V14E3: October in the Sawtooth Mountains
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- Опубліковано 12 жов 2024
- Adventure is afoot in the Sawtooth Mountains, amidst beautiful fall colors. This week, I set off in the Jeep to explore Idaho's rugged backcountry. Trouble with Orangie escalates as I neglect the issues that arose the previous week, in episode V14E2. Where the forest road ends, I hike deep into the mountains to experience a picturesque alpine lake. Features a brief rendezvous with Dirt Sunrise, a field repair over pizza, a stroll through Ketchum, and a look back at our first day with the Revel.
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Welcome to Idaho!! While driving yesterday on I-84 near Boise out of the corner of my eye I saw a orange Jeep with white top and orange maxtrax and told my wife…that has to be Chris. We love exploring the Sawtooth’s, so much beauty and history. Hope you resolved your battery issue.
Elk? Deer?? Hells no brother that was BIGFOOT!!!
Love his attitude. Gets a flat tire on the trail...meh...lemme get some pizza before I deal with this minor inconvenience.
I've never seen a tire fixed in the 'wild'. Very cool and great looking repair kit
Nice part of the world! My girlfriend is from Hailey, and I'm from Flagstaff. This week and last's videos covered both our towns!
Thanks for taking me back to my home State of Idaho. Ketchum is a great rustic Idaho town.I haven’t been there for about 25 years but have many good memories of the good ole days. It is always good to travel the back country of USA with you via UA-cam.
Ketchum is not rustic anymore
I bought a gladiator and sold my 2021 ram limited because of you Chris. So happy with it
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Great video, I lived in Idaho for the last 27 years and it still blows my mind on how beautiful it is!!!
Another awesome video Chris. 19 more years !!!
A friend of mine once said if Idaho wasn’t so close to Yellowstone and the Tetons, the whole state would be considered a national park. I visited briefly this year, and it’s a spot on assessment.
Everyone who sees the wilds of Idaho for the first time is blown away with good cause. It seems more remote, big, rugged and beautiful than most any other place. I have not been there but watch as many videos about the state as I can. Even though I live remotely in northern New Hampshire, Idaho is a state where I'd like to live but will not get there for that, because I'm 78 years old, too settled in NH. I hope all the hordes of people moving there from CA and elsewhere don't destroy the beauty and lifestyle.
I’m sure they will
@@Michelangelo19571 Many could not access this any other way. Venture 4wd has always honored Tread Lightly principles and protected the land.
Hi Chris when I worked at a car dealership in the 70s there was a guy that came by selling those tire repair kits To demonstrate how well his product work he must’ve had 100 holes drilled into his tire Including the sidewall and then repaired by his kits. His tire look like a porcupine. no leaks very impressive
Great video, looking forward to seeing what is coming up!
I highly recommend either a Northstar or Odyssey deep cycle. They are IMO by far the best.
October makes for perfect photo taking !! And the crowds are gone
I had an issue similar to your battery one for several years on my Jeep. Eventually figured out that I had a loose negative connection on my battery from where I improperly installed my winch. It looked seated but was slightly loose. The key wouldn’t respond once it clicked. I’d have to disconnect the terminal and reattach. Everything would be good after that. Been watching you for nearly 4 years every week and this is the first time I think I’ve commented on a video. Keep it up. I really enjoy following you on your adventures. I compare you and adventure as Bob Ross is to painting.
"But We're Happy"
"We're Happy"
-Worth every penny paid then.
Agree with your statement on batteries. Best ones are what you can find when you need them. This is why i never bought into the deep cycle/AGM craze. I buy cheapy lead acid part store batteries because I can find them in any part store or walmart in the country! They work fine in my genesis dual battery system.
At 16:09 BIGFOOT!
I just really enjoy traveling the mountains with you and Shanen. Miss our time around the camp fire in the evening’s.i really enjoy the small town’s all over the USA. Your friend in Pennsylvania. Bob
I ran my battery down this past week, couldn't jump it with a regular lead acid jump pack, or from a car with jumper cables. I called my friend who owns a tow company, he sent a truck out and the driver walked over with a NOCO GB70..... It's a 2000 Amp 12-Volt Lithium Car Battery Jump Starter Pack..... My Jeep started on the first turn of the key. I'm buying one soon, maybe you should too.
Well worth the cost - mine has saved dozens of cars (including my own!)
Good advice
I've read so many bad Amazon reviews of NoCo batteries. See for yourself and decide
You probably already know this but we consider you the quaint essential overlander. Many of us live vicariously through your escapades because we enjoy your insights, your commentaries, and the places you go. I hope you keep the road ahead of you insight for years to come.
