+jeepingirl2 Posted May 16, 2006 Share Posted May 16, 2006 My Jeep Rubicon w/4in Teraflex lift, 33's, and a Warn Winch . . . it's all about self-recovery Quote Link to comment
Katie-did Posted May 16, 2006 Share Posted May 16, 2006 1999 Saturn sports car-- darn cute but not great for caching. In my area, there aren't a whole bunch of way off road caches, so I drive to parks/areas where I can get close, and then I walk in. It works great for me. Even if I could afford a car specifically for geocaching, I am a student and don't have tons of time to dedicate to caching, unfortunately. Quote Link to comment
+ChilliWilli Posted May 17, 2006 Share Posted May 17, 2006 The mothership of cache-mobiles.. Quote Link to comment
+One of the Texas Vikings Posted May 18, 2006 Share Posted May 18, 2006 2005 Honda CRV, with 4 wheel drive (civilized 4 wheel drive). I have been into some areas that the 4x4 was needed and it worked fine. Quote Link to comment
Cracker. Posted May 18, 2006 Share Posted May 18, 2006 The mothership of cache-mobiles.. Man, is it me, or is that thing sagging in the middle?...lol Quote Link to comment
+sbell111 Posted May 18, 2006 Share Posted May 18, 2006 Man, is it me, or is that thing sagging in the middle?...lol It's going to give someone a wild ride when it breaks in half going down the road. Quote Link to comment
+Tripletsjeepin Posted May 18, 2006 Share Posted May 18, 2006 My cache mobil and also my personal TB is this ´90 Jeep Cherokee. Booya! Nice ride! Here's my 2000 Jeep Cherokee, currently at 95,000 miles. And here it is on the way to the Offroad Adventure Cache. Here's a video clip of it in shake & bake mode. My alternate cachemobile is my Giant Rincon SE with handlebar-mounted Garmin eTrex. Looks like we need to start a Geocaching XJ Club. Heres mine Heres another one for the XJ club its an 88 and we use it for camping, hiking, offroading you name it. Quote Link to comment
+Big Max Posted May 18, 2006 Share Posted May 18, 2006 For urban and suburban caches and caches on paved roads I ride the ACE; a 99 Honda Shadow 750 ACE. For the dirt roads and mild offroading I drive Big Max; an 04 HD2500, 4x4, Duramax diesel Silverado. For really serious offroad caches there is always Little Max. A 1999 Recreative Max IV, six wheel drive, amphibous ATV. Quote Link to comment
codeman3 Posted May 18, 2006 Share Posted May 18, 2006 The mothership of cache-mobiles.. Hey isn't that the limo that sits on 11/15 at that firworks place or what ever it is? Quote Link to comment
+Team LaLonde Posted May 18, 2006 Share Posted May 18, 2006 My favorite mode of transportation when caching. . . Quote Link to comment
N2ZPY Posted May 18, 2006 Share Posted May 18, 2006 Nice to see all the capable offroad vehicles out there. Mine is an '88.5 Suzuki Samurai sporting a 5" spring over lift and 31" tires for now. It has lockers front and rear and a lower geared t-case. I replaced the gasser under the hood with a VW diesel out of an '82 rabbit and have a turbo diesel from an '85 Jetta waiting to go in this summer. Diesel is cheaper than gas right now and I am getting about 35MPG with this setup plus once I am in my new house with my shop I will be making my own biodiesel Quote Link to comment
+headybrew Posted May 19, 2006 Share Posted May 19, 2006 Nice to see all the capable offroad vehicles out there. Mine is an '88.5 Suzuki Samurai sporting a 5" spring over lift and 31" tires for now. It has lockers front and rear and a lower geared t-case. I replaced the gasser under the hood with a VW diesel out of an '82 rabbit and have a turbo diesel from an '85 Jetta waiting to go in this summer. Diesel is cheaper than gas right now and I am getting about 35MPG with this setup plus once I am in my new house with my shop I will be making my own biodiesel That ROCKS! It looks like a capable little vehicle that could fit in some really tight spots and go just about anywhere with those lockers. I wish I had a diesel in my Ranger. I'd love to try the bio-diesel option. Quote Link to comment
