Utah members Shout out

[snelson]

toy4fun, happy to see another carbon county native

[toy4fun]

Keep an eye out for me every April and August (well almost every) April for Moab and August for hunting. I drive buy those igloos all the time, 82 FJ40 fat tires, white

[theferg]

Hammerhead and 78_one_owner: I emailed our club pres about a wheelin' trip down there and haven't heard from him about it... :slap:. We're having a Christmas Party this month so I will try to get some info then.

-Ferg-

[hammerhead]

Cool. I've been talking with Milt (owns 4x4 shop and does runs) about the best areas to have a group and he agrees that Sand Hollow is the ticket. Was out there a couple of days ago riding dirt bikes with my brother and decided I need to spend more time there. Holy cow is that place big. There is more slickrock than I had thought. After the holiday insanity blows over everyone will have more time and money for a good outing like this.

E

[theferg]

New officers were appointed at the christmas party on Saturday night and they are all totally excited about it and ready to rock. The new Pres asked for submissions for runs and trails and events so I posted the suggestion for Sand Hollow or Red Mountain to our private email list yesturday evening. Haven't heard a peep about it since... I also posted it on our sites BB. We'll see what happens. I talked to a couple of the guys in the club about it and if the club isn't interested in a run down there, we'll get a group together to cruise down anyway.

So here's an official invite for anyone intersted in going down to post up when they think might be a good time to go down and any other thoughts on it. It'd be nice to get all the IH8MUDers from Utah (and surrounding area) together for a run and bein's how it's winter, down south would be a great place to visit...

-Ferg-

[hammerhead]

Count me in for sure. I'm already here so any time is good for me. I've been working with 78 One owner and Milt to get the best spots worked out. They even built a new access tunnel at Sand Hollow for us to get to the good crawling area from the lake. There are a few loops already laid out too so come on down. It's gonna be a good time.

[theferg]

Hammerhead, you got any pics of the Sand Hollow OHV area? Maybe know of any on-line any where? Is the area like just a sand dune area? There is some talk that it might just be big red sand dunes and most WC members have stated they would like to avoid sand dunes 'cause of all the motos and atvs and such as it could be quite a bit more dangerous with them runnin' all over the place... (Atleast the sand dunes by Delta are anyway. That place can't last a week without a serious injury...) Whatchya think? ???

-Ferg-

[LIVERUST]

Haven't been around the ih8mud much. But Ferg, I am interested in seeing some new sites. Let me know when you plan on heading down.

Rusmanny
We have a house in Manti and get up the canyons there a lot. Good to know there are some other cruisers there too. Had one of the Frieshnects give us a ride in their cruiser once when we were in a bind and walking out. Red FJ40 I think.

troy

[hammerhead]

Ferg,
If you're talking about Jericho it is nothing like that. It IS big and it IS red but it is not just dunes. There are also some good slickrock loops and a lot of unexplored area. The ATVs and MCs all congregate at the bowl and at the competition hill. The trails also connect to the Warner Valley area with Fort Pierce, the Hurricane ridge, and the Dinosaur tracks. Milt Thompson of Dixie 4x4 had a club for years and did many runs in that area. I'm working with him to layout more loops to take groups on and we should be marking some of them with the cooperation of the BLM and Parks. We can also visit the Devils Bowl area near Toquerville for another interesting loop. With Red Mountain trail and The Wash (not named yet) near Veyo also available I'm sure we could keep everyone busy. We even have some extreme stuff for those who like to try breaking things. I can show you where the UROC event was, if you like also, but you won't catch me trying that stuff. Those guys are sick. I'm trying to talk my Bro-in-law out of a digital camera so I can post some pics.

LIVERUST - welcome aboard.

[78 One owner]

I thought It was Devil's Hole. Anyway, it's between Leeds and Toquerville. Easiest access and parking is on the Toquer side.

[hammerhead]

Yep, you're right, it is Devils hole. Devils Bowl is a racetrack in Mesquite,Texas where I used to race alot.

[78 One owner]

Wow! Everybody is too busy during the holidays?

[hammerhead]

Well, Holiday's are now over. Let's wheel gentleman. We need to choose a weekend that is good for the majority. We also should discuss what type of terrain we want to hit. We can accomadate anyone from the casual sightseer to the hardcore rockcrawler and anyone in between. We have also been working on a wash near Veyo but it isn't for anyone who doesn't want scratches on their rigs.
8)
Let's get together on this and plan out a killer weekend. I know it's warmer down here so I'm expecting to hear some enthusiasm.

[LIVERUST]

My son is in Cedar City today checking out the University. If he ends up going there I'll need to find some nice trails around there. It would be a good excuse to go down on the weekends and wheel.

Troy

[hammerhead]

Cool. I hear it's a good school. There is a ton of wheelin to be done around here. My old friend Dean Bulloch knows the Cedar area better than anyone so we'll hook up with him for the good trails.

We have completed the first leg of our newest local trail. We're calling it a 3++ but a few friends think it's a 4 or better. They only say that because they recieved some minor body damage. We're still working on the next leg and hope to have it ready soon.

[78 One owner]

Whatever happened to the idea of putting together a wheeling/camping trip to Dixie in Feb. ??? It'll be alot of fun whether we choose to meet at the new State ORV Park, Red Mtn., Or the new trail we are pioneering, or all of the above. I need to know soon so I can schedule disabling my truck and getting the mods I have scheduled to be done prior to the Easter Heep Safari.

[theferg]

Man, I havne't been around here too much lately... The WC club has posted a schedule of events and though they are doing some newer areas this year, there is no plans for anything in Dixie--but I think they are gonna try to make it to the Glitter Gulch Gambol that's down near Mesquite that takes place in October sometime I believe--you guys could defintely hook up for that one.

