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[*] posted on 5-12-2017 at 04:50 PM


Drove a long-bed SuperCab jacked F-250 and parked it successfully in Sta. Rosalia constantly..... just took a while to find the right spot is all.......
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[*] posted on 5-15-2017 at 10:15 PM


How long do you plan on keeping this truck?

I bought my last truck new in 2005 and didn't want to spend the money on 4x4 at the time. I put 200k miles on that truck with thousands of those miles logged between Cabo and TJ chasing waves and dirt bikes. There were a number of times when I had to find an alternate route because of not having 4wd. I have since retired that truck and now have a 4x4. I will never buy another 2wd truck, it's too comforting for me to look down and see the 4wd selector knob. I ask how long you plan to have the truck because you never know where you will be in 10 years. If you're like me, you will find yourself wishing you'd gotten 4x4. Can you launch a boat and explore in mexico with 2wd? Of course you can! But since you asked, I believe 4x4 should be requirement number 1.
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[*] posted on 5-16-2017 at 07:56 AM


I launch and recover a 15 foot boat off the beaches at Bahia Concepcion. Two wheel drive, never had a problem but I don't drive on the loose sand, instead I use a trailer dolly. Launching is downhill so no problem pushing by hand. Maybe 2 guys. To recover I keep the truck on hard pack and tie a rope to the truck hitch and dolly.




The hitch on my dolly doesn't stick up as high as the one pictured. Plus my dolly has sorta wide tubed tires which I can soften for the sand. Solid rubber tires would sink, get tubes if you can.

Works great..

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