1:28 am
Larry just got his Jeep back from the Doctors and wants to go for a bit of a shakedown run. We figure dirt roads are better than Praire City. 😀 We're going to meet in Grass Valley around 8:15 on Sunday 6/1. We'll probably head up 20 toward Washington. I'm not sure what to expect, but it'll probably mostly be dirt roads with some snowy spots. All are welcome.
We're meeting at the Flyers on Brunswick. From Auburn take 49 to Grass Valley. Go through Grass Valley and take the Brunswick Exit. Turn right and the gas station is about a block down on your right.
Post here or send me a PM if you're interested so we're sure to wait for you.
1:43 am
Justin and I will be in the area near Fordyce and Signal Peak tomorrow.
12:49 am
Justin and I shook down little bit of Fordyce trail today. We went in to the first river crossing and returned back toEagle Lakes area. There was some interesting off-camber spots. On the way back up from the river, I decided to stretch my new winch cable out, and even though is was steel, it did the job nicely.
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12:54 am
January 7, 2003
Offline Looks like a great day up there.
12:58 am
Club Member
July 10, 2003
Offline If you liked the start of the trail...you are going to love the rest of the trail 8)
Glad you guys had fun and got home safely.
I used to wheel a lot. . .
1:40 am
The water looks really low! Were there a lot of people on the trail? We saw a couple of folks.
2:51 am
Damn, i cant wait to get up there! 😀 Cool pics Tom. Did you get any of the off camber spot with the cliff to the left? I think it is sunrise hill, not sure. Its like 4 miles in i think. Its just after this spot. Probably looks a little different now though.
3:11 am
We saw a group of 5 or six down at the river. There were about 8 tow rigs at the staging area. 2 of them had broken windows.
Justin took some pictures of me on the off camber spot you are talking about. The trail has no snow there, but water is runing down the road in many spots.
3:54 am
Club Member
July 10, 2003
Offline Sunrise Hill the the last decent down to the first river crossing. The off camber spot is called the Ledge.
I used to wheel a lot. . .
4:53 am
January 12, 2007
Offline I'll post the pictures of Tom as soon as I find my camera in my Jeep. 
2:23 pm
January 12, 2007
Offline Here are some pictures of Tom from yesterday. I didn't get many because we were hustling along and didn't make many stops.
Here is "the ledge" that scares the heck out of me but didn't phase Tom. 😡
Here is Tom spooling up his winch after pulling himself out of a pickle.
(buy some MTR's Tom 😈 )
2:25 pm
January 12, 2007
Offline "Bender" wrote: Larry just got his Jeep back from the Doctors and wants to go for a bit of a shakedown run. We figure dirt roads are better than Praire City. 😀 We're going to meet in Grass Valley around 8:15 on Sunday 6/1. We'll probably head up 20 toward Washington. I'm not sure what to expect, but it'll probably mostly be dirt roads with some snowy spots. All are welcome.
We're meeting at the Flyers on Brunswick. From Auburn take 49 to Grass Valley. Go through Grass Valley and take the Brunswick Exit. Turn right and the gas station is about a block down on your right.
Post here or send me a PM if you're interested so we're sure to wait for you.
So, now that we totaly hi-jacked this thread, how was your day Larry and Keane? How did Larry's Jeep do?
6:41 pm
"Justin" wrote:
So, now that we totaly hi-jacked this thread, how was your day Larry and Keane? How did Larry's Jeep do?
It was a good day. Larry's jeep did well, but he's got some driveline angle issues to take care of. He went with ARBs front and rear and new gears. Plus, they took care of some things that weren't done right the first time around.
I hate my new powersteering pump. My leaky old pump worked better at an idle than this one. It's ok if you rev the engine. I'll probably pull it and return it after Fordyce this weekend.
It was also good to get out and check out some of the TNF since the should have their Route Designation info out this summer. 🙄
8:20 pm
January 12, 2007
Offline Glad you guys had a good day also, but too bad about your power steering pump. Did you go with a rebuilt from Riebies?
8:39 pm
July 15, 2005
Offline "Bender" wrote: [quote="Justin"]
So, now that we totaly hi-jacked this thread, how was your day Larry and Keane? How did Larry's Jeep do?
It was a good day. Larry's jeep did well, but he's got some driveline angle issues to take care of. He went with ARBs front and rear and new gears. Plus, they took care of some things that weren't done right the first time around.
I hate my new powersteering pump. My leaky old pump worked better at an idle than this one. It's ok if you rev the engine. I'll probably pull it and return it after Fordyce this weekend.
It was also good to get out and check out some of the TNF since the should have their Route Designation info out this summer. 🙄
On your pump, you might try a smaller pulley. I had to do that with my system to get the low end RPMs I needed for the pump. I went from a 5 1/4 to a 4 1/2 pulley wheel.
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