This was another awesome video Casey. I am so glad that you brought your camera along with you in order to share it with us. Keep having fun out there in the outdoors my friend.
What a great video. My family and I are heading to California and Nevada in 4 weeks for a holiday from the Gold Coast Australia. Looking forward to seeing this beautiful land.
Coyote Works come on down mate. 4wd driving is amazing here. We don't have the history you guys have but we have the scenery and a thousand animals and insects that can hurt or kill you Hahaha.
The stone school house was delightful. You mentioned an old 1900s map; would expect your walls to be adorned with vintage and other maps. Really liked the stone-walled building. Your excursion into Stateline was fascinating with what appeared to be wood-lined vertical shafts. Oh, wow! A stone-lined entrance to a mine! And the one-room stone cabins remind me of the Eskimos' using snow and ice to build their homes - from the land itself - such a marvel of ingenuity and fortitude! Love it! What a marvelous fireplace/chimney from found stones. The old combination mill and smokestack seemed out of place. Whose idea was it for the detail at the top of the stack? Such whimsy. So many days on the trip - would imagine there are a lot of stories there. Thank you for this glimpse of the treasures South of you.
Great video Casey! I really admire your sense of adventure and your urge to wander. You do a great job and I really look forward each week to your next outing. Keep up the good work, thanks again.
Thank you my friend. Really appreciate hearing that. That’s what I do this for. The idea that there are a few of you out there who really appreciate seeing these types of adventures. Cheers! Thank you always for the support and encouragement.
Great trip CW. Ive been going to Death Valley since I was probably 5.... We use to collect reptiles down close to their ( Panamint Springs area) just outside the monument, sleep in our truck, and display them at the Panamint Springs Resort (with their permission). Bus loads of european tourists would go thru their in the summer time and loved looking at the snakes, lizards n such we had caught. Good times, this was back in the 80s, never thought to film it but then We didnt have any way too..... 👍👍
Beautiful country. Nice job fixing the loose brackets. I am sure that a tool specifically for that job will find its way into your toolbox. Thanks for the by proxy vacation.
Thanks my friend. I pulled those bolts when I got home and replaced them with ones that take a regular hex head that I have in my tool kit. I’m still surprised they would put a specialty bolt like that in there. Cheers!
awesome trip, when you get home put some loctite on those pesky fasteners that vibrate loose and buy some torx bits for those racks, I am really inspired to get out and explore now, i recently purchased a new F150 4x4 and hope it would have off road capability of your jeep, I will still go anyhow but choose routes wisely, thanks for sharing your adventures with us
The Jk has solid axles. The Rubicon addition has lockers front and rear with an extremely low 4low. And to help keep all the tires on the ground it has front sway bar disconnect. 1/2 ton has none of that.
One of your best videos! And the places you went are at the top as well. Im in Northern NV. We did Death Valley in the mid 80s thru early 90s in just a car or truck with no shell.. keep up the good stuff👍
Thanks my friend. Great to hear that. I keep working at trying to make my videos better for you guys to it’s good to hear you are seeing some improvement. Cheers!
They are bloody brilliant, when my kids turn 12 i give them 5 things - a leatherman - a swedish hatchet - a holland and holland side by side shot gun - a small tractor - a hand made leather marine watch Emphasis on the top one
Nice road trip. I do a lot of car camping like this in my trusty ‘86 ford ranger. I’ll have to check out some of these routes in the future. God bless.
Great vid and a stunning landscape you have. Glad you show so many historical sites, its sure was a hard life for these first settlers/miners. Like your vlog and your cool equipment, nice you choose a Jeep
Big thumbs up. Epic Overlanding trip. So much cool stuff to see, thanks for showing us. I appreciate all the hard work that went into this production. Let me guess, I bet that special screwdriver will make your tool kit asap.
Thanks my friend. Glad to hear you enjoyed an it’s nice to hear you understand that some work goes into filming and editing a video of a trip like that. You are almost correct on the tool. As soon as I got home I pulled out those bolts with the proprietary heads on them and replaced them with bolts that I can tighten with a hex head which I have in my tool kit! Cheers
Looked a great time out man, did you know Charles Manson and his goones mark/autograph is on a door in the old court house along with loads of other notables.
Great! I am now viewing your archives and enjoy the trips, The Jeep, the bushcraft and your humor! Who was your camera operator? Seems like a held camera rather than a tripod stable camera on many shots of you piloting the Jeep. Keep up the great Vlogs!!!
Thanks my friend. Glad you are enjoying some of my videos. I have an "intern" that helps me out with the camera work sometimes. She does a pretty good job ;-)
For sure my friend. Thank you for taking the time to watch it. If my channel continues to grow and as long as you guys are enjoying the videos I’ll keep working on making better and better videos!
Wow, you went through some beautiful country! People who haven't seen the desert think of it as just one giant sandbox, but there's so much variation in the landscape, the wildlife, and the foliage. I like the remote sites as well. I agree that the best places are where there's no other folks and it's peaceful and quiet. When you were in Austin, did you visit Stokes Castle? I hadn't heard of it before, but Nomadic Fanatic (another RUclips Channel) just passed that way a couple weeks ago on his way up the Lincoln Highway.
