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A new Ride for Off Road
Yesterday I picked up my newest ride for Baja. A white 2004 Toyota Tacoma 4x4 extended cab. Similar to my 93 Toyota but a little more power (3.4L vs
3L engine) and bigger wheels (16 vs 15). With a few added items I'll be ready to go. It only has 66,000 miles on it.
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dtbushpilot
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Congrats TW, looking forward to pictures....dt
"Life is tough".....It's even tougher if you're stupid.....
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Mulegena
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I now suffer from off-road envy
Nice little mountain goat you've got yourself.
I put about 30k miles on my little '96 2wd Tacoma in Baja this year and she's taken me places we shouldn't have been.
I've met some nice people, like Shari's relatives in San Hipolito, who've saved my soul when we got stuck in sand.
My floormats are now skanked out and Baja-fied from skid marks!!
Gotta love it!
"Raise your words, not your voice. It's rain that grows flowers, not thunder." ~Rumi
"It's the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it." ~ Aristotle
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Drove it to San Diego and back getting 21mpg highway.
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MICK
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congrats TW We are thinking about pole line road again soon I'll let you know
Mick
Getting there is ALL the fun!
Ok being here is fun to
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woody with a view
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My floormats are now skanked out and Baja-fied from skid marks!!
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i don't think we needed that much information.........  
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dtbushpilot
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I always carry a roll of TP in my glove box so that I don't have to use my floor mats in an emergency
"Life is tough".....It's even tougher if you're stupid.....
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Neal Johns
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Good man! Toyotas rule!
My motto:
Never let a Dragon pass by without pulling its tail!
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Ken Cooke
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Congrats on the purchase, TW!
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BooJumMan
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David K
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| Quote: | Originally posted by TW
Yesterday I picked up my newest ride for Baja. A white 2004 Toyota Tacoma 4x4 extended cab. Similar to my 93 Toyota but a little more power (3.4L vs
3L engine) and bigger wheels (16 vs 15). With a few added items I'll be ready to go. It only has 66,000 miles on it. |
Hi TW... is it the Off Road TRD with the locking differential, or will you be adding an ARB unit front and rear so it can crawl up a cliff? 
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Ken Cooke
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| Quote: | Originally posted by David K
| Quote: | Originally posted by TW
Yesterday I picked up my newest ride for Baja. A white 2004 Toyota Tacoma 4x4 extended cab. Similar to my 93 Toyota but a little more power (3.4L vs
3L engine) and bigger wheels (16 vs 15). With a few added items I'll be ready to go. It only has 66,000 miles on it. |
Hi TW... is it the Off Road TRD with the locking differential, or will you be adding an ARB unit front and rear so it can crawl up a cliff?
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I'm not sure if a locking differential is necessary unless TW plans on tackling rocks. On the Pole Line Road in 2007, his SR5 on 31" A/T tires did
excellently - going everywhere our Jeeps went. I'm sure his Tacoma will be a great ride w/o a locker if it isn't the TRD version.
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David K
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Lockers or Active Traction Control make a big difference in ability to climb or cross difficult terrain. Your Jeep Rubicon has front and rear lockers,
so are you saying the Tacoma is so nimble it doesn't need them, but a Jeep does?
True that experice in off road driving will often still get an open differential rig through, but when you have all four wheels able to pull instead
of just one in front and one in the rear, it really makes a difference in getting anywhere!
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Ken Cooke
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| Quote: | Originally posted by David K
Lockers or Active Traction Control make a big difference in ability to climb or cross difficult terrain. Your Jeep Rubicon has front and rear lockers,
so are you saying the Tacoma is so nimble it doesn't need them, but a Jeep does?
True that experice in off road driving will often still get an open differential rig through, but when you have all four wheels able to pull instead
of just one in front and one in the rear, it really makes a difference in getting anywhere! |
In the photo above, David - a go-around had to be utilized because of a boulder blocking Basketball Hill on the Pole Line Road. Had TW been able to
travel past this point along the trail, he would have needed to be pulled through the 2 rock gardens that awaited him.