Might want to check your polarity on both your starter and alternator. Those electrical storms are like EMP's on your electrical system.
Yep..thanks for bringing us along...just did Rt66 n alot of the old pieces of sections..alot of hiking..the weather was perfect as well as the people were awesome..saw alot of America..you're lucky..thanks for sharing
I was in the Sawtooths a week ago, maybe same time as you. I was around Stanley and a bit west near McCall too. It started getting well below freezing so I boogied out of their to protect the RV's plumbing. I agree it's a great place.
Once again, great episode Chris. I loved the Sawtooth Mountains on my adventure this summer. Thanks for sharing your adventures.
Excellent video as always Chris! Enjoyed watching you explore the stomping grounds of my youth!
Absolutely beautiful scenery,thank you for letting us go on your journeys with you.
I want to take off my shoes and step in that stream! I loved the Sawtooths this summer, can’t it to get back there again. But stuck taking care of full hospital of patients, night after night, sigh. Next Fall!
Great episode…we travel to Ketchum often and love it there. Sawtooths are amazing!
Thanks Chris, always enjoy your videos. Idaho is one place I really haven’t explored, so thanks for sharing. I love October too! Thanks for being an inspiration to us all! Keep it up!
Just a recommendation here from someone who has a well built overland vehicle and uses it 150 days/nights a year.Optima is a great choice,but the blue top batteries by the same company are marine batteries and are deep cycle which is what you need-they also have additional terminals for your switch gear.I’ve run these for close to 20 years now and they have never let me down and can be deep cycled(all the way down)and always come back up with a charge.
ahhh the good life lessons on getting the tire fixed. great video on watching you plug the hole though.
Chris after seeing you repair that puncture miles from anywhere I’d say anyone who ventures off road should carry a similar repair kit, if nothing else just for the peace of mind it affords…
I’m still amazed by the abuse tires receive off pavement. The sharp edges, side loads etc. I wouldn’t want to be reincarnated as an off road tire…
Love all of the amazing places you’ve “taken” me. Stay safe out there.
OMG. What are the chances the same thing just happened to me. Mando’s battery just died. Not enough juice to crank. I upgraded to 800ACC Group 94 AGM battery today. Power! Give me more power.
Love this session, the alpine lake was great but also really liked the shot of the early morning shot of you and the Jeep coming at us in the early morning. The colors were great. Glad your eating better
I’d really like to see a video about weather or not you having issues with maintaining food or having food or supply shortages while full time traveling.
Your the best Chris, love your vids as always.......Cheers............Steve
Chris, we’re not going to blame you if you want to stop and enjoy some delicious leftover pizza. You didn’t need to pull the screw out of the tire so you had an excuse! 😆
I hope you get to swing into Craters of the Moon while you're in that part of Idaho. I highly recommend it. I went in the spring headed for Moab and it was the coldest night I can remember sleeping in the Jeep!
I feel like Shannon should get you a bear bell for Christmas, I was expecting to see one as you crested a ridge!
Along with some hunter orange for hiking during open seasons in NF & BLM lands.
If you dont have anything get you something for bear protection....something!! I’m one of your fans thanks for the video 🇺🇸👍🏻
Thanks for showing how you plugged that hole. Looked quicker and easier than changing out with your spare. Though my one flat, ever, was a sidewall tear that no plug could fix. Anyway, your vid sold me on buying one of those puncture repair kits.
I sure hope you bought the insurance policy when you bought those new expensive tires.
It appears that the area of the puncture was in, is called a non-repairable area.
While plugs will work, they're not considered a permanent repair, and most tire shops have liabilities that do not allow them to repair tires when the puncture is too close to the sidewall.
I had the yellow top batteries which worked very well with stock engine, after the engine and transmission swap I had to go to lead acid do to the internal resistance needed for the throttle body so now I have an 106 amp hour deep cycle and with all the protections in place with the spod and ARB refrigerator I can still start the LT1. Hope this might help in a small way
For your headlight issue, I switched my oem to morimoto sealed 7 headlights. They are bright and reliable. Make sure you do not have a bad alternator as well.
I don't understand why you didn't buy that battery to replace your starter battery with then get another one as soon as you could...
Hey Chris, Just a recommendation, I've been using the Geneses Dual Battery system for a while now and you only need the yellow top for the accessory side. The red top is recommended for your cranking side. It doesn't cycle as deep as the accessory side. Great video, love the hikes!
Time to trade in and get the JLUR.