Casey , @ 10:01 - 10:14 , That's the Mill Site at Bonnie Claire for my Gold & Silver Mining Claim at Tokop . It used to be really nice but since I don't live on the property to where I can protect it , people keep stealing all of my equipment and vandalizing the place . The Mill Site was initially developed by Vic & Mellie Huson in the early 1950's . I purchased the Mine in 1969 from Mellie Huson after the Death of her Husband because she was unable to work it due to medical problems and her advancing age (she was in her late 70's) . The big steel-framed building up on the hillside across the Highway , is the old Lippencott Smelter that processed Lead ore from the Lippencott Lead Mine up in the hills west of Racetrack Valley in Death Valley National Park . Bonnie Claire Townsite is actually a historical site as it was the railroad terminus for all of the building materials used to create Scotty's Castle at Grapevine Springs in Death Valley , which was brought in from San Pedro (Los Angeles Harbor) on the Tonopah and Tidewater Railroad . After everything was offloaded from the train , it was then freighted by wagon to the construction site in Death Valley .
Wow. Thank you for sharing that. That’s really cool getting some background and a little more history on that site. It was one of those places that I just stumbled across marked on an older map that I decided to stop and check out. It ended up being one of my favorite stops of the trip. Reall neat ruins and I could tell there had been a lot of activity at the site and in the surrounding area over the years. Cheers my friend. Thank you.
Great video! Another really cool spot to hit in Death Valley is Aguereberry Point. You need a short wheelbase high clearance vehicle to get there. We have been up there 3 times and not seen anyone else yet.
Awesome looking adventure. You’ve got a fantastic setup. I know that you carried some extra fuel with you but was wondering how much preplanning you had to do just to make sure that you could get gas when you needed it? Don’t emergency repairs always require some sort of special tool?!?!? Murphy’s Law LOL!!! Thanks for sharing.
Thanks my friend. I did have to be pretty careful about my fuel. I carried about 6 gallons of extra fuel and a couple times I needed every bit of it to get to my next fuel stop. Yes! Murphy’s law. No matter how much I bring in my tool and repair kit, the thing that breaks always seems to need a tool I don’t have! Lol
Coyote Works LOL!!! I’ve been in some remote locations but not nearly as remote as you were. I understand that sinking feeling when you’re running on fumes without a gas station for miles!!! I’m glad everything worked out OK for you on your fantastic adventure. Safe future travels to you sir.
Did you have a chance to drive up to Cerro Gordo mine/town or the Lost Mule mine? Swansea Gap is another great spot! You look down at the basin of Death Valley from about 6,000 feet. You can see Death Valley, Owens Lake and Valley as well as Mount Whitney from one spot! Great pictures from there!
I went to Cerro Gordo. I’m definitely going to make another trip down there. There were a lot of cool placed I just didn’t end up getting to. A lot of really interesting stuff to check out in that general area for sure.
looks like you ran into my ex in Belmont lol i think you would laugh at our Jeep tool kit, but our leatherman puts in work for sure. we have lost a number of bolts n things traveling DV: control arm bolt, brake caliper bolt, entire tire carrier sheesh its never ending, those roads are tough! nice trip, good to see you down here in places i frequent. thx for sharing.
Ha! Yeah those miles and miles of washboard roads have a habit of rattling things loose for sure. And there are a lot of miles of them in DV for sure! One thing that I swear by is dropping my tire pressure on those roads. I’ll run sometimes down around 25-28 lbs pressure and that goes a long way to taking the edge off the beating my vehicle takes. It’s kind of a balancing act. If I get my pressures too low it’s hard on the tires. Cheers!
loaded up, i drop the fronts to 12lbs and the rears to 18lbs. unloaded ill drop the rears to 12 also. the load range "E" tires hold pretty well down to about 7lbs but then we start losing beads, thats only for a serious rock crawl too. were on 35's tho, looks like your on 33's, 31's? i could see higher pressures then for sure. it can be bit of a chore if you have to keep airing back up for lengths of pavement also.
That’s good to know. I’ve always stayed above 20lbs just out of caution for not wanting to lose a bead. But maybe I can start easing down a little lower. I do run load range E tires so maybe I can get away with going to a bit lower pressures. I’m running 32’s now but as soon as I wear these out I will go to a 33-34 inch tire.
Oh ya, try it, you will be surprised. It really lengthens the footprint and adds suspension. I imagine your pressures might be a bit higher than what we use on the two door, but id try 18lbs then maybe 15lbs depending how you liked it. I haven't had 32's in years so i don't what differences you may have from 35's otherwise.
Beautiful. I like all the videos you posted. Plz send me the brand of your army color folding table and chair and also where u purchased from. Thx for sharing.
Great video and commentary. Love the descriptions of the old towns and ruins. In those areas where the flag is flying, were there people living around there? Also love the background music you selected. Very laid back and in keeping with the solitude and loneliness of those abandoned places. Thanks for posting.
It is a concern but I don’t worry about it too much. If it happens I’m prepared to walk out. I have all the right gear to do it. Would be a bummer but really just an unplanned backpacking trip ;-)
Another great video from Coyote Works. We missed you on youtube recently, but I see that you were busy enjoying your trek to isolated mining communities. And I see that you went through Titus Canyon again without me! I believe that many of us enjoy visiting remote sites with you via the videos. Did I detect that you were not traveling alone? At the campsite at 11:10 you had two camp chairs at the table. One empty and the one you were using. At any rate, we love the informative, high quality videos, so keep up the good work! Until the next video...
