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06-08-08, 09:23 PM
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Slick Rock / Deer Valley Report from 6/7/08
Went up to Slick Rock and Deer Valley this weekend.
Slick Rock is open and passable with few snow drifts at the top by Alpine but got through them with no problems. Deer Valley was different...we made it a couple of miles in and ran into some trees across the trail, big trees. After about an hour of chainsaw work we had that part of the trail cleared but about another 3/4 mile the snow got simply too bad to continue. Another couple of weeks it should be good to go and there are few less trees to clear for the next guys. I got out with only a passenger door ding, tacoed control arm and a couple of crunched fender flares.  You play you pay... I went up alone and was lucky enough to run into a guy named Loren Kaiser. Owns a custom 4x4 shop in Sonora called Kaiser's Kustoms. Great guy with an insanely built Scrambler and one of the best collections of camping music I have ever heard. Here are some highlights. __________________ 1993 FZJ80 1973 FJ40 oh no you didn't (updated) "...mud is a hotbed of leftist chat/activity." - swank |
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06-08-08, 09:24 PM
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More pics...
__________________ 1993 FZJ80 1973 FJ40 oh no you didn't (updated) "...mud is a hotbed of leftist chat/activity." - swank |
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06-08-08, 09:29 PM
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More Scrambler and some carnage...
__________________ 1993 FZJ80 1973 FJ40 oh no you didn't (updated) "...mud is a hotbed of leftist chat/activity." - swank |
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06-08-08, 09:35 PM
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IH8MUD Lifer
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Reno
Posts: 4,901
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Hmmm...trail damage. Must be the year for it
.Nice pics...thanks for sharing. And, although I have not been on this trail(s) yet thanks for cutting wood! __________________ Modded '99 for overlanding/exploring: 35's, 4.88's, AO drawers, Slee rr, TJM fr, ARB fr locker, ear candy, Waeco CF-50, PowerGate with 2nd battery, home brew sliders & t-case skid plate, 9.5XP/X-line, LF 170's, OEM 864's, Foxes x 4, 12mm BL, Carl's UCAs, ... KE7NCM |
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06-08-08, 10:33 PM
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IH8MUD Lifer
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Jeb, isn't that trail a mild one except for he last section? How did you manage all that carnage? Wheeling blind folded?
__________________ Robert Muniz TLCA#15132 1993 Toyota Land Cruiser 206K 3x locked+4.88's+315 BFG AT&MT+SAFARI SNORKEL+SLEE 4"LIFT+ARB FR+WARN M12000+HANNA RR+SLEE SLIDERS+SLEE SKID+AO DRAWERS+ARB FRIDGE+DUAL OPTIMAS+GARVIN RACK+IPF'S+OKOLE COVERS+HUSKY MATS+POLY REARS+ NOT INSTALLED YET-LONG INNERS+NF BIRFS |
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06-08-08, 10:58 PM
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We started on the highway 4 side, which is the "last section" of Deer Valley. So... nya, nya. I would not call it Rubicon but I would not call it "mild" either. Most of the carnage happened in a very tight pinch between a dead tree and a fallen log. I was bound and determined to squeeze through. The control arm happend when I slid off a boulder at the gateway ladder of Slick Rock. __________________ 1993 FZJ80 1973 FJ40 oh no you didn't (updated) "...mud is a hotbed of leftist chat/activity." - swank |
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06-08-08, 11:17 PM
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IH8MUD Rookie
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Ripon, CA
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Hey - we met you in the campground. Thanks for cutting those trees, we were able to go a little past them. There were 8 rigs with us, 4 made it past the snow before we decided to turn around.
After we left Deer Valley, we got through Slickrock in an hour. |
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06-08-08, 11:31 PM
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Nice rig. No problem with the trees, everyone has to lend a hand here and there. Hopefully we will see you on the trail again. __________________ 1993 FZJ80 1973 FJ40 oh no you didn't (updated) "...mud is a hotbed of leftist chat/activity." - swank |
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06-09-08, 12:08 AM
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I don't post much
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Sounds like you had a pretty good trip. I wish I could have come along.
