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Tomas Tierra
Super Nomad
Posts: 1281
Registered: 3-23-2005
Location: oxnard, ca
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Mood: Tengo Flojera
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My first FWC
This is the camper that changed my life! Though this combo has been separated, both units live on!
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k-rico
Super Nomad
Posts: 2079
Registered: 7-10-2008
Location: Playas de Tijuana
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Yes, expect flat tires and have the gear to change them. One time I was crossing a small stream and a submerged piece of angle iron sliced open the
sidewall on an almost new tire. It exploded under water!
In addition to the dinky jack and wrench that came with my truck I carry one of those big x shaped lug nut wrenches, a bottle jack, and two 18" 4x12
boards to use as a base for the jacks. Jacks also come in handy when your stuck in the sand and you've spun the tires too much. Lift the wheel and
fill in the hole, and the 4x12s are useful to drive up upon to level off the truck when camped on a slope (beach).
I also carry an extra fully charged car battery and a 120VAC trickle charger. On my last trip the alternator quit and drained the battery while my
wife drove the truck solo to Mulege from Santispac and back. The next morning we get up early to leave and the truck battery was absolutely dead. The
extra battery got us started and I found a used alternator in Cd. Constitution.
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Ken Cooke
Elite Nomad
Posts: 8947
Registered: 2-9-2004
Location: Riverside, CA
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Mood: Pole Line Road postponed due to injury
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| Quote: | Originally posted by k-rico
Yes, expect flat tires and have the gear to change them. |
These bias-ply tires only lasted 25,000 mi. but I did not even bother carrying a spare to Baja for the 1 year that I ran them...
I now run the more street-biased Radial TrXus MT tire by Interco, and I haven't had a single problem, plus these treads stay grippy up until about
45,000 miles!
Tread wisely...
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David K
Honored Nomad
Posts: 64854
Registered: 8-30-2002
Location: San Diego County
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Mood: Have Baja Fever
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How is the noise Ken? (with your stereo off)
Here pictured is the Cooper Discoverer STT, I ran before the Toyos... Got 35,000 miles out of them. They were great on the road to Mision Santa Maria
and Laguna Chapala mud. People who saw them liked the looks (rugged 4WD look).
They were lousy on Shell Island or any other sand, requiring to be lowered at least to 10 psi to float. (3 ply sidewall). The worst part was the
noise... just way too loud.
The Toyo Open Country A/T I have now work great in sand (15 psi, 2 ply sidewall), are quiet on the highway, and last weekend proved themselves in the
mud... They just don't have that 'look'!
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Ken Cooke
Elite Nomad
Posts: 8947
Registered: 2-9-2004
Location: Riverside, CA
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Mood: Pole Line Road postponed due to injury
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| Quote: | Originally posted by David K
How is the noise Ken? (with your stereo off) |
With the radio turned off, the TrXus MT tires are not loud at all. I do have a hard top, so most of the noise is not audible inside with the air
conditioner turned on and the windows rolled up.
The bias-ply TSL-SXs (shown above) were just too loud. Even with the windows rolled up at highway speeds, you had to shout at the person beside you,
and the stereo didn't even compensate for the noise those tires emitted. That is why I ran BFG ATs afterwards.
On the road from Mike's Sky Rancho to Rancho Coyote, I got lots of tirespin from the BFG ATs on the trail. Gretchen and Andrew spotted for me, and on
the trail they reported seeing my tires spin in precarious places on the trail. I decided safety on the trail was more important than running a quiet
tire on the street. Hence, my decision to run Mud-Terrain tires ever since...
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Pappy Jon
Nomad
Posts: 494
Registered: 8-27-2003
Location: Wrong side of the Continental divide.
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Mood: Temp rising.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Ken Cooke
Here's something we haven't touched on yet - what modification or addition has been made to make those trips into Baja a more complete experience?
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No contest. My Engel fridge with a second axillary battery. A few years ago I did a trip report for some off-road buddies and every so often I made a
comment about having to stop for ice. The next trip one of them loaned me his Engel 45 ... and there was no turning back. I currently run an Engel 35
since it fits in the 4Runner a bit better. The second battery is a small Odyssey deep cycle that will run the fridge for about a day.
[Edited on 9-20-2008 by Pappy Jon]
"The association of flowers and warm-blooded love is more than a romantic convention; it is based upon one of the great advances in the evolution
of life." Ed Abbey
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BajaGringo
Ultra Nomad
Posts: 3922
Registered: 8-24-2006
Location: La Chorera
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Mood: Let's have a BBQ!
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One thing I never forget to bring...
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Diver
Ultra Nomad
Posts: 4729
Registered: 11-15-2004
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For Margies Yes but for all else;
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BajaGringo
Ultra Nomad
Posts: 3922
Registered: 8-24-2006
Location: La Chorera
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Mood: Let's have a BBQ!
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Good choice Diver - but I tend to stick to my Cadillac Margaritas. For some reason I just seem to like the way the Cazadores blends with the Grand
Marnier a bit better than Don Julio.
But I would never turn it away if you bring the bottle to the party - ha!
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Gadget
Senior Nomad
Posts: 851
Registered: 9-10-2006
Location: Point Loma CA
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Mood: Blessed with another day
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My current wife made the mistake of saying " Let's really fix this Tacoma up".
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She's a keeper!
"Mankind will not be judged by their faults, but by the direction of their lives." Leo Giovinetti
See you in Baja
http://www.LocosMocos.com
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Gadget
Senior Nomad
Posts: 851
Registered: 9-10-2006
Location: Point Loma CA
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Mood: Blessed with another day
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The Baja Box.
10 years old, lots of mods to sort it out for extreme use.
3500lb. torsion bar axel with hydraulic disc brakes installed last year.
Floats along behind GSB like cloud.
[Edited on 9-20-2008 by Gadget]
"Mankind will not be judged by their faults, but by the direction of their lives." Leo Giovinetti
See you in Baja
http://www.LocosMocos.com
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BAJACAT
Ultra Nomad
Posts: 2902
Registered: 11-21-2005
Location: NATIONAL CITY, CA
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Well let's see, 6" FABTECH suspention lift,A750 watts converter, for my xmas lights,battery charger,on board air compressor(HARBOR TOOLS),.bushwackers
wheelflares,35" PROCOMP All terrain tires,Highlift jack,and don't forget the XX AMBER ..
BAJA IS WHAT YOU WANTED TO BE, FUN,DANGEROUS,INCREDIBLE, REMOTE, EXOTIC..JUST GO AND HAVE FUN.....
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