Josh's 2014 Xterra Pro 4x - guided by necessity
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Great pics! My girlfriend and I have spent a little time around North Cascades NP and Olympic NP and we absolutely fell in love with Washington... We also fell in love with the western side of Montana for that matterWe really want to move out west in a few years when she finishes up school. Your pictures make me wish we could hurry up and get out there. Thanks for sharing and nice rigs!
Thanks! Living in the PNW is definitely a unique experience. I'll only be here for a couple more years, unfortunately.
Most definitely. We'll have to link up for a trip this winter, man.
Thanks! I find myself checking out your build and trips regularly, as well.
Thanks!
Thanks, again!
Let's do it. Anywhere particular in mind?
I despise photobucket with every fiber of my being, trust me. I'm going to fix the photo links eventually, I promise.
Dmski
Adventurer
Not really sure, I only know of spots off of Highway 2 to be honest... You are south correct? Know of any good spots down that way? I went with David to Capitol forest but it was too early and no snow. I imagine that would be excellent snow wheeling.
Capitol Forest is alright, but once the snow really sets in it gets overrun by folks. I know some good spots out on the peninsula near Lake Cushman, if you're willing to trek that far. Around mid-December the snow gets really good up there, but still manageable. There's also good camping if you want to make it a multi day affair.
Earlier today, [MENTION=13926]Trixter404[/MENTION] and myself ventured down near Mt. Adams on forest road 23 with the intent of making it up to Taghlakh Lake. We spent a couple of hours plowing through fresh powder until it finally got too deep to overcome. We made it with a half mile of the lake, which was slightly frustrating, but the snow kept getting deeper and we were losing daylight quickly.
It was a cold day, but a good day. Only one minor “stuck”, the fresh powder was fun to drive through.
It was a cold day, but a good day. Only one minor “stuck”, the fresh powder was fun to drive through.
07BlackSpecV
Adventurer
Man that is gorgeous. Looks like it was an awesome day. Living in Ohio sucks.
It was scenically awesome. I'm sure Ohio has its own aesthetic charms, in a sense. After all, you do have Cleveland!
In all seriousness, the UP seems pretty accessible for you. From what I've heard, that's amazing.
The trip was certainly worth it, no qualms with not making the original destination.
Thanks!
No, no real difference in snow performance between the two tires. I actually had Duratracs on my X for close to 3 years before switching to the BFGoodrich KO2s. The two tires are actually very comparable in overall performance, although the Duratracs snow performance definitely degraded as they aged. I can't make a high mileage assessment of the KO2s yet, as I've only had them for about 17k miles.
What I will say is that I am no longer afraid of cutting or shredding a sidewall. With the Duratracs, I had a cupple of sidewall cuts (superficial, not all the way through) that worried me. With the KO2s, I feel like I could do burnouts in piles of broken glass without suffering a sidewall puncture.