seanpistol
Explorer
Well, I'm at 500 miles since the gear change so I'm going to change the oil today. My ARB locker is currently INOP... the compressor doesn't shut off and the locker doesn't engage. Hoping it's an issue with the hose and not anything inside the differential... need to troubleshoot it today.
I've been spending a lot of time scouting google earth for forest roads that can get me as far away from people as possible, and to lakes/streams full of fish. On Saturday my girlfriend and I went up to a spot in the Uintas I found this way, and after I found out that this remote lake was aerial stocked a few years ago, I was even more excited about it. I aired down to 10 psi, which is lower than I ever have gone before, for about 10 miles of very rocky trail. Since the trail was so rough, we didn't see anyone but a couple people on ATVs on the trail and a couple of backpackers at the lake. We had this all to ourselves-
The biggest issue I've found with camping in a RTT is getting it level at the campsite. In the above photo I stacked a couple rocks on the passenger side and dug holes for the tires on the drivers side. Always seems to work well.
We brought an inflatable kayak and the fishing was HOT. There was a 10 minute period in the evening where we had a fish hit our fly every cast. We caught a couple dozen trout in under two hours. It seemed unreal! My girlfriend had never fly fished before so I was super happy to have her first experience be like this one. We caught a handful of the more elusive golden trout, and kept a few brookies to throw into burritos.
Russ sniffing a golden-
The next morning we scrambled up a steep rock face to get a better view of where we were at. Our campsite was on the right side of the lake in this photo-
I love exploring new places way out in the middle of nowhere. I love my truck for reliably and comfortably getting us there and back. And I love that the truck packs the RTT and everything but the kitchen sink.
I forgot to bring my CO2 tank for whatever reason, and had to air my 35s from 10 to 33 PSI with my VIAIR MV-50. It took almost 10 minutes per tire, and afterward both the compressor and hose were almost too hot to touch. I need to make a spot to mount the CO2 tank in the bed so that it's always there.
I've been thinking about making a bed bar that mounts in the small space between the cab and the bed rack to mount my hi-lift and shovel- and the CO2 tank vertically at the end of it- in the front corner of the bed and out of the way. This way I can pull the bed rack off, throw the full size spare under the truck, and load my snowmobile- leaving the hi-lift/shovel/CO2 tank/tire mount/ammo can all in place and out of the way. Might work on that this week.
I've been spending a lot of time scouting google earth for forest roads that can get me as far away from people as possible, and to lakes/streams full of fish. On Saturday my girlfriend and I went up to a spot in the Uintas I found this way, and after I found out that this remote lake was aerial stocked a few years ago, I was even more excited about it. I aired down to 10 psi, which is lower than I ever have gone before, for about 10 miles of very rocky trail. Since the trail was so rough, we didn't see anyone but a couple people on ATVs on the trail and a couple of backpackers at the lake. We had this all to ourselves-
The biggest issue I've found with camping in a RTT is getting it level at the campsite. In the above photo I stacked a couple rocks on the passenger side and dug holes for the tires on the drivers side. Always seems to work well.
We brought an inflatable kayak and the fishing was HOT. There was a 10 minute period in the evening where we had a fish hit our fly every cast. We caught a couple dozen trout in under two hours. It seemed unreal! My girlfriend had never fly fished before so I was super happy to have her first experience be like this one. We caught a handful of the more elusive golden trout, and kept a few brookies to throw into burritos.
Russ sniffing a golden-
The next morning we scrambled up a steep rock face to get a better view of where we were at. Our campsite was on the right side of the lake in this photo-
I love exploring new places way out in the middle of nowhere. I love my truck for reliably and comfortably getting us there and back. And I love that the truck packs the RTT and everything but the kitchen sink.
I forgot to bring my CO2 tank for whatever reason, and had to air my 35s from 10 to 33 PSI with my VIAIR MV-50. It took almost 10 minutes per tire, and afterward both the compressor and hose were almost too hot to touch. I need to make a spot to mount the CO2 tank in the bed so that it's always there.
I've been thinking about making a bed bar that mounts in the small space between the cab and the bed rack to mount my hi-lift and shovel- and the CO2 tank vertically at the end of it- in the front corner of the bed and out of the way. This way I can pull the bed rack off, throw the full size spare under the truck, and load my snowmobile- leaving the hi-lift/shovel/CO2 tank/tire mount/ammo can all in place and out of the way. Might work on that this week.