+DconBlueZ Posted May 19, 2006 Share Posted May 19, 2006 I use the wifey's Isuzu Trooper for woodsy areas, but most of the time I have the top down and a big smile on my face as what little hair I have left is whipping in the wind. Quote Link to comment
+Big Max Posted May 19, 2006 Share Posted May 19, 2006 Nice to see all the capable offroad vehicles out there. Mine is an '88.5 Suzuki Samurai sporting a 5" spring over lift and 31" tires for now. It has lockers front and rear and a lower geared t-case. I replaced the gasser under the hood with a VW diesel out of an '82 rabbit and have a turbo diesel from an '85 Jetta waiting to go in this summer. Diesel is cheaper than gas right now and I am getting about 35MPG with this setup plus once I am in my new house with my shop I will be making my own biodiesel I like the turbo-diesel idea in your Samuri. Always wanted to drop one in an old CJ7. They tend to run cooler and have lots of low in torque. Just what you need when offroading. Quote Link to comment
+sbell111 Posted May 19, 2006 Share Posted May 19, 2006 Nice to see all the capable offroad vehicles out there. Mine is an '88.5 Suzuki Samurai sporting a 5" spring over lift and 31" tires for now. It has lockers front and rear and a lower geared t-case. I replaced the gasser under the hood with a VW diesel out of an '82 rabbit and have a turbo diesel from an '85 Jetta waiting to go in this summer. Diesel is cheaper than gas right now and I am getting about 35MPG with this setup plus once I am in my new house with my shop I will be making my own biodiesel Nice. There's a guy with a Samurai like yours who added a Frybrid system to it and runs it mainly on WVO. Quote Link to comment
+DconBlueZ Posted May 19, 2006 Share Posted May 19, 2006 My ride... Very nice! Odd sort of effect in the picture. If it wasn't for seeing your reflection in the door panel as you took the picture I would have thought it was a model of a car. Quote Link to comment
+Astro_D Posted May 19, 2006 Share Posted May 19, 2006 Lets see.... Group caching - 1995 Plymouth Grand Voyager Minivan Family caching - 1995 Plymouth Grand Voyager Minivan Solo caching - 1994 Pontiac Grand Am...soon to be replaced with a 2006 Toyota Prius. That minivan can take on some rough stuff too..... dirt roads, sand roads, gravel roads, old logging roads partially grown over, muddy raods, water logged roads..... yeah, the things our minivan can do.... The Grand Am? Best to stick to paved roads.......... The Prius....can't wait to test it out. Although selective road testing conditions will be in order. Quote Link to comment
+Monkeybrad Posted May 19, 2006 Share Posted May 19, 2006 The Monkeymobile model line up for 06 includes: 2003 Ford Excursion - 4WD room for eight, multiple power outlets, gps antennas for all three rows of seats, laptop, satellite radio, etc. basically any goodie that we could think of to make caching better/easier/faster has been added to this truck, I think it is pretty, but this is one Excursion that is not afraid to get dirty. 1981 Jeep CJ-7 - 4WD 3" lift, Micky Thompson 35's. stock 258, she is plain, but she is tough, Garmin GPS V mounted on dash used as accurate speedometer. (it is a big tire thing) 2001 Ford F-150 - My wife's truck, our caching machine when it is just the two of us. 2003 Honda Shadow Aero - Great for weekend caching trips, Garmin GPS V mounted on handlebars. 2005 K2 Zed 2.0 Mountain Bike - 100% monkey-powered caching machine, Garmin Legend mounted on bars. 1994 24' deck boat with Yamaha 200 horse outboard motor. (unpictured) 2005 ECCO raptor hiking boots (unpictured). . Quote Link to comment
+ChilliWilli Posted May 21, 2006 Share Posted May 21, 2006 The mothership of cache-mobiles.. Hey isn't that the limo that sits on 11/15 at that firworks place or what ever it is? Very astute observation codeman3, yes, that is where the mothership is docked. If you drove past it you missed a cache and a neat benchmark find just down the road, GC7331 - DIRTY GIRTY & Benchmark KW3136 (N 40 29.751 W 076 57.995). Quote Link to comment
