Vehicle-type recommended for Tejon?

[HOGHUNTER714]

Here's what I run around in. Have used this truck at Tejon once and it worked out fine. 2003 Toyota Tacoma 4x4 TRD with locking rear diff. My buddy as a Sammy and boy, that thing is a mountain goat...

 

[acousticmood]

I'm hoping to get a spring membership next year and I'm going to take my wifes H3 - it handles great offroad the only thing I'm concerned about is all the branches that scratched up my guides truck last time I was up there.

Wifey went shopping last summer for a soccer mom SUV or station wagon and came back with the H3. I said it was fine as long as I coud take it off road. She said that was fine as long as I didn't scratch the paint. Hmmmmmm

 

[el_vaquero]

I have a Tundra 4WD....but if I didn't need the extra room for the kids, I'd get the Tacoma.

 

[MJB]

Good luck acousticmood, scratches are part of offroading and Tejon has lots of oaks that just love to apply some marks to remember them by. You better break the wife in now......or find a friend in the auto painting business.

 

[BGH831]

I had a Titan got it's first oak brach hook dent on fender and window pillaer at 2200 miles following a buddys tires he missed I hit. Jeep got it's first dent and hood scratch at about 6400 miles. If you hunt it expect to scratch it.

 

[Speckmisser]

Not much point having an off-road vehicle you can't scratch. Nothing will get you stuck faster than backing off in a bad spot because of an overhanging limb that might put some pinstripes on that factory paint.

Of course, a little wax and elbow grease takes out most of the backcountry pinstriping... she'll never know. And if you get a bad scratch, just wreck it in the freeway on the way home.

 

[Tonopah01]

I have a Tundra TRD 4wd and my nephew has a Tacoma TRD 4wd. The Taco is a better (smaller, narrower) size for Tejon. The Tundra has the 5.7 V8 and his Taco has a V6. I get 17 mpg in daily driving and he gets 16 mpg. His Tacoma with the snug top is a really nice hunting machine and a very good daily driver.

 

[loadsprayer]

What is everyone's opinion on the subject of noise with a vehicle for Tejon? I am sure that noise could be a problem with a Diesel engine sending hogs running in any direction, but does it matter that much compared to a gas engine?

I could use my 4x4 Expedition and tent camp, compared to hauling my 5th wheel and driving my F250 Diesel. Being comfortable vs better odds on taking an hog?

Thoughts?

 

[Speckmisser]

It's really not going to make any difference. You're not likely to be hunting from the truck in the first place, and even if you are, they'll spook just as bad if you stop a gas engine as a diesel. If you spot pigs while driving, go on past, then walk back. Just like antelope or deer, the minute you stop, they'll bolt.

 

[MJB]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Speckmisser @ May 2 2008, 08:37 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div>

And if you get a bad scratch, just wreck it in the freeway on the way home.

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That's some funny stuff

I have had days like that!!!

 

[socalkid]

Just thought i'd add a driving experience i encountered yesterday on the ranch while hunting pigs. My family doesn't own a truck, jeep, or any four wheel drive vehicle. The past times ive been up there we have borrowed a friends truck. not this time. We just took the mini van. Big mistake. Could not make it back up a "slight" incline on a dirt road and spent the rest of the evening trying to find a "front wheel drive capable" way out. Which wasn't very easy. So the moral of the story, 4x4 with decent clearance and you should be good to go as long as it's not muddy. Just don't take a soccer mom mini van unless you want to push not hunt

. And I didn't even have a chance to look for pigs

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Ok seriously stop laughing already.

 

[QEU]

Do they allow trail bike? I have a Rokon Trailbreaker that I would like to take along.

 

[Huntr Pat]

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<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Huntr Pat @ Apr 2 2008, 03:56 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

I have to agree with the TACO. Comfortable,Gas saving,Roomy to store gear, and will go anywhere.
Here's my 4 banger. I hauled alot of hogs,deer, elk and camping gear. easy in and out. I stop using Mud tires they cupped real fast, even with regular rotations & balance, air pressure. But all terrains get me in and out.[/b]

hey pat
where did you get the front winch bumper?
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Four Wheel parts in San Jose. I have another one that fits a F150 or full size bronco for $150-
The one thats on my truck I paid over $700 with 8000 lb Warn winch.
Are you in the market for one? I use to install these things for a living back in the late 80's.
Use to work for 4 Wheel drive place called REDWOOD 4 Wheel drive on El camino near woodside.
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yes i need a winch! i have a 02 tocoma 4X2 it has never failed me with positraction! but it just needs a little help if i go to far.
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Pigig
I check a bunch of web sites and that bumper is no longer available. I was considering selling my winch/bumper. But then you will need a winch. I know a guy selling a Mile marker winch. I think its a 9000lb

 

[Speckmisser]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (QEU @ May 7 2008, 10:39 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div>

Do they allow trail bike? I have a Rokon Trailbreaker that I would like to take along.[/b]

No. Street legal, registered and insured cars and trucks ONLY. No ATVs, Motorcycles, Dune Buggies, etc.

 

[Marty]

Hey Socal,
Front wheel drive becomes rear wheel drive if you turn it around. Seriously, we have saved a few stuck cars this way.

 

[socalkid]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Marty @ May 8 2008, 10:43 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div>

Hey Socal,
Front wheel drive becomes rear wheel drive if you turn it around. Seriously, we have saved a few stuck cars this way.[/b]

I WILL remember that. Thank you!

 

[BGH831]

Reverse is allways a better gear for climbing it's taller ratio. Goes all the way back to the teens when modle T's had to go up some hills backwards on paved roads to make it up.

 

[Flatbroke]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (BGH831 @ May 14 2008, 09:32 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div>

Reverse is allways a better gear for climbing it's taller ratio. Goes all the way back to the teens when modle T's had to go up some hills backwards on paved roads to make it up.[/b]

While I agree reverse is sometimes a better way to climb I would not say it is always. You do have the reversel side strenght of the gears on the front differential, provided it is 4x4, you are driving on the week side in the rear unless you are running a hi pinon axles.

also, taller ratios do not make it better for climbing unless you are looking for wheel speed, needed in soft dirt, sand or mud. and if climbing long distance in reverse you have to worry about the tranny over heating if you have an auto tranny. Just my 2 cents with change back.