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Great write-up Miles. Sounds like an awesome trip that will be remembered for quite a while!

Great write-up Miles. Sounds like an awesome trip that will be remembered for quite a while!

If you haven't been yet, make sure to head out to East Brothers Beer Co in Richmond! https://www.eastbrotherbeer.com/
 
They have a great taproom and patio, tasty beer and awesome tacos, but they are a very very generous club sponsor who always keeps the beer flowing for us.

If you haven't been yet, make sure to head out to East Brothers Beer Co in Richmond! https://www.eastbrotherbeer.com/
 
They have a great taproom and patio, tasty beer and awesome tacos, but they are a very very generous club sponsor who always keeps the beer flowing for us.

If you haven't been yet, make sure to head out to East Brothers Beer Co in Richmond! https://www.eastbrotherbeer.com/
 
They have a great taproom and patio, tasty beer and awesome tacos, but they are a very very generous club sponsor who always keeps the beer flowing for us.

I can't even drink beer and I endorse this message...
By the way, who wants to get out there and drip in the dirt again? It has been a looooonnnng time.

If you haven't been yet, make sure to head out to East Brothers Beer Co in Richmond! https://www.eastbrotherbeer.com/
 
They have a great taproom and patio, tasty beer and awesome tacos, but they are a very very generous club sponsor who always keeps the beer flowing for us.

If you haven't been yet, make sure to head out to East Brothers Beer Co in Richmond! https://www.eastbrotherbeer.com/
 
They have a great taproom and patio, tasty beer and awesome tacos, but they are a very very generous club sponsor who always keeps the beer flowing for us.

Ill be there!
 
 
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Just bought my ticket and am looking forward to seeing everyone in September!

Just bought my ticket and am looking forward to seeing everyone in September!

Just bought my ticket and am looking forward to seeing everyone in September!

This guy didn’t wave at me
 
 
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Sign ups are live for Rovicon 3! The event will be held Friday through Sunday / Monday, 8/20-22 or 23. The possible Monday will be a run back to Loon Lake starting Sunday instead of going out the Tahoe side through Cadillac Hill. I am planning on leading a group back, but it is kind of up in the air depending on interest. It will also allow trailered vehicles to avoid having to drive on actual pavement.
 
Sign ups are currently for members only. Non member sign ups will be available later for a higher price. We will be capping the number of drivers at 35 and we do anticipate hitting that number. So get your calendar figured out and sign up before it’s too late.
 
Vehicle requirements are listed in the description on the Rovicon sign up item in the store. This will again be a trip for solid axles trucks only. So no late model, independent suspension vehicles like LR3/4’s or L322’s. Other requirements include a locker and 32” tires. Any specific questions can be directed to myself, Don, or Greg.
 
This will be the third consecutive year and our biggest and best yet. With all the event cancellations that happened last year, we are one of the current longest consecutive Rubicon events out there! We will have more drivers, more swag, and more trail options this year!
 
http://norcalrovers.org/forum/index.php?/store/product/81-2021-rovicon-driver/
 

 
 
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Open discussion here... but shouldn't we encourage our youth to commit to the rover ownership experience? A lot of life lessons.
 
Benefits include:
Drinking tea without shame Not a Toyota Self Sufficiency Skills: Frequent maintenance and repairs Financial Budgeting Skills: Expensive parts, tow bills, see frequent repairs above... Making friends:  (with AAA) Treasure hunting: Trying to find those NLA parts. Logistics: The joy of international shipments and being slammed with tariff fees 3 mo later. (See financial budgeting) Bankruptcy navigation skills: ...

Forum privileges stopped Feb 1. Ask me how I know.
 
 
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Greg, you want this one?

Greg, you want this one?

Alright I'll take the plunge.
 
An oldie but a goodie.
 
This might be the only failed water crossing photo I have.
 
I call it "Momentary Lapse of Intelligence"
 
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So my big event for the rover was to take it out for a spin. It’s been sitting since late September. And would have probably sat for longer except my 4 year old daughter says “daddy can we go for a ride in the bumpy truckâ€. She has named my rover the bumpy truck and my Tacoma the camping truck. I was sort of surprised so I had to ask her twice that she did in fact want to ride in the bumpy truck. It is also sort of buried tandem in my garage and I need to clear a path to get it out. So before I start a project I wanted to make su re. And she definitely wanted to ride in it. After about 30 minutes of clearing and filling the slow leak tire up with air we were on the road. She gave the ride a big thumbs up when we were done. Now just to go find some mud or dirt.
 

 
I was also glad that everything seems to be working... except for a strange random short interval squeal when I’m going 20-30 (and not all the time). I thought it was a belt. But they are all tight. It seams like it could be coming from inside. Maybe the speedo? any suggestions?
 
 
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Is it pre-smog?  Because I feel like two letters could really improve things here....
 

I fully support that plan.

Great summary Don and I really appreciated your help with keeping me going and being patient. I probably should have returned home at the first sign of trouble but we prevailed. Thanks to all those in Group 1 who put up with my cranky D3!! 
My only question is when are we planning the next trip? Colorado in August??
 
 
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Looks like most everybody is back.  Much thanks to Lutz for organizing this - we had a big turn out.  I never got a final count but something around 15 rigs I believe.  Oddly no RRC, D1, or D2 on this trip, though we did have D90, D110, LR3, LR4, Disco6 (aka new Defender), P38, RRS, and L322 RR.
 
A few of us had to bail out Sunday to get home for work on Monday including myself.  Gabe and I made the run together and I arrived just after midnight.  He should have have gotten home about an hour later.
 
Very few notable issues among the group.  The biggest (and I do mean that) was Colin's LMTV.  Though he had put several thousand road miles on the tires once he aired down and started on the trail he lost one only a few miles in.  He got that changed but not long after lost another.  He then got to enjoy the fun of trying to find a 47" military tire in the middle nowhere.  Luckily he was able to make it happen and made it home though he wasn't foolish enough to try the rest of the trail given the on-going track record.
 
One other flat to report when Ted's new Disco6 lost a tire right around dark on the first day.  He had stayed with Colin to help sort things out and ended up on his own coming to camp.  Luckily his tire is a bit easier to change than Colin's.  
 
The only other significant issue I'm aware of was Gabe's rear airbags.  A short distance into the first day he had his left rear start going down.  He was able to get it back up but it continued to go down any time he flexed it.  He had known there was a slow leak and rebuilt the rear valve block just before leaving thinking it was that but turns out the bag also had a problem.  I should mention they were Arnott struts and under warranty, but as we know a warranty doesn't really help much on the trail.  He elected to detour to LRLV who was able to get him in and out that afternoon and he came back to meet us at camp that night only to have the other rear bag start leaking.  He was able to complete the trail anyway, though he had to take it easy and stop occasionally to air back up.  Of course on the road it was not problem.
 
I on the other hand was fine on the drive down and on the trail, but on the highway headed home I started throwing cross articulation errors once I got up to highway speeds and the truck would panic and try to go to the bumpstops.  So I used the GAP tool to lock it into build mode and drove home just fine.  I swear the LR3 computers are hyper paranoid and too smart for their own good.
 
I've uploaded my pics to the google folder.  Hopefully more of the others do as well.  It was good for a change to just do a relaxing drive instead of looking for challenges and seeing the new D6s in the wild got me thinking more about them.  I know better - I'd be better served waiting a couple years until they start hitting the used market but it does look like a good replacement for my LR3 when the time comes.

Back on the toad in the D90.
 
 
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