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I tried to drive to drive to a less-used local trailhead used for access to a pair of alpine lakes, and the Truchas Peaks, on Friday. What I did not know is that crews were actively grading the road on that day. A grader was working about five miles in, leaving a ~10" high rib of soft dirt and small rocks on the return-side of the road, with occasional watermelon-sized rocks.

There was enough room to keep going on the un-graded side, so we did, but quickly encountered second, similar rib of dirt and rocks that split the remaining part of the road. I turned around immediately, not wanting to chance getting trapped until the crew finished their work on that section of road. The juice was totally not worth the squeeze.

Oh well, the road needed maintenance. I drove up in my former Mazda last year around this time, and it was a truly stressful experience. The vehicle took no damage, and didn't get stuck, but easily could have been subjected to both. The 4Runner made the same obstacles fun, until I called it.

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Auto Analog said:
I tried to drive to drive to a less-used local trailhead used for access to a pair of alpine lakes, and the Truchas Peaks, on Friday. What I did not know is that crews were actively grading the road on that day. A grader was working about five miles in, leaving a ~10" high rib of soft dirt and small rocks on the return-side of the road, with occasional watermelon-sized rocks.

There was enough room to keep going on the un-graded side, so we did, but quickly encountered second, similar rib of dirt and rocks that split the remaining part of the road. I turned around immediately, not wanting to chance getting trapped until the crew finished their work on that section of road. The juice was totally not worth the squeeze.

Oh well, the road needed maintenance. I drove up in my former Mazda last year around this time, and it was a truly stressful experience. The vehicle took no damage, and didn't get stuck, but easily could have been subjected to both. The 4Runner made the same obstacles fun, until I called it.

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Smart move. I’ve miss judged dirt trails when I was young on dirt bikes. Slowing down or retreating would have definitely been the smart move
 
needforspeed said:
Smart move. I’ve miss judged dirt trails when I was young on dirt bikes. Slowing down or retreating would have definitely been the smart move
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We could have pushed most of the problem rocks out of the way, but several of the remaining ones appeared legitimately too heavy to move, and not worth the effort to try, or deal with the potential consequences.

Whenever something like this happens, I remind myself that (insert objective here) will still be there in the future.
 
Auto Analog said:
I tried to drive to drive to a less-used local trailhead used for access to a pair of alpine lakes, and the Truchas Peaks, on Friday. What I did not know is that crews were actively grading the road on that day. A grader was working about five miles in, leaving a ~10" high rib of soft dirt and small rocks on the return-side of the road, with occasional watermelon-sized rocks.

There was enough room to keep going on the un-graded side, so we did, but quickly encountered second, similar rib of dirt and rocks that split the remaining part of the road. I turned around immediately, not wanting to chance getting trapped until the crew finished their work on that section of road. The juice was totally not worth the squeeze.

Oh well, the road needed maintenance. I drove up in my former Mazda last year around this time, and it was a truly stressful experience. The vehicle took no damage, and didn't get stuck, but easily could have been subjected to both. The 4Runner made the same obstacles fun, until I called it.

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Have you ever seen a Unimog in action. An office neighbor owned one and I was amazed at what that thing could do.
 
Auto Analog said:
We could have pushed most of the problem rocks out of the way, but several of the remaining ones appeared legitimately too heavy to move, and not worth the effort to try, or deal with the potential consequences.

Whenever something like this happens, I remind myself that (insert objective here) will still be there in the future.
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Not only that but we don’t want the new truck messed up from a rock kicked up from a tire. Not likely but you never know
 
vinnie747 said:
I'd like to check out Trader Joe's one day but,the only places we have Trader Joe's is in all the la dee dah parts of town like Ann Arbor,Northville and Bloomfield Hills and i ain't going out like that.:rflmao:
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In my opinion, Which means Jack around here…The store is just a glorified supermarket. Organic this and that. Whatever. Corn is corn, Dirt is dirt. The wife swears by it so that’s that
 
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