Poll on off-roading?

[Cruiser]

How many here either off-road on bikes, jeeps etc. and how many use thier tear to primitive camp, in the wilderness, not campgrounds?
Steve

Oh,, I ride and race dirtbikes, drive a jeep wrangler on and off-road, used to drive a monster truck, but still havent finninshed my build.

[Q]

I'm into off roading and off grounding, flying my ultralight. I put it in my pickup then attach the tear. I never camp in pay campsites, only backcountry, mostly desert.

Q

[Sonetpro]

95% of my camping is offroading down the beach to the secret spot. To persue my favorite hobby, Fishing offshore in my kayak.

[Endo]

I pull the teardrop with my Jeep. We take it offroad (the Jeep). We usually stay at State Parks. The wife likes a bathroom and a shower .....actually so do I.

Do you have any pics of the monster truck?

[Cruiser]

I'll have to look in my old photo albums for a pic of the truck. It was a 71 gmc k30, with dana 60 front and a 1 1/2 ton splicer 14 bolt rear, sitting on 17-40-16.5 for street use and 20x46 off road tires. 14" of lift, 500+ hp 400 small block, stroked to a 416 mouse motor. The rollbar lights were just over 10ft. Had a 5ton ramsey pto driven winch on the back. It cost me $$ on gas, parts, and tickets..
Steve

[emiller]

I'v done some off road in my low low tear and supprised I didn't rip my water tank and pump off. My old tear was more for that, and I miss going to some of the remote places like I used to.

[Endo]

I'll have to look in my old photo albums for a pic of the truck. It was a 71 gmc k30, with dana 60 front and a 1 1/2 ton splicer 14 bolt rear, sitting on 17-40-16.5 for street use and 20x46 off road tires. 14" of lift, 500+ hp 400 small block, stroked to a 416 mouse motor. The rollbar lights were just over 10ft. Had a 5ton ramsey pto driven winch on the back. It cost me $$ on gas, parts, and tickets..
Steve

Sounds like my last truck. One ton Chevy, 1978 frame, 1987 body.... Dana 60, corporate 14 bolt, 502 big block crate motor, NP 205, 4 speed, racing bucket w/ 5 point harnesses. I hated to sell it but as the family grew we had to get something that all 4 of us could take offroad. The Jeep is fun but just not the same as the 502 big block.

[elmo]

This is what I run around in sometimes.



Or this...



And the Blazer and Excursion both off road. I use to have a nice 1993 Wrangler, but the family outgrew it and I up sized a little.

I am building the teardrop with a extra 4' platform on the front to put the motorcycle. I do alot of year round motorcycling and figure this was the best way to go. I was suppose to be going today, but they are calling for 16" of snow around here, so I am going to work on the teardrop instead.

[Woodbutcher]

I offroad as you can guess from my avitar. I am still working on my Tear but don't plan on taking it offroad. I will be done for this season with my build and I'll see what happens.

[jagular7]

I'm a wheeler also. I've still have a 92 Bronco in transition: D60/Sterling, custom front/rear suspension, 460(513)/C6/Klune/205, 42's, etc. etc. But that has been sitting, um, er resting for over 4+ yrs.


I've also have a bolt-on TJ that I picked up rather cheap couple yrs ago. This is the current offroader. D30/8.8, 4.88/lockers, 3+" overall lift, 34's, 4cyl/auto


Just recently picked up this at an auction, last used as a military tugger.

86 CJ10A Jeep, 2wd, D70U rear, 4.88/locker, 3.3 Nissan diesel, 727 auto, 198 tcase (208 in 4low), weighs 6100#s.
Plan for this is removal of the turtleback, lengthening of wheelbase, swapping in 4wd axles (D70 is 75" wms) w/ matching tcase, flatbed, SOA, and 40" mil tires that I have. Maybe flip it, or just keep it because its different and cheap so far.

As for my TD, it has some decent ground clearance for what it is. Most of my camping is off rugged roads but nothing too drastic in terms of trails.