Prescott Winter Rover Run

[Scott Brady]

A little impromptu adventure today with the Land Rovers. Typically, the mountains around Prescott would be packed with snow, but rain was the only element of contention for this trail.

This is a favorite local trail, and a good place to show our new Australian intern (Troy) some of the local scenery.

We had an LR4, RRS and a 2004 DII along for the adventure. Next time, we will dust off the DI and RR MKIII.

We just installed a set of Johnson Rods on this new project RRS. There was also a set of 32" tires on 20" wheels in the shop, so they went on too. 18s are planned in the next few weeks.

The Range Rover Sport handles the terrain differently than the LR4, which was surprising. No doubt the anti-sway bars are more "sporty". The traction control also performed different, requiring a bit more tip-in to gain effective brake modulation.

The LR4 project has really developed nicely. Overall, just point and shoot now.

The Discovery II with mud terrains and center diff. lock performed well. Troy had a good time with the Land Rover. He typically drives Nissan Patrols in OZ

I think the RRS looks great with just a change in tire size.

Nice flex out of the Discovery

About the most extreme our mud gets around here. . .

A fun day on the trail!

 

[stolenheron]

drooling over the LR4 and trek disco.

 

[roverrocks]

Nice trucks. How much snow is normally at that elevation most years at this time?

 

[Scott Brady]

Nice trucks. How much snow is normally at that elevation most years at this time?

Usually there is snow on that trail for most of Dec/Jan. It is about 6500'

 

[1leglance]

I like local fun runs like this...never get around to posting any so thanks for taking the time to put up the pics for such a short outing.

 

[ttora4runner]

Nice.

 

[cruiseroutfit]

Great pics & welcome to the States Troy!

Next up, I hope Troy is going to get a proper firearms introduction.

 

[SmoothLC]

Nice pics - sometimes it's just nice to be outside and running something local.

 

[SIZZLE]

Just another day at the office...you guys hiring?

 

[Scott Brady]

It was a nice little boondoggle. We are going to head out to Sedona and do some camping this weekend.

 

[Willman]

We have had a pretty dry winter too until a few weeks ago....We have been getting hammered here in the NW.

Looks like nice time out on the trail.