Mojave Road - Spring 2012

[paddlenbike]

what do you think about making this an annual trip?

Totally.

So how much extra fuel do us 3rd gen V6 people need to carry for this trip?

[Seanz0rz]

i brimmed the tank in arizona (just across the river from the Avi casino, it was 28 cents less per gallon), filled up my two 5 gallon cans, and had plenty to travel across the desert, down the 15 and on home, with some left in the tank. id say on the safe side, 10 gallons is good.

[4x4mike]

i brimmed the tank in arizona (just across the river from the Avi casino, it was 28 cents less per gallon), filled up my two 5 gallon cans, and had plenty to travel across the desert, down the 15 and on home, with some left in the tank. id say on the safe side, 10 gallons is good.

Above you mentioned traveling less than 200 miles. In that 200 miles did you past gas stations? Did you use the fuel from your cans just because you had them? Or were they needed because you were off the beaten path?

[troyboy162]

what do you think about making this an annual trip?

Totally.

So how much extra fuel do us 3rd gen V6 people need to carry for this trip?

I could have made it on just 5 extra gallons but that would have brought me into the gas station with only 3 gallons left. 15 extra is too much, 5 extra is cutting it too close...I agree 10 gallongs in jerry cans is the sweet spot along with a top off at the Avi casino. That will give you enough buffer to be care free during your trip.

[troyboy162]

Where was this??

yup sean called it. Its a pretty neat spot on a talc powder type mine. There is a mine still operating on the other side of the hill and they have bull dozed the old mine almost beyond recognition. I think it used to be a large open stope/hualage tunnel type mine with large tunnels from the looks, but I dont know. The guage railroad pulling up to the place was large so it must have been a really big operation back in the day. The only real ruins are where I took the picture. Mill must have been one side and Id expect they loaded the train in that hallway.

[DHC6twinotter]

Awesome pictures! Looks like a great trip! Maybe I can make it on one of these trips some day.

[troyboy162]

http://blip.tv/ultimateyota/uy-mojav...120329-6071002

[Seanz0rz]

SOOO AWESOME!!! im going to toss that into my first post!

[troyboy162]

Thanks! This is the first one ive done with more still photos then video. All the video I got was pretty boring so I'm glad

[Seanz0rz]

yeah my video isn't very exciting either. ill still throw it together soon.