SoCal Offroad Trip

[panda24619]

so there might be a chance that i will go to Glamis the either weekend b4 thanksgiving or during the week before thanksgiving. not sure when my parents are leaving or coming back yet. so if you guys want to come then come along. only thing we all need is a flag. other then that were not staying the night so no permits needed. or so i think. unless you want to make a 2 day trip out of it then i can take my trailer and load it with wood and crap we will need then only 1 of us needs a permit i think. like the main vehicle i think it says. ill find out some how. so ill see what you guys want to do and ill see when my parents go to vegas.

 

[nvycrmn]

i wont really be able to do any offroading until after the new year. i have family coming and they will need to drive my truck while they are here for xmas so i cant afford to break anything. not really much of a sand guy...

 

[panda24619]

aww lame. you wont really break anything but i see your point. theres that what if factor. your tires are built for sand though. haha but maybe after new years we can go to truck haven or something. see how well these tanks can climb some hills.

 

[tallsville]

@navy there are some other trails down there probably wont be bad on trucks. mainly dirt roads. but look like they can be fun. gigabyte talked about one in another post. looked it up and looks like it could be fun.

 

[nvycrmn]

im down for going. willing to try anything twice! hahah. but like i said, cant take the chance of breaking something before the new year.

 

[panda24619]

the trail your talking about is down in otay mesa. literally about 3 steps from the boarder. idk how to get there though. always wanted to go there when im with my friend but im always down there at night so not taking the chance. i know mikegigabite knows how to get there but hes on only once in awhile.

 

[smo0othride]

I want to go but not sure I'll have time in November.. I've been pretty busy trying to go to school and work at the same time. Yesterday I pulled out a thorn from my leg that I got from Anderson.. weird it was in there the whole time. I think the 2 Anderson trips shortened my tires life by about 10,000 miles... the tread is starting to look low on them and would probably be like slicks in the sand.

 

[panda24619]

I want to go but not sure I'll have time in November.. I've been pretty busy trying to go to school and work at the same time. Yesterday I pulled out a thorn from my leg that I got from Anderson.. weird it was in there the whole time. I think the 2 Anderson trips shortened my tires life by about 10,000 miles... the tread is starting to look low on them and would probably be like slicks in the sand.

it was just an idea. im not even sure if i can go. most likely after new years would be best for me too. but who knows. and it did probably lower the life. sry. but you dont want to much traction in the sand. too much mean you dig instead of float. so you would be fine out there with tires like that.

 

[johnbrnrd]

sweet trucks. i wish i can convince some of my friends to beef up their own expeditions and add some aftermarket ford expedition parts and go on a trail run.

 

[nvycrmn]

well when i move back to iowa, maybe we can all get together and do an expedition! hahah

 

[panda24619]

well when i move back to iowa, maybe we can all get together and do an expedition! hahah

wow nvy that was funny! that made me laugh.

 

[smo0othride]

Check out this damage I got from Anderson.. probably from the first time.

 

[panda24619]

holy cow! thats all mine. this last time i dented my tranny pan and my rear diff had some metal pointing upward. i had to hammer it back flat when i did my fluid today. im not going there for a while. i might go to the desert next weekend still though. im thinking saturday-sunday. my cousins going so i might go too.

 

[smo0othride]

yeah Anderson was a lot of fun but it gives your ride a beating which isn't good for a daily driver. The desert should be fun, not much can happen there besides rolling and getting too much air off a jump.

 

[nvycrmn]

i just got back from phoenix and drove past ocotillo and im not gonna lie, i would waste entirely too much gas going through those damn mountains. it would take me a tank just to get there!

 

[panda24619]

yeah it dose. its really not that much. but $75 in gas is about right for a trip there and back with these beasts.

 

[nvycrmn]

WHAT?!!! it takes 75 just to fill it up. there is no way we are going there and back on 1 tank of gas.

 

[panda24619]

well i have gone one tank before. it just depends on the barometer reading and heat in the mountains. but i just feel more comfortable with a full tank. its the other driving that eats all the gas. going to visit all the random crap and have funn in the desert. glamis cost me $85 once again for all the reasons stated above. and i still might go saturday - sunday. just depends where my cousins going cause i dont want to be out there my self.

 

[panda24619]

so there was a chance that i might have gone to baja to watch the 1000 in ensenda. but gf dosent wanna go so were going to glamis instead. my cuz is going so she wants to go where she feels most safe. so if any of you wanna come your more then welcome. were leaving friday night idk wht time but my cuz says 9pm. thats a little late for me since i have to drive to el cajon earlier in the day to drop my sister off. but its fine wht ever. but if any one wants to go lemme know. im staying friday night - saturday night maybe sunday morning. just need a permit and flag and your good to go. im gonna buy my permit on the way out there and i have an old flag. shouldnt cost more then $15.

 

[Expedi]

here are some pics. really could of used your winch

thank you very much for the pics! looks like you had a great time.

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