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Mexitron
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Oh yah, another tale in the sisters--we were driving on a very old, seldom used, very bad road into the area. At one point you have to drive a fairly
steep incline up the lower flank of an old volcano (lots of nice sharp basalt!). Wouldn't you know it--my brother's LandCruiser gets a flat on this
steep part, and gets stuck straddling a huge boulder in the middle of the road--such that the truck comes to rest on the spare tire which is stuck on
the boulder. Can't jack it up on the steep slope without piling up a lot of rocks and such, so we have our other truck--an almost the same year
LandCruiser(1982ish) come up behind the stuck truck and hold it in place while we dig a hole under the bad tire of the first truck. After a few shots
of tequila for lubrication we continued by taking the spare from the good truck and putting it on my brother's truck.
That was the "Punta Fiasco" trip, wherein to the aforementioned adventure, my brother's truck rack collapsed and was rebuilt using dead Agave blooms.
For two days out there we were whipped mercilessly by 50 MPH Santa Ana Winds, breaking our tents and blowing any swell back out to sea(the real
tragedy:lol .
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woody with a view
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a mexican jack?
just place a rock under the frame and dig a hole under the flat until you can remove it!!!!
as for winds......the november '07 santa ana that burned so. cal:
musta been a be-itch!!!!!
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Mexitron
Oh yah, another tale in the sisters--we were driving on a very old, seldom used, very bad road into the area. At one point you have to drive a fairly
steep incline up the lower flank of an old volcano (lots of nice sharp basalt!). Wouldn't you know it--my brother's LandCruiser gets a flat on this
steep part, and gets stuck straddling a huge boulder in the middle of the road--such that the truck comes to rest on the spare tire which is stuck on
the boulder. Can't jack it up on the steep slope without piling up a lot of rocks and such, so we have our other truck--an almost the same year
LandCruiser(1982ish) come up behind the stuck truck and hold it in place while we dig a hole under the bad tire of the first truck. After a few shots
of tequila for lubrication we continued by taking the spare from the good truck and putting it on my brother's truck.
That was the "Punta Fiasco" trip, wherein to the aforementioned adventure, my brother's truck rack collapsed and was rebuilt using dead Agave blooms.
For two days out there we were whipped mercilessly by 50 MPH Santa Ana Winds, breaking our tents and blowing any swell back out to sea(the real
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Now folks, That's a Baja trip  
"Mankind will not be judged by their faults, but by the direction of their lives." Leo Giovinetti
See you in Baja
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mtgoat666
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| Quote: | Originally posted by woody in ob
a mexican jack?
just place a rock under the frame and dig a hole under the flat until you can remove it!!!!
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the rock trick is sometimes less work than using your "gringo jack," and may be safer than supporting vehicle on tippy jack stand.
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standingwave
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Using a rock for a jack
| Quote: | Originally posted by mtgoat666
| Quote: | Originally posted by woody in ob
a mexican jack?
just place a rock under the frame and dig a hole under the flat until you can remove it!!!!
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the rock trick is sometimes less work than using your "gringo jack," and may be safer than supporting vehicle on tippy jack stand.
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How do you get the vehicle off the rock? That must be a little tricky...
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Ken Cooke
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| Quote: | Originally posted by aqbluegreen
Hi there,
Ive ran with the BFGs way down here in southern Chile and they lasted only about 14,000 miles. Many flats during that time.
No pavement here. Just really good dirt roads with tons of loose rock and lots of river crossings. |
Loose rock can be really tough on a tires tread. Send more pics from Chile! I saw the Motorcycle Diaries on DVD and I thought that country was
stunning.
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woody with a view
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How do you get the vehicle off the rock? That must be a little tricky...
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fill in the hole, duh!
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standingwave
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| Quote: | Originally posted by woody in ob
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How do you get the vehicle off the rock? That must be a little tricky...
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fill in the hole, duh! |
I would have answered this sooner but I've been out filling in the hole...
...which didn't work...
...no matter how many times I filled it in...
...at first I filled it in straight from the top...
...no luck with that...
...and no luck filling it in from the sides either...
...or squinting while I did it, that didn't work...
...I tried filling it in from the bottom but though that seemed a great possibility from a quantum physics/wormhole point of view somehow I couldn't
quite get my shovel around it regardless of the quantity of pacifico...
...I tried using a different shovel...
...even imported dirt...
...nothing worked...
Finally I dug a hole under the rock
nice guy, Woody, leading me astray like that..
\"I could not help concluding this man had the most supreme pleasure while he was driven so fast and so smoothly by the sea.\"
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Mango
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I had a sidewall bulge and almost blow out from an impact. Happened on the road north of Gonzaga.
I would have been fine; but, I was in a hurry to catch up to a motorcycle rider and hit a pothole/rock at a pretty good speed.
I had picked up the rear storage box that had fallen from his bike - about a mile before that I had stopped to help him fix his rear blowout. It
took 2 hours and a few beers. I restocked him with water, and watched as he rode off to catch up with his buddies that never knew he fell behind.
His rear topbox fell off about a mile after the spot where we fixed his tire. I picked it up and hoped to find him farther north. About 2 hours
later, I found him standing in the dark by the side of the road in Puertocitos and returned his box to him.
Too bad about my tire; but, I didn't spot it until the next morning. I'm sure he would have got me a new tire; but, either way I saved the same guy
twice in the same day and seriously charged up my road karma account.
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durrelllrobert
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| Quote: | Originally posted by BAJACAT
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why are you guys still running on tires?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3HyZ-raQseg
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standingwave
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This blowout was enroute to Bahia Asuncion, shortly after the turnoff to the antelope sanctuary. That was spring, 2002. The spare was a poor one and
lasted less than a month on baja's roads blowing out in turn on the way in to Alejandros.
\"I could not help concluding this man had the most supreme pleasure while he was driven so fast and so smoothly by the sea.\"
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standingwave
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that blowout
here it is
\"I could not help concluding this man had the most supreme pleasure while he was driven so fast and so smoothly by the sea.\"
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standingwave
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This replacement from a llantera in Asuncion that Shari took us to lasted well. Four years before blowing out on a logging road on Vancouver Island
BC.
\"I could not help concluding this man had the most supreme pleasure while he was driven so fast and so smoothly by the sea.\"
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standingwave
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When that one from Asuncion blew I put new ones all the way 'round and so far they've done well - though they've been driven more in snow than sand.
\"I could not help concluding this man had the most supreme pleasure while he was driven so fast and so smoothly by the sea.\"
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standingwave
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Baja Champions handle 20 inches of snow
like this day in early December 2007
[Edited on 2-16-2008 by standingwave]
\"I could not help concluding this man had the most supreme pleasure while he was driven so fast and so smoothly by the sea.\"
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jeans
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| Quote: | Originally posted by David K
Photo by Amo Pescar taken at the first Matomi group trip...
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Wasn't that my truck? That tire did not go flat that day...but had plenty with BFG.
Mom always told me to be different - Now she says...Not THAT different
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David K
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Not sure, you need to ask Amo if he remembers... It made a great photo, like so many more taken that weekend in 2001!
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Ken Cooke
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Yesterday in Joshua Tree...
[Edited on 2-17-2008 by Ken Cooke]
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David K
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Ken the tire with the torn sidewall, what brand was it? 
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Ken Cooke
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| Quote: | Originally posted by David K
Ken the tire with the torn sidewall, what brand was it?
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BFG - Always Trashed & Knocked Out
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