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[MyHigh]

Great shots, especially like the one bombing through the water at 40 mph.lol

We sure are lucky to live in such beautiful country, sometimes nothing feeds the soul more then perching atop a high mountain and absorbing the silence of the trees.

 

[BigBluePile]

Wish I lived where you do, such awesome adventures!!!

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[Flemster]

Better be seeing yourself and [MENTION=82154]GSPRunner[/MENTION] at Rock Therapy!
Awesome pictures man! Just spent way to much time looking through your entire thread.

 

[A.Wilson013]

Better be seeing yourself and [MENTION=82154]GSPRunner[/MENTION] at Rock Therapy!
Awesome pictures man! Just spent way to much time looking through your entire thread.

That's a TREK man. I am sure I'll make it some time, but this year won't be that time.

 

[Flemster]

That's a TREK man. I am sure I'll make it some time, but this year won't be that time.

I understand, its easy for being only 5-6 hours away. North West Wheeling looks sweet though, I have to try and get up there sometime in the next few years!:car:

 

[rideexileex]

Hell yeah! Let's drink some beers at Rock Therapy. I'll be there.

 

[A.Wilson013]

ORBDR 13 May 2016 - 16 May 2016

[MENTION=82154]GSPRunner[/MENTION] and I took off last Thursday and headed south to Prineville, OR in order to meet up with a group of guys from IH8MUD and attempt to run the Oregon Backcountry Discovery Route from Prineville as far north as we could make it.

Here's our tracks from Prineville all the way home. I wasn't recording on the way there, apparently.

Here's most of the crew airing down before hopping off of the pavement.

DSC_0183 by Alex Wilson, on Flickr

We ran into MANY downed trees along the route, but luckily none so big that our chainsaws wouldn't get through.

DSC_0192 by Alex Wilson, on Flickr

DSC_0194 by Alex Wilson, on Flickr

DSC_0231 by Alex Wilson, on Flickr

It was dusty, muddy, snowy, etc. Made for a dirty 4Runner.

DSC_0300 by Alex Wilson, on Flickr

I loved this thing... I think I'll have to buy one before long.

DSC_0309 by Alex Wilson, on Flickr

DSC_0319 by Alex Wilson, on Flickr

Getting gas in Seneca, OR. The only had regular, so we had to use octane booster. I'm not convinced that stuff did anything as my engine was pinging the second I went into boost.

DSC_0329 by Alex Wilson, on Flickr

Note dog in milk crate...

DSC_0330 by Alex Wilson, on Flickr

First night of camp.
DSC_0341 by Alex Wilson, on Flickr

DSC_0343 by Alex Wilson, on Flickr

First of two water crossings.

DSC_0413 by Alex Wilson, on Flickr

Seemingly on top of the world.

DSC_0463 by Alex Wilson, on Flickr

Second of the water crossings.

DSC_0543 by Alex Wilson, on Flickr

DSC_0564 by Alex Wilson, on Flickr

And then everything went wrong as we climbed back up to 6800 feet and found some snow. Our lead vehicle, the big locked up 80 on 37s headed down, and folks followed him into their doom. We ended up pulling out 5 vehicles, I believe. I was near the back, so I was able to just reverse out. Everyone in front of GSPRunner got stuck and needed to be extracted. Everything was going well until the weather turned from partly cloudy to thunderstorms, with thunder lightning cracking right over our heads.

DSC_0649 by Alex Wilson, on Flickr

DSC_0655 by Alex Wilson, on Flickr

The last two- the beast FJ80 trying to tow the 40 back up the hill. Of course it was much steeper than it appears.

DSC_0660 by Alex Wilson, on Flickr

Camp night 2...

DSC_0666 by Alex Wilson, on Flickr

 

[A.Wilson013]

Day 3 we just pounded pavement in search of sun to dry out our tents. We actually ended up driving damn near all the way home, stopping along the Cle Elum River.

DSC_0712 by Alex Wilson, on Flickr

DSC_0717 by Alex Wilson, on Flickr

Overall it was a good time. We ended up logging around 1100 miles and drove for probably close to 40 hours. I averaged 16mpg over the duration of the trip. Worst tank was 12.3, best was 18.2. Not bad for a loaded down 4Runner which tipped the scales at 5550lbs the morning we started.

 

[fourfive]

Snorkel time? Sweet pics.

First of two water crossings.

DSC_0413 by Alex Wilson, on Flickr

 

[Rock_Rat]

Day 3 we just pounded pavement in search of sun to dry out our tents. We actually ended up driving damn near all the way home, stopping along the Cle Elum River.

Overall it was a good time. We ended up logging around 1100 miles and drove for probably close to 40 hours. I averaged 16mpg over the duration of the trip. Worst tank was 12.3, best was 18.2. Not bad for a loaded down 4Runner which tipped the scales at 5550lbs the morning we started.

Looks like a fantastic trip. Getting 16mpg with an SC and loaded down is fantastic! A best with 18.2 is unfathomable for me. I'm looking forward to doing the WA Cascades.

 

[A.Wilson013]

Snorkel time? Sweet pics.

I don't plan to ever run a snorkel, though it probably would have been useful on this trip due to the amount of dust my 4Runner was sucking up on day 1. When we were fueling up I smacked it on my hand and a LOT of dust came out. It left a little mound on the ground.

Looks like a fantastic trip. Getting 16mpg with an SC and loaded down is fantastic! A best with 18.2 is unfathomable for me. I'm looking forward to doing the WA Cascades.

It was a very cool area that I've never spent much time in. I wish we hadn't had such a concrete end point each day so we could have stopped to explore a bit more, but I guess that's the nature of the beast.