Thanks my friend. I ran into, and spent a few days with a fellow adventurer but they didn’t want to be on camera at all. Luckily for me they were open to holding the camera for me a few times ;-)
Ah Casey, that sure was a short video for a 9 Day Trip❕ he-he. You sure got to see some good places. I've been through Austin, Nv. before and, Joshua Tree also. Nice trip for shore.
Hey There - I was wondering why at 4:30 the video skips from editing. I guess I’m wondering what got removed and why. I’m just getting started editing my own videos and thought since yours are so good maybe I could learn something. Thank you in advance Cheers mate and happy trails
I wouldn’t mind sharing it. I’m just not sure the best way to do that. I could give a try of making a video of it with some close ups on maps and some GPS coordinates?
Coyote Works Yeah that would be cool. I grew up in K Falls and got to explore a lot in that area but NEVER came across old sites like you have shown. Thank you
Do you have a communications system for emergencies since you go to remote places alone? I like your whole setup, especially the roof top tent and the awning.
Other than a cell phone I keep a HAM radio in the rig. I can usually pick up a repeater or something with it. But truthfully neither are very reliable in a lot of the areas I go. Just too remote. I think the only thing that would really work would be a sat phone or one of those GPS SPOT beacon devices. Cheers!
I just noticed as I’m watching for a second time that the American flag is flying in front of the court house at 15:40. So somebody must be taking care of that building or at least the flag. Did it have a light for flying it at night? If not then who’s taking it down each evening and putting it up in the morning? Cheers mate and happy trails
I'm so curious about your planning for this trip. How well were you able to gauge your availability to find gasoline? Did you have to top it off more than the one time you showed? I'd love to take off and do this someday soon.
I did fairly well on the planning for fuel stops. I did have to use my extra fuel a few times. The hardest part was the travel times in between locations I had planned to stop. When traveling the jeep trails and 4x4 roads it’s so hard to tell from a map what your average speed is going to be. There were several long sections of trail where it was rough enough I just couldn’t get much over 10.miles an hour. So several of my camping spots I had planned to get to in plenty of daylight, I ended up getting to really late at night or sometimes had to stop at another spot and camp before I even got to them. Cheers!
Coyote Works ya o have built a number of keeps in my day , ya 25 psi works good I think I went down to 20 psi with out beadlock wheels and my on board air was a little Co2 tank with a special regulator about the size of 2 footballs and over 3000 psi it would air back up all 4of my 35 inch tires also so many uses blow gun attached to clean out air filter multi use indeed ! Can you tell I love Jeep's lol wish I could build another
Great video and I have some questions 😊. Who makes the tent, awning, and didn't get the name of the light on the tripod. Links would be great and thanks for sharing !
All three of those items are made by Freespirit Recreation. You can check them out on their website at www.gofsr.com . The tent is the M55 Adventure Series, the Awning is the 74” Jeep Awning, and the tripod light is called the Readylight. Cheers my friend!
I carried about 6.4 gallons of extra fuel. And a couple of times I used every bit of it. Now that I’m getting the feel for the actual off road range of the Jeep I’m seeing that I’m going to need to figure out a way to carry more fuel. I’m thinking I would like to be able to carry about 12 extra gallons total. That would give me a pretty solid 300-350 off road miles.
I'm in the Minden/Gardnerville area below Carson City. There are literally tons of mine sites in the mountains east of me, couldn't visit them all in a year if you tried. As always, splendid video with relative content and vast entertainment value.
I think a lot of them you could get by with a high clearance 2wd. But definitely some of them I was pushing it with my stock height. I scraped bottom more than a few times and was thankful for the skid plates. But there is a lot of cool areas of Death Valley that can definitely be done with 2wd high clearance.
Great vid! I have a couple of questions for you... What kind of spare gas can and carrier is that? Also, do you ever meet up with any of your subs on your adventures? I live in SoCal, I have a Wrangler and have been wanting to explore Death Valley.
Thanks! The gas can and carrier is the Rotopax Jeep Spare Tire Carrier Mount and the can is the Rotopax 3 gallon can. You can get it all right from the Rotopax website. And yes. I do meet up with other RUclipsrs from time to time. And I would love to do another trip down to Death Valley area. There are some more places I want to get to down there. Send me an email at jointlockbjj@gmail.com. Maybe we can work out some dates that would work!
Is there any way you could provide more detailed info on the route you took? Which roads? Locations we could find on maps and/or GPS? I’ve been considering doing a very similar trip and would love to go to some of the same places you show in this video. I would definitely be spending some time in Nevada as my best friend from high school (35 yrs ago) lives just south of Reno. Thanks Cheers mate and happy trails
Cozy mountain room eight. ..Roger. You should contact the company about that rack. An off road product that needs special tools just for tightening a mount is a no-go. That rack should be easily adjusted/tightened with just your Leatherman. ..not using the file. Just my opinion though. Great adventure Coyote. Thank you for sharing.
I agree completely. I have contacted them and they sent me a replacement set of bolts for that riser that can be tightened with a regular hex head. I’m good with that. I carry a set of those in my repair kit. But a reminder for sure of how important it is not to have a bunch of stuff on your rig that needs proprietary tools to repair. Bad idea. Thanks for the comments. Cheers!