Loren is a good guy- one of my friends used to work at his shop. __________________ Nate '93 FZJ80- Cruisin' in comfort with factory lockers--- Now with custom desert pin striping and some armor! Stock '83 FJ60- BUY ME VW powered sandrail: the roller coaster you can steer! |
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06-09-08, 07:36 AM
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Nate, It was a pleasure meeting you out there. You have to love a community of individuals who flip a U-turn on the highway to chat with a fellow cruiser-head who is getting fuel.  Maybe the next time you can join me on the trail. Jeb __________________ 1993 FZJ80 1973 FJ40 oh no you didn't (updated) "...mud is a hotbed of leftist chat/activity." - swank |
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06-09-08, 12:43 PM
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I don't post much
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Hey, I couldn't pass up a chance to meet the techno-viking
__________________ Nate '93 FZJ80- Cruisin' in comfort with factory lockers--- Now with custom desert pin striping and some armor! Stock '83 FJ60- BUY ME VW powered sandrail: the roller coaster you can steer! |
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06-09-08, 03:25 PM
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How'd the "tacoed control arm" work on the long trip home? __________________ トヨタさん、ありがとうございました。 My '78 FJ40 - '73 and '78 FJ40 parts FS - WTB:Olive (653) Bib and Windshield frame -- Originally Posted by OZCAL Woke up the next day with a partially detached retina, wrapped in a sheet on a wooden floor, in a storeroom upstairs from a barbershop. |
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06-09-08, 04:02 PM
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Actually, not much of an issue. Tracked just a hair off with the steering wheel cocked but pretty much smooth as silk. Time for some beefier units as that is the third one I have "tacoed"... __________________ 1993 FZJ80 1973 FJ40 oh no you didn't (updated) "...mud is a hotbed of leftist chat/activity." - swank |
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06-09-08, 11:27 PM
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IH8MUD Addict
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: I'm in like Flynn
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That's where the narrow track of the Piggy comes in handy  Wish I could have been there with you 
__________________ 1972 FJ55 "Geirdriful" named after one of the Valkyries Check out my build thread: http://forum.ih8mud.com/fj55-iron-pig-preservation-society/165633-build-up-progress-my-piggie.html Some more good pics of the Pig here too: http://forum.ih8mud.com/fj55-iron-pi...-iron-pig.html Maid Marion, "Why, you speak treason!" Robin Hood, "Fluently." |
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06-09-08, 11:30 PM
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IH8MUD Addict
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: I'm in like Flynn
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within reason 
__________________ 1972 FJ55 "Geirdriful" named after one of the Valkyries Check out my build thread: http://forum.ih8mud.com/showthread.php?t=165633 Some more good pics of the Pig here too: http://forum.ih8mud.com/fj55-iron-pi...-iron-pig.html Maid Marion, "Why, you speak treason!" Robin Hood, "Fluently." |
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06-10-08, 07:51 AM
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It was not nearly as fun as your "sleep-over", I am sure.
__________________ 1993 FZJ80 1973 FJ40 oh no you didn't (updated) "...mud is a hotbed of leftist chat/activity." - swank |
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06-10-08, 02:16 PM
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IH8MUD Lifer
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Reno, Nevada
Posts: 3,113
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I was just thinking about how deer valley was doing, and maybe trying to plan something...Guess it would be best to wait. Im itchin to do that trail again.
Thanks for the report... X5 on the tree cutting! Chicago __________________ TLCA#16202, KE7VAT Toyota family: 88 FJ62 (Fairly built) 06 4runner...wifes rig! 06 Tacoma, DD, BONE STOCK and staying that way! PROUD member of the WEST COAST BLOTCHERS and the Battle Born Cruisers of Northern Nevada! FAWKING CUBS! Life long DISAPPOINTMENT! |
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06-10-08, 10:29 PM
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Hot enough yet?
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Again, thanks for the trail maintainance X10!!
I'm heading up to Slick Rock Thursday and was wondering what it was like. I was going to post if anyone knew, but thanks for the trail report. I'll take my saw in case I head on over Ebbets. __________________ Jeff 1998 UZJ100, lifted, locked, 285's, TJM front, Slee rear, Warn HS9500, 7 pin mod, more stuff than needed. Oh yeah, a bent frame too. 1999 UZJ100, 285 BFG Muds, and all getting all that stuff above except the bending part. |
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06-12-08, 04:52 PM
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IH8MUD Lifer
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Yo Jeb, I'm thinking of doing a trip this weekend on deer valley if you or anyone else is down to go. Probably just a one dayer, sunday would be better. I NEED to take my 60 out for test run before Rubithon.
Dylan __________________ '85 FJ60 | SOA | ARB | M8274-50 | Sliders | Aussie'd | H55F | 4.7 Toybox | 4.88s | Custom Crap |
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06-13-08, 11:29 AM
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Thanks for the offer but I cannot get up this weekend. It would be fun. I need new rear control arms... Plus I have some things to accomplish here. Nat is up at Ebbets fishing the Mok right now, maybe he will stay up there and you will bump into he and the pig. Have fun if you go. Jeb __________________ 1993 FZJ80 1973 FJ40 oh no you didn't (updated) "...mud is a hotbed of leftist chat/activity." - swank |
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06-13-08, 11:35 AM
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IH8MUD Regular
Join Date: May 2003
Location: S. Lake Tahoe, CA
Posts: 380
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We were on the Deer Valley trail on Saturday also, but we went in from Blue Lakes. quite a bit of snow but we made it to the lower stream crossing for lunch. I didn't figure we'd make it to hwy 4 so we turned around.
__________________ JonB ke6gfb 87 bj70, arb'ed, slidered, winched, 4x4llabs bumper. 97 40th fzj80 w/difflocks, cdl switch & pin 7 mod, Hanna sliders, 2.5" ome lift, 1" body lift, rear drawer system on 285/75-16's. 87 sas 4runner- air lockers, dual cases, beadlocked 35" mtr's, waggy & cheby springs, sliders, 8274 winch, etc... |
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06-13-08, 12:37 PM
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Too bad... We could have met in the middle for tea and crumpets.
__________________ 1993 FZJ80 1973 FJ40 oh no you didn't (updated) "...mud is a hotbed of leftist chat/activity." - swank |
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06-13-08, 10:44 PM
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IH8MUD Rookie
Join Date: Mar 2008
Posts: 21
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i am going to be headed up there next weekend of the 21 prob camp fri night at alpine and fish sat morn and them see how far i can make deer valley or come aroound to the 88 side and camp at the stream crossing stormscrambler@hotmail.com f any one wants to hook up and go
__________________ 85 4runner, stock soon to be wild. |
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