Swamp Donkey wheelin'

Deny · 06-12-07, 05:58 PM

Ya'll,
just posting a few pictures from a little wheeling Charla and I did last weekend, after a night of rain. very slick, and although the locker helped, it was just too slick, almost no traction when trying to climb anything. Hopefully will dry out a bit for this weekend.
Cheers,
Deny

Deny · 06-12-07, 05:59 PM

Me.

Deny · 06-12-07, 06:00 PM

Charla

Ratpuke · 06-13-07, 12:08 PM

That was fun. Thanks for hanging wit me.

Deny · 06-13-07, 12:47 PM

Locals want to wheel somewhere this weekend too, posibly do some camping sat night.

Enigma · 06-13-07, 01:48 PM

you need to lose the puttputt diesel in that kind of goop..get some V8 tread cleaning tire spinning going!

Deny · 06-13-07, 02:07 PM

I had no problems putputing in the ruts and goop, just on the areas that were packed down no matter how fast I spun the tires (the treads were clean) it just kept spinning and seemed to turn into more of an ice surface than anything else. I think the best thing would have been wider tires, front locker, and aired down.
Cheers,
Deny

Ratpuke · 06-13-07, 03:07 PM

Don't think a V8 would help. I had my all gripping rubber boots on and I could barely stand without sliding down the hill.

I love how my swampers work in the mud but I think after 5 years with the same set of tires I'm in need of some new ones.

Enigma · 06-13-07, 04:50 PM

Well maybe...maybe. But it is much more satistying to listen to the engine roar and watch the mud fly as you dig deeper/go nowhere. Thats my V8 reasoning anyways, I'm still 19 at heart.

Deny · 06-13-07, 05:10 PM

I agree,
Most times when I get stuck in the mud, a V8 would help (either get me more stuck, or unstuck), but this case was all about traction.

Ratpuke · 06-13-07, 05:32 PM

The 13BT is pretty good at spinning the 35x12.5x15 SSRs. However, I did notice that now that they're worn out they aren't nearly as good as climbing out of ruts like they used to.

If you're 19, then I'm about 8 at heart.

Ratpuke · 06-13-07, 05:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Deny

Locals want to wheel somewhere this weekend too, posibly do some camping sat night.

I get to work. Actually, I should really take Orange with me. We're heading up to Buckinghorse to do an assessment. Ray and I were there on Monday and the access road in is a winter access road....which means we had to quad in 35kms and out 35kms (about 15km done in the pouring down rain). Anyway, it'd be a fun place for the Cruisers but not too challenging I suppose. So, lucky me will be quadding over 75km on Saturday and 75km on Sunday. Let's see if I can walk on Monday.

bj70_guy · 06-13-07, 07:22 PM

How are you liking the SO so far, Deny?

Deny · 06-14-07, 09:04 AM

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Originally Posted by bj70_guy

How are you liking the SO so far, Deny?

Real good. I haven't taken it out too much, but initial thoughts are: Thank F#$%@! goodness the U-bolts are gone. I used to go on this trail, and if I didn't get some speed through some of the ruts, I would get hung up on my u-bolts (same tires). Now I can idle through all that (course the locker helps to just idle). Not too much tippier on the trail than my old 3-4in springs, but I will make it better with some wider tires and offset rims in the near future. The body roll is really noticable on the street though, so I really have to slow down for turns. I am glad I waited to do the spring over till I did a lot of wheeling though, cause starting off with this much lift would have scared the S#$% out of me in my early wheeling days. I'll see how it wheels this year, but so far I am 100% happy.
Cheers,
Deny