Being overbuilt for a trail is more important for the Point Vehicle and the Tail Gunner, but the ones in the middle of the run can be less built, and
still transverse the rocky sections with the knowledge that the more built vehicles can (and often do) take them through more difficult terrain.
I still want to see what Active Control can do in muddy terrain - such as the Swamp along the Mission Impossible trail.
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TMW
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| Quote: | Originally posted by MICK
congrats TW We are thinking about pole line road again soon I'll let you know
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Let me know, I'm ready to go.
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TMW
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| Quote: | Originally posted by David K
| Quote: | Originally posted by TW
Yesterday I picked up my newest ride for Baja. A white 2004 Toyota Tacoma 4x4 extended cab. Similar to my 93 Toyota but a little more power (3.4L vs
3L engine) and bigger wheels (16 vs 15). With a few added items I'll be ready to go. It only has 66,000 miles on it. |
Hi TW... is it the Off Road TRD with the locking differential, or will you be adding an ARB unit front and rear so it can crawl up a cliff?
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No it doesn't have the locking differential. I'll add a rear locker at some point. Probably a positraction like I had in the 93. I'll leave the cliff
climbing and rock crawling to Ken and his friends.
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If you look at the big rock in front of Ken's Jeep. He attached his winch to it and was going to pull it out of the way so we could all drive over the
rock slide pile. He winched OK but it was the Jeep that moved not the rock.
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David K
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The BOG, 13-14 miles from Santa Ynez
| Quote: | Originally posted by Ken Cooke
| Quote: | Originally posted by David K
Lockers or Active Traction Control make a big difference in ability to climb or cross difficult terrain. Your Jeep Rubicon has front and rear lockers,
so are you saying the Tacoma is so nimble it doesn't need them, but a Jeep does?
True that experice in off road driving will often still get an open differential rig through, but when you have all four wheels able to pull instead
of just one in front and one in the rear, it really makes a difference in getting anywhere! |
In the photo above, David - a go-around had to be utilized because of a boulder blocking Basketball Hill on the Pole Line Road. Had TW been able to
travel past this point along the trail, he would have needed to be pulled through the 2 rock gardens that awaited him.
Being overbuilt for a trail is more important for the Point Vehicle and the Tail Gunner, but the ones in the middle of the run can be less built, and
still transverse the rocky sections with the knowledge that the more built vehicles can (and often do) take them through more difficult terrain.
I still want to see what Active Control can do in muddy terrain - such as the Swamp along the Mission Impossible trail. |
It was flawless... we drove through the bog going in and coming out with 0 issues... just drove through the 3 foot deep water/ mud as if it wasn't
there (no water got into the cab).
HB Murphy's 2009 Tacoma (A-TRAC and lockers), going in:
The rest are coming out:
CG's Dakota (rear locker):
Neal Johns Tacoma being pulled after rear end blew ring gear.
Baja Tripper enjoying a swim... then his open diff. 4Runner being pulled
Art in his fully locked motorhome...
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Steve&Debby
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Another one bites the dust 
Go Jeep. Locked front and rear, the only way to go!
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Ken Cooke
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Location: Riverside, CA
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Mood: Pole Line Road postponed due to injury
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Buildup ideas for TW
2001 Toyota Tacoma TRD 4X4 Extra Cab.
6" Trailmaster Suspension Lift, 3" Coilover Suspension Lift, 3" ProComp Body Lift, TRD Supercharger, TRD Headers, K&N Cold Air Intake, Borla Dual
Exhaust, 36 X 15.5 Baja Claw Tires, Billet Grill, Remote Control Hard Tonneau Cover, High Lift Jack, Shovel & Axe Mounted on Frame Rails,
Bushwacker Cut-Out Flares.
Smart installation of axe and HiLift Jack - although the HiLift would benefit from being covered from the elements during 4 wheeling trips.
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