As seen in Toyota Trails!
Various articles written here have been published in TLCA's Toyota Trails magazine and on their website. After roaming around our site, click on the magazines to visit TLCA.
Inspiration and Opinions
Wheelbase and Track Width
There is a lot of discussion about just what is better, short or long, wide or narrow. While our wagons are pretty much set when it comes to length there is some room to change the width either through an axle swap or wider rims. But you need to realize there are trade offs.
Recently I got to go wheeling with two very different FJ 40’s that pointed out differences in wheelbase and track width very clearly. And it was really interesting to see how my wagon and their 40’s all handled the same obstacles.
The Lego Way?
By Eric B.
So you don’t have a Lego replica of the Cruiser, or vehicle, you drive? I decided over the holidays to combine a couple hobbies, Land Cruisers and Legos. I found a Lego designer program online, and started building. A very different experience than physically putting the lego bricks together with your hands. It was difficult to get started because I needed to build the body to scale before building the chassis.
Get Involved
I can’t emphasize this enough. If you don’t want to lose trails and access you have to get involved.
No matter how you do it, personal involvement is the biggest thing that is going save trails. Whether it is through physical effort or your wallet, step up and make your voice heard. And while it is easy to suggest that others volunteer, it’s hard to advocate volunteering or getting involved if you don’t do it yourself. This is what pushed me over the edge and off the couch to help out.
The Nemesis of a Wagon
By Tony K
If there is one great vulnerability to a wagon it is the propensity of the tail lights and rear quarters to find obstacles. I can’t say how many times I have had to replace a lens or pound out body damage just so a new lens would even fit. But even with this problem I am not about to start wheeling something else.
Buying a Used 60
This all came about from a conversation with my son, Benjamin who happens to be about 3500 miles away right now. He wanted to know just what to look for in a used 60 (glad to see he is coming to his senses). Figured this would be much easier if I wrote it down and hopefully this will keep me from forgeting anything. Realistically it’s not all that different from buying any other used car but we can point out some areas to check.