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by TankerZak » Sun Dec 17, 2017 11:43 am
Yesterday, I went for a snowrun in Bend Oregon on the side of Mount Bachelor. I went with a great group of people that invited me along. They are a club and do these trips a lot. It was by and large a lot of heavily modified FJ cruisers, Tacomas, 4runners, but mostly 80 and 100 series Land Cruisers. By the end we were in what must of been two feet of snow. I had to crawl UP out of my truck and push snow aside with my door to get out. My diffs were carving a trail between the ruts.
I had to airdown my tires to 8 PSI and the tires stayed on. I started at 15 PSI... I had both lockers engaged by the end and the sway bar disconnected to level out the ride. It was also fairly rough. I did get stuck twice both of which I believe were my fault for letting it dig in before i backed up. First time I got stuck was at 15 PSI and rear locker only. Second time was at 8 PSI and fully locked on a steep hill when I got just to the left of the ruts. Everyone got stuck at some point. And it turned into a winchfest at the end to get us turned around.
Soon as I aquire the pictures I'll post them. DamageWagons skid plate and my Purple Cranium diff protectors got a work out even if it was just snow. I nailed a stump but the kickout on the Whitenuckle rock sliders worked perfectly and saved some serious body damage. They paid for themselves!! Overall no serious damage aside from what bushes normally do...
Color me formally impressed by the Power Wagon. It was also probably the most fun you can have with your clothes on!
2016 Granite Crystal Metallic Power Wagon Laramie, graphics delete, debadged, Thuren front and rear coils, Thuren rear swaybar links, Thuren front and rear trackbars, Traxada rear 1 inch spacers, King 3.0 (Stage 4) front and 2.5 (Stage 3) rear shocks, Boogie front bump stops, Cooper STT Pro 37x13.50R17 on XD Machette 17x9 +18 wheels, Centramatics, 5.13 gears, DOR steering brace, Thuren truss, Thuren King Steering Damper, Synergy Steering Kit, Thuren PW front bumper, Thuren rear bumper, White Knuckle rock sliders, Dethloff skid plate, Dethloff rear sway bar spacers, Purple Cranium Half Spider front and rear diff guards, Airlift 5000 Ultimate airbags with Daystar cradles, Bakflip Revolver X2 tonneau, Factor55 Ultrahook with 100ft 7/16 A.R.E. Spidersilk synthetic winch line, Zroadz Grill with slim 20 inch light bar, DDM Tuning LEDs/HIDs, Rigid Side Shooter ditch lights, KC rock lights, Rigid fog lights, Baja Designs rear lights, Magnaflow 19200 modified with upgraded resonator and after axle dump, tinted front windows 35%.
