ITTOG's Overlanding Trips

[ITTOG]

I found something you need for those trail ditches

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That is cool. I wonder how long it would take me to fill a 6' deep by 30' long trench with that. All I know is there better be a lot of beer, which would make the time to complete the job grow exponentially.


Now the geek in me wants to know how it operates the hydraulics? I guess it could be an electric pump? I don't think there would me room for a mechanical pump on a Honda Foreman.

 

[Pacific Northwest yetti]

Ask and recieve,



They had some that were in trial for infantry teams for a bit. I don’t think they made the cut. * But could be wrong.
With an independent gas Hydraulic motor.

 

[ITTOG]

Ask and recieve,



They had some that were in trial for infantry teams for a bit. I don’t think they made the cut. * But could be wrong.
With an independent gas Hydraulic motor.

I was trying to figure out how to do it with the ATV's motor. They cheated (which is probably the only way it would work) and just added a motor. With that longer frame and the wieght lowering the ATV It wouldn't even make it to the trail for repair.

 

[Mules]

I love backhoes for cutting trails, although I'm skeptical about the atv version. I bought this backhoe for my tractor for about $3,000 and have cut 3-4 miles of trails on some steep terrain. I'm as happy as a kid playing with this Tonka toy when I'm on it.

 

[ITTOG]

I love backhoes for cutting trails, although I'm skeptical about the atv version. I bought this backhoe for my tractor for about $3,000 and have cut 3-4 miles of trails on some steep terrain. I'm as happy as a kid playing with his Tonka toy when I'm on it.

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Somehow I missed your post. That is awesome. I would love to have one but it would have to be quite a bit bigger. We have paid a local property owner a couple of times to get some really bad areas. His bucket is probably 5' high.

Anyone own, or have owned, the Mission Mountain S4 Camping Table? If yes, what do you think of it? It doesn't look like it would be stable to me. The legs look very suspect to me.

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[ITTOG]

I see I am behind on some of my trips, partly due to it not being overlanding related. But I thought I could post a more selective group of photo's.

Last year I spent a week at BYU because OU was playing at BYU. Sounded like a good time to watch a game and visit friends.

The game was a lot closer than it should have been.




The only fire we saw that day, at least for OU fans, wasn't until the very end of the game.






With the pick 6 OU win's a close one, 31 - 24.


I did do a little bit of hiking. I wanted to climb Mount Timpanogos but it got a couple feet of snow just before I arrived and the road to the trail head, along with the trail, was closed. So, Bridal Veil Falls it was.


The falls is a pretty short hike so we did other activities like driving and walking...

 

[ITTOG]

The road active suspension I have, heavy duty mind you, is not helping.

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[Pacific Northwest yetti]

The wrap looks good! Maybe add a leaf, or airbags?

 

[Todd780]

What's the loaded weight of the camper and trailer? Payload on the truck? 2nd @Pacific Northwest yetti with airbags.

 

[dstefan]

The road active suspension I have, heavy duty mind you, is not helping.

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Talk to Deaver or Alcan and get good progressive HD spring set for the actual weight you’ll be living with. If the trailer is occasional Air bags are OK, but you really want the right springs.

Great camper build!

 

[ITTOG]

The wrap looks good! Maybe add a leaf, or airbags?

Thanks. I am looking at airbags.

What's the loaded weight of the camper and trailer? Payload on the truck? 2nd @Pacific Northwest yetti with airbags.

The camper is about 800, loaded and with the trailer it is probably around 1,200 pounds.

Talk to Deaver or Alcan and get good progressive HD spring set for the actual weight you’ll be living with. If the trailer is occasional Air bags are OK, but you really want the right springs.

Great camper build!

The trailer and the camper are occasional so I am getting airbags.

Thanks everyone for the input.

 

[ITTOG]

It isn't my pic but I feel this is worthy of posting anyways. I just learned about this thing. I am not afraid of snakes or spiders but this kind of freaks me out. Make sure you watch the video.

 

[dierkz]

It isn't my pic but I feel this is worthy of posting anyways. I just learned about this thing. I am not afraid of snakes or spiders but this kind of freaks me out. Make sure you watch the video.

