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  1. JohnDF Member Joined: July 2003
    #15 May 2008, 8:38 AM

    Rob, Justin and I threw together a last minute trip yesterday. We went in through Wentworth to see how far we could get. We made it all the way to Little Sluice. We were going to run Little Sluice, but all the snow was piled up on one side creating a big side hill, so we couldn't run it. The snow was deep in sections and the trail was dry in other sections. So, there was a good mix of snow wheeling and rock crawling. We went out through the Bowl and Loon Lake. Tons of damage, dents, and a couple of flops. Wild run!!!

    I used to wheel a lot. . .
  2. Justin Subscriber
    #25 May 2008, 9:07 AM

    That trip was a blast, allot of work, but a blast. I can't believe John never passed out. He wasn't feeling well and looked like a zombie all day. And Rob had some amazing acrobatic driving coming out in 2 wheel drive. 😲

    Thanks guys for getting me into that mess. 😂 I am going to go wash my Jeep now and look for damage. :x



    Did you guys know that a Jeep auto transmission doesn't work when the Jeep is laying on it's side?

  3. Fred Subscriber
    #35 May 2008, 9:21 AM
    "JohnDF" wrote: Tons of damage, dents, and a couple of flops. Wild run!!!



    We're going to need to hear more

  4. Fred Subscriber
    #45 May 2008, 9:22 AM
    "Justin" wrote: Did you guys know that a Jeep auto transmission doesn't work when the Jeep is laying on it's side?



    Mine didn't work well going up steep hills until I added the deep transmission pan. I'm not sure that would help when its on its side though.

  5. Guest former user
    #55 May 2008, 10:04 AM

    A couple of flops? Wow. Sounds like a wild trip! Got any pictures/details? Don't make us wait for the meeting!

  6. Justin Subscriber
    #65 May 2008, 10:29 AM
    "Bender" wrote: A couple of flops? Wow. Sounds like a wild trip! Got any pictures/details? Don't make us wait for the meeting!



    I think Rob floped 3 times in the same spot. 😲 (He kept backing up and hitting it again trying to cut a trail) But him being the full throttle assult driver he is, he just powered through them. 😎 Me, I'm a little throttle shy and just drove into it in the same spot Rob did. They pulled me back onto my wheels, and away we went.

  7. Guest former user
    #75 May 2008, 10:45 AM

    Welcome to the Posse Flop Club. Our membership was steady until Sunday. Since then we've had a growth spurt tripling in size in one weekend. 😀

  8. RobD Subscriber
    #85 May 2008, 11:38 AM

    I will post photos and details tonight when I get home from school. Lots of fun. All of us got body damage, broke stuff, winched, and two out of three flopped, If Johns passeger mirror had not landed on the rock, he would have gone over too. More tonight

    __________________ 'If we ever forget that we're one nation under God, then we will be a nation gone under."- Ronald Reagan
  9. JohnDF started this Member Joined: July 2003
    #95 May 2008, 12:19 PM

    Maybe we should wait on posting the pictures. We should be gentlemen and give Brad and Alex a chance to post theirs first.

    I used to wheel a lot. . .
  10. Guest former user
    #105 May 2008, 2:03 PM
    "JohnDF" wrote: Maybe we should wait on posting the pictures. We should be gentlemen and give Brad and Alex a chance to post theirs first.



    Why do I have the feeling we wont be seeing any pictures soon? 🙁

  11. Fred Subscriber
    #115 May 2008, 2:29 PM
    "Bender" wrote: [quote="JohnDF"]Maybe we should wait on posting the pictures. We should be gentlemen and give Brad and Alex a chance to post theirs first.



    Why do I have the feeling we wont be seeing any pictures soon? 🙁



    Alex will have to make a run to the Tool Corral at Home Depot to get some hammer pictures.

  12. Guest former user
    #125 May 2008, 2:55 PM
    "FAM" wrote: Alex will have to make a run to the Tool Corral at Home Depot to get some hammer pictures.



