Your Very High Sierra blog was excellent! We are blessed to live where this can still be done fairly close to home.
I have to rely on backpacking - to get to places like where you went camping out of your comfortable TT RV. Even our small Class C probably couldn't navigate most of the roads that took you to this great mini-adventure.
Thanks for all of the comments. Tiger, our Canada trip is still on target for late August through Sept. And Phil, a small Class C can go almost anywhere I can go, if you have four wheel drive and good clearance. Although my trailer now has 11 inches of clearance under the axle, my SUV only has ten, so it is the limiting factor. I find that if I go really slowly and don't try to straddle the big rocks but instead drive my tires OVER them, I can pick my way through some fairly tough terrain.
The only problem is that my new "raised" trailer hits more branches! I am thinking of removing the TV antenna -- we don't even have a TV, and I am worried about hitting a branch.
2012 Fun Finder X-139 "Boondock Style" (axle-flipped and extra insulation)
2013 Toyota Tacoma Off-Road (semi-beefy tires and components) Our trips -- pix and text About our trailer
Great Trip Report and Blog as usual. I need to get up to the Eastern Sierra sometime soon. I haven't gotten up there this year, yet. Thank you very much for posting.
Quote: And Phil, a small Class C can go almost anywhere I can go, if you have four wheel drive and good clearance. Although my trailer now has 11 inches of clearance under the axle, my SUV only has ten, so it is the limiting factor. I find that if I go really slowly and don't try to straddle the big rocks but instead drive my tires OVER them, I can pick my way through some fairly tough terrain.
Dan, thanks for the feedback on this.
Our Class C has good ground clearance even more now since I've changed tire size to increase it a bit from stock. No four wheel drive though, but with all that weight on our rear dual sets I'm either in great traction shape if things are dry or in real trouble if we sink the rear tires in wet or soft stuff.
We have gone offroad in desert situations, but not yet back in on remote Forest Service or logging roads. Our height (11'1") can be a problem at times, so I carry a limb lopper and saw to help with tree limbs. Very slow and very careful is the name of the game.
Keep up the great reports!
P.S. That trick of yours is real slick where you use a stick for leverage and plastic water container to top up your trailer's high up fresh water fill spout.
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