Re: Oregon Back Roads Discovery Trail prelim report

From: John_Neff@Dell.com
Date: Wed Jul 18 2001 - 11:17:52 EDT


Thanks.
All of those items are on my "to do" list. All except the tow hooks, as they
are already installed.

I take it that the trail intersects highways several times, is this correct?
What was the longest stretch of trail you were on that didn't put you near a
gas station?

Thank you again,
John

>What I would recommend someone due to their truck to prepare for a
>trip like this.

>I would like to have run this in a group but the other couple had to back
>out (no pun intended) at the last minute. It would be much safer with two
or
>more rigs.

>32" tires are great and I suspect we would not have gotten through much of
>the run with stock tire height and treads.

>A winch would have been helpful.

>GPS and laptop with active tracking maps are highly recommended if you want
>to follow a route.

>Take spare air filters or one that can be cleaned on the trail.

>Larger gas tank would have been good. We packed a 5 gallon can.

>A 3" lift would have been nice. Departure angle on the Daks could be better
>and this would help there.

>Heavy duty brush / push guard up front.

>Disconnect the sway bars.

>If you don't have a winch, mount front tow hooks.

>You could do this run with a stock Dak but I wouldn't to that. This main
>trail was fine for a stock rig, but we went off the trial a lot, even broke
>new ground a few times and went places a stock Dak could not follow.



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