84Toyota4x4
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Stock 4Runner Battles Reiter!
This is just a good picture, so I had to make a thread to share, haha. My girlfriend came out playing with the big trucks Saturday, and got all twisted up where two trails meet. I ended up having to give her a little tug up and over that lip her front end is touching. Her front right and rear left tires were spinning pretty good though (front was hardly touching the ground, rear not at all)
You cant really see it, but on her passenger side of the truck there is a trail coming up to meet the one we were on, so it was kinda awkward in all directions. Its also hard to tell, but the hill side to the right of the picture was a little steep and slippery and you couldn't really hug it without sliding into the other trail coming up the hill. We know because thats what we tried, haha.
Actually, she did really well, and if she just had an ounce more momentum, she would've gotten over that little lip. It was a little hard to get her that far at first, but once she did, the truck just started to pop over, but for some reason it just didn't carry enough to get her over it. Oh well, a little tug from my truck and she was over.
I was pretty impressed with where we convinced that completely stock little thing to go with her street tires at full pressure. It was snowy and muddy slop, so her tires just packed, but we still persuaded it up a hill climb or two, and through some pretty rutted valleys and stuff in the really sandy area at Reiter.
All in all, I was very impressed with the truck, but even more with her since it was only her second real time with that truck off road. She definitely learned the technique of rocking the truck, moving the wheel back and forth to look for a bite, and it seemed she was really getting a grasp on the whole concept of when to and when not to use the throttle to move her along.
Anyway, just wanted to share a cool picture, and a little bit of the story!
~T.J.
This is just a good picture, so I had to make a thread to share, haha. My girlfriend came out playing with the big trucks Saturday, and got all twisted up where two trails meet. I ended up having to give her a little tug up and over that lip her front end is touching. Her front right and rear left tires were spinning pretty good though (front was hardly touching the ground, rear not at all)
You cant really see it, but on her passenger side of the truck there is a trail coming up to meet the one we were on, so it was kinda awkward in all directions. Its also hard to tell, but the hill side to the right of the picture was a little steep and slippery and you couldn't really hug it without sliding into the other trail coming up the hill. We know because thats what we tried, haha.Actually, she did really well, and if she just had an ounce more momentum, she would've gotten over that little lip. It was a little hard to get her that far at first, but once she did, the truck just started to pop over, but for some reason it just didn't carry enough to get her over it. Oh well, a little tug from my truck and she was over.
I was pretty impressed with where we convinced that completely stock little thing to go with her street tires at full pressure. It was snowy and muddy slop, so her tires just packed, but we still persuaded it up a hill climb or two, and through some pretty rutted valleys and stuff in the really sandy area at Reiter.
All in all, I was very impressed with the truck, but even more with her since it was only her second real time with that truck off road. She definitely learned the technique of rocking the truck, moving the wheel back and forth to look for a bite, and it seemed she was really getting a grasp on the whole concept of when to and when not to use the throttle to move her along.
Anyway, just wanted to share a cool picture, and a little bit of the story!
~T.J.
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