Cpt_Milkeye Posted May 27, 2006 Share Posted May 27, 2006 I would drive an Subaru Outback, (I would love to geocache and now camping on Memorial's day looks more tempting then ever)... but the question is - how do I search for off road for AWD caches? Do I just pick one and see where it takes me? Or is there a way to search the site for such places to drive to? Quote Link to comment
+Bikebox Posted May 28, 2006 Share Posted May 28, 2006 New to caching, I'm mostly ticking off sites close to home (so far about half urban and half quasi-urban). I've gone to almost all by bicycle, either my Gary Fisher Hoo Koo E Koo for off-road travels or my LeMond Buenos Aires for road travel. I have driven my Honda Element to a couple of trailheads and hiked in for a few, but I could have just as easily biked to the trailheads. Human Powered Vehicles (HPV) are the way to go!!! Quote Link to comment
+aka Monkey Posted May 28, 2006 Share Posted May 28, 2006 This is my preferred caching vehicle unless we're headed off-road: Quote Link to comment
+cyberlizard Posted June 2, 2006 Share Posted June 2, 2006 The Red Rocket was my primary 'caching vehicle. It was a '95 Geo Metro hatchback, fully loaded with the 4-cylinder engine, as opposed to the standard 3-cylinder :-D Unfortunately it had to be sacrificed in the name of family comfort in the face of a second geo-rugrat on it's way. Now I'm cruising in a '97 Nissan Sentra, complete with Signal antenna topper and Geocaching window decal. Not much need for 4wd here in the mountains of central Florida. Although I did take out my wife's grandmother's '69 Toyota Landcruiser, affectionately named 'Cornbread' when we were in Colorado. What a blast! Quote Link to comment
Cracker. Posted June 2, 2006 Share Posted June 2, 2006 Although I did take out my wife's grandmother's '69 Toyota Landcruiser, affectionately named 'Cornbread' when we were in Colorado. What a blast! "Real" Landcruisers ROCK!!... Someday I hope to have my '74 back on the road... Quote Link to comment
+What rock? Posted June 3, 2006 Share Posted June 3, 2006 2001 Ford Windstar....We don't really do any offroad caching. However, the correct answer is whichever vehicle is home and has the LEAST gas in the tank. We have 3 kids of driving age. Quote Link to comment
heckle Posted June 3, 2006 Share Posted June 3, 2006 We currently cache in a 1998 Volvo S70. Not exactly the offroad car but we have taken it there! Quote Link to comment
+Deneye Posted June 16, 2006 Share Posted June 16, 2006 The mothership of cache-mobiles.. Man, is it me, or is that thing sagging in the middle?...lol Nawww...It's the picture. The car is so long, you see, that they had to consider the curvature of the earth. So what you see in the photo is some Great Circle math being used to flatten out the horizon causing the car to appear warped... (yeah, ok, so i'm a couple months behind....so what? ) Quote Link to comment
+Mary&Dave Posted June 16, 2006 Share Posted June 16, 2006 My cachemobile: Okay, so they need to be replaced every 600-700 miles, but gas is cheaper! Quote Link to comment
+Team Gryarvold Posted June 16, 2006 Share Posted June 16, 2006 We use our handy dandy Durango that just got us out of a pickle today after a big rainstorm made the dirt road to the cache a muddy quagmire on a 45-60 degree hill. It also holds our 230 pound mastiff who has to go along caching with us or has a fit. Wouldn't be with out that vehicle. Quote Link to comment
+2trax Posted June 23, 2006 Share Posted June 23, 2006 (edited) this is what i am riding around caching on this summer Edited June 23, 2006 by 2trax Quote Link to comment
+2trax Posted June 24, 2006 Share Posted June 24, 2006 and then theres my trusty ole cache machine Quote Link to comment
