Hey Randy I'm a school teacher so I'm off until mid August. I just went out to Sierra Buttes by myself. I usually end up going solo mid week as well. Hit me up if your interested in a trail. I'm in RWC and I usually leave really early for day trips...
I just went up solo to Sierra Buttes off hwy. 49. From there it was north to Deer Lake and then Gold lake 4x4 campground. This route is listed in the Nor. Cal 4x4 guidebook referenced above. Here's a few pics...BTW the Tahoe National Forrest website says Signal Peak is "innaccesible" due to snow...
On all these different MPG threads, I always wonder if people are just reporting the MPG that the vehicle computer tells them. I also wonder how many people take into account how larger tires or lower gears affect their speedometers and odometers....
I got about 40,000 miles out of my KM2's . I only took them in the snow on purpose , seeing as I'm from CA . They were fine in the snow although I was always aired down low ...
Road noise was never an issue either , IMO.
FWIW I like my Goodyear MT/R's better...
Life's been different lately . As a school teacher, past summers have been filled with vacations, numerous wheeling trips, camping, and basically the freedom to do and go where ever I wanted.
Then we had a baby. My wife and I are thrilled beyond words to have out little guy (born June 16) ...
Synthetic is the future , running a steel winch line is like choosing drum brakes over disc .
One anecdote : I was pulling myself out of a snowy ditch once . Synthetic line broke because of the angle I was pulling at , and the way the line was running over the fair lead . User error. I tied a...
We went up to Slickrock and Corral Hollow last weekend , May 14. Both trails were impassable due to snow , I'd give them 2-3 more weeks before they melt out ....
Slickrock side near Alpine lake ...
Well let me think... 3 sets of rock lights , an aux. e-fan , voltmeter , two 12v power stations in car , ARB compressor , amplifier , starter , and HAM radio .... is that 12 ??
One of the things that gets me through my work day is watching 4x4 videos. Share any cool overland videos here , I'll get it going ...
Dusy-Ershim from 2014...
Mojave road from 2012...
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