KidVermicious
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I think that kids video makes him the winner in the first gen photo game.
Hey, thanks for the heads up.
KidV's 1985 4Runner
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Hey, thanks for the heads up.
Pisa 8687
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Hey, thanks for the heads up.
No worries. It's a principle I try to live by. No one left behind
Pisa 8687
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^^^^^^^^agreed!!! All the hp in the world won't get you squat if it's not heard down to the ground right.
KidVermicious
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Nonsense. My 5.29s and 4.7s and locker and KM2s on dry grippy dirt had nothing to do with that, nothing at all. That was all motor, baby.
Who needs a 4th gen V8? I've got 22RE power!
BucknutBob
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Geez, what are you smoking, Kid?! Every junior high schooler knows all you need to do is make the truck REALLY tall and slap the gnarliest set of huge tires under it--ego and a heavy right foot does the rest! No need for all that extra junk--you can spend that money on neon lights and six subwoofers.
KidVermicious
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My day in pictures:
Everybody is fine, including the truck. More tomorrow, I'm going to take a shower and pass out.
Everybody is fine, including the truck. More tomorrow, I'm going to take a shower and pass out.
mikebontoft
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that's one way to fix that fender of yours.... bet it would have been fun if I were there but I'm having family trouble now so no luck.
BucknutBob
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Everybody is fine, including the truck. More tomorrow, I'm going to take a shower and pass out.
Okay, I'm stumped--how on earth did you manage this? That trail doesn't look like it required any action that would tip you--is there something hiding that can't be made out in the pics? I'll bet that was a tad unsettling seeing the ground rushing up to fill your window (LOL)!
Offroad_Medic
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Glad everyone is okay Kevin. Hopefully nothing too bad happened. How did you end up getting it back on all fours? Please just say that you hulked it 
KidVermicious
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Based on yesterday, a lot. You've got more width than I do, too.
Sorry to hear. We need to get your truck dirty again.
So, pics never do it it justice, but the road is sloping down, was rutted and v-notched right where my drivers wheels are resting in the pic, and was seriously slick. The mud wasn't thick, but it was greasy like crisco. Nasty stuff. I took the wrong line coming down the notch, the truck started to rotate and kept sliding after I hit the brakes, and I couldn't find reverse fast enough.
Glad everyone is okay Kevin. Hopefully nothing too bad happened. How did you end up getting it back on all fours? Please just say that you hulked it
I tried! And I tried winching with the hi lift, but didn't have the right chains. I also thought about using my exhaust jack under the truck to prop it up, but couldn't get it beneath. And then I started running out of time and decided to bail down the mountain before I ended up spending the night above the snow line with my boy.
I got ahold of Andrew and Tyson, they came up and helped recover me. It went pretty easy with Andrew's Tundra and winch. It was harder to back their big pickups down the muddy canyon road in the pitch black than it was to get the Bastard level again.
It was a soft flop. I busted the drivers side mirror and the rear window is a little reluctant to go up and down now, but no body damage, not even any broken glass, and the alignment is still perfect
. Drove home two hours with no trouble, Toyotas rule.I might be burning oil and running a little rich, or the motor might still be burning off seepage from spending several hours on it's side. I'll keep an eye on it.
I will definitely be reevaluating my emergency stash I keep in the truck. I thought I was well stocked, but now that I've been faced with the prospect of actually needing that stuff I realize how inadequate it was. If I hadn't had camping gear in the truck from the previous night and we'd been forced to spend the night up there, we'd have survived but we damn sure wouldn't have liked it.
Offroad_Medic
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I guess I should maybe give you my number too if you're down in Utah county getting in trouble on your own again. Haha. Sorry again I had to bail on you yesterday. Life would have been easier if you would have had another truck there to help out even if it was just to sit inside a heated cab while waiting for Andrew's beast of a tundra.
mikebontoft
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even the smallest bit of oil will burn for hours...
KidVermicious
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It's got a shrader valve, I could have used my air compressor to inflate it. But it would have taken too long to dig out a big enough spot for the jack, and I was losing daylight.
KidVermicious
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Um... I would certainly call it safer than a hi lift, for lifting purposes, and much more effective in sand/snow/mud/etc. But it's not as versatile - you can't winch with it, you can't spread with it, etc. Neither one did me any good yesterday, but I consider both part of my basic load when I wheel.
In the case, they're about as big around as a 31" or 32" tire, and four or five inches thick. You can inflate them with exhaust gas or an air compressor or even a foot pump. They're great.
In the case, they're about as big around as a 31" or 32" tire, and four or five inches thick. You can inflate them with exhaust gas or an air compressor or even a foot pump. They're great.
Offroad_Medic
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Those exhaust jacks are amazing. We use low pressure air bags like that all the time in the fire department to lift cars. They will lift huge vehicles very well. I wish I could afford one!
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