xpdishn
Adventurer
Just revisited this thread. Fantastic stuff here.
I would love to make this trip but the fuel would be issue number one. No refer on board would be another issue to consider. Even a 3 day trip to Death Valley has me loading the Tacoma for bear. I applaud those of you who make these trips in FJs or other vehicles with lesser storage capacity than a truck. You definitely have me thinking about a reserve fuel tank.
In case I missed it...what maps (paper) did you use for your trip?
Wow, Thank you for your comments.
The 2 best, by a mile, mods I have done are the reserve fuel tank and Waeco fridge. They go hand in hand and, of course, without either one, we could not have done it. Maybe freeze dried-not. For that trip the roof rack was full as well as the back of the FJ. I have done a major remodel to the rear for extra storage.
As for maps, BLM has an Arizona Strip map that covers the whole area. With that, the scale is such that it is very difficult to read. As I said, it took quite awhile to mark a route in NatGeo TOPO software and that is what we used. Still ran into dead ends but that is what exploring is about.
Fantastic trip report, great pics! Don't know how I missed this when it was originally posted.
The logistics for this trip are really a challenge. Not many have the fuel storage capacity to attempt something like this. I envy you for that!
Thank you. The wife took the pics and has a much better eye and me.
The extra tank was not cheap, but after months of discussion with the wife, we finally saw that without one, we would not be able to do want we envisioned for expedition runs. We have not regretted for one minute the money spent on it.
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