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DonBaja
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Traveling Down Baja; What's Your Vehicle of Choice
I'v been giving this subject some thought lately. I'm thinking about changing to a Long Travel Buggy for running Baja.
I currently have a 1996 Bronco and it is a very good Baja vehicle. I can air the tires down and put it in 4x and pretty much go anywhere. It's
enclosed which keeps me clean, it has a heater and A/C and a decent stereo. I can pack almost anything I might need in it.
On the other hand I have friends that have the Long Travel Buggies, these are really nice buggies setup for offroad travel but can run on the highway
also. I'm talking heated seats, XM Radio piped thru headsets, HID Lights, Racks for gear and cooler, windshields.
A typical trip will take them 1,500 miles or so round trip. They take off like a bat outta hell and all you can see is dust until we get to the first
beer stop. My Bronco does better in the rough trails then some of the shorter wheelbase Jeeps but after 5-6 days of being beat up and they are still
refreshed the Long Travel Buggy is starting to sound better and better.
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bajalou
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For any kind of off road travel, the long-travel beats any other suspension system. You can take washboard and whoops in fair degree of comfort vs
getting beat to death in a Bronco/Jeep/Toyota and having to crawl at 4 mph.
No Bad Days
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And in the San Felipe area - check out Valle Chico area |
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David K
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By 'Toyota', I presume you mean the old FJ-40 Land Cruiser, not the newer long wheelbase Toyotas? 
DonBaja, I am very happy with my Tacoma... very happy!
[Edited on 8-9-2006 by David K]
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bajalou
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David, None can compare with a long travel buggy - closest thing is a Trophy Truck or Pro Truck. I'm talking of moving down the backroads/trails/race
roads at a reasonable speed, not 4-6 mph. Say from Carrizo (in Valle Chico) south to drop into the Matomi.
No Bad Days
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\"The trouble with doing nothing is - how do I know when I\'m done?\"
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And in the San Felipe area - check out Valle Chico area |
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David K
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Yah-hoo!!!
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Bob H
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Ford F250 Superduty 4x4 with a Lance Cabover camper. You can drop the camper and explore to your wildest dreams.
Here we are in Mulege...
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The SAME boiling water that softens the potato hardens the egg. It's about what you are made of NOT the circumstance.
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Axel
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go with the long travel buggie if you dont plan on carrying much. Check out www.monstermanx.com they sell a street legal model. Its built simular to the one they race the 1000 in.
[Edited on 8-9-2006 by Axel]
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DonBaja
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Axel
go with the long travel buggie if you dont plan on carrying much. Check out www.monstermanx.com they sell a street legal model. Its built simular to the one they race the 1000 in.
[Edited on 8-9-2006 by Axel] |
Vince makes a killer offroad car. Just a bit out of my range though 
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surfer jim
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depends on your budget....those loaded up buggies can run $50-100...thousand....
on a MUCH smaller budget a JEEPSPEED type vehicle may work well....(jeep cherokee)....can be 4x4.....a/c....good room inside....with the right
suspension they are quite fast....and street legal to boot.....$15-25 thousand......
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Bajalou is right.
I have had two FJ-40s and several Toyota PUs (currently two Tacomas, His and Hers) but after riding in Baja Blackie's 20" suspension, four passenger
buggy, I went home and cried!
That said, you had better restrict your long buggy trips to good weather.
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Never let a Dragon pass by without pulling its tail!
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4baja
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4x4 toyota hands down, no 4-6 mph here. we run 30 to 60 mph with the right suspension and they crawl any were.  
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Bob H. i just put a o4 Lance Lite on my 2002 Ford 250 Diesel Long Bed Super duty- No 4 wheel.
Do you use a remote Inverter for Power when you camp Out ?. if you do, would like you imput.
I have a 97 Ford 250 4Wheel Drive Turbo ext. cab that I would use if I ever get the Longing to go back to Baja before I turn 85.
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Axel
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Donbaja,
You can build one heck of an offroad car out of a bronco. There are alot of good offroad fab shops such as Autofab and H&M that have some great
travel kits for Broncos. I had one that was pretty well equipt and it flew on any road.
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BajaDanD
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Tacoma 4x4 is what I like/drive
but I 've been known to drive off road in a toyota echo or a Daawoo
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AmoPescar
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BajaDon,
I also had a chance to ride with Baja Blackie (PJC) in
his 4 seater off-road car. It rides like a Cadillac on
the freeway. I rode with him for a couple of hours as
he went full throttle on the San Felipe 250 SCORE race
course. As we pulled out of camp and approached our
first big 'whoopdiedo' (spelling?) I was holding on for
dear life and expecting to feel it all the way to my bad
back. But as he flew over it, I was amazed at how
soft it was, and I continued to be amazed all through
the course. As you said, at the end of the day, I felt
great, but had to shake off lots of Baja dust.
Here's a link to see his car...
http://www.baja.net/photobb/showphoto.php?photo=7597&pap...
[Edited on 8-9-2006 by Miguelamo]
[Edited on 8-9-2006 by Miguelamo]
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capt. mike
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"off road" vehicle?
a 1987 beat up nissan pathfinder, 250K miles, 2nd eng, 2nd tranny......after i get there 1st in my baja "off road" vehicle!
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Bob H
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Skeet/Loreto
Do you use a remote Inverter for Power when you camp Out ?. if you do, would like you imput.
Skeet/Loreto |
We usually look for full hookups, but if we can't find that we just power off of our Marine battery. When it gets low we hook back up to the F250 and
idle the engine to recharge. Haven't had to do that much because we always look for hookups for stays longer than 2 or 3 days.
The SAME boiling water that softens the potato hardens the egg. It's about what you are made of NOT the circumstance.
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jimgrms
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Enought cerveza and tokillya any any thing is a long travel buggy
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LaTijereta
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This will Work...
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I drive a 1998 Dodge Dakota with a 6-1/2 ft 4-Wheel Camper. I also tow a 14 ft. Gregor boat with a 15 hp Honda for beach launching. If I had it to
do over again I would be driving a full-sized Cummins with an 8-foot 4-Wheel Camper. That 3/4 ton would haul the camper and boat without feeling
overloaded and get better milage than my Dakota. The Dakota is nice because it is so easy to drive down Hwy 1 and it fits through tighter spaces than
a full size. My camper doesn't stick out any farther than the fender flares, and it is very tough for offroading, besides being light weight.
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