“Gee those tire plug kits really work great”........especially if you’re miles from the nearest shop, that’s what they’re intended for, but it’s not very smart to drive around with a nail or screw in your tire especially a big sheet metal screw . I wouldn’t drive one of my rigs to town and back without getting the tire repaired properly. The farther you drive the more you increase the chances of doing unrepairable damage to your tire . The more damage you do to the area the greater the risk of getting air between the plies or cap of the tire which can cause catastrophic failure down the road. I much prefer having the tire dismounted and patched from the inside, that better seals the air from the plies of the casing. I’ve seen shops that do both together.
Sigh...its a screw..in this particular case on the outer tread, getting very little pressure applied. Once it's there...it's there. Yes in this case the large head grabbed something and got pulled out....OMG what will we ever do... Oh, my bad, we plug the tire...and it's fine. There is literally no increased chance of a non-repairable tire. When you remove the screw...or the screw is removed for you...the chance of fixing that is laterally the exact same. You try to true the damage(which is pretty much circular because there was a round screw that was ripped from there) and then you plug it. That plug will most likely last for the tread-life of the tire. Really and truly the only time a plug in the tread of a tire is going to fail is if the original damage clipped a cord in the tire. At that point or any other "real" issue, the repaired area will swell up like a balloon. So yes, "these tire plug kits really work great". If there an actual issue it will present with a very bumpy ride and not some imagined catastrophic failure. "Air between plies"..."cap of the tires'...different tire world than I live in...
Wasn’t the tire off the bead? How did he re-inflate it?
You really should consider getting a can of bear spray soon. Wondering on those trails you're just a scooby snack!😉
Chris, I say the following out of deep admiration for your content. Before the van, you would have never taken those risks with the tire and battery. Most people don’t have a “basecamp” nearby and that lack of fear for the consequences is an unfortunate change for the channel.
Jason, basecamp may be part of Cris' "no fear attitude", but I think that the majority of it is that he's become really very experienced at this which brings a strong sense of confidence to his adventures. I see the change as a positive.
Just think. You'll only have 400,000 miles on the van when it's paid off. Barely broken in.
@@acmecompany LOL, Shannon needed a way to travelnand she too wanted to be put and about and enjoy this life too. So, can't blame her. She makes a lot of money as a consultant. You know dang well they are not going to keep this van for more than 5 years. They would have sold it by then or traded it in. They would lose some money, but not too bad. No way on this earth are they going to keep this van for 10 years, let alone the full 20 years of the loan. Lol, maybe they would have broken up by then even.
@@stoneofverbosity I am sure she is helping pay for it. I mean, she is the one staying in it majority of the time. She had to move out of her apartment. She was paying over $2,000 a month where she was staying. So, I am sure she is paying that to stay in this van. Also, Chris used to travel only with his Jeep which was paid off. But now he has a long and hence you can call it a mortgage because that loan is 20 years! Some people finance their houses only for 15 years. But he is financing a car for 20 years! Wow! So you best believe the loan on that car is probably over $150,000. Then payment are about $1,500 to $2,000. So, I am sure both of them must be footing that bill. She cannot be staying there and not paying atleast $1,000 or $1,500. I mean, it will be a one sided thing if Chris has it only in his name and she is only a girlfriend. Well, they will probably broke up someday. So, you think she will just walk away after having helped Chris achieved his life goals and paid off a car? Nah! It don't work like that. She cannot give up on her own interests and things to help Chris grow his channel and help him pay off the car only for them to break up when everything is paid off or he has a ton of subscribers. So, I am sure she has a good investment into that car and it is written down as a contract between them. Because if she is just a girlfriend with no contract, then she will be the one at the losing end when they breakup. They are not married, hence this is very temporal whether they are in love or not. And during this process, she is paying on a car which belongs to someone else. Bad move. So, I am sure she must protect herself somehow. Trust me, relationships are good but you have no idea how or if or when they will end. So, protect yourself during the so called relationship.
And keep on truckin’🤚
I love the Perspektive at 12.00 first time ive seen this out of the car camera view. Awesome video
DMed you on Instagram with an Idaho pizza spot while you are here!
Thank God you are out of Colorado and Arizona! Idaho is a beautiful state and I hope you show us more of it. How about a trip to the tippy-top of the state in the skinny part and show us the border with Canada. Like the line in the dirt border. That would be so cool. Safe travels, sir, and man I'm glad you are out of the desert! 👍🏻
Was just up to Canaan Valley enjoying the fall colors! Pictured you doing the Loop road in Orangey! Love traveling the West thru you!
Chris, I hope the two o you (Finnigan included) have equipped yourselves for bear mitigation and defense. Would strongly recommend some sort of bell for Finnigan's collar and one for yourself wouldn't be a bad idea either along with your requisite bear spray.
I also follow the shirt you were wearing! Enjoyed as always Chris!
Aren't those stainless Thermos branded beer/can cozies the best? I've got 2 permanently in the vehicle, 2 in the Teardrop and 2 in the house fridge. No more warm tail ends of "beverages".
