Thanks for follow-up, Harry. Well done! Liberty is quite an accomplishment. Glad you had a great day after missing connection for Texas Creek run with the club. Your rig looks real fine. Hope to meet up with you some day.
Looks like a very successful club trip. Great pics. Thanks for posting up. Wish I could've come along.
Hey, Harry, you might be the story of the day--by accident! You got introduced to arguably one of the most challenging trails in all of CO. Most of us with "normally" modified rigs go over...
I'm RockyMtRunner (Jim). Hi, Travis! Sorry about not replying sooner. Just saw the thread today. Jed at Armorology is a great guy to work with. He made a front bumper for me years ago. I told him I wanted a strong bumper with clean lines and minimal weight. Likewise with the winch. He is...
Thanks for the report and pictures. Looks like the group took the challenge head-on and had fun with it. You gotta love Travis' enthusiasm, high-centered or not!
Can't make it. Sorry to miss out. Carrying chains sounds like a good idea. Please post lots of pictures. Luke, maybe you could write another great description. It's fun to for the rest of us to see and hear about club runs that we couldn't go on.
I see that Slaughterhouse Gulch was chosen for the Feb 22 club run. I fell responsible for this choice. Sorry I did not attend the planning meeting. I have concerns about the Feb 22 run on this trail. I suggested this trail for the club back in December when we were brainstorming trails for a...
Glad Luke was in the right place at the right time. Good job, Luke!
The regular Saturday crew helped out a couple times that I know of. We gave a short tug to a two-wheel drive pickup that couldn't get up a slick hill. We also helped a long wheel-base truck at the end of 314 where there is a...
Thanks, Travis, for the lead-in to tell about our Saturday patrol. Jeff can add on later, if he wants to. Sorry, no pics. Jeff (nensha) and I were patrolling the south sector--314, 315, and 322 when Jeff got a call from Forestry to help someone near the intersection of 312 and Rampart. It turned...
Future Idea
Well, Travis, it seems interest in a Meet 'n Greet on Nov 16 with the Rising Sun group is waning. The last post on the their forum thread was Oct 28. No new trail suggestions from them while our club is leaning toward nearby Fsr 379 into Frosty's Park. I appreciate your effort to...
Buying Used
Just read an editorial in 11/09/13 Denver Post about the risks of buying a used vehicle after the statewide floods. A vehicle can be cleaned up and sold as a really sweet deal on a rare find--like an LC 80. Then some of the problems from flooding will show up months later. Here is...
Watching this thread; hoping to join the run, wherever it goes. Don' know yet if I can make it.
Here's an update about Old Stage Rd access: if the club decides to check out Frosty's Park (FR-379) and possibly run Mt Baldy-Amalgre (FR-379A), the club must still approach the trailhead from the...
I didn't know about the KDSS, Leon. Sounds really effective. Since the system is stock from Toyota, you can bet it doesn't stress out the CV's. I'll also bet the Montana 2013 4Runner had the KDSS because the rig crawled so effortlessly up and over anything and everything, never losing traction...
Yep, guys, very challenging and scenic trip. Five days of primitive camping away from all civilization while needing to carry lots of water and 10 gallons of extra fuel. Back to the topic:
Buying used is always a good option if you can find a well maintained one. I bought my 2000 4Runner with...