As far as the size of the entire group, it was GREAT at the campgrounds... the camaraderie was what made the trips. And you are right, I feel its almost assholish to limit the number of folks... on this sort of thing. A scouting run, however needs to be NO MORE than 3-5 trucks.
I'm more for organizing these runs where we aren't swamping gas stations with 20 trucks at a time or have 20 trucks stopped at the same time on the trail. If we can work out a system where we split the group of 20 trucks into groups of 5 and have them roll out when they want and not wait on the entire group and wait a few minutes between each... that would limit the trail dust at least. The lead group will always be the ones finding the downed trees and the last group will always be the one with the most break downs.
I've now learned the importance of proper trail communication and will be looking into a HAM radio setup and better CB communications.
I'm more for organizing these runs where we aren't swamping gas stations with 20 trucks at a time or have 20 trucks stopped at the same time on the trail. If we can work out a system where we split the group of 20 trucks into groups of 5 and have them roll out when they want and not wait on the entire group and wait a few minutes between each... that would limit the trail dust at least. The lead group will always be the ones finding the downed trees and the last group will always be the one with the most break downs.
I've now learned the importance of proper trail communication and will be looking into a HAM radio setup and better CB communications.
). In fact, yesterday I found myself more eager than anything else to go back over the route and compare it to our track log. The challenge is obviously not following the route, but having the ability to be flexible and learning how to do so quickly and efficiently. 
