My new vehicle: 2005 Nissan Frontier

[Scott Brady]

Say it with me: Roof Tent

YEAH BABY! :jumping:

 

[Scenic WonderRunner]

Sweet Mark!

But whatzupwitdat>?!

For being such a Very Kewl Thing!!!!

.....that's about the crappiest picture you have ever taken!....hehe:elkgrin:

 

[LexusAllTerrain]

I would preffer ABSL over nothing, and have found it quite effective in moderate terrain. Combined with a locking center differential the results can be impressive.

How do you figure that, have you actually used the Xterra or Frontier in deep sand on the dunes? I am very relunctant to venture in a very remote area with DEEP SAND on a Xterra or Frontier.However I will get a NISMO Frontier with the locking differential and try it out....AGAIN
I tought I would need momentum and speed to climb the dunes???

 

[Scott Brady]

How do you figure that, have you actually used the Xterra or Frontier in deep sand on the dunes? I am very relunctant to venture in a very remote area with DEEP SAND on a Xterra or Frontier.However I will get a NISMO Frontier with the locking differential and try it out....AGAIN
I tought I would need momentum and speed to climb the dunes???

I have driven many vehicles (05 Jeep GC, Discovery II, Freelander, Range Rover, 4Runner, etc.) with traction control and find it to be a significant improvement over open diffs.. Pull the fuse or wire in a dissable switch for deep sand if necessary.

 

[Scott Brady]

Here are a few good examples of traction control in use:

http://www.expeditionswest.com/adventures/2003/FR42_2003/fr42_climb1.wmv

http://www.expeditionswest.com/adventures/2003/FR42_2003/fr42_scott_lift.wmv

http://www.expeditionswest.com/adventures/2003/Big_lake_AZ_2003/Rover_mound.wmv

 

[LexusAllTerrain]

Pull the fuse or wire in a dissable switch for deep sand if necessary.

Will check tomorow if this is possible, that would be great news

 

[articulate]

Sweet Mark!

But whatzupwitdat>?!

For being such a Very Kewl Thing!!!!

.....that's about the crappiest picture you have ever taken!....hehe:elkgrin:

I've read that the purpose of "art is to ask questions."

Even though you raised the question But whatzupwitdat>?!, does not mean that photograph was intended as art.

BWAHAHA!

 

[articulate]

Pull the fuse or wire in a dissable switch for deep sand if necessary.

I can hear Uwe saying Just mod it.

Euro, to re-say what Scott did, wiring in a kill switch would be a cool thing to do. And probably pretty easy, too.

 

[LexusAllTerrain]

I did some testing of my own, and I think I read somewhere you had to floor it in deep sand with out lifting your foot off the gas, if you do then the ABSL would kick in! Well it is true I went to the dunes and it works as described DO NOT lift your foot of the gas or the ABSL will kick in!:victory:

 

[Scott Brady]

DO NOT lift your foot of the gas or the ABSL will kick in!:victory:

Cool. That must make for an exciting ride :Wow1:

How did the truck behave without WOT on the dunes?

 

[LexusAllTerrain]

How did the truck behave without WOT on the dunes?

Well it was alot of fun :jumping: We were jumping hard, but it behave very well.
Thank you for the information and bringing some of the issues that I had a concern with- out into the open, and I hope this helps others in the forum...:bowdown:

 

[BajaTaco]

Hey Mark, you are moving along quickly! Congrats on the new goodies :jumping:

 

[articulate]

Hey Mark, you are moving along quickly! Congrats on the new goodies :jumping:

:elkgrin:

Yeah, and I wonder if I'm acting hastily sometimes, but Brooke gets a kick out of it all. Again, spousal approval is everything.

Perhaps we ought to take it slow, though, for the next while. I do have to figure out an appropriate and solid rear suspension -- the leafs are already near-flat (yipe!).

I've read and re-read the portions on your website about suspensions, thank you very much.

Viva Baja, as they say.

Mark

 

[articulate]

Roof tent

Frankly, I took the advice of most expeditioners and plunged into a roof tent. I got REALLY sold during a conversation with Kristina and Pasquale; their magic words were, "We hardly ever spend money on a hotel any more since we got the tent and the hot water shower system." I raise my glass.

The tent purchase is due to the government sanctioned savings system we call a Tax Return.

To use it for the weekend, I bought a couple of 1" square steel tubes that I cut to size, drilled and painted for mounting across the bed. The tent simply bolted to the tubes. Worked like a charm.

Here's a really cool thing: the Eezi-Awn has doors on both ends. So, I figured out that I can set up a small platform outside the door that opens up over the bed and cook some breakfast or hot chocolate for my wife first thing in the morning.

If it weren't for marriage, who knows where I'd be.

thanks for humoring me, boys and girls....

 

[datrupr]

Mark, looking very nice.:clapsmile I think I am going to hold off on the roof top tent until I get an adventure trailer. The Frontier is looking very good though.