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motoged
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Location: Kamloops, BC
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Toyota truck: Best for Baja?
Can a Toyota truck stand up to Baja ?
http://www.wimp.com/indestructibletruck/
Don't believe everything you think....
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AmoPescar
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Posts: 835
Registered: 7-15-2006
Location: North San Diego County
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Motoged....
YOUR Baja Buddy David K will tell you "YES" !!!!
Miguelamo   
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Curt63
Super Nomad
Posts: 1171
Registered: 3-28-2009
Location: San Diego, Ca.
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Funny as hell
No worries
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Marc
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Location: San Francisco & Palm Springs
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My 2007 4X4 Trundra has taken me all over Baja and into the central Sierra Madre and Copper Canyon. The only spare parts I take along is an oil filter
and an extra spare tire. It is a monster 5.7L and extremely comfortable. They do not break. The Tacoma is smaller and therefore nimbler on the more
extreme terrain.
Road to San Javier 2008
[Edited on 7-19-2011 by Marc]
[Edited on 7-19-2011 by Marc]
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David K
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The best!
[Edited on 7-19-2011 by David K]
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Curt63
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Location: San Diego, Ca.
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I've been real happy with mine.
I sure love getting lost in Central Baja Pac side!
[Edited on 7-20-2011 by BajaNomad]
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Hook
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Amazing what "trucks" can accomplish when they are towing tents.
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Ken Cooke
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The best (Toyotas) for Baja
Landcruiser Winch and Snorkle are included
The Toyota Landcruiser 45
The Toyota 1985 4 Runner (pictured in Baja)
[Edited on 7-20-2011 by Ken Cooke]
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Hook
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A snorkle? In Baja?
Somebody competing with the ferry service, or something?
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Ken Cooke
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Hook
A snorkle? In Baja?
Somebody competing with the ferry service, or something? |
It would certainly come handy along the route to Mission Santa Maria where water levels vary between 12" to 3 1/2'.
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tripledigitken
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Hook
A snorkle? In Baja?
Somebody competing with the ferry service, or something? |
or driving out to "Shell Island" at high tide!!!!
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Marc
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When all else fails.
A LADY parks this across the street from my house.
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classicbajabronco
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Hook
A snorkle? In Baja?
Somebody competing with the ferry service, or something? |
Actually... a snorkle would be a great addition to a desert truck.
From the ARB SITE.
http://www.arbusa.com/Products/Snorkels/27.aspx
"Picture your vehicle at the end of a convoy on a dry, dusty road. As each vehicle before you stirs up dust and debris, your air filter is forced to
contain the contaminants as your engine gasps for clean air. Now picture your vehicle entering a river crossing. As the front tires leave the
embankment and the vehicle noses into the water, the air intake becomes incredibly vulnerable to water ingestion.
Anyone who has spent time in off road environments almost certainly would have experienced one of these situations, although a solution to the problem
is rarely considered until costly engine damage has already occurred.
A Safari snorkel system relocates your engine's air intake point from the relatively low and vulnerable position under the hood to a much higher and
safer location where a constant source of cool, clean, dry air is available."
Cool clean air improves economy as cool air is denser that hot air and hence has more oxygen which aids in the combustion, which makes it more
economical and increases output
Dust free air makes your engine last longer by minimizing the friction created by the dust particles that find their way into the engine via the
intake.
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EdZeranski
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LandCrusher!!!!!
| Quote: | Originally posted by Ken Cooke
Landcruiser Winch and Snorkle are included
The Toyota Landcruiser 45
I guess Toyota makes those, TOYOTA Land Cruiser HZJ75, for the non-US market, too bad. They were pretty popular in Afghanistan and the rest of the
Middle East and I guess in Africa and Pacific Rim Countries. There is a variant sold in Canada too.
EdZ KG6UTS |
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wessongroup
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Really liked "this will buff out"...
Some kinda of vehicle... thanks
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Skipjack Joe
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This has inspired me to just leave my truck out there after launching, and save back and forth driving.
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Hook
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I try and never picture myself at the end of a dirt convoy in Baja.
But I can see the application in that instance.
Of course, if you are, say, 5 vehicles or more back, I cant imagine the air is that much cleaner, being only about 2-3 feet higher than your
conventional air intake.
I think that's mostly ARB salesspeak.
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Ken Cooke
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Location: Riverside, CA
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A snorkle doesn't fit in with the stock, white pickup crowd, but for the more serious adventures, one certainly wouldn't hurt.
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Curt63
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Location: San Diego, Ca.
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This was my driveway this morning.
The gray Tundra has about 12,000 Baja Miles. Mostly towing a utility trailer with quads and gear. I did a couple hundred hard, fast Baja washboard
miles with no trailer in the last month. Bulletproof!
The white Tundra is my friend Mark's. He just finished building a huge place on the east cape and made 5 round trips with a heavily loaded 16" cargo
trailer. That's his run about down there. Bulletproof!
The 2 4Runners are for my family members and will be Baja prepped in the next year.
Cheers, Curt
No worries
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rts551
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Does it take you 4 Toyota's to get around Curt? Just kidding.
| Quote: | Originally posted by Curt63
This was my driveway this morning.
The gray Tundra has about 12,000 Baja Miles. Mostly towing a utility trailer with quads and gear. I did a couple hundred hard, fast Baja washboard
miles with no trailer in the last month. Bulletproof!
The white Tundra is my friend Mark's. He just finished building a huge place on the east cape and made 5 round trips with a heavily loaded 16" cargo
trailer. That's his run about down there. Bulletproof!
The 2 4Runners are for my family members and will be Baja prepped in the next year.
Cheers, Curt
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