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Wow turns out much better with paint brush. Only done one coat so far.
I wish I would have hand painted everything this way before installing.
Rust-oleum is great stuff in the can.
Painting Tip. Spring for the high quality paint brush. Hairs keep coming out and getting in My paint.
Live and learn.

[Rockcrawlintoy]

This is the oil based paint right?

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This is the oil based paint right?

Yes, there is a picture of The exact can I used in an earlier post on My build page.
Highly recommend It. Work Great.

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wow, the Went down today. broken trucks. Crazy roll over. the Most challengeing recovery I have ever seen. Going to post up pictures and video from today.

Mudmasters coming out party was CRAZY!

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Nose over tailgate and down the hill it went. Driver is lucky to be alive.
Engine stalled and lost power brakes. Rookie Driver

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 Pat on the back to Mudmaster and SqWaDoosh.
one for You
and  one for You

[SqWADoosh]

Pat on the back to Mudmaster and SqWaDoosh.
one for You
and  one for You

Literally everyone in this picture is having a beer except for me and your boy. We are just all about those Doritos bruh. 

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We lost our mudmaster. Transmission case completly cracked all the way around. I tried to get a photo but you cant really see it. Got a shot of Mudmaster, might be a while before we see him out again.
Three truck Daisy chain linked together pulling rolled truck up the remaining portions of the trail.
Bestgen, mudmaster, and Rollover guys Dad all tied to rolled truck.
We beat on the trucks pulling it up and out. Mudmaster cracked transmission, Kids Dad broke his front axle.
Check out body damage they took from the stump I dragged them threw. Ouch!!!!!
on the Next post.

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Mental note, Be at the front of the chain of trucks.
Fresh Passenger side damage to Both trucks.

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  Nice Flex shot.
Yes, even SqWaDoosh suffered damage. The rear diff He has been nursing along has finally given up.
Limped it home, Just barely.

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Good shot showing extent of the damages.

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Mudmasters winch is now inop after the recovery.

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I should have put this one at the start.
Mudmasters coming out Party run.
Group Photo at staging area.

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Literally everyone in this picture is having a beer except for me and your boy. We are just all about those Doritos bruh. 

LMFAO   
Look at it he is not kidding. 

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[Slabzilla]

Quite the "Wild Toad's ride".  What a mess.   

[Gnarly4X]

Geezz... Did anybody get hurt?

As a main hobby I started off-roading in 1977.  Started 4-wheeling in 1986 and was very active until about 2000.  I've seen a lot and learned a lot.  I've been in 2 roll-overs and had to total two of my 4 Toyota trucks.  I've seen lots of recoveries, winchings, snatches, carnage, and some amazing on-trail repairs.  I have also experienced the instant anal puckering panic of  "OH $HIT!... NO BRAKES!  After that I spent some time figuring out how to avoid or reduce the potential situation of NOT having enough braking power while on a trail.

So how did a rookie driver end up down a mountain?  Was this a club event or just a get-together trail run?

I'm just curious.

Thanks :)bestgen4runner for posting photos and videos.

Gnarls.

[mudmaster]

Mudmasters winch is now inop after the recovery.

We got the problem sorted yesterday. Winch is ok, battery isn't.

[OTO Phil]

What kind of battery did you have?

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[Gnarly4X]

What kind of battery did you have?

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During the recovery, were any snatch blocks used?

Gnarls.

[SqWADoosh]

During the recovery, were any snatch blocks used?

Gnarls.

Truck was about 75 feet from recovery point. None of our lines were long enough to use snatches.

[Gnarly4X]

Truck was about 75 feet from recovery point. None of our lines were long enough to use snatches.

How much cable length did each winch have?

How many vehicles had winches?

Gnarls.

[arlindsay1992]

Saw this all on Reddit. Didn't know it was you. Sure is scary stuff. I've only been in the game for 4 years or so and have been lucky to stay out of any serious trouble so far. But it's good to post this stuff as a reminder of the real danger involved which we sometimes don't think about.

[mudmaster]

What kind of battery did you have?Sent from my LG-H830 using Tapatalk

Yellow top Optima. Melted the side post. It was more than 10 years old.

[SqWADoosh]

Saw this all on Reddit. Didn't know it was you. Sure is scary stuff. I've only been in the game for 4 years or so and have been lucky to stay out of any serious trouble so far. But it's good to post this stuff as a reminder of the real danger involved which we sometimes don't think about.

It wasn't him. It was me who posted on Reddit. Don't think he knows what Reddit is 

[SqWADoosh]

How much cable length did each winch have?

How many vehicles had winches?

Gnarls.

Enough to get the job done.

[OTO Phil]

It wasn't him. It was me who posted on Reddit. Don't think he knows what Reddit is 

Didn't know there's a Toyota discussion on Reddit [emoji106]

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[SqWADoosh]

Didn't know there's a Toyota discussion on Reddit [emoji106]

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r/4x4

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Got some free time between jobs. 
So went ahead and put the soft top away for the year, back on goes the big heavy hard top. (No Fun)
3/4 of the way done with My check over and nothing major found as of yet.
Added a small amount of shock proof to the front diff, topped off the trans fluid with Redline N/S, 1/4 Qt of oil for the 22RE, Got some slack out of the rear u-bolts (all torqued up), Front u-bolts seem to have settled in (only a slight turn on one), All the steering studs torqued perfect.
Greased everything that can be greased, adjusted the rear brake shoes.
Need to check front axle shafts (new style longs) and 25mm trunnion bearings  tomorrow.
Engine seems to have a small oil leak at pass rear. one or two drips  (I will keep an eye on it for now)