Wheeling 1/24 - Page 2

jamister1 · 01-24-09, 11:27 PM

I have a feeling I will be at it for an hour or so tomorrow. I got home right at dark so I didn't have time.

Oh I also forgot we found some gnarly rutted area on the way back just above the first hill climb. There were some tank traps and one of them was probably a 15' hill with a 3' drop at the end, it almost put me completely into the side of the bank. After that there were trails going in every direction. We need to go back up to do some exploring one of these days.

Ebag333 · 01-24-09, 11:46 PM

Good luck. That's some sticky stuff!

knoll0351 · 01-25-09, 10:09 AM

Already hit up the pressure washer and almost all of it is already gone

2ndGenToyotaFan · 01-25-09, 11:24 AM

Gee sorry I missed out....... Hehehehe

Great pics though!!!

gnob · 01-25-09, 12:35 PM

um, i thought this site was called ih8mud...

you guys are going about it all wrong.

sorry i missed out.

Ebag333 · 01-25-09, 01:28 PM

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Originally Posted by gnob

um, i thought this site was called ih8mud...

you guys are going about it all wrong.

sorry i missed out.

Yes, the site's name is IH8MUD....not IH8CLAY....

I did bend my DS rear lower control arm. Guess that's the project this weekend....

retrofive · 01-25-09, 01:38 PM

...or IH8CHIZEL'N.SCRAPING.FILFTH.FROM.MY.LC.COM ......

Thats sucks Gabe, Let me know if you need a hand.

Kief · 01-25-09, 02:16 PM

I'm picking mud out of my teeth after lookin' at those pics...

That is way out my league! NICE pics.

Ebag333 · 01-25-09, 02:22 PM

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Originally Posted by retrofive

Thats sucks Gabe, Let me know if you need a hand.

I'll be hitting up White City metals this week/end (probably Friday) to find me some stock for it.

If you want to armor up yours at the same time, we can do so. Don't even need to pull them from the truck.

retrofive · 01-25-09, 02:51 PM

Sure just let me know. I may have to skip up to p-town friday am and return monday-sh. I'll know more on Mon.

knoll0351 · 01-25-09, 04:37 PM

Can be done on the truck but it is a hell of alot easier to pull them down first. And it's only two bolts to get them off, very little too it. We can make them strong like bull in a matter of a couple of hours. I would definately recomend doing this though before you do any serious wheelin' it seems to be a week point on all Toyotas...prabably all rigs for that matter. Some guy's use angle iron on just the bottom, I'd recomend finding quarter inch round stock that will fit like a sleave. We can split it lengthwise like I did mine and weld the full length. One piece will do to armor the bottom, or two to fully encase the stockers...

Ebag333 · 01-25-09, 06:10 PM

With 1/4 inch doing just the bottoms is overkill.

Doing top and bottom is serious overkill. I'm tempted, but budget might limit me to only the bottom....

knoll0351 · 01-25-09, 06:12 PM

I have quite a few more pictures by the way, but just tried to post some good "highlights". At some point I'm sure the full spread will be up on the JSC web site

knoll0351 · 01-25-09, 06:19 PM

Just one more...for now

jamister1 · 01-25-09, 07:53 PM

Here's a link to the pics Jason took for me. If anyone wants any of the pics in super hi-res let me know.

Image hosting, free photo sharing & video sharing at Photobucket

Ebag333 · 01-25-09, 10:34 PM

Cool pics Jesse! (Not a single one of me though!

)

Maybe it's for the best so the Mrs. doesn't have proof of me doing crazy stuff.

jamister1 · 01-25-09, 11:08 PM

I didn't take them, when the going got good Jason put down the camera and was running winch lines for everyone so he missed a lot of the good stuff.

Ebag333 · 01-25-09, 11:11 PM

Oh I'm not complaining. Was nice to have someone who knew what he was doing on the winch line!

knoll0351 · 01-26-09, 12:00 AM

I have quite a few pretty good shots of your rig.

retrofive · 01-26-09, 11:47 AM

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Originally Posted by Ebag333

Oh I'm not complaining. Was nice to have someone who knew what he was doing on the winch line!

LOL there is one of you, pic 42.... lurking to left

hehe

retrofive · 01-26-09, 11:48 AM

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Originally Posted by knoll0351

I have quite a few pretty good shots of your rig.

You can FTP them to me and I can post them on my beta/dev site for fun if you want. At least until JSC website gets updated.

knoll0351 · 01-26-09, 01:28 PM

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Originally Posted by retrofive

You can FTP them to me and I can post them on my beta/dev site for fun if you want. At least until JSC website gets updated.

? If I knew what language you were speaking I would so be down for that

Me computer illiterate ...and spelling impared... you computer savy... Oooh something shinny

Ebag333 · 01-26-09, 02:33 PM

Burn them on a CD and bring them with you when you bring that tubing bender next weekend.

knoll0351 · 01-26-09, 02:52 PM

Good plan

retrofive · 01-26-09, 03:29 PM

hehehe

word.

I gotta got to ptown this weekend Fri-Mon. so wont be around unfortunately.

If anyone needs me to pick something up while Im up there let me know. Taking the company's full size dodge, filled with stuff one way, empty coming back. Let me know. (Ill be around the Hawthorne and 37th area, and some stops over in beavertown).

knoll0351 · 01-28-09, 11:50 AM

I don't know if I have said this recently or not but I HATE MUD!!!!!!! I'm still cleaning mud from inside of my cross members, under my transmission, and assorted other places. Not to mention the hugely increased dent in my transmission pan :( I do hope that it doesn't leak, but that's the beauty of dirt driveway, no noticable puddles...

Jesse you rock man, but I'm not wheelin' with you again untill I get my skids back up. You crazier than me

Ebag333 · 01-28-09, 12:16 PM

I ran the sprinkler under my truck for like 2 hours yesterday.

Barely dented it.

TOY350 · 01-28-09, 12:22 PM

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Originally Posted by knoll0351

I don't know if I have said this recently or not but I HATE MUD!!!!!!! I'm still cleaning mud from inside of my cross members, under my transmission, and assorted other places. Not to mention the hugely increased dent in my transmission pan :( I do hope that it doesn't leak, but that's the beauty of dirt driveway, no noticable puddles...

Jesse you rock man, but I'm not wheelin' with you again untill I get my skids back up. You crazier than me

What were you doing wheeling without your skids

1. You never know what you will get into or onto for that matter.
2. Who was driving the blue FJ? Nuf said

gnob · 01-28-09, 12:26 PM

the big key to clean trucks after the mud is going straight to the pressure washer. otherwise you have to wait for it to dry and then fall off in your eye the next time youre under there wrenching.

knoll0351 · 01-28-09, 12:42 PM

I wasn't planning on wheelin that trip, but was convinced that it was "only mud" so chose to wheel after all. And yes I do take full responsibility for anything that happens to my rig when I'm behind the wheel (or not for that matter). I was just pointing out that Jesse has a very different idea of "easy" than I do.

As for why my skids are still off, well my under cariage is now two capture nuts short and I'm not sure what I'm going to do for new mounting points. Not to mention that crawling around in the mud trying to find mounting points sucks, almost as much as welding in the mud does.

But thanks for the points G double Tizzle

Don't know what I ever did without you