- Location
- La Habra, CA
A buddy sent me this from a Range Rover forum.
The poor FJ guy had to hear it when he got a flat yesterday... Actually the tire itself was fine, but a small flying stone dented the valve stem on one of the wheels, causing it to start leaking air. Talk about a freak accident! Anyway, as he was replacing the tire all of us Land Rover owners standing behind him were going "See, I told you these Toyotas were no good off road..." But seriously, that's a very capable platform, for about $28K loaded with all the heavy duty factory toys it's hard to beat (I figured the guy spent at least another 10-15Ks on aftermarket mods, though.)
Speaking of modified trucks, we also ran into an incredible looking Jeep modded like a true rock crawler, with 38" tires, roll cage and monster lift, stranded on that same trail. Another small rock had jumped up deep under the frame on a fairly mild stretch of trail and punctured his brake line, which was leaking copiously. The guy ended up pounding and pinching and zip tying the busted line against the frame until the leak stopped, but he lost his rear brakes in the process. I think he made it back down OK, we didn't see him anymore after he took off mumbling "Oh well, rear brakes are overrated, anyway"... Another freak accident, but I guess even the meanest and most armored off-road vehicle out there has an Achille's heel somewhere.
This was the group of guys we saw on Gold Mountain on April 5.
The poor FJ guy had to hear it when he got a flat yesterday... Actually the tire itself was fine, but a small flying stone dented the valve stem on one of the wheels, causing it to start leaking air. Talk about a freak accident! Anyway, as he was replacing the tire all of us Land Rover owners standing behind him were going "See, I told you these Toyotas were no good off road..." But seriously, that's a very capable platform, for about $28K loaded with all the heavy duty factory toys it's hard to beat (I figured the guy spent at least another 10-15Ks on aftermarket mods, though.)
Speaking of modified trucks, we also ran into an incredible looking Jeep modded like a true rock crawler, with 38" tires, roll cage and monster lift, stranded on that same trail. Another small rock had jumped up deep under the frame on a fairly mild stretch of trail and punctured his brake line, which was leaking copiously. The guy ended up pounding and pinching and zip tying the busted line against the frame until the leak stopped, but he lost his rear brakes in the process. I think he made it back down OK, we didn't see him anymore after he took off mumbling "Oh well, rear brakes are overrated, anyway"... Another freak accident, but I guess even the meanest and most armored off-road vehicle out there has an Achille's heel somewhere.
This was the group of guys we saw on Gold Mountain on April 5.