Anyway, I've got some personal/family matters goin' on right now and my carby is givin' me fuss so I'm kinda stuck right now. I'm hopin' to get the carb rebuilt this week or next or something...but honestly I don't know for sure, nor do I know if I could make it down to dixie anytime soon. As for the WC, they are doin' a run out west of Salt Lake on Feb 14, and then the annual Moab pre-run on March 11-14...

So anyway, I say if anyone thinks they're ready for some dixie wheelin', post up and get it goin' on and I for one will try my best to make it down there somehow--be it with, or without my Cruiser.

-Ferg-

[hammerhead]

Glitter Gulch Gambol? Didn't see that on the WC site. Got any more info.

[theferg]

The official members of Wasatch Cruisers are all on an email list and a tentative schedule was announced earlier this year and it included trying to make it to the Glitter Gulch Gambol for October. The GGG is put on by the Southern Nevada Land Cruisers. I just checked their site and it looks like instead of October, they have it scheduled for Nov 12-14 of this year... We'll have to see how that turns out 'cause the WC has an annual event that has been taking place in November...

-Ferg-

[78 One owner]

The renegade run is a good idea for building up the enthusiasm of the rest of the group. When you get home and rave about how much fun we had it might get more attention. We understand that no one knows us and we can't wait to hook up with more cruiser people.

[JDay]

The GGG is set for Nov 12-14, 2004. We hope ppl will be able to utilize the Nov. 11 Veteran's Day Holiday to extend the weekend. Let me know if anyone wants more details.

Our club is also trying to organize a run up to Cedar City in August. No dates are set yet.

[hammerhead]

Way cool. Keep us posted. 8)

[hammerhead]

We're especially interested in the Cedar run. Any info would be helpful. Where in the cedar area. We are just down the road so we may be able to help.
8)

[JDay]

One of the guys in our club saw an article in a rag (4 Wheel Parts' ?) about a trail near Cedar. If you guys have any suggestions let me know. I am sure I can round up a few guys from the club to check things out in the spring.

[hammerhead]

I'd sure like to find out what trail was in that article. Any ideas?

[theferg]

I read an article that may have been the one you're talkin' about. It was The Dam Trail or something like that. I can't remember which rag it was either... :P Sorry. Some area in the pics looked super cool. I'll see if I can find the rag again today...

-Ferg-

[theferg]

Have you guys ever heard of Henry Brimmer? Big-time LC and mini enthusiast. Used to be involve with Toyota Trails until recently. Produces that sweet LC calendar every year. Anyway, he lives somewheres in Cedar. I've heard through a few WC club members that he knows all the good trails around there. Anyway, my suggestion is to try and get ahold of him to find out the good trails (if you don't already know them). I don't know the guy personally nor really anything about him except what I've mentioned... But anyway, he has a website called http://www.getlostproductions.com/. You should be able to contact him there if you wanted to.

-Ferg-

[JDay]

The guys in our club were going to get hold of him. He gave us some excellent coverage in the Trails for the 2002 GGG. He brought his sweet 454FJ45 down for the event. The cover for that TT issue was one of the trails we will be running again this year.

[theferg]

Alright everyone, I'm sorry I never got anything worked out for gettin' a run goin' on down there in Sothern Utah. My 60 hasn't been runnin' so good for a while. Power steering's acting up and leakin' like a banshee and now somethings up with the carb I think. The sucker's studerin' like crazy at all speeds and rpms... Plus I've still never wired up my lockers yet either :slap:. Anyway, hopefully the temps continue to rise so I can get some work done on it.

Anways, the real reason I wanted to post up is to let everyone know that Wasatch Cruisers is gettin' ready for our annual Moab pre-run. This year it's going to be held on March 12-14. Here's the current known info:

"Get ready for Cruise Moab! 3/12-3/14 Most people find thier way to Moab on Thursday night, then plan on spending Friday and Saturday pre-running trails. Traditionally this run is for those preparing to lead or gun trails during Cruise Moab. Sometimes we even get a visit from members of Rising Sun 4WD Club of Colorado. This is really one of the best runs of the year. Tons to do, not too warm, and a small crowd make this run a must. Gid-E-Up!

The usual routine is to meet at 9:00 @ Slick Rock Campground right on the main drag as you come into town. It is there that we all just chat about possibilities [of which trails to run,] although some may have ideas of what they want or need to run nothing is decided on in advance. There is usually a hardcore group and a group of girls, i mean...people who dont like to do hard runs."

I'm not any sort of club official or anything (maybe official club internet junkie... :P ) but anyone is welcome to come on out--it'll be a killer time. Put some faces to names and such; run some good trails and have some good story tellin' and what not. And just to put a couple of your questions to ease, yes, Wasatch Cruisers is a "dry" club (meaning no alcohol permitted on club runs), but there are those of us that are dry and there are those of us that are not dry, after the trail runnin' has ceased for the day. Also, there are those of us that are young and those of us that are older and there are those of us that are mature and there are those of us that are un-mature . Oh ya, and there are those of us that are little sissy whimps that stay in hotels, and there are those of us that camp. So in short, we've got all kinds so you'll fit right in!

Any other questions, feel free to post up or PM me or send an email to any of the contacts on the Wasatch Cruisers site.

IMPORTANT: There's been a change of plans for the meeting place for Moab Pre-Run. It has been decided that it is probably best to not meet at the Slickrock Campground out of respect for the business and it's patrons (don't want to be clogging up the place with 20 to 30 rigs while we're splittin' into "teams" to go out on the runs). So the morning meeting place has been moved to the town movie theatre that's down by McDonalds. If you're heading south, turn right at the stoplight right by McDonalds and the Theatre is a 100 yds or so down on your left. Meet there Friday and Saturday morning at 9:00 AM

-Ferg-