Join 406 Cruisers on a high-country Toyota trail run through Montana's Beartooth Mountains to Goose Lake, featuring FJ40s, meteor showers, and local wildlife.

When you're miles into the trail and your steering fails, you don't call a tow truck—you reach for the gear bag. After Kristian’s 1989 Land Cruiser snapped its drag link, we had to rely on "trail engineering" involving heavy-duty zip ties and ratchet straps. Here is how we managed to limp a 60-Series back to Whitehall with a turning radius that was more of a suggestion than a command.

Old steel, seasoned hands, and the ultimate Land Cruiser equalizer: the parking brake. While watching a group of masters wrench on a pair of weathered FJ45s in the Moab dust, I realized that whether you’re driving a vintage workhorse or a modern 80 Series, some mechanical gremlins never change.

Keeping our backcountry pristine is a core value for the 406 Cruisers. What started as a community thread on IH8MUD turned into a successful recovery mission to remove a junked vehicle from our public lands. From the heavy lifting by the crew to building goodwill with the Forest Service, read how we’re working to keep Montana beautiful and our trails open for everyone.

"Our 2024 Cooke City trip with 406 Cruisers was epic! An FJ45 from Canada, stunning mountain climbs, and a photo lineup (60, 45, 80 Series + wildflowers) worthy of TLCA Trails Magazine."

"Is the new LC250 a 'real' Land Cruiser? I took a Heritage Edition with only 35 miles on the clock out to the XO Overland Ranch to find out. Between the 'cheating' crawl control and the flex test, the results might surprise you."