice, it was early in the day, and I had all my camp supplies and enough food/water/whiskey for a few days.
First attempt to get unstuck was to lock the diffs. After that didn't work, I aired down from 15 to 8 psi. Then after that failed, I dug out the rear tires and stuffed rocks under, but they just got kicked out. With each failed attempt, my anxiety went up a little. If the spare tire anchor point didn't work, I was going to have to call for help and probably end up staying the night with the truck. Winch was an M8000, so a little under powered for a 7000# 80, but with most recoveries, you only need a few thousand pounds of pulling power (mud is the exception, but the truck was only partially buried). Snatch block would have been one other thing to try, but it didn't come to that.
Yes, at the time, the digging did feel pretty effortless! Thankfully the soil wasn't the hard clay that is in my yard.
Spent more on fuel than on those stock tires...
Got a 3rd 80 "Old Mossback George" a few weeks ago, because what's better than one? Three! I don't understand why my wife doesn't like it when I use that saying.
I've never seen a vehicle so disgusting inside and out but it still drives great down the road. This makes 4 total land cruiser for our family of 4 I guess I should stop buying them?
Also just got back from Big Bend Ranch State Park. Took the wife's 100.
I've never seen a vehicle so disgusting inside and out but it still drives great down the road. This makes 4 total land cruiser for our family of 4 I guess I should stop buying them? Also just got back from Big Bend Ranch State Park. Took the wife's 100.
Solo spring camping/exploration trip in remove NV. Went to scout out some new chukar spots for next season. Almost ended up needing a rescue, but rear winch and burying a spare tire got me out of a sticky situation. Otherwise help would have been 2+ hours away, one direction.
Always neat finding old mining ruins along the way.
The shaft on this one was pretty deep. At least 7-8 seconds before a rock hit the bottom.
That ladder looked pretty sketchy.
Things got interesting when the road up to my camp spot was washed out. I found what looked like a suitable crossing point, and even dug a bit with a shovel to make sure the ground wasn't too soft, but the top 1' was pretty firm, and the next 3-4' where endless goop. Probably the closest thing to quicksand I have seen. I knew the second my front tires dropped into the wash I was in trouble. Even with the tires aired down to 8psi and all lockers engaged, I was not going anywhere. High lift jack on the front bumper did nothing and just sunk into the ooze. Luckily, I have a rear winch on the 80, and carry a small army surplus trench shovel. So after about 2 hours of digging, I was able to use the spare as a winch point and get unstuck.
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for a bit longer then a moment , i saw this as the certain DOOM of your entire Truck .......
you said it was worst quick sand ever ..
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Holset HX30W turbocharger on 1HD-FT
Avoided flooding it....
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