What have you done to your 5th Gen 4Runner today?

I drove back on my property to play in the snow and mud. I pretty much slid down the steep muddy trail, lol. And just a little video of the drive back out. Now it's time to head to town and wash the crud off



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VL2tGmKXE18

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PpSPqaTL1eo

 

Sketchy! Glad you didn’t hit these trees ahead. Guessing you were in 4LO? Would be interesting to try again using crawl control to see how it compares

 

Great videos!

 

The part you didn't seed is me stopping at the crest of the hill to make sure I was lined up correctly. I had it in 4H because I knew it would be a slide-fest with the melting snow. I think crawl control would have been useless with the mud.....it was a squishy slip and slide.

Being on my land I knew how much room I had ahead. If I had been on unfamiliar land I likely would have gone a different way. Afterwards, I drove out through the valley because there's no way I could have drove up through the mud regardless of what traction assist I was using.

 

Thanks. I post stuff on the tube just for myself, friends and family.......I'm clearly not a social media videographer

 

That was a nice drive around your property! Loved the sliding down the hill....I even said Oh $#%@ when you went down! LOL

 

Lol, I did too a little. Thank God I was lined up right. It's definitely not hardcore wheeling but it was nice to get out on such a nice Northern Michigan day.

 

Well, a 20 mile round trip to the car wash and it's at least cleaner

 

Looked like you did have a great day weather-wise!

 

Time to get it dirty again with another video!

 

You cannot win from snow

 

I have a few weeks till I get deployed again and I hope to get dirty at least a couple more times before I go

 

Lookin' forward to pics and video!

 

Thanks, @bridgengineer ! Much appreciated.

 

Forgot to post this one earlier....just playin'

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2XD6jctsYw

 

Yup, I'm not a 4-season type of person. Whenever I read these "10-best" lists of places to retire, I factor out any place that snows or gets high humidty, whittles down the list pretty quickly.

 

I will sell my house and retire in Nevada

 

Suck it up snowflake

 

Old Jeeps bring a smile to my face. Lil lil thing, also got stuck

 

Double wash, second one was free

 

I like 3 seasons hot humid summer's NOT for me

 

want something washed right gotta do it yourself

 

I saw those rims powdercoated white, still with the black accents. Would be a bitch to keep clean but looked amazing

 

I saw what you did there, good one!

 

16,000 miles already... Changed the oil and rotated the tires. One of these days, someone will invent a dipstick that can be read with clean oil.

Took a breaker bar to loosen the oil filter cannister. Effing dealer tech.

Got a Lock N' Lube grease gun with some grease to do the u-joints and prop shafts. Probably do that tomorrow.

 

Caught a ton of rocks to the front end in road work, so I made sure to look for any damage by cleaning it off and then waxing after. I somehow only got a small impact mark that I can have filled in on the glass.

 

Got everything together for an oil change, diffs & transfer case fluid change. Just need the oil filter.



But can't do it for another 3 weeks, hernia surgery 3 weeks ago and another 3 week before I can lift anything over 10lbs

 

Picked up oem crossbars for free off marketplace. Managed to get them on without gouging my paint. They'll do what I need until I decide I'm ready to waste money on another rack

 

Forgot to post that I added the Valvomax oil drain plug thingy. And here's a pic of the cannister when I took it off. Looks like the tech put grease on the o-ring.

 

Nice. Enjoy the ValvoMax, I did mine a few days ago.