Gallagher Head Lake wheeling/camping trip June 6th-7th

I have 1 in the truck 24/7. Would of been fixed if I was there.

 

It was a hypothetical.

The broken ball joint was very real though. Big pain in the ass.

 

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maybe this would have made it easy? Glad someone had that hammer though.

 

Maybe if I post a couple pics more will follow? I didn't take shittt for pics... Not sure why.

DSC_0013 by Alex Wilson, on Flickr

DSC_0004 by Alex Wilson, on Flickr

DSC_0002 by Alex Wilson, on Flickr

 

I have some in my build but ill post them here too







On the way back up with the UCA's I buried my diff... Doesn't look to bad in the pics but oh well











The one of you Alex on the rock on the way down didn't turn out very well Still on the camera card.

 

Some of my pictures from our trip.

A Flower in a Meadow

Trucks on the trail

Red Mountain

The Hill Climb
This truck didn't take the line I expected leading to better pictures before I scrambled out of the way so he wouldn't have to stop in a bad spot.

Alex's truck

Gallagher Head Lake

I had fun, good trip.

The underside of my truck is still muddy after the car wash. I have a pressure washer but nowhere to use it atm. If someone has a place we can use it we can wash your stuff too. I have tools and some mechanical experience/skill as well.

 

Have been wanting to do this trip for a while. New on here and some great info and pics guys! I have a bone stock 2002 4Runner. Looking to drive just to the lake to camp. Any issues on the road getting up?

 

Nope you should be good

 

The 02's are pretty low, so I'd expect to maybe hit your running boards and drag your hitch on a few spots... Nothing bad though. I am 99.999% sure you'll be just fine.

Bring a lot of bug spray if you're staying at the lake.

 

Yeah I heard the bugs are bad up there now.. First time i went up we had a 3rd gen 4runner and he made it up but I think did hit his running boards a bit. Also keep it in 4low once you hit the trail or you'll over heat your transmission.

 

Thanks guys!

 

3 years later... anyone interested in doing this run again this Summer?

 

usually the NW meet group does it a few times each summer.

 

yep I'm always down to make a run up there

 

Im down, what's the worst that could happen?







I've blown a UCA, and a power steering pump up there, I'm good to go.

 

I think you've sacrificed enough to the trail gods that this trail won't mess with you again

 

COUNT ME IN BOYS!

 

Hey we made up fortune Creek for the high hunt no problem!

 

Count me in! Let's set a date so I can block it off

 

Sweet, I am hitting Montana/Glacier from July 13th to July 27th. It would be awesome to plan a trip for August! We can do a few different runs if people are busy with a lot of different vacations throughout this summer.

Might have to get into that cycle somehow based on the above limitations.

Sounds like there is a 7 truck limit from the OP. So far, seven have spoken up so if August is a good time for all of you we can make this a group for then. If not we can partition something out or whatever works best for all of you.

I am only rocking Bilstein 5100's right now on a 3in lift on 31.5's tires right now. Those of you that have made the run do you think I'll have any issues? Reading through and previous experience I am thinking I will be good but haven't done any official runs.