Trip to Tillamook forest. Collected a badge on Firebreak 5. What a fun trail! Up higher I snagged a tree with the front fender. It is pretty tight for a Gladiator but quite doable.
Towing Update - Recent trip pulled 1400 miles. Our camper weighs in a 3,373lbs, but you know once you get the crap in it, that it is really closer to 4,000lbs+
19' camper, 8 feet wide, tall. Well beyond the recommended frontal area
Elevations went from sea level to 2,800.
Manually rowed...
+1 for the write up and this lift kit. After 11 months, I am pretty happy with this kit on 37s. It tracks amazing on the freeway and handles any obstacle I am comfortable with.
In the snow on my JKUR I ran 35s down to 8psi on Quadratec Hard Rocks.
Up here it seems like a OEM wheel with 12.5" tires stay well on the wheel. We had a guy blow a bead at 5psi with the OEM wheel and OEM tires. At that low of pressure, I worry oddly more about spinning the tire on the...
The Grimm mount really tucks it up by the master brake cylinder. Before the install, that space was clean and dry, I do not expect it to get any worse in there. Air intakes for the compressor are up high. I expect to swim some streams, but it rarely makes it to my door in my neck of the...
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I am planning on running these trails at the end of March 25th-28th. Anyone interested?
There is not much detail out there on Firebreak 5. What are the minimum requirements for the trail?
Third time is a charm - The guys that sold me the tires, did two balances and swapped a tire along the way. Still rode like crap. Said they would swap me out tires if I wanted, but tire prices are higher. Bleh.
Last straw was a local tire shop. They spent an hour working on those tires and...