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If this If this is how you overland I think I’ll stick to wheeling

Vinman

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Ran across this group today, there was a newer Tacoma stopped at the bottom of an icy hill and all three of these guys decided to go down the hill at the same time, first guy ditches to avoid the Tacoma and the other guys followed.

The slippery part of the hill was about 200’ and from the tracks, it was obvious they had the wheels locked all the way down
At least two of those weren’t driving home under their own power

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Where are the plastic mini ramps?

Now I see about the "Traction boards". :homer: I'd of said to them "They got this thing called traction chains"...
 
We walked down the hill, while icy it was definitely not terrible, I’ve driven up much, much slipperier hills.
That was inexperience drivers all day long.
 
Neither of the two humans in the pic, especially the dude in the last, seem to happy

My bet is they are new and got talked into this day by one of em
 
Paragon said:
So, how did you help them get down off the trail?
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They had a guy at the top of the main hill, about 1,000 ft away, to warn drivers not to go down and we offered our help numerous times but they declined. Myself and a few others walked down and again offered out help. They already had the middle 4 runner towed back onto the trail when we left.

We’re not dicks, as a group we have never left people in need without offering our assistance, fuck I once towed an old three wheeler about 8 miles through the trail after he blew his engine. He even managed to drink two beers while I towed him:homer:.

Another example was during a trip to Moab in 2013 while we were stopped for lunch on Fins n Things a lone XJ broke a ujoint while attempting a hill climb and ended up rolling hard on its side. We not only got him back on his wheels, I showed him how to pull the plugs to clear the oil from the cylinders then we cut our day short and I towed him all the way back off the trail. That kind of ruined our day but shit happens.
 
FleshEater said:
Ice is a real bitch. I usually try to bury at least one side in the snow and take it easy.
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I'll never forget cruising out to loon from Robs resort one snowy October. Blew right past the ranger yelling and waving at me to SLOW THE FUCK DOWN. Went fully sideways over one of the little creek overcrossings and thought I was going in the ditch. Little correction and a bit of throttle and hit the other side pavement just fine:laughing:
 
Yota Up said:
You're such a dick. But that's hella funny. :laughing:
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Probably early 90s. Shortly after it turned into a total shotshow every weekend. We started going last week of October every year. I think that was the same year one of the guys woke up and his hair was frozen to the tent :lmao:
 
Don’t appear to be overlanders, notice they aren’t in their garage YouTubing yet another “mod” like floor mats or another light. Also, note they are not adorned with a roof tent, plastic dish drying racks to be thrown under tires, and I don’t see a single rotopak.

Trucks looked nice, too bad they crashed.
 
Hooligan said:
Don’t appear to be overlanders, notice they aren’t in their garage YouTubing yet another “mod” like floor mats or another light. Also, note they are not adorned with a roof tent, plastic dish drying racks to be thrown under tires, and I don’t see a single rotopak.

Trucks looked nice, too bad they crashed.
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Kind of my thought. Not enough stuff to be bolted on.
 
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This is exactly the kind of conduct I expect from Toyota owners. I am not in the least surprised. I don't feel bad for them. Stupid should hurt.

Picking a stupid place to stop and causing a traffic fuck up behind you is something Tacoma drivers do regularly. If they had even the slightest shred of self awareness this wouldn't have happened because the people at the top would have know that their dumb-ass wheeling buddy wasn't gonna move.
 
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Definitely not overlanders, they are overbankers. Overbankers are a rare sub species of overlanders and four wheelers. You don't actually spot them in their natural habitat very often, it's more common to see the signs they've left behind.:flipoff2:
 
shortbus4x4 said:
Definitely not overlanders, they are overbankers. Overbankers are a rare sub species of overlanders and four wheelers. You don't actually spot them in their natural habitat very often, it's more common to see the signs they've left behind.:flipoff2:
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BTDT. Bought the T shirt.:homer: Party of one usually, and not in a Toyoter .
 
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