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I need to put a few more dirt miles on her, but she's got great road manners; much better than you'd expect with those tires.

Pic taken last month north of Daytona Beach on my way to the distillery in St. Augustine.

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Thought I'd dinner this before.
Both this in July of 2018.
2004, Dodge Dakota, only had about 96k miles. Been a local truck all it's life, originally sold in Carson City.
Had a couple things needed fixed, most I did myself. Has been really good on some washed out roads so far.

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Thanks for the links much appreciated. I am mostly looking for easy to moderate trails to explore with, nothing to crazy. Maybe somewhere to camp for a night or so. My rig is just a stock trd OR 4x4. I have 9.3 inches of clearance with a front skid plate, but I'm trying to avoid rock crawling and extreme objects. Just want to avoid being stuck or rig breaking down way out there because i could not turn around or busted something along the way. Or info about trials that are one way only, dont want to find myslef going the wrong way.
 
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My 1990 3VZE 4X4. Nothing special just pretty good on gas and good for mild trails. Super reliable I keep up with maintenance and replace everything with Aisin or Toyota Parts where I can. Fun and simple to work on.

I traded my old K10 for it straight up, cause this thing has ICE cold air (y). Before my back took a total dive I would get the boys together and torture them on hikes and stuff. More than a few times we’d run to the truck at the end of a hike to get in that AC.
 
papisue said:
Thanks for the links much appreciated. I am mostly looking for easy to moderate trails to explore with, nothing to crazy. Maybe somewhere to camp for a night or so. My rig is just a stock trd OR 4x4. I have 9.3 inches of clearance with a front skid plate, but I'm trying to avoid rock crawling and extreme objects. Just want to avoid being stuck or rig breaking down way out there because i could not turn around or busted something along the way. Or info about trials that are one way only, dont want to find myslef going the wrong way.
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Another source is https://www.birdandhike.com/Roads/_Roads_index.htm
 
^that birdandhike website has some of the best info for hiking the many trails on and around Mt. Charleston, also.

GREAT resource.
 
Clockwork said:
... I need to get me a 4x4 one of these years...
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Keep in mind that a 4x2 with a limited-slip rear end is oftentimes more capable than a 4x4 with an open rear diff. You can get a LOT of added capability for a lot less than going with a properly-done 4x4.
 
MAC702 said:
Keep in mind that a 4x2 with a limited-slip rear end is oftentimes more capable than a 4x4 with an open rear diff. You can get a LOT of added capability for a lot less than going with a properly-done 4x4.
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True a limited slip does add a bunch over a regular 2wd. What i truly mean by 4x4 is a truck... I need a damn truck lol
 
Would love to pick up a Cherokee XJ, any good places in Vegas to find one other than classifieds?
 
MAC702 said:
Keep in mind that a 4x2 with a limited-slip rear end is oftentimes more capable than a 4x4 with an open rear diff. You can get a LOT of added capability for a lot less than going with a properly-done 4x4.
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This supercrew is 4x4 with a limited slip rear. My Expedition is only 2WD with a limited slip rear and it has got me places I never thought it would. You're absolutely correct that a properly set up 2wd can be pretty decent. Many stock 4wd trucks have open differentials. The supercrew should do fairly well being 4x4 and limited slip.
 
Brider said:
Would love to pick up a Cherokee XJ, any good places in Vegas to find one other than classifieds?
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Cherokee's are bringing top dollar nowadays for a clean factoryish one. They say clean YJ's will be the next to go up in price. I recently sold my old 89 YJ for $6k.

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Clockwork said:
I'm not too much of a fan of this body style but damn does that look good. I need to get me a 4x4 one of these years, tired of only having a car.
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Yeah, this body style is definitely old now, I personally like the 04-08 body style pretty well, but wasn't going to take a chance on a higher mileage 5.4 liter 3 valve. Not knowing how it was previously maintained scares me. The 3 valve relies on oil pressure for the variable valve timing and requires oil changes at recommended intervals. The 2 valve 5.4 is much for forgiving and is known to go past 250k. So that was my reasoning.
 
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