Coyote Works glad to hear the company stood behind their products. I find most small businesses want to produce good items and value feedback like this. Hopefully your inputs can make it better for all of us.
The glimpse of the bolt head I saw it looks like a tamper proof Allen. Probably used to slow down someone that would steal the rack system. I would keep them on and put some Loctite on them to keep from working loose. I would also get the tool and keep it in the vehicle tool box.
man, I'm jealous. I need to go on an adventure myself. That looked like a lot of fun. Very interesting footage. Thanks for taking us along. did you figure out the audio sync issues?
For sure my friend. You should go on an adventure! The only thing I can figure out is something must have glitched when I mixed down the final video. Super frustrating. I spent a lot of time on that video. Cheers my friend!
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Making the quarantine better one video at a time. Thanks
This was another awesome video Casey. I am so glad that you brought your camera along with you in order to share it with us. Keep having fun out there in the outdoors my friend.
Thank you. I really enjoyed this trip. So much country to explore down there. I’m hoping to do another similar trip later in the spring. Cheers!
looks like a great trip! reminds me of my time exploring the desert and makes me wish to do it again. thanks for taking us along.
Thank you. Nothing better than exploring the wide open desert country. Cheers!
What a great video. My family and I are heading to California and Nevada in 4 weeks for a holiday from the Gold Coast Australia. Looking forward to seeing this beautiful land.
Hope you enjoy your trip out here my friend. It’s on my list to get down to Australia at some point as well. Some beautiful country down there!
Coyote Works come on down mate. 4wd driving is amazing here. We don't have the history you guys have but we have the scenery and a thousand animals and insects that can hurt or kill you Hahaha.
The stone school house was delightful. You mentioned an old 1900s map; would expect your walls to be adorned with vintage and other maps. Really liked the stone-walled building. Your excursion into Stateline was fascinating with what appeared to be wood-lined vertical shafts. Oh, wow! A stone-lined entrance to a mine! And the one-room stone cabins remind me of the Eskimos' using snow and ice to build their homes - from the land itself - such a marvel of ingenuity and fortitude! Love it! What a marvelous fireplace/chimney from found stones. The old combination mill and smokestack seemed out of place. Whose idea was it for the detail at the top of the stack? Such whimsy. So many days on the trip - would imagine there are a lot of stories there. Thank you for this glimpse of the treasures South of you.
Great video Casey! I really admire your sense of adventure and your urge to wander. You do a great job and I really look forward each week to your next outing. Keep up the good work, thanks again.
Thank you my friend. Really appreciate hearing that. That’s what I do this for. The idea that there are a few of you out there who really appreciate seeing these types of adventures. Cheers! Thank you always for the support and encouragement.
Hey I'm super happy to see another video from you. I haven't seen one in a while. I watched the whole thing. Great stuff.
Thanks my friend. Glad you enjoyed!
Another great adventure with Coyote Works! Thanks for sharing your experience!
Thanks for watching my friend!
Great trip! I love those Joshua Trees! Beautiful scenery! Wow! 👍
Thank you. Yeah it was pretty amazing country down there for sure!
You’re the best, man. I’m almost fully disabled, so I really enjoy your videos.
Thank you my friend. Really glad to hear you enjoy them. Glad I can add a bit of extra entertainment and enjoyment for you. Cheers!
Excellent video and I really enjoyed this one...remote road trips in the west are amazing.
Agreed. Thank you. It is awesome to still have some remote/wild areas left out here in the west. Cheers!
Epic trip my friend .. very jealous watching this while shoveling and moving 4" of snow from last night .. lol. Thanks for sharing
Ha! Yeah I’m shoveling snow at my house now too. Can’t wait for it to be gone around here. I’m starting to get spring fever big time!
Those old stone structures are just amazing!
For sure!
The cozy mountain is an awesome place. The wife and I make it a point to stop there when traveling the area.
Great trip CW. Ive been going to Death Valley since I was probably 5.... We use to collect reptiles down close to their ( Panamint Springs area) just outside the monument, sleep in our truck, and display them at the Panamint Springs Resort (with their permission). Bus loads of european tourists would go thru their in the summer time and loved looking at the snakes, lizards n such we had caught. Good times, this was back in the 80s, never thought to film it but then We didnt have any way too..... 👍👍
Beautiful country. Nice job fixing the loose brackets. I am sure that a tool specifically for that job will find its way into your toolbox. Thanks for the by proxy vacation.
Thanks my friend. I pulled those bolts when I got home and replaced them with ones that take a regular hex head that I have in my tool kit. I’m still surprised they would put a specialty bolt like that in there. Cheers!
This is why I watch your channel!
Thank you my friend. Good to hear that. Cheers!
awesome trip, when you get home put some loctite on those pesky fasteners that vibrate loose and buy some torx bits for those racks, I am really inspired to get out and explore now, i recently purchased a new F150 4x4 and hope it would have off road capability of your jeep, I will still go anyhow but choose routes wisely, thanks for sharing your adventures with us
The Jk has solid axles. The Rubicon addition has lockers front and rear with an extremely low 4low. And to help keep all the tires on the ground it has front sway bar disconnect. 1/2 ton has none of that.
glad to see you were able to get away for some peace and quiet and fun in the sun have fun and stay warm
Thanks. Yes the warm weather was a treat!
