Tommy R
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Hey y'all,
So this past weekend I finally had chance to take the new truck camping. The destination was Big Bend Ranch State Park in west Texas....a little over 500 miles from my home in Austin. I traveled with some Jeep buddies (mine is torn down undergoing "one ton surgery"). My rig and my friend's JK with a super cool Ursa Minor camper setup....both shown in their natural habitat:
With an 80 mph speed limit and crazy crosswinds, we were both hovering in the 11-13 mpg range.
I used 4-low a lot and actually came across some areas where I was legitimately glad I had a rear locker. But overall the trails weren't "hard", but they were narrow. I was concerned about paint damage, but best I can tell so far, it looks like it did okay. Glad I have white paint that hides imperfections!! So if you head that way, be mindful of the size of the trails. Jeeps fit nicely, but wider fullsize rigs are a different story. Here's some random pics of the trip and our campsites:
Airing down to 22f/20r definitely helped smooth out the ride over the washboarded roads. Next time I'll likely go down to 20/17 or so.
Airing up to drive home:
So this past weekend I finally had chance to take the new truck camping. The destination was Big Bend Ranch State Park in west Texas....a little over 500 miles from my home in Austin. I traveled with some Jeep buddies (mine is torn down undergoing "one ton surgery"). My rig and my friend's JK with a super cool Ursa Minor camper setup....both shown in their natural habitat:
![IMG_4349-X2.jpg](/community/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fphotos.smugmug.com%2FWheelin-Trips%2FGeneric-Overlanding-and-Camping%2Fi-4XqL6cq%2F0%2F3e78f575%2FX2%2FIMG_4349-X2.jpg&hash=da9c1fa21940a1d51213c00f3284bf9f)
With an 80 mph speed limit and crazy crosswinds, we were both hovering in the 11-13 mpg range.
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Airing down to 22f/20r definitely helped smooth out the ride over the washboarded roads. Next time I'll likely go down to 20/17 or so.
![IMG_4357-XL.jpg](/community/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fphotos.smugmug.com%2FWheelin-Trips%2FGeneric-Overlanding-and-Camping%2Fi-vwrqBvR%2F0%2Fcd85fda4%2FXL%2FIMG_4357-XL.jpg&hash=aae2c4097b45f7dbf7562956128c4394)
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Airing up to drive home:
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