No immediate plans to sell off the Astro. I will say that the Montero seems, so, well...how do I say this...tiny...compared to the Astro.
Strover, you'll appreciate this. My buddy from CA who is a mountaineering guide, borrowed my Astro last week and took it to "a little place called" Aspen! for some testing in preparation of getting his international guiding certification. They hit a bunch of back country, un plowed trailheads for some of the exams. He owns a Tacoma himself but for various reasons didn't have it available. The other folks he was working with there also owned Tacomas. To the surprise of my buddy and the other Tacoma owners, the Astro went everywhere those Tacomas did. They were more or less joking and betting on how quickly they would need to pull out the tow straps, but wound up never needing them.
Anyway, this is a Mitsu forum. Unfortunately, no news on the Montero front. I dropped it off with the valve guy last week to have the top end rebuilt. I told him to take his time and that's what he seems to be doing. Will check in on it this week. I went to the Junkyard today looking for a few little things and maybe some wheels. Turns out they sell off all the wheels to rebuilders. JY only had 2 monteros so I came away empty handed...well except for a few Astro parts :snorkel:
More or less resigned myself to getting the BFG TAKOs in 33x10.5, but still kicking around the idea of going with a 31x10.5 in the Cooper AT3s. Especially because I have no plan to regear. That's the tire, smaller size, I'm running on aforementioned Astro and I've been very happy with it. Does amazing in the snow for an "all season" AT tire. Reasonably priced too.
Strover, you'll appreciate this. My buddy from CA who is a mountaineering guide, borrowed my Astro last week and took it to "a little place called" Aspen! for some testing in preparation of getting his international guiding certification. They hit a bunch of back country, un plowed trailheads for some of the exams. He owns a Tacoma himself but for various reasons didn't have it available. The other folks he was working with there also owned Tacomas. To the surprise of my buddy and the other Tacoma owners, the Astro went everywhere those Tacomas did. They were more or less joking and betting on how quickly they would need to pull out the tow straps, but wound up never needing them.
Anyway, this is a Mitsu forum. Unfortunately, no news on the Montero front. I dropped it off with the valve guy last week to have the top end rebuilt. I told him to take his time and that's what he seems to be doing. Will check in on it this week. I went to the Junkyard today looking for a few little things and maybe some wheels. Turns out they sell off all the wheels to rebuilders. JY only had 2 monteros so I came away empty handed...well except for a few Astro parts :snorkel:
More or less resigned myself to getting the BFG TAKOs in 33x10.5, but still kicking around the idea of going with a 31x10.5 in the Cooper AT3s. Especially because I have no plan to regear. That's the tire, smaller size, I'm running on aforementioned Astro and I've been very happy with it. Does amazing in the snow for an "all season" AT tire. Reasonably priced too.