Archive for September, 2008
Monday, September 29th, 2008
Installing a Safari Snorkel on an ‘87 FJ60
I recently installed a Safari Snorkel on my 1987 FJ60 Land Cruiser. The snorkel can be found and East Olympia Cruisers. If you are a TLCA member , be sure to mention it to get 10% off.
It was a straight forward installation easily following the supplied instructions. This kit is designed in Australia and [...]
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Friday, September 12th, 2008
Off-road Tent Trailer Build, Part 2
Now that the trailer has been completed and test I thought I would finish up the trailer build with some finished pictures, a recap of features and parts used as well as a summary of the trailers performance.
We recently completed a 1625 mile trip (about 100 miles on dirt/gravel roads) to Idaho. The full write-up [...]
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Thursday, September 11th, 2008
Owyhee Sheep Camp Expedition, Part 3
After our two nights at Boni Spring we decided we would visit Silver City before heading north to find our last campsite of the trip. After a hearty breakfast of corned beef hash and eggs we broke camp. While David and I finished packing everything into the trailer and truck Mom took Farron for a [...]
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Thursday, September 11th, 2008
Owyhee Sheep Camp Expedition, Part 2
After a brief explanation of our visit I signaled to mom, David and Farron it was ok for us to look around. When they came down I introduced them to Duane, the resident employee of the Cattle Ranch and a genuine, honest to goodness cowboy. You couldn’t hope to meet a nicer person [...]
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Tuesday, September 9th, 2008
Owyhee Sheep Camp Expedition, Part 1
Some time ago my brother David and I started talking about making a summer camp-as-you-go trip to Mountain Home, Idaho to see our 86 year old Grandmother. My wife, son and I flew down a few years ago but neither David nor I had driven down there since, as best as we [...]
