Just now coming into this thread.
The more you know, the less you need.Quote:
Originally Posted by DSSK Jr.
Seems like a fine line sometimes.Quote:
Originally Posted by Harry
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Just now coming into this thread.
The more you know, the less you need.Quote:
Originally Posted by DSSK Jr.
Seems like a fine line sometimes.Quote:
Originally Posted by Harry
I got a kick out of the late 80s/early 90s dirttbag rigs. Lots of pre-taco Yotas. The ubiquitous two door 4-Runner. And jacked up Jeep Cherokees with the black roof basket. Until they all rusted out. They all had GOTOS, were dented to shit, covered with mud, and none of them sat straight or level in the driveway. I wanted one.Quote:
Originally Posted by HankScorpio
Saw an early 90s Range Rover, lifted, roof rack, fly rod tubes. But the pièce de résistance was the red “fire” shovel topped off with an orange shovel sheath.
Sometimes you gotta put out some forest fires, with just a shovel, on your way to the secret fishing hole.
I mean, if I was going to have one tool to get myself unstuck, a shovel would probably be it. I've dug my vehicles' frame rails (are they even called that on unibody vehicles) with my hands a few times after sinking a bit in really loose stuff in order to gain some clearance and be able to wedge the floor mats under the tires. I'd have loved to have had a shovel.Quote:
Originally Posted by This End Up
a shovel? for wildland fires? the nerve!
Right. And he probably never drives through tall, dry grass on his way to go fishing!Quote:
Originally Posted by Lone Star
Yeah I'd bet most people would get more use out of a shovel than traction boards or hi-lift jack. I've had to shovel out both sand and snow to get unstuck.
And more importantly, you can dig a hole to bury your poop. Given what a literal shit show most campsites are now, I wish everyone would carry a shovel.
Attachment 371862 I know it doesn't belong here (or anywhere :FIREdevil)...but I saw this gem in the hood today, a few blocks over from a earth roamer too. Not really sure if this qualifies as a DIY camper, or a tiny home? The u haul pick up is a nice touch however.
Everyone knows rental cars can go anywhere, so that's really the ultimate vehicle right there.
I really enjoy this. I don't know about the point total but I suggest a bonus for multiple layers of irony. You could carry them inside easier, spend less money on the dumb rack, get better gas mileage, and keep the tools from rusting while having a lower center of gravity but you'd rather show off that you own a shovel.Quote:
Originally Posted by powcom
Today in Joshua Tree...
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offsets on a grocery getter.
I give it infinite points for being bad ass. Is that yours to the right?Quote:
Originally Posted by 54-46
South Routt?Quote:
Originally Posted by DSSK Jr.
Gives renting a h-haul for moving a whole new meaning.
Getting Yampa vibes.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jax
Basinbeater in his youth was happy to have a shovel on board his 86 Toyota pickup in pan de azucar national park in chile... I should have aired down tires, but was unsure where I would have filled them up. Note the sweet Mexican welded rack. There were gas cans and an old mattress in the bed area... [emoji2] Attachment 371904
sent from Utah.
Mine is in the wagon thread...Quote:
Originally Posted by muted reborn
You use the on board compressor. Duh.Quote:
Originally Posted by basinbeater
Without going through dozens of pages over there, I’ll presume it will look like this then to survive the roads and dirt pullouts of JoshuaQuote:
Originally Posted by 54-46
Attachment 371912
For something a little different...
Friday at Mt Bachelor
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Don't think I would want to drive that in a stiff headwind
However it would be nice to get a blowie in it.Quote:
Originally Posted by TBS
Kinda overkill for doing some hiking and hot tubbing with the GF, but OK let your imagination run wild!Quote:
Originally Posted by muted reborn
I am such a JONG...
All this time I thought those annoyingly bright orange traction plates mounted to the sides of all the brand new Tacomas that the hordes of exodusing techies fleeing the Bay Area and invading Tahoe are driving were spinal boards...
A shitty drive-by pic from the Whole Foods parking lot. Grocery-getter, gotta give an extra point for actually being at the grocery store.
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Let's put anything we can on it to make that V10 less aerodynamic. Jezus those things were gas hogs.
I mean, if it's already that bad, does the aero impact really matter?Quote:
Originally Posted by I Skied Bandini Mountain
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yes.
If you need more space for your shit, you need more space. It’s not about posing, it’s about making it work. At that point you don’t give a shit about going from 14mpg to 10 mpg. So the answer is ‘no’. That pic is of a an extended E series so he can’t get a bigger version. And a bigger Sprinter is not an upgrade in many ways.Quote:
Originally Posted by I Skied Bandini Mountain
If this thread is just going to turn into ripping on people who needs more storage, like a rocketbox on a Porsche or a e series van, ok gaper.
The ladder to get to the rocket box would take up half the rocket box.
you okay?Quote:
Originally Posted by muted reborn
ha, maybe not.Quote:
Originally Posted by I Skied Bandini Mountain
Post a pic of your gigantic rocket box. We won’t judge.Quote:
Originally Posted by muted reborn
I thought about this one. I don't think this is in the spirit of the thread. That vanagon. Looks legit. I suspect it belongs to people who actually go out in the boone's and camp and shit.Quote:
Originally Posted by 54-46
Ha. I also have a bike rack because my bikes don’t fit in my van, let’s all post pics of bike racks now on peoples cars and count that!Quote:
Originally Posted by frorider
Let’s get back to rhino hunting rigs instead, it’s more entertaining
Exactly; some people use shit and some people don’t. Seems like there’s room in the thread for honest appreciation of people going and getting some instead of pure disdain. If not, this thread is gonna get tired quickly....Quote:
Originally Posted by MTT
I thought the point of the thread was to call out people who never take the shovel, traction boards, rotopax etc off the vehicle. Fine with me if they want to strap all sorts of shit on while they're on a road trip. But they look foolish with it on driving around town all the time.
Didn’t read the whole thread but this is an easy win for Boulder mags. I see at least half dozen high-point trucks at school drop off every morning, then another half dozen on the 5 mile drive home. Toyota and Lexus are the GOTOS of choice around these parts.
“Carbon-fiber vinyl film wrapped PVC tubesQuote:
Originally Posted by AdironRider
Simplified opening and mounting features
Color choices: white and black for tubes
Color choices: white and black for metal frames
$1,190 for 4 tubes”
Carbon vinyl wrap??
It’s a pvc drain pipe rack. For twelve hundo??.
If the shit looks like it gets used, or at least has been used, fine. But pristine implements on a built vehicle without a scratch or even any dirt on it deserves a call out.
for the record, the bucket seats, console and shifter make Porsches a less than optimal place to get yer dick sucked.