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Looking good, time to find some trails and put the winch to work

We plan to get him out sometime this summer. He'll be 3 months this week so still a little guy being he was 6 weeks early but he's getting there. Right now our only worry is temps at night and car seat time, but by mid summer he should be good to go. I went to Ellensburg this past weekend...

We have a trip planned for memorial weekend but we've been back and forth on if we'll go, not sure if it's still too early for the kid to go camping. If that one falls through I would go for a day trip if you aren't already busy, but don't hold off on making other plans.

When would you be free end of May/ beginning of June, you want to put a "maybe" trip on the calendar? I was thinking a day trip to the Wenas wildlife area. I've been up there the last couple years the 1-2 week of May and its been free of snow and temps haven't been too bad if people want to...

Ya, the more I look at the calendar I probably won't be able to get away until end of May either. I'll keep watching snow levels and see if I can come up with something for that time and then throw out some dates to see when people might be free. @JL Lou, let us know when you're free in July...

Wish I could make it but I'll be out of town doing family stuff. We should plan a day trip some time mid/late May to see where snow levels are at, either into the Blues or toward the Cascades. @JL Lou, you got any free weekends in the next month or so?

Another helpful snow related layer to use with Gaia is the one for snowmobile trails, it shows what is groomed and closed to vehicles. Now that it's April they will stop grooming and those roads will open back up but it's useful during the winter months to see what you can access. I had a trip...

Thanks for the info. I figured heat would be a possible problem, I've done cooling system upgrades but like yours it would still come up a bit on long grades or going over a pass when loaded down with gear. I think if I were to go with 4.88s I could get away with towing but I think putting...

Project looks awesome! Only question I have is how long before it gets 1 tons and 40's? Maybe a hybrid exo cage? Jokes aside, when you had your trailer how much did it weigh and how did the 4.7 handle towing? I know you're running 35's with different gears and axles so it's kind of an apples...

Did you ever get your rack mounted? Without seeing the roof of the trooper I'm not sure it would work, but on mine I removed the factory rails and built my own mount using 1"x1/4" flat bar and some 1/8" plate. Flat bar laid flat on the roof and bolted into existing holes. The 1/8" plate was...

The green dot roads usually only close seasonally and from what I've seen that's just for winter animal habitat. Be careful if you are looking to go run some in the winter though because a lot of the ones open all year become groomed snowmobile trails. If you use Gaia they have a snowmobile...

If you're looking at the Whiskey Dick area I'm guessing you're familiar with the Washington State Green Dot Road system. If so another area to check out for your May trip is the Wenas Wildlife Area, I like it better than Whiskey Dick and the last two years it's been free of snow by early May...

I've actually owned or long term drove for work all of the rigs you listed above. '03 Dakota 4.7l, 5 speed Mt, 1st and 2nd gen explorers, 1st and 2nd gen Rangers and my current '00 WJ. All of them have their pros and cons when it comes to reliability and usefulness. None of them have a lot...

Lewiston/Clarkston area is an acquired taste.. don't want to bad mouth it if there is members from there reading this. I've never lived there myself but lived and farmed 30mins north for about ten years so spent a decent amount of time there and have friends there. It's a smallish town and...

Glad you were able to find another/better camp spot for Saturday night. Didn't think about fisherman being up there but lots of camping along that road. Let me know if you guys plan a trip back to the area or to run Skyline, there are a few places of interest not on the track I sent you and I...

46.322733, -118.933644 That's the coordinate for where Smith Canyon Rd. starts if you aren't familiar with it. Once you turn on it there is a few spots on the right as you're going in and at about 1/2 mile in to the left is the big open area. Not sure where they will end up with getting in...

Sounds good, I'll shoot for about the same time. Kind of sucks to leave the farm driving right past the dunes into town just to come back out, but I'm not about to hang out here for another 4 hours. @JL Lou you still thing of coming out?

What time are you thinking about heading out there this evening? I'm thinking I'll go tonight since I have some stuff to do at work in the morning. Also the RP Coordinates are a little off. Been talking with him and they plan to camp in Smith Canyon somewhere, should be easy enough to spot...

If you have any of the U-Pull-It type wrecking yards around you cruise those once in a while to look for a Double Cardan style front driveline and the yokes. I don't remember the Year or model split for which WJ's have them but it's an easy upgrade. When running a lift the U joint style...

Kahlotus Korners gas station does have whip flags if you're planning to go play in the dunes. Not sure you really need one if you're only going to the camping area since it's about 1.5 miles from the actual dunes.