Many sand rails and Baja 1000 trucks are two wheel drive. Large tires air down rear lockers and lower gearing to compensate for the larger tires are very useful. Problem with most 2-wheel drives is that they're gearing is not very low and as soon as he changed the tires it can be a game...
If you can find somebody who is traveling in a four-wheel-drive that can go with you it makes it ultra-simple.
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Strength to 2 wheel drive is that when they do get stuck it's very easy for others to help them get out. They don't tend to get so stuck that it requires three vehicles to pull them out and they're often easy to get to.
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Well everyone, it looks like we are coming up on another monthly meet up. During our "Day Tripping" outing we recently took, we decided on changing the meeting location for the next event to be at the Eagles Nest restaurant in Cottonwood at 6:30 pm. Hoping you all can make it; as we would...
I know this is a bit of a last minute idea but we are thinkinga bout doing some local day trippin for the afternoon. Not exactly certain where we are going but when we get there, well know we have arrived. Destination TBD. We will probably go to a loca area for some exploring such as Paynes...
Hey everyone I know this is short notice but we're planning on doing a very simple little day trip out of Cottonwood Sunday, tomorrow meeting at Tango's tacos in Cottonwood at 10 a.m. We're not really sure where we're going to go yet but maybe cruise around Paynes creek, Mount Shasta or the...
Many of the Baja 1000 vehicles are two wheel drive but they have extremely large tires a locked rear end and a lot of horsepower. But I hear they do get stuck sometimes as well
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Used to travel throughout Baja on a two-wheel drive Toyota pickup truck. I would always carry a high-lift Jack and homemade maxtrax. I got pretty good at reading soft sand. a rear Locker would help quite a bit.
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Everybody looks like we're coming up on another monthly meet up. The weather looks like there's a high probability of rain so I'm wondering if you folks would like to meet at a dining location? Maybe Tango's Tacos in Cottonwood?
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