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DV 2025 DVII: The Quickening
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2025-01-25, 06:02 PM
Wow! Countless Tinkertoys of some mythical ancient god!
DAW
~When You Live in Nevada, "just down the road" is anywhere in the line of sight within the curvature of the earth. 
2025-01-25, 07:38 PM
For some reason, all those hoodoos made me think of those buried terra cotta soldiers over in China. What an interesting find!
2025-01-25, 09:42 PM
Wow the gnomes are so cool!
Your burro adventure reminds me of an encounter I had with a ram. I took some pictures of his sheep and he wasnt having any of it. He charged against me and I called his bluff while preparing to be launched off into outer space. Thankfully he deflected his collision course 5 feet from me. 
2025-01-25, 09:43 PM
That's some really spectacular geology you found out there.
2025-01-25, 09:52 PM
Fun formations! The third from last looks like huge insect jaws or pinchers coming out of the ground. I'm going to have to find a way to get to DV next winter for a month or two...or four.
2025-01-25, 11:52 PM
2025-01-27, 03:49 PM
(2025-01-25, 09:31 AM)TacoLand Wrote: No, that would have been the obvious / smart move. Replaced the lower control arms and tie rods last month, but OEM ball joints looked fine for now. Going to try to run the truck a bit more this year and then reevaluate this autumn to see what my next steps should be. I'm coming in to this a bit late, but if you haven't found JeepCables / ToyotaCables for the big wire upgrades, they've been great on my 5VZ (and I still have some parts left to install). I'm assuming the Taco is similar in setup to the 4Runner 5VZ? You can get bigger diameter Toyota wire bundle clamps using Land Cruiser PNs since the stock ones are too small for bigger wires. And LMK if you want to swap in a Group 27 battery and need advice about that. Beardy probably can remember hearing alllllll about my project last winter 
Link to my DV trip reports, and map of named places in DV (official and unofficial): http://kaurijacobphotography.yolasite.com
2025-01-27, 03:51 PM
(This post was last modified: 2025-01-27, 03:55 PM by Kauri.
Edit Reason: adding info on prospector cairns
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The Tephora Sphinx and White Tanks rocks also look kind of like the formations up by Townes Pass in the area Gower started exploring, and I did a bit of exploring around there as well. I'd be curious to check a geology map and see if they're the same sort of rock.
Re: prospector cairns, I think the ones near what I'm referring to as "Cairn Canyon" near Tucki are of comparable size, and there's an even bigger one between Echo and Funeral Slot canyon. I'm enjoying the TRs and photos--including the food photo--please keep them coming!
Link to my DV trip reports, and map of named places in DV (official and unofficial): http://kaurijacobphotography.yolasite.com
2025-01-27, 04:49 PM
2025-01-27, 05:42 PM
(2025-01-27, 03:49 PM)Kauri Wrote: I'm coming in to this a bit late, but if you haven't found JeepCables / ToyotaCables for the big wire upgrades, they've been great on my 5VZ (and I still have some parts left to install). I'm assuming the Taco is similar in setup to the 4Runner 5VZ? You can get bigger diameter Toyota wire bundle clamps using Land Cruiser PNs since the stock ones are too small for bigger wires. And LMK if you want to swap in a Group 27 battery and need advice about that. Beardy probably can remember hearing alllllll about my project last winter Hey Kauri, thanks for the heads up! I actually did order all new cables from Jeep/ToyotaCables and having watched a few videos I'm sure I can get at least some of them installed. I haven't done a deep dive on my primary battery – running a Group 35 battery – and my secondary battery is a Group 31. Numbers, what do they even mean?! Hoping once I get this wrapped up I can just focus on enjoying the truck a bit this year ... hope you're doing the same with your 4Runner! |
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