As for the fuel economy- I was happy with it. Joe told me his average was 1 mpg lower at 15mpg, but he used 4lo quite a bit on day 1 in order to keep his trans temps down on some of those steep ascents. We were very conservative anytime we were on the pavement; cruise locked at the speed limit (or even a few mph lower) and turning OD off for the hills.

 

[BigBluePile]

Incredible dude! Thanks for sharing!!!

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[SCRunner12]

Wow looks like a blast.

Also I have to ask, was this you? Haha

 

[A.Wilson013]

RAM X-Grip

Before we headed out on our trip last week we made a quick stop at Mule Expedition Outfitters in Issaquah, WA in order to pick up a few last minute odds and ends.

One thing I noticed I needed when we ran the WABDR was something to hold my phone, which I also use as my GPS. I always thought the RAM mounts looked really nice, so I decided to pick one up.

Here are the pieces I purchased...

Base

Arm

X-Grip Phone Holder

All said and done it was pretty expensive, but it worked very, very well. I was impressed with how securely it held my phone over the few hundred miles we traveled offroad.

Here's a picture of it holding my iPhone 6s.

DSC_0011 by Alex Wilson, on Flickr

 

[derpiful]

Looks like an awesome time! Looked through all of the photos on your Flickr, and I loved them all.

Also, you're really tempting me to pick up a RAM mount. I've been spying them for a while now.. they look solid!

 

[Unner]

Love your updates, I'm a sucker for high res pictures.

 

[Rock_Rat]

Before we headed out on our trip last week we made a quick stop at Mule Expedition Outfitters in Issaquah, WA in order to pick up a few last minute odds and ends.

One thing I noticed I needed when we ran the WABDR was something to hold my phone, which I also use as my GPS. I always thought the RAM mounts looked really nice, so I decided to pick one up.

Alex, I like the setup. I need to get the suction cup off my windshield. How and where did you mount the base?

 

[A.Wilson013]

Looks like an awesome time! Looked through all of the photos on your Flickr, and I loved them all.

Also, you're really tempting me to pick up a RAM mount. I've been spying them for a while now.. they look solid!

It was a good time for sure, and thank you! The RAM mount I think is worth the amount I paid. It held my phone in place very well throughout the trip.

Love your updates, I'm a sucker for high res pictures.

Haha, I am too. I don't know how I went so long without a decent camera.

Alex, I like the setup. I need to get the suction cup off my windshield. How and where did you mount the base?

The base I just mounted to that inside edge of the dash center dash thing... whatever it's called.

At first I tried double sided tape as I hate drill holes, but then I just zipped a couple self tapping screws in. It's VERY solid. Doesn't budge at all.

 

[A.Wilson013]

This evening I replaced my Walbro 190lph fuel pump with a Denso 195130-3360 out of an Evo 8 in an attempt to solve two problems:

Problem 1: The Walbro is LOUD. With a full tank you can barely hear it, but if it's hot outside and you're under 1/2 tank that sucker SCREAMED. The Denso unit was virtually silent from the driver's seat with around 1 gallon of fuel in the tank. After filling up I could not even hear it when crouching down by the tank. Solved.

Problem 2: Problem 2 didn't exist after I stopped being an idiot and did some trouble shooting. However, before that troubleshooting took place, I ordered the pump. Solved? Yeah, we'll tell my wife it's solved.


Install of the pump was plug and play, for the most part. The one thing that wasn't EXACTLY plug and play was the fitment of the rubber piece that goes between the pump itself and the bracket. The issue was that the rubber piece was made to fit the design of the factory pump (and my modified Walbro), which is different enough to not fit very well with the Evo 8 pump.

Here's a picture of the bottom of some Evo 8 pumps from the internet... The one on the left is a Walbro, the rest look like the bottom of the pump I used.

I figured that the rubber was just there to keep the pump off of the metal bracket, and to perhaps hold the sock on a bit better. My "fix" was to bend the bottom of the bracket down, put the rubber between the pump and bracket, then bend the bracket back up securing it in place. It worked like a charm.

So uh... [MENTION=86371]T4RunnerSteve[/MENTION] ... It works! =D

 

[Brilliant]

This evening I replaced my Walbro 190lph fuel pump with a Denso 195130-3360 out of an Evo 8 in an attempt to solve two problems:

Problem 1: The Walbro is LOUD. With a full tank you can barely hear it, but if it's hot outside and you're under 1/2 tank that sucker SCREAMED. The Denso unit was virtually silent from the driver's seat with around 1 gallon of fuel in the tank. After filling up I could not even hear it when crouching down by the tank. Solved.

Problem 2: Problem 2 didn't exist after I stopped being an idiot and did some trouble shooting. However, before that troubleshooting took place, I ordered the pump. Solved? Yeah, we'll tell my wife it's solved.


Install of the pump was plug and play, for the most part. The one thing that wasn't EXACTLY plug and play was the fitment of the rubber piece that goes between the pump itself and the bracket. The issue was that the rubber piece was made to fit the design of the factory pump (and my modified Walbro), which is different enough to not fit very well with the Evo 8 pump.

Here's a picture of the bottom of some Evo 8 pumps from the internet... The one on the left is a Walbro, the rest look like the bottom of the pump I used.

I figured that the rubber was just there to keep the pump off of the metal bracket, and to perhaps hold the sock on a bit better. My "fix" was to bend the bottom of the bracket down, put the rubber between the pump and bracket, then bend the bracket back up securing it in place. It worked like a charm.

So uh... [MENTION=86371]T4RunnerSteve[/MENTION] ... It works! =D

Got a part number for the pump?