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Q: Mike Green wrote: Thanks for the articles. very interesting reading. i take it all these trails are just for pleasure for you and your friends. P.S. you forgot the bears that off set our water mocassins and rattle snakes here in texas thanks again. A: Our trail travels are for simple pleasure quite often. We also travel them to reach areas we want to hunt. Many of these treails lead into areas where gold mining was once, and in some cases still is a profitable activity (we sometimes pan a little on our outings). Some of our trail travels are in preparation for an anticipated tourist oriented back country 4x4 expedition service. (Hard to say if the capital will ever be there to get it off the ground, but it's always a good excuse for some new exploration.) And I'll take brown bears over snakes anyday. At least a brown bear doesn't (usually) sneak up on you. And if there's on in the bottom of your sleeping bag, you can usually tell before you climb in there with it :) Q: James Marzano wrote: Thanks for the tire feedback, I need to buy another pair and find room to keep the spare set. Now I just have to decide who makes the best Mud Terrain tire, I'm leaning toward some pretty aggressive Swampers rather than the standard BFG MT's. Any thoughts there? A: In soft stuff, the more aggressive the better, The Super Swamper TSLs work great. I have seen them self clean while spinning at no more than 20mph, in stuff that standard MT type tires were clogging up in even at MUCH higher wheel speeds. The Swamper "Boggers" are even better. But there is always a trade off. The super agressive patterns wear faster and make more noise. They also do not have a good a road ride. As much as we all like to try to tell ourselves other wise, unless your vehicle is a dedicated trail rig,it is going to spend a lot more time on the road than on the trail. I am putting Super Swamper TSLs on my primary rig (my FJ55)when the current modifications are complete. But I am also going to be driving an FJ60 for daily use, and only driving the '55 when I chose to. It will not see as many road miles, even though it will not be strictly for the trails. For most use, I would still stick with MTs and tire chains for the times when it gets really sloppy. With minmal practice you can mount a set of cahins in about 3-5 minutes. Send your questions to Mark at cruiser@rockcrawler.com |
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