+Mule Ears Posted June 24, 2006 Share Posted June 24, 2006 this is what i am riding around caching on this summer Is that one of those Rooskie "Ural" rigs? Looks cool. If it is, and if I remember right, the sidecar wheel is driven, correct? Quote Link to comment
+Eagleblazer Posted June 24, 2006 Share Posted June 24, 2006 (edited) What else would the Eagleblazer drive? Having fun seeking"Off The Road Again" cache Or if the snow gets too deep.................... Edited June 24, 2006 by Eagleblazer Quote Link to comment
+2trax Posted June 24, 2006 Share Posted June 24, 2006 (edited) this is what i am riding around caching on this summer Is that one of those Rooskie "Ural" rigs? Looks cool. If it is, and if I remember right, the sidecar wheel is driven, correct? YUPPERS ITS A URAL AND YUP ITS A TWO WHEEL DRIVE Edited June 24, 2006 by 2trax Quote Link to comment
+Mr. 0 Posted June 24, 2006 Share Posted June 24, 2006 Looks like we need to start a Geocaching XJ Club. Count me in! Mine isn't near as nice as the rest I've seen on here, but I bought it for a beater....something that I could cache in, and take wheeling and not have to worry about denting/scratching/etc, and to get me through the snow in the winter. To be honest, I was wanting a CJ or Wrangler, but I couldn't pass up the deal on mine. After owning it for a couple years, and experiencing what XJ's are capable of, I have much more respect for them than I did before owning one. '86 Jeep Wagoneer (XJ), 2.8l V6, auto, Command Trac. 218,000+ miles. 3" Rusty's lift, 30"x9.5/15 A/Ts. Non-matching doors due to replacing the originals after the bottom of both of the front doors fell off because of rust. For the longer road trips, and caches where I don't need 4x4 (most of them around here).... '96 Ford T-bird. 3.8l V-6. 161,000+ miles. A few things done to it to free up a little power, but nothing much..I wanted to keep the decent gas mileage. It's a bad pic, but it's all I have handy right now. Quote Link to comment
+4leafclover Posted June 24, 2006 Share Posted June 24, 2006 I never even noticed that the doors didn't match...even after riding in it! Quote Link to comment
+RAH&MMH Posted June 24, 2006 Share Posted June 24, 2006 2004 Pontiac Vibe. Fusion Metallic Orange. (Nice and bright, easy to spot when you forget to mark where you left the car) Quote Link to comment
+Trizumi Posted June 25, 2006 Share Posted June 25, 2006 The clouds get in the way, but ..... Quote Link to comment
ElevenBravo Posted June 25, 2006 Share Posted June 25, 2006 '93 XJ with 141K on the ticker, still going strong. I have a 2" Terraflex lift on it now, not shown in the picture. All those years I was wasting my time with Fords and Chevys, I should have gotten a Jeep YEARS ago and Id been happy way back then! I love my XJ! Quote Link to comment
+naturekid Posted June 25, 2006 Share Posted June 25, 2006 Ok, this is my car... a Opel Corsa and it does really get me to a lot of places, even though it does not look like it! Quote Link to comment
+Mr. 0 Posted June 25, 2006 Share Posted June 25, 2006 I never even noticed that the doors didn't match...even after riding in it! The doors did match the last time you saw it. Quote Link to comment
+nicolo Posted June 25, 2006 Share Posted June 25, 2006 Sometimes XRN95 and I cache together ... Quote Link to comment
57chevy Posted June 26, 2006 Share Posted June 26, 2006 The ol' F-150 finally died. But.... That makes room for this.... Quote Link to comment
+eagletrek Posted June 26, 2006 Share Posted June 26, 2006 '03 Pontiac Vibe GT. A true pocket rocket. Six speed, turns on a dime, great gas mileage, and nice extras to include built in 115 volt inverter. Can handle most off-road conditions that I've encountered in Central Texas but when the going gets rough, it's time to dismount and use my Mk I LPCs (Leather Personnel Carriers.) Quote Link to comment
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