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The Tacoma and trailer are ARB USA's rig that they use to showcase stuff at events etc. They were at Cruise Moab last week.

My axle is offset to the rear by about 6" so the weight it a bit more biased to the front. When I added the tire carrier to the back of my trailer the dynamics changed quite a bit because of the shift in weight. I redesigned how I was carrying my water and fuel and remounted my CO2tank at the...

have you considered building one? I had the same goals with my trailer. It had to be dual purpose. I've used my trailer more for yard/house stuff than I have for actual offroad/camping, although that is changing as of late. I make the suggestion of at least contemplating the option of...

We didn't do any intentional side by side test of the tires, but the long stretch of deep mud near Lund that paralleled the RR tracks was a good test. I was the only one to drive the entire length of that (1/4 mile?) mud hole without getting stuck or bailing out the side. My truck has the...

Here we go again. :) Honestly I'm surprised you kept it this long. However, I'll remind you that when you were looking for this one, you were kicking yourself for selling your old red DC, that it was the truck you missed the most. That was what spurred the purchase of Carlos. I guess it...

Surprised I haven't seen anyone mention the Rally Fighter. Pretty much everything you mentioned......except for 4 doors and cheap. ;)

I might be mistaken but I'm pretty sure I saw you at the Maverick on 2000 W. in Syracuse a week or so back. Whoever it was I saw made some kind of crude gesture to me, I can only assume because of my poor little Toyota. ;) Either way, welcome. I'm sure I'll see you around up there since I...

Dave and Will followed them back to the highway and made sure they were safe and then headed toward Salt Lake City. My boys and I continued on the dirt trail across the desert toward Goblin Valley. Goblin Valley was pretty busy that day but it is a vast maze of rock formations so even if there...

The next morning brought ample sunshine which was a welcome change and began with several more miles of pavement on the Burr Trail before it finally returned to dirt. There are some dramatic changes in elevation in the Grand Staircase area that presented us with some really cool switchbacks and...

Boulder mountain is covered with small lakes and it's a haven for fishermen and hunters. I shot my first deer down here on Boulder Mountain when I was 15 years old. Lots of good memories of this area. . We stopped for some lunch discussed our route again which would take us on a couple of roads...

As we dropped down out of Powell Point we had a nice stretch of forested road that treated us to some quickly changing fall colors . . Boulder Mountain and the Aquarius Plateau is one of my favorite places in Utah. The fact that it's a plateau allows for some outstanding views with large...

The next morning we debated a warm breakfast at a local diner but instead settled for granola bars, coke and redbull in an effort to make up for more than an entire day of lost time. We headed out for Powell Point finally! . Powell Point is breathtaking with an almost 360* view from the point...

We had gathered all our gear and the rain continued to fall. . That wasn't the end of it. Less than 1/4 mile later we rounded a hill with a steep exposure and everyone stopped. We got out to take a look and Kurt's Cruiser had gotten a little sideways on the narrow trail around the hill. His...

It wasn't long after we crossed the washout that the sun was down and it got dark quick. Almost like the weather had planned it with the darkness, once the sun went down the rains picked up again. It was never a total downpour but enough to keep the already saturated ground wet and sticky. Low...

The rain had picked up and the trail was getting very wet again. And by now it was starting to get dark. It was looking unlikely that we were going to make Powell Point tonight to camp. . After several miles we came to another washout in the road. This one was nearly as bad as ones we had...

We began our descent past Big John's Flat and the rain begain to lightly fall. The lower we got we past a few other campers that were on the mountain for the black powder rifle deer hunt. . We continued toward the town of Circleville which turned out to be my least favorite road of the trip. It...

Not far past Signal Peak we would pass mount Baldy and reach Big John Flats where the road would reach the goal of our trip...the highest driveable point in the state of Utah. We gathered the truck is the point at an elevation of 11,500' and snapped the obligatory photos. . Kurt and Paul...

We exited I-70 near the entrance to the Freemont Indian State Park and backtracked west on the frontage road toward Kimberly. This road would pass underneath I-70 and climb rapidly toward Signal peak and what would be the highest point on our route. Along the way we would pass Kimberly Mine an...

Day 2 - Millford to Bryce . Day 2 began with a couple changes to the route. We needed to make up some time so the route was tweaked slightly for our morning section. Turned out that this next portion of the trip was mine to lead. I was slightly handicapped because every other truck in the group...