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Howard35 said:
Anyone interested in meeting up this Sunday (10/26) at around 9am?

I was thinking we could meet up in the Northern section of Lake Mead NRA, there are several trails that run off of Northshore Rd. (Nevada 167).

If we got enough interest we could even try and reserve a group picnic area, the Redstone Dune (or Callville Bay) have group picnic sites are near several trails. We could use either spot just have as a meet up place before or afterwards or we could grill up some burgers when we are done running a trail or two (as suggested by [MENTION=69312]808g19[/MENTION]).

Here is a brief summary of the trails running from there-

1. Anniversary Mine Trail (NPS 94A); 5.8 miles, 1 hour, difficulty rating 4. I have tried this one before and ended up not finding my way through, either the road dead ends now or I made a wrong turn somewhere, but its mainly a gravelly wash... definitely can be run stock 4wd.

2. Callville Wash Trail (NPS 94); 5.8 miles (each way), 45 min (each way) difficulty rating 3. I have ran this one also, it is similar to Anniversary Mile just not as much deep gravel, could probably even run this one in 2wd. Might get some pinstripes though.

3. Boathouse Cove Road (NPS 97); 9.2 miles (each way), 1 hour (each way), difficulty 4. Have not run this trail. Book says mostly graded gravel road with two sections of rocky eroded washes that make high-clearance and 4wd a necessity. Runs out to the shoreline of Lake Mead.

4. Bitter Springs Backcountry Byway; 26.6 miles plus 3.4 mile spur, 4 hours, difficulty 4. This is the trail [MENTION=106215]chiz45[/MENTION] previously suggested. Its a long scenic trail that we could run in reverse (from Lake Mead area) and end off at the I-15 north of Las Vegas.

5. Rainbow Gardens and Lava Butte Loop; 16.7 miles, 45 minutes, difficulty 3. I have ran this trail, it can definitely be run stock. Starts just before the North entrance to Lake Mead NRA. I heard this got washed out a month or two ago so we would have to check to see if it has been repaired first.

[MENTION=115253]Mr Banks[/MENTION] I am sure you can run any of these trails stock. AT tires would definitely help but these trucks are pretty capable stock. I would suggest you see how well it does stock and how difficult of trails you really want to do before advising you on a suspension/lift.
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Unfortunately I will be out of town in San Jose, CA for the weekend otherwise I would probably be interested.
 
I can do Sunday. [MENTION=69312]808g19[/MENTION] had suggested the Boathouse trail not to long ago. Run some trails and burn some meat!
 
Look what I got [MENTION=5084]smokey7722[/MENTION]
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Anyone a go for tomorrow? [MENTION=85832]Howard35[/MENTION] had mentioned the Redstone Dune area, which is pretty close to the trailhead for Boathouse Cove Rd. We could meet there at 9, and then determine which trail based on who shows up.

If nobody shows, I'll head on down the road to go shooting.

On a side note, has anyone run the Lucky Strike Mine trail off of Kyle Canyon Rd? I was up there yesterday (picked up some nice pin striping for my troubles) and had some issues with the trail itself. Either I missed a turn, or I had had enough of the attack bushes and ended up backtracking out of there.
 
Indigo said:
Anyone a go for tomorrow? [MENTION=85832]Howard35[/MENTION] had mentioned the Redstone Dune area, which is pretty close to the trailhead for Boathouse Cove Rd. We could meet there at 9, and then determine which trail based on who shows up.

If nobody shows, I'll head on down the road to go shooting.

On a side note, has anyone run the Lucky Strike Mine trail off of Kyle Canyon Rd? I was up there yesterday (picked up some nice pin striping for my troubles) and had some issues with the trail itself. Either I missed a turn, or I had had enough of the attack bushes and ended up backtracking out of there.
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I think I am going have to bailout last minute on you. Sorry, but I got a pretty good reason...

Traded in for a 2015 trail premium w/the TRD wheels (not the black trd pro ones) today... got to get my aftermarket stuff switched over... hopefully that will be done by the end of next week, then you know we have to take it out and get it dirty.

May be selling my old wheels and tires if anyone is interested (265 duratracs e-load with about 25k miles on them and the previous years FJ wheels w/ tpms sensors in all 5)
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Howard35 said:
I think I am going have to bailout last minute on you. Sorry, but I got a pretty good reason...

Traded in for a 2015 trail premium w/the TRD wheels (not the black trd pro ones) today... got to get my aftermarket stuff switched over... hopefully that will be done by the end of next week, then you know we have to take it out and get it dirty.

May be selling my old wheels and tires if anyone is interested (265 duratracs e-load with about 25k miles on them and the previous years FJ wheels w/ tpms sensors in all 5)
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You're forgiven =)

Nice ride!
 
Sorry Dude, Me too. I get off work late tonight and I don't think I can make it tomorrow.
 
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I'll possibly be going If my boss doesn't ask me to work overtime. [MENTION=85832]Howard35[/MENTION] [MENTION=113431]Indigo[/MENTION] [MENTION=100984]Grgg1978[/MENTION]
 
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Your t4r ready yet? [MENTION=85832]Howard35[/MENTION]
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Put 275/70/17 TA KO2 on today but lift and aftermarket stuff is scheduled to go on Monday... I'm tempted to go tomorrow but even theses 275/70 are rubbing the fender liner w/o the lift.

I'm definitely selling my duratracs and 8-hole FJ/2010-2013 trail rims now (tpms included w/rims). Tires have about 2yrs/25k miles on a five tire rotation (full size spare w/rim).... if anyone is interested.... let me know....

Also my sway-away 1.5" rear springs... Replacing with 2" icon springs and adding about 0.5" lift front and rear.

And my ARB front skids for 5th gen (won't fit kdss). Transmission skid is bent to shit but definitely better than stock... have to figure out what to do for replacement still.
 
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