One of your best videos! And the places you went are at the top as well. Im in Northern NV. We did Death Valley in the mid 80s thru early 90s in just a car or truck with no shell.. keep up the good stuff👍
Thanks my friend. Great to hear that. I keep working at trying to make my videos better for you guys to it’s good to hear you are seeing some improvement. Cheers!
Wowww.. what a great video. Thank you for sharing man. Take care!
For sure my friend. Thanks for watching!
This was an awesome video. Had a bit of everything. I love the music, the exploring was amazing, and had plenty of shots of your off-roading.
Glad I found your channel. This is the stuff that I'm interested in. Thanks
Thanks my friend. Welcome to the channel. Hope you find some more videos you enjoy here!!! Cheers!
Great video again! With all the craziness going on lately, enjoy the solitude of those trips!
For sure. The time I get out there is a much appreciated reprieve from the craziness of the rest of life. Cheers!
Love this vid man and love your channel..new sub here..thank you for making these vids..they keep me motivated and focus 👍 keep up the good work
Thanks my friend! Glad you enjoyed this video and welcome to my channel. Really appreciate the support!
I never go anywhere without my leatherman!!! You can’t beat them!!!
That thing has saved my butt more than a few times! Cheers my friend
They are bloody brilliant, when my kids turn 12 i give them 5 things
- a leatherman
- a swedish hatchet
- a holland and holland side by side shot gun
- a small tractor
- a hand made leather marine watch
Emphasis on the top one
Ctrl-Alt-Awesome Nice choice of shotgun. I’ve always wanted to own a Holland and Holland. Just something about the history behind that brand...
Coyote Works I inherited them from my grand father, I couldn't ever afford one. They are truly beautifully crafted guns
I left my OHT leatherman on my trailer and forgot about it, lost it and will never forget. 😢
Very cool trip. Very nice video. Thanks for posting.
Excellent. Perfect week of exploring.
Great video on your trip. Glad you shared it with us. Always enjoy all your adventures!
Thank you!
Nice road trip. I do a lot of car camping like this in my trusty ‘86 ford ranger. I’ll have to check out some of these routes in the future. God bless.
Thanks my friend. Always a good trip out there!
Great vid and a stunning landscape you have. Glad you show so many historical sites, its sure was a hard life for these first settlers/miners. Like your vlog and your cool equipment, nice you choose a Jeep
Thank you. Glad you enjoyed and thanks for the comments. Good to hear that!
I'm here in northern Nevada, we have tons of old sites like Belmont all through this state.
Love the video, thank you. Any chance you could share the waypoints?
Wow, amazing, so cool!! Thanks for taking us along with you!
Thank you!
Big thumbs up. Epic Overlanding trip. So much cool stuff to see, thanks for showing us. I appreciate all the hard work that went into this production. Let me guess, I bet that special screwdriver will make your tool kit asap.
Thanks my friend. Glad to hear you enjoyed an it’s nice to hear you understand that some work goes into filming and editing a video of a trip like that.
You are almost correct on the tool. As soon as I got home I pulled out those bolts with the proprietary heads on them and replaced them with bolts that I can tighten with a hex head which I have in my tool kit!
Cheers
I really appreciate you and your videos. All the best to you.
-new Jeeper and fellow Oregonian here
Awesome trip Coyote ! You got some great video footage.
Thank you. I had a blast as always out there!
This brought back memories from almost 20 years ago, amazing place and great video.
Long trip from the UK though :)
Ha! Yeah that would be a long trip from the UK! Thanks my friend. Glad you enjoyed. Cheers
Looked a great time out man, did you know Charles Manson and his goones mark/autograph is on a door in the old court house along with loads of other notables.
I didn’t know that. But that was a great trip. Really enjoyed that country down there.
Great! I am now viewing your archives and enjoy the trips, The Jeep, the bushcraft and your humor! Who was your camera operator? Seems like a held camera rather than a tripod stable camera on many shots of you piloting the Jeep. Keep up the great Vlogs!!!
Thanks my friend. Glad you are enjoying some of my videos. I have an "intern" that helps me out with the camera work sometimes. She does a pretty good job ;-)
What an awesome video! Loved it. Now if I knew your name I could thank you properly for it. :) For now I'll just say thank you CW!
I always enjoy seeing your videos! Thanks for sharing your journeys!
Thank you!
Great trip!!!! Great video! Thanks for sharing!
Thank you!
Love the video my friend. Thanks for sharing and Keep up the fun videos. Have a blessed week.
Dale
great video again! thanks for taking the time to share your adventures!
For sure my friend. Thank you for taking the time to watch it. If my channel continues to grow and as long as you guys are enjoying the videos I’ll keep working on making better and better videos!
Great watch, thanks for sharing and taking us along.
For sure! Thanks my friend!
Wow, you went through some beautiful country! People who haven't seen the desert think of it as just one giant sandbox, but there's so much variation in the landscape, the wildlife, and the foliage. I like the remote sites as well. I agree that the best places are where there's no other folks and it's peaceful and quiet.
When you were in Austin, did you visit Stokes Castle? I hadn't heard of it before, but Nomadic Fanatic (another RUclips Channel) just passed that way a couple weeks ago on his way up the Lincoln Highway.
