Made it home after spending a week in Moab and and the San Juan Mountains. Great trip and of course the Tundra performed flawlessly.
What did you do with your Tundra or Sequoia this weekend? (8 Viewers)
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Looks awesome!
That’s a good looking truck! LOL. Kinda curious, what winch do you have hiding in there? J
It’s a Westin SuperWinch. It’s been battle tested and hasn’t had any problems.
I’d look at the Mickey Thompson Baja Boss AT - that tire is probably the current standard for winter performance in an offroad tire. Noting I have the RT Trail as my 37 because my son is a Discount Tire manager and scored a huge deal on them. That truck isn’t my winter high Colorado passes truck so except it to be a great pure snow tire when needed. Will be better than the Maxxis Razor MT that it was wearing.
I have the Hankook Dynapro XT on my other Sequoia and that’s a fantastic snow tire, 3PMSF rated, noting snow is not ice. It’s quiet, wearing very well, handling is very ‘true’ meaning it tracks exceptionally well.
But the Baja Boss is going to be best of breed for all around use, noting a lot of complaints about tires not balancing…
Got out for some rafting and fishing* and used the extra volume of the new topper already. Pretty happy so far with the mpg to. I expected a hit, but ended up averaging 20.0mpg on the first 100ish mile round trip and 18.6mpg on the second trip that was about 300 miles round trip for fishing. Seems very similar to the mpg with the tri-fold deck cover I had previously. (stock tundra on michelin all seasons in pretty favorable conditions). IMO the Tundra is great swiss army knife that does a lot of stuff well. I'm often glad to have the Tundra volume over my 4Runner. Although the 4Runner had IMO better build quality overall in terms of fit and finish and it was significantly better offroad in all scenarios I've found both due to size, but also KDSS, rear locker, better ATRAC/MTS, and angles. I also had bigger tires and full armor on the 4R. But the Tundra tows and hauls much better and is a nicer highway cruiser. MPG is closer than it should be. The 4Runner would be so great if it had the powertrain from the Tundra. Even the 4.6 from the GX would solve the biggest issues with highway comfort (lack of power and lots of down shifts/high rpms).
Did pretty well on the fish side (dip netting). 16 sockeye in 4 hours on the Kasilof river. Lots of fun - but they're on the smaller side on that river. This was as many as I wanted from this spot given the smaller size. Might go next weekend to another location with bigger fish and see if I can land another 20 or so. These are around 5-8lb salmon, so it probably netted about 40-50lbs. I find the bigger 10+ lbs size to be about right for the effort to texture/flavor/lbs in the freezer ratio. Going to give it another shot at a different river this weekend and see how it shakes out.
Did pretty well on the fish side (dip netting). 16 sockeye in 4 hours on the Kasilof river. Lots of fun - but they're on the smaller side on that river. This was as many as I wanted from this spot given the smaller size. Might go next weekend to another location with bigger fish and see if I can land another 20 or so. These are around 5-8lb salmon, so it probably netted about 40-50lbs. I find the bigger 10+ lbs size to be about right for the effort to texture/flavor/lbs in the freezer ratio. Going to give it another shot at a different river this weekend and see how it shakes out.
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I had a superwinch Talon series on my 4Runner for 8 years I owned it. Used it dozens or hundreds of times over its life. Never had an issue. I liked that they had a synthetic model that moved the drum brake mechanism away from the line so you wouldn't overheat the drum enough to melt or damage the plastic rope. I have an off-brand ZEON I think winch on my Tundra and it works well so far too. But it's on a hitch mount and I don't offroad my Tundra a lot so I went with a cheaper one. The Superwinch in my hands felt like a significantly better product in terms of materials and design. The Zeon has pulled the tundra out a few times, but it has some obvious low cost parts.
Damn nice work. That's a lot of salmon!
Inspected a 2uz that customer said just died!
I went straight to this! 2003 non interference engine luckily! Ordered a boroscope to inspect pistons,
I’ll slap on just belt to perform a compression test then finish all pulleys and water pump. It was a gates t belt with 110,000 on it!
I went straight to this! 2003 non interference engine luckily! Ordered a boroscope to inspect pistons,
I’ll slap on just belt to perform a compression test then finish all pulleys and water pump. It was a gates t belt with 110,000 on it!
I use the term fishing loosely. It's "dip netting" which is basically standing at the mouth of a river with a big net on a stick and netting salmon as they enter the river mouth. I love fishing with a rod and reel. But the sockeye stop eating before they enter the rivers, so you can't catch them with a lure or bait. A lot of folks here rely on it as a primary protein source along with either caribou or moose. Or just dog food for the not so good table fare salmon species like pink salmon.
The limit for this type is by family size - with 4 people our limit is 55 fish by netting. If I catch the larger ones that average 6lbs of meat per fish, that would be north of 300lbs of salmon in the freezer. I just don't like salmon that much. We eat it once a week usually, so I try to target having about 80-100lbs of frozen fish by the end of the season. One mid size halibut might be half of that amount. Add another 20 or so Salmon and I'm maxed out. I don't want to waste any.
I'd rather eat beef though. If only there was a dip netting for cows! haha. I'd have a freezer full of brisket instead.
I just had homemade smoked salmon and it’s the best thing on this planet. Just send those salmon my way
I decided to get up into the mountains today to avoid the weekend parade lap.
Couple more.
I think I understand the Jeep thing now. And yes, I did pick it up and found a dumpster on the way home.
I replaced the UCA twice doing similar trails. SPC didn't warranty (bent them and bushings).
Are the Sequoia front ends any worse than the GX470 or Tacoma/4Runner? I used to have an '98 Tacoma that I cut my teeth with on that same trail when I first started wheeling. I was orders of magnitude rougher on my stuff back then and never had an issue, which in retrospect surprises me. I've been under the impression that the LBJ is the weak link on the trees. I replaced them with OEM about 10K ago, most of which has been on road, and I've jacked the front up after every off road excursion to check for play. All good so far. I go slow now; I enjoy finding the smoothest line and two footing it at half a mile per hour up something and let the locker and tires do the work.
But I won't lie... almost the whole time I was out I was thinking, "ya know... I don't need it, but a SAS with a flipped 80 front end would be really nice..."
Toyo says the RT Trail is just below the current version of the AT for winter use.
But again, these are snow tires not ice tires. “Winter” means almost nothing.
