Yankee Hill / Loch Lomond trails run pics

More carnage from this run this time. :banghead:

http://forum.planetisuzoo.com/viewtopic.php?t=8472

Hey, share the gas money, eehh??

I'm jealous, can't go much of anywhere this year - have cabin fever BAD! At least you're having fun for me.

Cool pics!

Hey, share the gas money, eehh??


:2cents:

:rofl:

Guess its a good thing our department got a $6/hr raise this year :iceslolan

Though its hard to afford gas AND repairs at the same time.

Great pictures, Dave.
Didn't do any research, but I assume that is in Colorado?
And the damage sustained is minor in my point of view. You are actually using your Rodeos for what they were designed for. Sport Utility! To get away from the pavement and have a chance to flip brats with a needlenose.
So that is earned damage, you might want to consider leaving the bumper scratches as is since they are like the stripes of rank on a uniform. The best most people can do to compare is to accidently run over a cart in Wal-mart with their SUV. :grinyes: I recently saw the 'Cars' Pixar movie in which they made fun of trucks that never left pavement. (it's in the trailer clips at the end)
Thanks for sharing the trip with us!
Tom

awesome pics. I need to get out and do something like that in the future. Looks like a blast.

marc

Heading out to Big Cypress National Preserve right now! You got me motivated!

Post pics Surferfletch - I love seeing glimpses of the 1st gen. in action.

We actually took the Jeep and went to Corkscrew Marsh and Corkscrew Swamp. A little less drive time. Put it in 4-LO only once just to give the transfer case a little work. We'll probably do Big Cypress next weekend. We'll have to get a pic of the Rodeo and a gator. I found out today that if you want to go on the back country offroad loop in Big Cypress National Preserve, you need 9 inches of tread on the ground (I don't have that with my stock wheels - going to upgrade to 31 x 10.5" BFG TA KOs here shortly) and you have to have a $50 license after an inspection. We'll stay on the paved and gravel roads if we go.

Glad we dont have anywhere around here with those kind of restrictions (I only have 7.2" tread width). We have some places you need permission from owners to go through but I dont go there. So nice to have mountains to go out and do stuff in. I hate driving across the city to get to them though.

At least now you're motivated :) glad I could be of service LOL.

Need more Zu's out there showing the heeps and yotas they arent the only ones that can get off pavement.

Those BFGs aren't going to get me out there, either. After researching some, I found they only provide 8.6" of tread. Maybe they round up! Anyway, getting out there sure beats wasting a day in front of the tube.

Surferfletch - are you gonna put the BFG's on the Jeep or the 'Zu? I'm guessing your jeep is your play-around vehicle?

The Jeep. I have to look at what's on the Rodeo.... Dueler HLs from Bridgestone. I think they are too skinny, too. They are nearly new. Less than 10K, I think.

Those dueler's are good tires. Sounds like you have the OEM size on the Rodeo, elsewise the 265/70 R16 and/or 265/75's are the same width as the 31x10.50 15's.

The 265/70's are the same height, I believe as the 31x10.5's as well, and the 265/75 16's are 32" tall.

If you have a skinnier wheel on the Rodeo versus the Jeep, that would make the difference in a skinnier appearance of the tires - IIRC, I thought you had said at one time that you had 265/70's on your Rodeo, I could be wrong though. But, if so, that size is equivalent to the 31x10.5 R15. It's just the Dueler tires run/look smaller/skinnier then the BFG's do.

I have the stock tires on aluminum wheels. 245/70R16. 7.5 inches of tread width according to the Bridgestone site. 29.4" tall. I actually can't believe that they are slightly smaller than the stock Jeep tires (225/75R15), heightwise. And this metric system of measuring tires means nothing to me!

EDIT: The GSA are smaller - 28.5". I thought I had 30s.

The two OEM sizes on your Jeep and the 'Zu should be equal to each other, the Rodeo's tires may look shorter cause it's heavier and you're running 70's series which the sidewall is a bit shorter then the 75's series.

On your next set of Rodeo tires, get the 245/75's, that'll raise it up a bit, won't notice a difference in power - get the 6-ply in the Dueler AT's or the Revo's (GREAT tires BTW).

Boy, it's been so long since I've ran my stock size, i.e 225/75 16 is what mine came with; I was parked by another Rodeo that had that same size the other day, and beside mine with the 32" tires (265/75's) there was a BIG difference in tire height as well as ride height.

I'll measure the width of mine tomorrow.

I've been happy with the Bridgestones. I see many people like the Revos over the Goodyear GS-As that come stock on Wranglers. I hear they are good on wet pavement, too, which I see a lot here in FL. I might give them a shot. It's going to be a big outlay, putting new tires on the Jeep with a 5 tire rotation. The Revos are $129 a pop at tirerack.com. I won't need tires on the Rodeo for awhile, thankfully.

If you get the Revo's for the Jeep - which in my honest opinion they are MUCH improved over the regular Dueler A/T's, had both sets on the Rodeo at one time or another - make SURE you get the 6-ply (or C range rating).

This was my mistake with the Rodeo, I had only gotten the 4-ply or the P-rated tires and that truck wore through them FAST. The only 4-ply's that my Rodeo didn't eat up fast was the OEM BFG Long-Trails, they lasted quite a time.

After two sets of 4-ply's following OEM's, I've learned my mistake - but I don't believe it was just the tires or the weight of the truck, I believe it came from the combination of the two and the fact that we do a lot of dirt roads and highway driving.

My Rodeo is riding on 8-ply tires now, sounds heavy and rough, but in reality, after a good week or so of getting the "stiffness" out of the new treads, they're actually softer feeling then the 4-ply as I don't feel every ripple in the road and they should last a LONG time.

Thanks for the info. I never got real deep into tire selection before. My first vehicles got whatever was cheapest and lately I've just replaced the stock tires with the same. It's nice to finally be a little more selective!