Casey , @ 10:01 - 10:14 , That's the Mill Site at Bonnie Claire for my Gold & Silver Mining Claim at Tokop . It used to be really nice but since I don't live on the property to where I can protect it , people keep stealing all of my equipment and vandalizing the place . The Mill Site was initially developed by Vic & Mellie Huson in the early 1950's . I purchased the Mine in 1969 from Mellie Huson after the Death of her Husband because she was unable to work it due to medical problems and her advancing age (she was in her late 70's) . The big steel-framed building up on the hillside across the Highway , is the old Lippencott Smelter that processed Lead ore from the Lippencott Lead Mine up in the hills west of Racetrack Valley in Death Valley National Park . Bonnie Claire Townsite is actually a historical site as it was the railroad terminus for all of the building materials used to create Scotty's Castle at Grapevine Springs in Death Valley , which was brought in from San Pedro (Los Angeles Harbor) on the Tonopah and Tidewater Railroad . After everything was offloaded from the train , it was then freighted by wagon to the construction site in Death Valley .
Wow. Thank you for sharing that. That’s really cool getting some background and a little more history on that site. It was one of those places that I just stumbled across marked on an older map that I decided to stop and check out. It ended up being one of my favorite stops of the trip. Reall neat ruins and I could tell there had been a lot of activity at the site and in the surrounding area over the years. Cheers my friend. Thank you.
Great video! Another really cool spot to hit in Death Valley is Aguereberry Point. You need a short wheelbase high clearance vehicle to get there. We have been up there 3 times and not seen anyone else yet.
I haven’t’ heard of that one but I’m definitely doing another trip down that way this year. I’ll add that spot to my list. Thanks for the tip!
Outstanding, absolutely loved traveling with you! Hope you brought some Dust Cutter! LOL
Ha! I did. I love that stuff! Cheers
Awesome looking adventure. You’ve got a fantastic setup. I know that you carried some extra fuel with you but was wondering how much preplanning you had to do just to make sure that you could get gas when you needed it? Don’t emergency repairs always require some sort of special tool?!?!? Murphy’s Law LOL!!! Thanks for sharing.
Thanks my friend. I did have to be pretty careful about my fuel. I carried about 6 gallons of extra fuel and a couple times I needed every bit of it to get to my next fuel stop.
Yes! Murphy’s law. No matter how much I bring in my tool and repair kit, the thing that breaks always seems to need a tool I don’t have! Lol
Coyote Works LOL!!! I’ve been in some remote locations but not nearly as remote as you were. I understand that sinking feeling when you’re running on fumes without a gas station for miles!!! I’m glad everything worked out OK for you on your fantastic adventure. Safe future travels to you sir.
Did you have a chance to drive up to Cerro Gordo mine/town or the Lost Mule mine? Swansea Gap is another great spot! You look down at the basin of Death Valley from about 6,000 feet. You can see Death Valley, Owens Lake and Valley as well as Mount Whitney from one spot! Great pictures from there!
I went to Cerro Gordo. I’m definitely going to make another trip down there. There were a lot of cool placed I just didn’t end up getting to. A lot of really interesting stuff to check out in that general area for sure.
Cool change of scenery!
looks like you ran into my ex in Belmont lol i think you would laugh at our Jeep tool kit, but our leatherman puts in work for sure. we have lost a number of bolts n things traveling DV: control arm bolt, brake caliper bolt, entire tire carrier sheesh its never ending, those roads are tough! nice trip, good to see you down here in places i frequent. thx for sharing.
Ha! Yeah those miles and miles of washboard roads have a habit of rattling things loose for sure. And there are a lot of miles of them in DV for sure! One thing that I swear by is dropping my tire pressure on those roads. I’ll run sometimes down around 25-28 lbs pressure and that goes a long way to taking the edge off the beating my vehicle takes. It’s kind of a balancing act. If I get my pressures too low it’s hard on the tires.
Cheers!
loaded up, i drop the fronts to 12lbs and the rears to 18lbs. unloaded ill drop the rears to 12 also. the load range "E" tires hold pretty well down to about 7lbs but then we start losing beads, thats only for a serious rock crawl too. were on 35's tho, looks like your on 33's, 31's? i could see higher pressures then for sure. it can be bit of a chore if you have to keep airing back up for lengths of pavement also.
That’s good to know. I’ve always stayed above 20lbs just out of caution for not wanting to lose a bead. But maybe I can start easing down a little lower. I do run load range E tires so maybe I can get away with going to a bit lower pressures. I’m running 32’s now but as soon as I wear these out I will go to a 33-34 inch tire.
Oh ya, try it, you will be surprised. It really lengthens the footprint and adds suspension. I imagine your pressures might be a bit higher than what we use on the two door, but id try 18lbs then maybe 15lbs depending how you liked it. I haven't had 32's in years so i don't what differences you may have from 35's otherwise.
Big fun! My kinda travel............................thanks!
Beautiful. I like all the videos you posted. Plz send me the brand of your army color folding table and chair and also where u purchased from. Thx for sharing.
The folding chair and table are both from Freespirit Recreation. Their website is www.gofsr.com . Awesome kit!
Great off road video very interesting seems like you have a lot of fun. Thanks
Great fun. ....happy times :-) Don't get better than this.
For sure my friend. Good times!
