BajaNomad - What's the point?

What's the point?

fishbuck - 6-23-2019 at 03:36 AM

fishbuck - 6-23-2019 at 04:03 AM

fishbuck - 6-23-2019 at 04:31 AM

basautter - 6-23-2019 at 04:35 AM

Inspiring! :light:

Bajazly - 6-23-2019 at 08:00 AM

So did you catch anything? Lenguado? Yt? Yellow fin? Pantie crickets?

David K - 6-23-2019 at 08:11 AM

Great to see you posting photos Mike!
When did you take these?
I presume this is at the south end of the long point that creates the San Quintín Bay region, Cabo San Quintín on the AAA map?

fishbuck - 6-23-2019 at 09:59 AM

Quote: Originally posted by Bajazly

So did you catch anything? Lenguado? Yt? Yellow fin? Pantie crickets?

Yes.
We caught a ton of fish from the bajo.
And a needlefish.
But no atun. They went norte.

fishbuck - 6-23-2019 at 10:02 AM

Quote: Originally posted by David K

Great to see you posting photos Mike!
When did you take these?
I presume this is at the south end of the long point that creates the San Quintín Bay region, Cabo San Quintín on the AAA map?

Yes. Cabo San Quintin on the map.
Just got back.
The pics are from this past Friday.

[Edited on 6-23-2019 by fishbuck]

fishbuck - 6-23-2019 at 10:12 AM

fishbuck - 6-23-2019 at 10:15 AM

fishbuck - 6-23-2019 at 10:18 AM

fishbuck - 6-23-2019 at 10:24 AM

fishbuck - 6-23-2019 at 10:26 AM

It take a very powerful 4x4 to get out there.

AKgringo - 6-23-2019 at 10:34 AM

Quote: Originally posted by fishbuck

It take a very powerful 4x4 to get out there.

Or a very light one! My little Kia is grossly under powered on the roads, but at 3200 lbs and large soft tires, it will probably run rings around your truck in the sand.

fishbuck - 6-23-2019 at 10:35 AM

The aluminum F-150 was better on soft sand.
It took me two tries to get over the hill.
I had to back down, screw my nuts on tighter and get a 50mph run down the beach to make it.
He flew up it 1st try.
It was my 1st time.
It was a rush.

fishbuck - 6-23-2019 at 10:38 AM

Quote: Originally posted by AKgringo

Quote: Originally posted by fishbuck

It take a very powerful 4x4 to get out there.

Or a very light one! My little Kia is grossly under powered on the roads, but at 3200 lbs and large soft tires, it will probably run rings around your truck in the sand.

Or that. A jeep would be ideal.
A Toyota Tundra was out there surfing.
He made it look easy.

[Edited on 6-23-2019 by fishbuck]

AKgringo - 6-23-2019 at 10:56 AM

Fishbuck, I am curious about what size tires, and what pressure you were running on the beach. You may have been making your Ford work harder than it needed to!

If this looks like it is a hijack, I will gladly delete this question. There are plenty of other threads about tire pressure, I am just asking about your truck!

motoged - 6-23-2019 at 11:29 AM

Quote: Originally posted by AKgringo

Fishbuck, I am curious about what size tires, and what pressure you were running on the beach. You may have been making your Ford work harder than it needed to!

Not sure about PSI, but I wonder how many foot-pounds he had on his tightened nuts....
FB said: "It took me two tries to get over the hill.
I had to back down, screw my nuts on tighter and get a 50mph run down the beach to make it."

Yep, some hills generate more pucker factor than others. :biggrin:

[Edited on 6-23-2019 by motoged]

fishbuck - 6-23-2019 at 12:03 PM

fishbuck - 6-23-2019 at 12:09 PM

Quote: Originally posted by AKgringo

Fishbuck, I am curious about what size tires, and what pressure you were running on the beach. You may have been making your Ford work harder than it needed to!

If this looks like it is a hijack, I will gladly delete this question. There are plenty of other threads about tire pressure, I am just asking about your truck!

