A few pictures from a DeSoto mine run and a weekend camping trip

TXH3T · Nov 22, 2011

Well the past few weekends I've gotten out a day or two and thought id share some of the photos. In the pictures without the roof tent on i went on an offload trip with some guys from Expedition Portal. There were a few times i thought I was in trouble including one where the truck tilted to around 40 degrees. The ones With the roof tent are from this past weekend. A great trip but at 6 am when we woke up there was ice covering our tents and it made for a rough morning for sure.

Bigunit · Nov 22, 2011

Nice pics Chris. Looks like a fun trail. Can you do the trail in a day or do you have to camp overnight?

TXH3T · Nov 22, 2011

We actually did the trail in one day with plenty of time left before sunset. The camping trip was two weeks after that offload trip. If you do that trail I'd have a spotter or two for sure. I didn't manage to get any pictures of the hard parts but there sure are a few

Expendable · Nov 22, 2011

nice pictures! looks like fun! I miss camping!

skeptic · Nov 22, 2011

TXH3T said:
Well the past few weekends I've gotten out a day or two and thought id share some of the photos. In the pictures without the roof tent on i went on an offload trip with some guys from Expedition Portal. There were a few times i thought I was in trouble including one where the truck tilted to around 40 degrees. The ones With the roof tent are from this past weekend. A great trip but at 6 am when we woke up there was ice covering our tents and it made for a rough morning for sure.

:whaa:

I hate, HATE, being off camber like that. The only thing worse is squeezing up to a drop-off/cliff with tires mere inches from the edge. Not fun for me.

The rest of the pics look like a great time!

06 H3 · Nov 22, 2011

that trail looks really fun!

Nice tent too. I like that setup

08SolarFlareH3 · Nov 22, 2011

Great pics!

Hans3T · Nov 22, 2011

Thanks for sharing -- these pics are great. I really do think you have one of the nicest Ts around. :cheers:

BW_Hummer H3 · Nov 22, 2011

That bed rack is sweet, I never seen one on a T before!

deserth3 · Nov 22, 2011

Great pics. Thanks

JUPITERH3T · Nov 22, 2011

Nice pictures. The trail looked fun and the tent picture is bad azz..I can see that very useful in the Baja peninsula on a surfing trip!!

Former User · Nov 22, 2011

Dang! At least someones havin fun. Good lookin T, i've always admired RTT set ups.

Bigunit · Nov 22, 2011

Chris, the more I look at your Defender roof rack, the more I realize that it's the perfect size and height for a T.

dcastell · Nov 22, 2011

What are your specs on the H3T. Tires and suspension? I am assuming 315's and torsions cranked. I looked under your avatar, but you did not have your vehicles stats posted.

Bigunit · Nov 22, 2011

dcastell said:
What are your specs on the H3T. Tires and suspension? I am assuming 315's and torsions cranked. I looked under your avatar, but you did not have your vehicles stats posted.

dcastell, was your question meant for me or for TXH3T?

TXH3T runs 315s (35s) and runs daystar lift keys on his T. I run 285s (33s) and 315s w/the torsion bars turned to 23.5' on my T.

Portager · Nov 22, 2011

Nice pictures and great roof top tent.

Sweet setup.

HUMMER INVESTMENTS · Nov 22, 2011

Great pictures! Looks like you had some fun! Hope to someday find a place in Az. to go wheeling!:thumbs:

alrock · Nov 22, 2011

HUMMER INVESTMENTSINC. said:
Great pictures! Looks like you had some fun! Hope to someday find a place in Az. to go wheeling!:thumbs:

All you have to do is come on down!

Nice pics Chris!

3Hummers · Nov 22, 2011

Great looking trail. Looks like a fun one.

AZtraveler · Nov 23, 2011

TXH3T said:
Well the past few weekends I've gotten out a day or two and thought id share some of the photos. In the pictures without the roof tent on i went on an offload trip with some guys from Expedition Portal. There were a few times i thought I was in trouble including one where the truck tilted to around 40 degrees. The ones With the roof tent are from this past weekend. A great trip but at 6 am when we woke up there was ice covering our tents and it made for a rough morning for sure.

I don't have a clinometer in my truck Chris, so not sure what the angle was - but Laraine took this when we were in Moab a couple months ago;~))

Bigunit · Nov 23, 2011

Nice pic Larry! I can see Pickme is in the back seat.

Larry, on a completely unrelated topic, would you mind taking and posting a couple of close-up pics of your rear "exo" tube bumper so everyone can see the work that went into fabricating it. Since I've seen it in pesron several times, I want others to see how sweet that thing is and to give others some mod ideas!

Chris, sorry to hijack your thread. Nice RTT by the way! :thumbs: See you on 12/10! I have a room for the 9th & 10th all set-up for you. Who is making the trip with you this year?

TXH3T · Nov 26, 2011

Thanks for the compliments on the truck everyone! Sorry it took me so long to get back to this thread time flies on the holidays.

AZtraveler said:
I don't have a clinometer in my truck Chris, so not sure what the angle was - but Laraine took this when we were in Moab a couple months ago;~))

That is awesome! I'd definitely be having a white knuckle experience on that. Also I agree with Luis. Your rear guard is AWESOME! Just the other day I was thinking how cool one would look after seeing something similar on a Tacoma. I was planning to have one made by the guy who worked on my bed rack

Bigunit said:
Nice pic Larry! I can see Pickme is in the back seat.Larry, on a completely unrelated topic, would you mind taking and posting a couple of close-up pics of your rear "exo" tube bumper so everyone can see the work that went into fabricating it. Since I've seen it in pesron several times, I want others to see how sweet that thing is and to give others some mod ideas!Chris, sorry to hijack your thread. Nice RTT by the way! :thumbs: See you on 12/10! I have a room for the 9th & 10th all set-up for you. Who is making the trip with you this year?

Luis I'm not sure who will be with me yet but hopefully will soon! By the way is there a list of toys that are wanted or a list of toys that aren't acceptable?

Bigunit · Nov 27, 2011

TXH3T said:
Luis I'm not sure who will be with me yet but hopefully will soon! By the way is there a list of toys that are wanted or a list of toys that aren't acceptable?

OK. I have a room for you at the Emabssy Suites for Friday and Saturday. As far as the toys, there's really no list of toys - any will do but the SA has asked that they be limited to kids up to the age of 12. Thanks Chris - we look forward to seeing you. As far as meals go, we are providing dinner at our house on Friday night, free cooked-to-order breakfast at the hotel on Saturday moring and free lunch at Sullivan's - so don't plan on spending much, if anything, on food.

Sircode13 · Nov 27, 2011

Nice pictures TXH3T, looks like a fun run. Loved the roof mounted tent and need to find out where I could purchase one. It would work great for when I go hunting. Wonder how it would look on my H1, and how much of my roof rack would be devoted to it?

Trekker · Nov 27, 2011

skeptic said:
:whaa:

I hate, HATE, being off camber like that. The only thing worse is squeezing up to a drop-off/cliff with tires mere inches from the edge. Not fun for me.

The rest of the pics look like a great time!

Yep, pretty high on the pucker factor meter! :whaa: Great pics! I really want to get into doing multi-day expedition type trips someday.

A few pictures from a DeSoto mine run and a weekend camping trip

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