Where Has Your 80 Taken You?: 80 Series Camping/Overland/Adventure Thread
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I'm only running 285's and can see over it fairly well. My only visibility issue is the terrible tint that I still haven't gotten around to getting rid of.
I would have someone hold the tire on either side before you tack things in. That's what we did, with a 35, and I was happy with the passenger side.
Not that it makes a difference, but my tire carrier is custom built. It hugs the truck closer and angles the tire to match the rear hatch. I don't know why, but I've always run spare tires on the passenger side. As far as what happened to the steel for my tire carrier, we either lost it over the 6 months it took to finally set a weekend aside to build it or our order was short. Who knows!
It's pretty cool. I also know how to get to the elusive Malheur cave, and have some spooky stories from the Paiutes about it.
Also can take you guys through the ford. I've been through it in a Vw beetle, but it floated a little.
I like the teq flag! Where'd you get it?
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It's pretty cool. I also know how to get to the elusive Malheur cave, and have some spooky stories from the Paiutes about it.
Also can take you guys through the ford. I've been through it in a Vw beetle, but it floated a little.
This is awesome! I would love to pick your brain about the OBDR. I have a couple guys that want to run the portion from Sisters to Seneca in mid May. Have you ran this portion and do you think May is too early? I am in Bend and would love to see all these areas you are posting up!
This year we have high snow pack. The first couple weeks of May will be rough on a bike, but possible in an 80 I think. It's hard to predict the weather more than a few days out... I have ran every section of the OBDR at one point or another, mostly before it was the OBDR, and I know of lots of hidden sights that aren't on a map. I don't use a GPS, mostly dead reckoning and a foggy memory. You're never lost till you're out of fuel.
Edit: May in the high country could look like this. Cascade concrete!
The wife and i would love to join in for that trek if possible. We've been wanting to explore that area for a while.
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We did Steens and Alvord back in May and it was awesome. We started south of Bend, stayed at the hot springs at Summer Lake and The Hart Mountain Antelope Preserve, then on to Steens and Alvord. That was in my FJC. I want to explore more of the OBDR.
This year we have high snow pack. The first couple weeks of May will be rough on a bike, but possible in an 80 I think. It's hard to predict the weather more than a few days out... I have ran every section of the OBDR at one point or another, mostly before it was the OBDR, and I know of lots of hidden sights that aren't on a map. I don't use a GPS, mostly dead reckoning and a foggy memory. You're never lost till you're out of fuel.
Edit: May in the high country could look like this. Cascade concrete!
Well I would definitely be in my 80 and I would have other vehicles with me. Since I have never been on this route at all I would have to use my GPS. I really want to try this in may. I know some of the higher elevations might be tough but might be worth a shot. Just camp at the lower elevations.
You'll be fine. We did most of route 5 the weekend of May 1st, 2015. There was a couple single digit nights that the wifey wasn't too happy about, but we survived. Snow was patchy above 6000' on the north slopes or in shaded areas, but passable. This year we have a lot more snow, but being an El Nino year it is likely it will warm up and melt off early. It's going to be a good mushroom year!
It's pretty cool. I also know how to get to the elusive Malheur cave, and have some spooky stories from the Paiutes about it.
Also can take you guys through the ford. I've been through it in a Vw beetle, but it floated a little.
We need to start an expedition planning thread for this.
I'm in. Link?
Some of the guys from Jefferson State Cruisers may want to join as well. Some of them did most of route3 last summer. I missed out
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Loving all the trip pics. It's not helping me deal with having to work today though! I want to get out and explore. Great stuff!
"Goose" has taken me a lot of places, but here are some favorites.
Mt. Ord
Sheep Bridge.
Through the Verde.
Again
That spot
Colorado Of course.
Baja
Utah
"Goose" has taken me a lot of places, but here are some favorites.
Mt. Ord
Sheep Bridge.
Through the Verde.
Again
That spot
Colorado Of course.
Baja
Utah
Im also in depending on the dates. I work seasonally and have large chunks of time off. However, June through the 1st of October I am out of town working. But if someone starts a thread I'll join in for sure
Hello all,
Thought I would post some pics of my recent trip from Garnderville, NV (Home) to Ensenada, Mexico. Left home at 1:00 pm on Dec. 24th in the middle of the biggest storm we have had to date. The first leg was 200 miles and I didn't see pavement for 135 of it. Beautiful snow covered roads through Mammoth Lakes, CA took 4 hrs to go 135 miles. The rest of the trip was sunny and warm. Spent a few days on my Dad's boat in San Diego and the rest in Ensenada eating and drinking until it hurt. The Land Cruiser ran great with the exception of a minor charging issue. After some diagnostic efforts I came up with nothing and then the problem went away (I attributed it to a loose connection somewhere).
Thought I would post some pics of my recent trip from Garnderville, NV (Home) to Ensenada, Mexico. Left home at 1:00 pm on Dec. 24th in the middle of the biggest storm we have had to date. The first leg was 200 miles and I didn't see pavement for 135 of it. Beautiful snow covered roads through Mammoth Lakes, CA took 4 hrs to go 135 miles. The rest of the trip was sunny and warm. Spent a few days on my Dad's boat in San Diego and the rest in Ensenada eating and drinking until it hurt. The Land Cruiser ran great with the exception of a minor charging issue. After some diagnostic efforts I came up with nothing and then the problem went away (I attributed it to a loose connection somewhere).
Took a trip last weekend through Death Valley national park. Excellent overland/expedition destination for anybody in the area. We left late Friday and ended up wheeling most of the way into the park in the dark...so instead of finding a real camp spot we just set up at one of the campgrounds in Furnace Creek. Great, except for the group a few sites away blasting Indian music all night...Anyways on to the pics
The trail from the Trona area into the valley where we caught the Goler Canyon trail into the park.
From Furnace Creek we continued north towards the racetrack, and into the Saline valley via the Lippincott Trail. I had heard this would be one of the more gnarly trails, but honestly it seemed it had been maintained recently. From the Saline Valley we took the trail through Steel Pass into the Eureka Valley, and spent the second night at base of the Eureka Dunes, a much more isolated and picturesque spot than the tourist-ridden campground in Furnace Creek.
Lippincott Trail
Ubehebe Crater
Eureka Dunes
Road out of Steel Pass
Overall the trip went well, however my dad's cruiser, having no lift (yet) and stock tires, naturally lost a couple of fender flares and has a couple scars in the rocker panels from the rocky sections we had to crawl through. On top of that, a power steering line burst on his cruiser halfway through the second day, and as we had no extra lines/fluid he had to drive the 300+ miles home with manual steering. Should we expect any major damage to the pump after running it dry for hours?
The trail from the Trona area into the valley where we caught the Goler Canyon trail into the park.
From Furnace Creek we continued north towards the racetrack, and into the Saline valley via the Lippincott Trail. I had heard this would be one of the more gnarly trails, but honestly it seemed it had been maintained recently. From the Saline Valley we took the trail through Steel Pass into the Eureka Valley, and spent the second night at base of the Eureka Dunes, a much more isolated and picturesque spot than the tourist-ridden campground in Furnace Creek.
Lippincott Trail
Ubehebe Crater
Eureka Dunes
Road out of Steel Pass
Overall the trip went well, however my dad's cruiser, having no lift (yet) and stock tires, naturally lost a couple of fender flares and has a couple scars in the rocker panels from the rocky sections we had to crawl through. On top of that, a power steering line burst on his cruiser halfway through the second day, and as we had no extra lines/fluid he had to drive the 300+ miles home with manual steering. Should we expect any major damage to the pump after running it dry for hours?
