White Rim Trail, Utah

[teotwaki]

The Downey lift kit and Revo tires were great

 

[teotwaki]

Awesome terrain! I ran a 105 mile off road loop stopping at 3 campsites

 

[teotwaki]

coming off of the Murphy's Hogback downhill

 

[teotwaki]

bottom of Shafer Trail

 

[teotwaki]

a little T4R.ORG forum advertising!

 

[teotwaki]

look at the bottom right of the big rock

 

[teotwaki]

rocky overhangs and sheer rock walls were everywhere

 

[teotwaki]

I got to explore a very cool slot canyon. Getting out required finding a hard to spot climb up one wall

 

[teotwaki]

the start of Murphy's Hogback climb. One of the more difficult ascents that the 4Runner handled well. Locking the center differential and locking out the VSC was great. I hated the VSC on loose rutted climbs. It sounded like the 4Runner was dragging on the rocks

 

[teotwaki]

Ancient Indian storage site, high on a lonely mesa. Made up of flat rocks and mud, it was two cylindrical structures joined together, the taller one about 12 feet high and 10 feet across

 

[teotwaki]

Native American graffiti

 

[Mr. Lambdebois]

Looks like a lot of fun!


Great pictures. Thanks for sharing.:cheers:

 

[MAC4Runner]

Sweet!

 

[Falls]

Awsome pic's , thank's for sharing.

 

[teotwaki]

HIGHLY recommend the Quick Fist shovel mounts! Despite the pounding, that shovel never budged

 

[teotwaki]

bouncing down the Shafer switchbacks

 

[teotwaki]

awesome cliffs to drive along

 

[wilsoncwil]

Dang that looks fun! Does anyone know if the 4Runner can make this trip in the dead of summer with 110+ degree temps??? It would be a good test to see how really good this truck is.

 

[JB.]

Awesome terrain! I ran a 105 mile off road loop stopping at 3 campsites

Nice pics. Had to be a blast.

How'd that roof rack hold up?

 

[teotwaki]

Nice pics. Had to be a blast.

How'd that roof rack hold up?

The trip was really cool! Especially having to be totally self-sufficient. I definitely overpacked with tools, gas and water. :arrow:

The roof basket did very well. After the first day of pounding I had to re-tighten the knobs/nuts on the U-bolts that hold the basket to the Toyota factory rack's cross bars. After that the knobs stayed tight.

Thule uses plastic spinner knobs and on the next trip I will replace them with double metal hex nuts or aircraft type self locking nuts with the nylon inserts. I think that they gradually loosened and allowed the basket to move a tiny bit, making a small squeaking noise under hard left to right movements.

Basket write up here:

http://www.toyota-4runner.org/showthread.php?s=&threadid=16918

The basket pouch was good too. It is built really well and nothing frayed or came loose. I put all of the sleeping bags, tent and folding camp table up there.

In between the two gas cans I had a plastic crate for the white gas cans and a bucket with cleaning gear. Later I stowed my plastic trash bags there to keep any stray smells out of the interior of the 4Runner.

I did not fill my gas cans or three 6 gallon water cans until I got to Moab.