I started at 25. And then down to about 12-15.
It's not ideal for this but it can do it well. But it will haul and tow serious tonage.
As this is right around the corner from my house... I will go by inflatable boat next time...
Until I get a bad donkey jeep or utv... or a smaller beach truck. But I will keep the big Ford forever... ain't nothing like it... :cool:

[Edited on 6-23-2019 by fishbuck]

SFandH - 6-23-2019 at 12:15 PM

Judging from the map, your pics, and the 4 wheel drive type of place that it is, it looks like a good place to surf. If you're not a surfer find an old longboard to learn on this summer.

fishbuck - 6-23-2019 at 12:26 PM

Quote: Originally posted by SFandH

Judging from the map, your pics, and the 4 wheel drive type of place that it is, it looks like a good place to surf. If you're not a surfer find an old longboard to learn on this summer.

Yep...

David K - 6-23-2019 at 02:41 PM

It isn't so much power or weight but more about tire type and air pressure.

My 1600cc Subaru with little 13" tires, at 10 psi was outstanding in sand. It did better loaded than empty, too.

My 4000cc Toyota double cab, with big 16" tires does very well, but it drives easier empty than loaded.

You just need to find that sweet spot with air pressure. Smooth, street tires do better than aggressive mud tires, too. It's all about floatation and to avoid digging or spinning tires.

High range over low range because too much power will cause spinning. I also prefer the newer limited slip, traction control because it avoids spinning the tires.

Spinning the tires moves you down and not ahead in sand. If you begin to slow and spin in sand, stop and let out more air!
10-15 psi is usually good but 6-8 psi is not unheard of in an emergency. Just don't drive fast or turn sharply or brake hard, when deflated. Have a pump to refill once you are out of the sand.

fishbuck - 6-23-2019 at 04:38 PM

And floor it!. And don't lift...

fishbuck - 6-23-2019 at 04:39 PM

Yeah. These are "street" tires.
Wait until you see him with sand tires.
A turbo and paddle tires is what I'm pipe dreaming...

fishbuck - 6-23-2019 at 10:37 PM

"It isn't so much power or weight but more about tire type and air pressure."

Did Curt let you drive the Raptor?
That weighs half of my truck.
I could carry your truck.
Let me know when you drive a real truck in soft sand Dave...

David K - 6-23-2019 at 11:05 PM

I have driven all sorts of rigs in soft sand from dune buggies to Chevy Suburbans... and sand that is a lot harder to drive on than those easy Pacific beaches. My 1975 Jeep Cherokee Chief with a 401 V-8 was pretty heavy, too.

It was Cameron's Raptor, not LeDuc's and I was happy to have him drive it while I navigated and took some speed videos (I hope to figure out how to edit and show).
My truck is a 4-door second generation Tacoma... it isn't so small or light.

fishbuck - 6-23-2019 at 11:57 PM

Well, I guess that's something... :coolup:

fishbuck - 6-24-2019 at 12:02 AM

My tires are 33inchers. I didn't measure the width yet.
I got them as big as would fit on stock rims.
Wide too.
Ten ply side wall.
They break rock.
So I mush them down as far as I can for sand. The side wall becomes floatation.
But that takes horse power. And lots off it.
And big juevos. And lots of it.

[Edited on 6-24-2019 by fishbuck]

fishbuck - 6-24-2019 at 12:16 AM

Dog-otes found me. Again!
1 sweet... 1 tries to bite you on the donkey...

[Edited on 6-24-2019 by fishbuck]

David K - 6-24-2019 at 07:34 AM

Yes, 10-ply is difficult to get the sidewalks to bulge for floatation. The heavy weight helps get that kind of tire bulge but, as you say, that weight needs horsepower.

Paco Facullo - 6-24-2019 at 08:57 AM

“What’s the point ?”

There is NO point ...

Life is a cruel joke played on us all by an insane perverted alien race that gets its jollies off by watching all the stupid stuff us humans do.

.Facebook is their favorite form of entertainment just after YouTube .

fishbuck - 6-24-2019 at 10:55 AM

fishbuck - 6-24-2019 at 01:02 PM

fishbuck - 6-24-2019 at 01:50 PM

nearest hsbc

Trucks are like boats...
Bigger is better...
I need different rims to get bigger tires but these are muy suficiente for now.

Bajazly - 6-24-2019 at 01:55 PM

It really is funny how a dog and it's person tend to grow to look like each other after a while. :lol:

fishbuck - 6-24-2019 at 01:56 PM

This dog was so cool...

fishbuck - 6-24-2019 at 05:17 PM

fishbuck - 6-25-2019 at 02:14 PM

Teach a man to fish...

sandpoint - 6-26-2019 at 09:43 AM

Quote: Originally posted by fishbuck

It took me two tries to get over the hill.
I had to back down, screw my nuts on tighter and get a 50mph run down the beach to make it.