Great video and commentary. Love the descriptions of the old towns and ruins. In those areas where the flag is flying, were there people living around there? Also love the background music you selected. Very laid back and in keeping with the solitude and loneliness of those abandoned places. Thanks for posting.
Thanks my friend. Yes in a few of those little towns there were actually still a couple residents. Cheers!
Do you ever worry about mechanical issues, breakdowns, when you are by yourself? Love your excursions.
It is a concern but I don’t worry about it too much. If it happens I’m prepared to walk out. I have all the right gear to do it. Would be a bummer but really just an unplanned backpacking trip ;-)
Another great video from Coyote Works. We missed you on youtube recently, but I see that you were busy enjoying your trek to isolated mining communities. And I see that you went through Titus Canyon again without me! I believe that many of us enjoy visiting remote sites with you via the videos.
Did I detect that you were not traveling alone? At the campsite at 11:10 you had two camp chairs at the table. One empty and the one you were using. At any rate, we love the informative, high quality videos, so keep up the good work! Until the next video...
not to mention some shots were from a non-stationary object ;)
Thanks my friend. I ran into, and spent a few days with a fellow adventurer but they didn’t want to be on camera at all. Luckily for me they were open to holding the camera for me a few times ;-)
Cool
The ball and chain cracked me up!
Ah Casey, that sure was a short video for a 9 Day Trip❕ he-he. You sure got to see some good places. I've been through Austin, Nv. before and, Joshua Tree also. Nice trip for shore.
Thanks Danny. Yeah sometimes my problem is I get to enjoying the adventure so much I don’t do as much filming as I should. I really enjoyed this trip.
Hey There - I was wondering why at 4:30 the video skips from editing. I guess I’m wondering what got removed and why. I’m just getting started editing my own videos and thought since yours are so good maybe I could learn something. Thank you in advance
Cheers mate and happy trails
If i found some sand dunes while driving a jeep, id have ran out of gas. Great video! Looks like another awesome experience!
Great scenery! Looks like an amazing adventure.
Always my friend. Thank you!
Another classic Coyote excursion into the backcountry. Some drone overviews, woukd be nice also.
I’ve been thinking about getting a drone lately. I agree. I think it would be pretty cool to get some of that footage of some of these places. Cheers!
Welcome to Nevada. If you are going to head south, I'd recommend stopping by St. Thomas down by Lake Mead. Really enjoy your videos.
I’ll add that to my list. Thanks for the tip. I just googled it and it looks like a really cool area.
It's very close to Valley of Fire, which is a must see. R.I.P. James T. Kirk.
Fantastic as always.
Thank you!
This is one of your best ! Thanks !
Thank you!
Are you going to share your route and the the locations where you camped?? Always enjoy your videos, thank you!
I wouldn’t mind sharing it. I’m just not sure the best way to do that. I could give a try of making a video of it with some close ups on maps and some GPS coordinates?
Coyote Works Yeah that would be cool. I grew up in K Falls and got to explore a lot in that area but NEVER came across old sites like you have shown. Thank you
Do you have a communications system for emergencies since you go to remote places alone? I like your whole setup, especially the roof top tent and the awning.
Other than a cell phone I keep a HAM radio in the rig. I can usually pick up a repeater or something with it. But truthfully neither are very reliable in a lot of the areas I go. Just too remote. I think the only thing that would really work would be a sat phone or one of those GPS SPOT beacon devices. Cheers!
Another awesome adventure!! Thanks for sharing it!
Thank you!
I just noticed as I’m watching for a second time that the American flag is flying in front of the court house at 15:40. So somebody must be taking care of that building or at least the flag. Did it have a light for flying it at night?
If not then who’s taking it down each evening and putting it up in the morning?
Cheers mate and happy trails
Awesome adventure! Great video, thanks!
Thank you!
so glad you got to do titus canyon
It was awesome. Such a cool drive through there. But so much more down there I want to explore.
Looks like it was a good trip. Thanks for sharing.
I had an absolute blast. Loved that country. Cheers!
I'm so curious about your planning for this trip. How well were you able to gauge your availability to find gasoline? Did you have to top it off more than the one time you showed? I'd love to take off and do this someday soon.
I did fairly well on the planning for fuel stops. I did have to use my extra fuel a few times. The hardest part was the travel times in between locations I had planned to stop. When traveling the jeep trails and 4x4 roads it’s so hard to tell from a map what your average speed is going to be. There were several long sections of trail where it was rough enough I just couldn’t get much over 10.miles an hour. So several of my camping spots I had planned to get to in plenty of daylight, I ended up getting to really late at night or sometimes had to stop at another spot and camp before I even got to them.
Cheers!
Jeep yeah! So fun to watch
Ha! Thanks my friend!
great video and I would put a little locktite on those bolts to keep them from coming loose
Done! First thing I did when I got home is replace those bolts with ones I can tighten with hex head wrench and loctited them down! Cheers!
very cool adventure Casey thanks for taking us along for the ride ! do you ever air down your tires if so do you have on board air ?
atb john
I do air down quite a bit. I’ll go down to 25 lbs or so a lot for off roads. I rarely go much below that but I’m learning that I can go a bit lower.
