RobSinclair
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I wish he hadn't captured me being recovered by the TJ at the end but oh well. I was sunk.
Bump and Grind 23 Mar 14 - YouTube
Bump and Grind 23 Mar 14 - YouTube
Out for a Rip on the weekend.
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RobSinclair
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Hmmm, I thought there might be some comments. Not even any trolls?
Not a troll...
Not a troll, but maybe it's still okay to comment?
It looks like you were getting pretty good advice. When I watched, your spotters seemed to say what I was thinking
What was that coming out of the front of your 4Runner at about 17:10? Was that a 'Spiderman web?' Can't be a tow rope, that would just be wrong! Lol!
I heard a hard thump near the rear at one point. Be sure to check your exhaust. I had a similar experience in a dry but very rocky area that I tried to keep all the tires up on rocks not to bottom out. I ended up hitting the exhaust and it must've cracked at the very sharp elbow above the rear axle.
It failed while towing and WOT and MELTED a bunch of stufff
Not a big deal, easy to replace the exhaust section, but if you catch it before it melts your rear speed sensors and hoses to the Emissions charcoal canister, you'll avoid some of my headaches. Lol.
I especially like the crossing at about 6:30ish. Simple, but good advice. Keep the diagonal pivot going, the 4Runner takes it quite well- as long as you don't get one wheel free spinning.
I do suggest low range, diff locked, turn OFF the RCSA (rear side curtain airbags). LOTS of mean power and crawling available.
The thing about the water is to be sure you have the sealed differentials and transmission, or extend the breathers in a watertight manner yourself.
Not sure, but from the hood, looks like you have the SR5? My Limited comes with the sealed tranny and breather extended on the diffs (Sadly, I just read it may only be the front and I have to make one for the rear?) Not sure about the SR5?
I also like how you went S-L-O-W-L-Y into the obstacles. That is often the difference between maneuvering and smashing to sh$%^^. Patient and technical often results in different results than the 'much lighter wallet' version of 'blast and survive' that the inexperienced like to do.
Thanks for sharing the video! I think most of the views are in the eve and weekends here, so don't judge the quality of your post by the number of replies.
Where was this taken?
Not a troll, but maybe it's still okay to comment?
It looks like you were getting pretty good advice. When I watched, your spotters seemed to say what I was thinking
What was that coming out of the front of your 4Runner at about 17:10? Was that a 'Spiderman web?' Can't be a tow rope, that would just be wrong! Lol!
I heard a hard thump near the rear at one point. Be sure to check your exhaust. I had a similar experience in a dry but very rocky area that I tried to keep all the tires up on rocks not to bottom out. I ended up hitting the exhaust and it must've cracked at the very sharp elbow above the rear axle.
It failed while towing and WOT and MELTED a bunch of stufff
Not a big deal, easy to replace the exhaust section, but if you catch it before it melts your rear speed sensors and hoses to the Emissions charcoal canister, you'll avoid some of my headaches. Lol.
I especially like the crossing at about 6:30ish. Simple, but good advice. Keep the diagonal pivot going, the 4Runner takes it quite well- as long as you don't get one wheel free spinning.
I do suggest low range, diff locked, turn OFF the RCSA (rear side curtain airbags). LOTS of mean power and crawling available.
The thing about the water is to be sure you have the sealed differentials and transmission, or extend the breathers in a watertight manner yourself.
Not sure, but from the hood, looks like you have the SR5? My Limited comes with the sealed tranny and breather extended on the diffs (Sadly, I just read it may only be the front and I have to make one for the rear?) Not sure about the SR5?
I also like how you went S-L-O-W-L-Y into the obstacles. That is often the difference between maneuvering and smashing to sh$%^^. Patient and technical often results in different results than the 'much lighter wallet' version of 'blast and survive' that the inexperienced like to do.
Thanks for sharing the video! I think most of the views are in the eve and weekends here, so don't judge the quality of your post by the number of replies.
Where was this taken?
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chmura
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Sweet video.
My only comment is you need a rear locker bad! At 5:35 mark you were spinning one front tire and one rear tire. Having open diffs is like being in 2wd. Also having your diffs locked you can get up obstacles much easier and slower in return not abusing and potentially breaking something on your rig.
My only comment is you need a rear locker bad! At 5:35 mark you were spinning one front tire and one rear tire. Having open diffs is like being in 2wd. Also having your diffs locked you can get up obstacles much easier and slower in return not abusing and potentially breaking something on your rig.
RobSinclair
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The tires are 295/70/17 Toyo Open Country MTs. Toyo says they are 33.5".
The A-Trac earned it's keep on this trail. Lockers would be nice. Maybe someday.
I have the V8 Sport Edition. 3/16 steel skid plates, they are tied in at the bottom of the plastic front bumper and basically give me a flat bottom right back to the gas tank. I built those and the sliders that you see in the video.
At the 17:10 mark you see my Bubba Rope. Probably the best investment in offroad tools that I have ever made.
The trail is in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada and it is called Bump and Grind.
The really rough section that you see around minute 5:00....I went through it this time last year when the 4Runner was stock. It was a nightmare, but I made it. I can't believe what this truck will do.
The A-Trac earned it's keep on this trail. Lockers would be nice. Maybe someday.
I have the V8 Sport Edition. 3/16 steel skid plates, they are tied in at the bottom of the plastic front bumper and basically give me a flat bottom right back to the gas tank. I built those and the sliders that you see in the video.
At the 17:10 mark you see my Bubba Rope. Probably the best investment in offroad tools that I have ever made.
The trail is in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada and it is called Bump and Grind.
The really rough section that you see around minute 5:00....I went through it this time last year when the 4Runner was stock. It was a nightmare, but I made it. I can't believe what this truck will do.
RobSinclair
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I heard a hard thump near the rear at one point. Be sure to check your exhaust. I had a similar experience in a dry but very rocky area that I tried to keep all the tires up on rocks not to bottom out. I ended up hitting the exhaust and it must've cracked at the very sharp elbow above the rear axle.
It failed while towing and WOT and MELTED a bunch of stufff
Not a big deal, easy to replace the exhaust section, but if you catch it before it melts your rear speed sensors and hoses to the Emissions charcoal canister, you'll avoid some of my headaches. Lol.
I've replaced the exhaust from the front flange back. I have a single-in dual-out Flowmaster Super 44. So I have two pipes stuffed into the space beside my evap canister. The thing is though that I hate the drone of the Super44 so I am replacing it this weekend with a single-in single-out which should keep me safe from melting. Also I installed breather extensions for my diffs when I first got the truck.
Cool video, but when you said you were going out for a rip I thought you were doing this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-glHAzXi_M
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-glHAzXi_M
RobSinclair
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Pretty Much.
RobSinclair
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That video does a pretty accurate job of showing you life in Canada. At least the rural prairies and Atlantic provinces. Ontario and British Columbia are pretty boring. 