The sand hill also took us two tries in my brother's F-350. The truck had a Callen shell at the time and we were lightly loaded for a weekend of camping and....well, we had alot of beer. I think we put the tires down in the 20 range and the beach wasn't a problem at all. We just went too slow up the sand ramp the first time. Backed up, hit it at 40-50 and up we went without drama.

We decided to come back out the bay side via the middle road out over the dunes to the beach. Video from that part:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jfWP_yZhKo

Thanks for the pictures, looks like a fun trip. I'm trying to get back there later this summer.

fishbuck - 6-26-2019 at 10:16 AM

Yes a truck load off beer has weighed me down a few times too!
Going up that hill at 50 in a roaring F-350 is plenty of drama for me.
The risk being burying an F-350 on a big hill. That would suck and mucho drama would follow.
There is a small jump in the middle.
I didn't lift but don't remember getting air... but that was the caution I recieved so was a little timid the 1st try.
My experience so far is you can't hurt an F-350... but it can hurt you...

fishbuck - 6-26-2019 at 10:28 AM

And I almost got stuck backing down when I got to the soft flat part on the bottom.
I came down slow because people have rolled backing down.

My truck didn't like backing up. The rear hops. And the front starts to bury itself.
I was close enough to the wet packed beach to dig a path with my hands.
But was another ding to my confidence for the next climb attempt.

[Edited on 6-26-2019 by fishbuck]

sandpoint - 6-26-2019 at 01:41 PM

Quote: Originally posted by fishbuck

And I almost got stuck backing down when I got to the soft flat part on the bottom.
I came down slow because people have rolled backing down.

My truck didn't like backing up. The rear hops. And the front starts to bury itself.
I was close enough to the wet packed beach to dig a path with my hands.
But was another ding to my confidence for the next climb attempt.

[Edited on 6-26-2019 by fishbuck]

If forgot about the rise-his brand new 10' Ace was in back and got bounced pretty well. I had a board bag. We were lucky that my brother managed to not bury the wheels on the first try. The there was a solid grey marine layer and in retrospect, even the dunes were still pretty wet so it was probably as easy as it gets. I have a picture somewhere, I'll see if I can find it. That trip was documented a couple of iphones ago.

fishbuck - 6-26-2019 at 02:25 PM

That's why the boys carried the rods up. We had aready damage 1.
I had a kayak strapped in and it bounced enough I was worried it might crack...

fishbuck - 6-28-2019 at 01:23 AM

So time to go back to the camp.

[Edited on 6-28-2019 by fishbuck]

sandpoint - 6-28-2019 at 10:07 AM

nice camp!
Found them. Here's stuck. You can see the tracks from the wheels hopping. And the second to show just how tall the dune is.

fishbuck - 6-28-2019 at 12:25 PM

Nice. I guess that's where everyone gets stuck...

David K - 6-28-2019 at 03:11 PM

TOO MUCH AIR! :light:

bajatrailrider - 6-30-2019 at 01:14 PM

Yes Too much air if all else fails. Wide open

fishbuck - 7-1-2019 at 01:15 PM

[Edited on 7-1-2019 by fishbuck]

David K - 7-1-2019 at 02:17 PM

Dude... that is just creepy :lol:

fishbuck - 7-1-2019 at 05:19 PM

It was hard to get him to sit still for a picture...

fishbuck - 7-1-2019 at 05:41 PM

I saved this pic just for you Dave!

David K - 7-1-2019 at 08:54 PM

Tell me why... maybe in a u2u? LOL

fishbuck - 7-1-2019 at 08:56 PM

Not really!
Just seemed like a funny moment to use it.
I was save it for for a laugh.

David K - 7-1-2019 at 09:00 PM

Well, I don't know what it is... A septic tank top?

fishbuck - 7-1-2019 at 09:02 PM

Quote: Originally posted by David K

Well, I don't know what it is... A septic tank top?

Yes. My new septic tank.
Ain't she pretty!

[Edited on 7-2-2019 by fishbuck]

fishbuck - 7-1-2019 at 09:04 PM

And my 1st "God an Mr. Gomez" moment. Didn't go exactly as planned... but I like it...