And keep on being you, seems your new config has attracted some nattering nabobs of negativity, ignore them, look after the rest of us, eh?
I cant believe you still don't fish.
I've been backpacking and camping for decades and I don't fish. No big deal really. More for you! ;)
October is my favorite also!
"I neglected to get that fixed too."
Hi Chris. I have the exact same configuration you do in my JKUR. Dual Optima yellow top batteries that are more than 3 and 1/2 years old. I do have trouble starting the Jeep once in a while, but it's because the terrible factory starter battery positive terminal connector won't stay very tight. Sometimes it even slides up the battery terminal. When I wiggle it and do my best to tighten it down it usually lasts from a few weeks to a few months. But the core problem for me isn't the batteries, it's the factory connector on the positive terminal of the starter battery.
Amazing off road.👍
WOW! I am in love with the new license plate. Just have to love Texas. The Optima battery is totally awesome. I put a blue top in my big V-10 Dodge and it lasted over 9 years. The new one if you can call it new is now over 6 years old. It goes against the old adage of what is the right battery. Have you ever checked out the red top Optima? I also hear they are really good. By the time you get this you will have probably R&R'd the old ones. Have a great week. God Bless.
A while ago I read a lot of really bad reviews about optima batteries. I hope you have good luck with them.
Looks like Orangie is almost ready for another set of new tires.....
Another fine video as always good stuff. 👍👍😀🇨🇦
Idaho is always a great choice
2 years? Dump them batteries! Interstates have been 5 or more years for me. I have one that's 8 years in my car now. My walmart lawn tractor battery lasted 13 years before changing this year!
Yes, but he's not utilizing them in the format of a standard automotive battery. He's out in the wild in a very harsh environment, with all that camera equipment and the air compressor, etc. Those batteries are constantly charging and discharging way more than you would just be driving your car on a daily basis.
Yes, I'd prefer to see 3-4 years out of a deep cycle battery, but as we well know Chris is VERY HARD on things lol and maintenance is often a formality.
Great video, thank you!
Those were not the sawtooths. Those were mountains in sawtooth National forest. You need to go north out of Ketchum up towards Stanley. There you will see the actual sawtooth range which is within the sawtooth wilderness area.
I plug them when I find them. Sometimes if the offending intruder comes out (or all the way in), the hole becomes difficult to find
Another great Chrisism.
Sounds like RnG has went cold blooded reptile on you, with the battery problem.
Awesome video
Check you alternator.. What voltage are you getting while driving? Get a meter that plugs into the 12v outlet.
When were you there? I got to the Sawtooths October 12th and there was snow everywhere. I have a similar tire kit and have used it about six times. Why you didn't fix it before you left is beyond me.
You didn't even wet the tire to check for leaks. Lol. You just wet the tip of the plug.
Nice
I follow Dirt sunrise and it was a little bit strange to see them pop up in your weekly video, I thought they were just entering Alaska, but I was wrong. The channel is far behind schedule but that doesn’t matter for me. Love both of the channels, keep up the amazing work and explore!!! Greetings from the Netherlands 🇳🇱❤️🇺🇸💪✌️👌👍🥇
Is the coffee mug with venture4wd branding available for purchase?
You probably should go to his fb page to get an answer to your question.
It's a great idea. I've asked but never received a response.
Alice lake!
👍Awesome
Mateo's salsa is so delicious!
Has something changed...
Try the starter relay? I just had the same problem with my Dodge Ram
Texas plates on Orangey?
Yay!
Beautiful hike pics. Single use plastic bottle...nooooo!
Love your videos but I dunno, going to a remote location with a sketchy battery situation and a tire that you know has a screw in it? Glad they didn't turn out leave you stranded but that doesn't seem like a good overlanding practice. Keep those great videos coming!
nice
Just out of curiosity, why don’t you order the batteries from Amazon and pick them up at a locker or drop location? Also works great for almost forgot birthday gifts.
Helping small town business and paying a few bucks extra is far better than giving Bezos any more cash.
Accessibility seemed to be the issue in this particular circumstance. Electrical issues are rather urgent and unnerving.
And yet another smokin' trout stream. smh...
Ugh don't do Optima. They aren't what they used to be since they sent their manufacturing out of the country. Odyssey batteries ftw.
Odyssey Battery🤘🏻
Yeah! Dont even fool with the low quality optimas. Buy once cry once. :D
Why don’t you use bead locks?
Whoa. Sorry but I can't believe you knew you had a leak. Knew where the leak was. Knew how bad it was. Had the tools to at least do a field repair. And not do it. Glad you at least filmed and warned.