    Alex got back from the Hammers just in time. With any luck he'll be real busy for the next few days. Of course, Heidi will be doing all the hard work. 😉

  13. BKGM Jeepers President Joined: June 2003
    #135 May 2008, 3:37 PM
    "Bender" wrote: [quote="FAM"]Alex will have to make a run to the Tool Corral at Home Depot to get some hammer pictures.



    Alex got back from the Hammers just in time. With any luck he'll be real busy for the next few days. Of course, Heidi will be doing all the hard work. 😉



    I'll post a picture of the rock climb staging area tonight. I just need to get the pics downloaded from my camera.

    Kathleen and Brad
  14. JohnDF started this Member Joined: July 2003
    #145 May 2008, 3:47 PM

    A few other quick notes:



    I unbeaded two front tires and almost flopped coming down Walker Hill.



    Justin flopped, destroyed a wheel, and added some new dents/scratches.



    Rob flopped multiple times, fried his winch, broke a u-joint, and had to be led out on the end of my tow strap.



    Rob wins 😉

    I used to wheel a lot. . .
  15. Fred Subscriber
    #155 May 2008, 4:03 PM

    Sounds like an expensive trip

  16. Guest former user
    #165 May 2008, 4:10 PM
    "FAM" wrote: Sounds like an expensive trip



    No doubt. Kelly isn't going to let me play with you guys anymore. 😂

  17. JohnDF started this Member Joined: July 2003
    #175 May 2008, 4:24 PM

    We might not be able to play with Justin much any more either. I think Dayna grounded him 😀

    I used to wheel a lot. . .
  18. RobD Subscriber
    #185 May 2008, 4:30 PM
    "JohnDF" wrote: A few other quick notes:

    I unbeaded two front tires and almost flopped coming down Walker Hill.

    Justin flopped, destroyed a wheel, and added some new dents/scratches.

    Rob flopped multiple times, fried his winch, broke a u-joint, and had to be led out on the end of my tow strap.

    Rob wins 😉





    I guess I can't argue that one 😀

    __________________ 'If we ever forget that we're one nation under God, then we will be a nation gone under."- Ronald Reagan
  19. RobD Subscriber
    #195 May 2008, 4:48 PM

    Here are a few of the photos.



    As far as my damage goes, not sure what went wrong with winch. It started losing pulling power and then quit working all together. It was like there was no power going to it anymore. Body damage was to both front fenders, smashed up the driver side door. Broke more of my windshield, broke the driver side U joint on the front axle. That is all I have found so far.

























    __________________ 'If we ever forget that we're one nation under God, then we will be a nation gone under."- Ronald Reagan
  20. RobD Subscriber
    #205 May 2008, 4:54 PM

    More























    Up by soup bowl







    Little sluice











    John towing me out in 2 wheel drive from above Walker Hill where I broke the axle 😳



    __________________ 'If we ever forget that we're one nation under God, then we will be a nation gone under."- Ronald Reagan
  21. Justin Subscriber
    #215 May 2008, 5:04 PM
    "JohnDF" wrote: We might not be able to play with Justin much any more either. I think Dayna grounded him 😀



    She will get used to me being gone for hours on end and doing thousands of dollars worth of damage a weekend. 😂 😂 😂 😂

  22. Guest former user
    #225 May 2008, 7:35 PM

    quote from pirate thread the day before they left...



    "The ledge and squeeze rock roughly 200 yards prior to Walker is covered with a snow drift on the right side. Until the snow melts or somebody does a LOT of shovel work they will lay their rig on its side and winch it 30 feet trying to go through. A quad might make it due to width."

    -microtus (http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/showthread.php?t=676811&page=2)



    It looks like another group (Bebe) went the same day also, behind you.

  23. JohnDF started this Member Joined: July 2003
    #236 May 2008, 5:46 AM
    "1tom2go" wrote: Until the snow melts...they will lay their rig on its side and winch it 30 feet trying to go through.
    They didn't know we were going 😏
    I used to wheel a lot. . .

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