Coyote Works ya o have built a number of keeps in my day , ya 25 psi works good I think I went down to 20 psi with out beadlock wheels and my on board air was a little Co2 tank with a special regulator about the size of 2 footballs and over 3000 psi it would air back up all 4of my 35 inch tires also so many uses blow gun attached to clean out air filter multi use indeed ! Can you tell I love Jeep's lol wish I could build another
What a great trip! Thanks for sharing. Are you going to the overland expo next month in Flagstaff?
Ha, My old stomping grounds. I grew up just north of Austin, in good old Battle Mountain. Like a trip down memory lane.
Great video and I have some questions 😊. Who makes the tent, awning, and didn't get the name of the light on the tripod. Links would be great and thanks for sharing !
All three of those items are made by Freespirit Recreation. You can check them out on their website at www.gofsr.com . The tent is the M55 Adventure Series, the Awning is the 74” Jeep Awning, and the tripod light is called the Readylight. Cheers my friend!
Another great video about exploring. How much gasoline did you bring along those really remote areas? Also how was Gaia on this trip?
I carried about 6.4 gallons of extra fuel. And a couple of times I used every bit of it. Now that I’m getting the feel for the actual off road range of the Jeep I’m seeing that I’m going to need to figure out a way to carry more fuel. I’m thinking I would like to be able to carry about 12 extra gallons total. That would give me a pretty solid 300-350 off road miles.
Maybe you could convert that Jeep to dual tanks.
Good vid. I like your laid-back narration and music.
Was it just me or was the audio out of sync on your first few on-screen presentations?
Thank you. Yes somehow the audio did get out of sync on a couple of those clips. I’m not sure how that happened exactly.
Hope you enjoyed your trip through my area of Nevada, please come again ^^
For sure. What town are you near? We should have coffee next time I’m down there!
I'm in the Minden/Gardnerville area below Carson City. There are literally tons of mine sites in the mountains east of me, couldn't visit them all in a year if you tried. As always, splendid video with relative content and vast entertainment value.
Looked like a fun trip! You need a metal detector might find some old coin. Great video!
I have one and I was so bummed I didn’t take it with me! Cheers!
Awesome trip. Thanks for sharing.
For sure. Thanks for watching!
Thanks very cool
Some of those roads looked graded, though narrow and rough. Could those be driven with a high clearance 2WD and careful choice of line?
I think a lot of them you could get by with a high clearance 2wd. But definitely some of them I was pushing it with my stock height. I scraped bottom more than a few times and was thankful for the skid plates. But there is a lot of cool areas of Death Valley that can definitely be done with 2wd high clearance.
Thank you.
Great vid! I have a couple of questions for you... What kind of spare gas can and carrier is that? Also, do you ever meet up with any of your subs on your adventures? I live in SoCal, I have a Wrangler and have been wanting to explore Death Valley.
Thanks! The gas can and carrier is the Rotopax Jeep Spare Tire Carrier Mount and the can is the Rotopax 3 gallon can. You can get it all right from the Rotopax website.
And yes. I do meet up with other RUclipsrs from time to time. And I would love to do another trip down to Death Valley area. There are some more places I want to get to down there. Send me an email at jointlockbjj@gmail.com. Maybe we can work out some dates that would work!
Is there any way you could provide more detailed info on the route you took? Which roads? Locations we could find on maps and/or GPS? I’ve been considering doing a very similar trip and would love to go to some of the same places you show in this video. I would definitely be spending some time in Nevada as my best friend from high school
(35 yrs ago) lives just south of Reno. Thanks
Cheers mate and happy trails
Cozy mountain room eight. ..Roger.
You should contact the company about that rack. An off road product that needs special tools just for tightening a mount is a no-go. That rack should be easily adjusted/tightened with just your Leatherman. ..not using the file. Just my opinion though.
Great adventure Coyote. Thank you for sharing.
I agree completely. I have contacted them and they sent me a replacement set of bolts for that riser that can be tightened with a regular hex head. I’m good with that. I carry a set of those in my repair kit.
But a reminder for sure of how important it is not to have a bunch of stuff on your rig that needs proprietary tools to repair. Bad idea.
Thanks for the comments. Cheers!
Coyote Works glad to hear the company stood behind their products. I find most small businesses want to produce good items and value feedback like this. Hopefully your inputs can make it better for all of us.
The glimpse of the bolt head I saw it looks like a tamper proof Allen. Probably used to slow down someone that would steal the rack system. I would keep them on and put some Loctite on them to keep from working loose. I would also get the tool and keep it in the vehicle tool box.
Coyote Works what type of bolt was our? I couldn't see from the video. I do agree on the loctite.
Great trip... Old sites are great
Agreed my friend.
At around 9:55 into the video my heart kind of dropped to the bottom of my stomach. 👍👍🇺🇸
I know my friend. It wasn’t the worst road I was on but man that drop off added a pucker factor for sure ;-)
Coyote Works dude your vehicle could basically handle anything you are willing to put it through, If it fits through it could make it! 👍👍🇺🇸
Love your videos!!!!!! Thank you 🙏🏼
Thank you!
Great Trip!
Thank you!
man, I'm jealous. I need to go on an adventure myself. That looked like a lot of fun. Very interesting footage. Thanks for taking us along. did you figure out the audio sync issues?
For sure my friend. You should go on an adventure! The only thing I can figure out is something must have glitched when I mixed down the final video. Super frustrating. I spent a lot of time on that video. Cheers my friend!
I completely understand the frustration. What software do you use to edit?
Great road trip.