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Hi All, I have been wanting to go run this one with the kids, maybe scout some of the lakes to do some back country paddle boarding and looking for a place for my 5 year olds birthday. He wants to wheel into the back country and eat cake on top of a hill or mountain for his birthday so I am...

Hello All, My brother sold his old 4 runner and got an 80 series land cruiser. We just finished wrenching on it and the lift, tires and wheels are done so it's ready for the trail. Only problem is all the usual trails we would head to are heavily snowed in right now. We are wheeling with kids...

Are there good hikes must do hikes or must do drives there

Also has anyone been there recently, is it too snowy?

Hi All I am thinking about heading to Alabama hills in the next week. I have a 23 foot travel trailer with decent clearance, 15’ wheels and all terrains. Like any travel trailer a bunch of washboard road would shake it to bits. Is there a place there that is pretty good dirt road that I could...

Hi all, I’m an OB member who just got his ham license. I’m just waiting for my call sign to hit the database! I however, know nothing about ham radio except the test questions. I’ve been digging through online finding lists of simplex frequencies and local repeaters to program my radio. I...

I found some youtube vides, I stopped counting at about 7 crossings, looks like fun. About how long does it take to get from pismo all the way up to the falls? Is there a good place to find accurate directions to get there? Thanks for the info!

Yes I am talking about the condor lookout and I have read that the road up to there is great. From what I can tell the road, Hi Mountain Road continues passed the lookout and ends out at a waterfall called big falls. It seems like there are a lot of water crossings on the way out there and I'm...

Thanks this looks like a great place to check out. Have you driven the stretch of road from the condor lookout to big falls? How is that part?

Hello ALL, We are heading to Pismo next month and going to spend a day in the dunes. I'm wondering if any of you know of an easy to moderate inland trail to take the kids on that is in a beautiful area or has a good view. We will be a 3-4 rig convey. 3 tundras and a 100 series land cruiser. Any...

Thanks everyone for the great info! For those of you that have spent a lot of time down there are there any inland trails that are easy to moderate that are really fun or end in a great view that we should check out while we are down there?

Yeah I hear ya that's why if that Sand Highway trail is well marked and free of drop offs I will stick to that with the kids in the rig!

I have another question. I have heard and seen some videos of the river crossing being gnarly and some people frankly making some pretty bad decisions there. It looks like that crossing is about a mile down the beach, I've been to it once but it was 10 years ago and I can't remember. Is there...

Yeah I was looking at the Sand Highway on the map, because we are traveling with young kids and it lightly modified rigs I want to stay away from any steep drop offs, is the sand highway a pretty safe trail out and back through the dunes? Also I have seen online some people getting lost trying...

I am running 33's on 18" rims and was planning to air down to 15 PSI, wasn't sure about getting down to 10, I worry about rolling a bead that low with my set up, what do you think? We have ARB EZ deflators, compressors, maxtrax, bubba rope, soft shackles and a tree saver. Pretty much everything...

Hello All, I am switching to soft shackles and trying to get all the metal out of my recover system. Between myself and my brother who I generally go with we have a bubba rope kinetic recovery rope, 4 gator jaw soft shackles, a tree saver strap, and 2 maxtrax each. I am new to soft shackles and...

Hello All, I am going down to Oceano Dunes in Pismo in about a month. I have only been there once, we had about an hour to kill, went for a short drive on the beach and left. I'd like to explore a bit more. I will have my 5 year old in the truck so nothing too hardcore. We will be 3 rigs, a...

Hello All, For the back I will use a receiver hitch shackle mount with soft shackles as a recovery point but for the front the tow hooks aren't a rated recovery point. Even equalizing off the two they are still an open hook which I'm not a fan of. Does anyone know of an actual bolt on rated...

Tow straps of course, as has already been said are for towing in a static pull and that's it. From what I have read a snatch strap and kinetic rope may be used for the same task, a kinetic or dynamic recovery, but they are not equal pieces of equipment. A standard snatch strap depending on brand...

Where is the crater lake trail? I noticed there isn't much trail info up on the member map, I was hoping for more detailed trail markings, ratings and write ups on the map for trip planning. It would be great for us all to start writing up the ones we know and have done on the map and adding...