Amazing evolution and adaptation

 

[ITTOG]

Devils Post-Pile to Yosemite

Day 1
The day started early in order to make an 8:30 AM. flight to Denver and then on to Fresno. The schedule was very tight, with little room for delays. We had to catch a bus at 5 PM in Yosemite. The bus would take us to Mammoth Lakes. We landed in Fresno with plenty of time to get the rental car and drive to Yosemite. Unfortunately, the rental car company did not have the large vehicle we rented. There were five of us so a small vehicle wouldn't work. After a little more than an hour a Suburban finally showed up. Problem was we wouldn't make it to Yosemite until 5:20 PM. With no other way to Mammoth Lakes we began making calls to the park to see if there were any other options.

Another issue we had to overcome due to the car rental issue is getting fuel for our Jet Boil. We didn't have time to go to REI in Fresno and would arrive into Mammoth Lakes after the local outdoor shop closes. So, one of us got on the phone and became friends with Cody at the local Mammoth Lakes outdoor shop. By the time we got to Mammoth Lakes, Cody was a good friend and he met us at the hostel to drop off the fuel. Kind of unbelievable.

Fortunately the bus did not run a tight schedule and we were able to make it even though we were about 10 minutes late. Ten minutes later we were departing the park.
We were dropped off a couple blocks from the hostel. We arrived at Moderne Hostel about 9:00 PM. We were in bed around 11:30 PM.


Around midnight, a woman came in to occupy the final bed in our room.

Day 2
I woke up early, 5 AM, so I left the room. I must have been too loud because the woman was leaving the hostel about ten minutes later. She never spoke to any of us. We believes she may have been upset because one of team was in bed “F”, even though our assigned beds were A through E. So it is possible she was upset because she had to search around for an available bunk and had to climb up top. Not to mention she just walked into a dark room with 5 male strangers.

We had scheduled two Ubers to take us to the trailhead, which was about thirty minutes away. Once everyone was up we found out both Ubers cancelled. Someone staying at the hostel told us there was a shuttle at Mammoth Mountain Ski Resort that would take us to the trailhead. So we started discussing how to get to the lodge. While the discussion was ongoing I found a young man, Adelaide, who had an 83 Mercedes running on cooking oil. His car was pretty junky and even though it was a four door only two of us fit in the car.


So the plan became Adelaide to take two of us to the resort and the other three would find someone else to take them. But the trip became quite the adventure. While backing out of his parking spot Adelaide hit a truck next to him (see photo above). A man quickly gets out of the truck. It was easy to see he slept in it overnight. Even though the Mercedes had a good crease in its fender, the truck was not damaged other than green paint was on his bumper. Fortunately, for Adelaide, the guy in the truck was not worried about it and let him go. Also unfortunately, the Mercedes was a piece of junk and died several times within just a mile. It did not like the cold weather or altitude (he came up from the coast). Upon the third or fourth time, it would not start so we got out and started footing it. Turns out we were headed to the wrong place, one of our team told the driver Mammoth Lakes Lodge. We should have gone to Mammoth Mountain Ski Resort. The car that took the other three came back and picked us up. It was a nice, newer car driven by a gentleman named Chris. He and one of our team came back for us. Chris was a retired psychologist . He was pretty cool and a great guy to take us to the ski resort.


Chris got us to the Ski Resort early enough to get a coffee and have time to talk to locals before getting on the bus. There was a cool statue at the Ski Resort. I guess it makes sense there would be a mammoth at Mammoth Mountain Ski Resort.


The temp was right around freezing so we are a little bundled up while waiting for the bus.


The bus picked us up at 8:15 AM and we arrived at the trailhead about 8:50 AM. This is the starting point for Devils Post Pile.



After using the last restrooms we will see for a while and checking out the ranger station we started hiking at 9:03 AM.

The first day is usually a shorter/easier day to get you started with a simple, short day. Well, we didn't choose that option. Not only was it a long trip, we decided to add a mile to the day in order to actually see the devils posts. They were pretty cool and well worth it. We were all pretty excited about the posts.






To be continued...

 

[ITTOG]

It is always difficult to decide what pictures to add to a report. There are so many that are worthy but then it may get too lengthy. But amazingly I only took one other picture before our lunch stop.




Fortunately there were plenty to choose from the rest of the team.




…and this is the pond we ate lunch by.


Back on the trail we could see a lot.