FJ Cruiser Trail Team @ Badlands April 15th & 16th!

Cruiser Clint · 03-28-06, 06:03 AM

Hoosier Cruisers is sponsoring the FJ Cruiser Trail Team at Badlands OHV in Attica, IN April 15 & 16th. The FJ Cruiser Trail Team will have 2 or 3 FJ Cruisers at Badlands to show us what they're made of. The Trail Team will put the FJC's through the paces on the same trails that we take our junk on, and a few lucky Cruiser lovers may even get the opportunity to test drive an FJC on the trails! After the wheeling is over for the day Saturday, the Trail Team and the FJC's will stay with us at the base camp to spend the rest of the night around the campfire for a cookout and BS session. We'll wake up Sunday morning and do it all over again.

Place: Badlands Off Road Park in Attica, IN.

Date: April 15th and 16th

Time: muster in between 9am and 10am of April 15th.

Location @ Badlands: Upper Parking area.

Primary Campground Location: Attica Family Campground, right next to Badlands.

Some members are planning to set up camp Friday evening, so anyone coming from out of town who may want to arrive early is welcome to join in. Originally we planned on camping at the Summers Carroll Campground for their liberal alcohol policy, but due to early season maintenance we have to switch to the Attica Family Campgrounds for now. There's a possibilty that we'll still be able to use Summers Carroll, but we won't know until the week prior to the event. Watch this thread for updates please.

This event is open to all who wish to attend. There may be a shortage of passenger seats open for all who can't bring their own rig due to the large interest in the FJC. If you need to ride along, please post up and reserve your seats early so can we try to accomodate everyone. Hope to see everyone there!

beno · 03-28-06, 07:18 PM

Can't wait...this is going to be good.

I'll be coming in Friday later afternoon and will indeed join the Friday night camping.

Later Clint.
-onur

Cruiser Jimmy · 03-28-06, 09:54 PM

Beno,
PM'ed ya my new cell.

Truckasaurus · 04-10-06, 09:16 AM

Don't let my gross post count fool ya! My net wheelin' post count is ZERO.

My question: Is there an agenda? Beyond arriving and 'mustering' at 9:00-ish on the morning of the 15th.

I have nice used Michelin LTX's and no lockers...

Am I expected to wheel?

Thanks for steering me straight!

Cruiser Jimmy · 04-11-06, 09:15 PM

Larry,
The trails we'll be on can be bad, and can be easy. Were not going to have anyone do stupid chit they don't want to do. There's always an easier way to get thru the trail at Badlands.

When I first started wheelin I was on LTX's. They worked just fine.

Come on down. We'd love to have you.

Cruiser Jimmy · 04-11-06, 09:19 PM

For all that need some directs.

Here's the site for Badlands:

Badlands Off Road Park
3968 North Xavier
Attica, IN 47918
1-866-762-2981
Fax: (765) 762-0519

Cruiser Clint · 04-14-06, 07:30 AM

Jimmy and I are going up this afternoon to Attica to setup the base camp and meet up with the Team. We look forward to seeing everyone there!

Clint

woody · 04-14-06, 07:43 AM

have fun gang, wish it wasn't a family weekend, or I'd have snuck down!

I'll see them in a couple weeks in Rockport tho.....

and don't forget the pics!!

peebles24 · 04-16-06, 07:12 PM

This was an awesome weekend, other than almost being blown away Friday night. After we all dried out we mangaged to get in some excellent wheeling in both Saturday and Sunday. The Toyota Trail team is one heck of a nice group and I hope I get another opportunity to hang with them. Anyway on with the pics.

booty · 04-16-06, 08:55 PM

Chad,
Looks like a good turn out. I heard Indy was hit real hard with hail and wind so I hope everyone is OK.
How did the new ride feel? Was it all you expected?
Mark

peebles24 · 04-16-06, 09:38 PM

I hope they are all good there in Indy we all survived the storm on Friday night although a couple of tents paid the ultimate price. The new ride is awesome, completely different than the 80 but sweet as hell. I really need to get a set of tires though, the ones that are on it I just couldn't get any bite out of. Wish you could have made it up for the fun.

beno · 04-16-06, 09:48 PM

Here are some of my pics....

Fun times gentleman....we must do this again....FJ Cruiser Trail Team guys/gals were great, accommodating, generous, pleasant, well trained and hell of a bunch of good folk....

Great turnout from MI, OH, KY, IN, and IL....40's, 60's, 80's, FJ', Mini's, etc.

The Hoosier Cruisers know how to do up a great event.

Cheers to you guys!!

Thanks so much again....

-onur
Akron, OH

beno · 04-16-06, 09:50 PM

And some more....

beno · 04-16-06, 09:52 PM

Crazy clouds as the tornado (sorta) comes in...

beno · 04-16-06, 09:53 PM

And some more...

Tim Scully · 04-16-06, 10:20 PM

We had an awesome weekend with you guys. The pictures are awesome. I am supposed to get a link from the Warren Miller film crew for some of the footage. As soon as I get it I will post it. I can't wait to see your guys at GSMTR.

beno · 04-16-06, 10:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tim Scully

We had an awesome weekend with you guys. The pictures are awesome. I am supposed to get a link from the Warren Miller film crew for some of the footage. As soon as I get it I will post it. I can't wait to see your guys at GSMTR.

Hey...Tim....you're on MUD too!

Great stuff this weekend man. You and your team are top notch and Toyota did good to hire you all.

I'll be skippin GSMTR, but will see you at CMCC at Paragon.

Happy Trails.
-onur

peebles24 · 04-16-06, 10:58 PM

A few more pics

peebles24 · 04-16-06, 11:07 PM

more....

Benji · 04-17-06, 09:06 AM

Looks like you guys had fun. I had to hang with the family and I'm glad I did. It was a tough decision.

More pics

See you soon.
benji

roosterdo · 04-17-06, 07:24 PM

I can not think of a better way to make my first post then to thank the Hoosier Cruisers for a great weekend. Look forward to seeing y'all down the road. but you can keep the weather

Rod

booty · 04-17-06, 09:26 PM

Great pics guys looks like I missed a great time. See you all at GSMTR.
Mark

bh4rnnr · 04-17-06, 10:09 PM

Looks like you guys had a good time. Glad to see your putting the FJ teams to work. Thanks for the pics

.

Team Zissou · 04-17-06, 10:48 PM

Rod, good to see you took our advice and started posting on Mud! Not that I'm a great example, but for the FJTT it's a great opportunity to keep some true enthusiasts kept up to date on what you guys are up to, and how cool the FJ is. Maybe I'll catch up with you at GSMTR, still undecided on that.

Travis

Gumby · 04-20-06, 07:45 AM

Did the FJC make it up that two step?

If so, you can pretty much put all the Wrangler vs FJC crap to rest. I've seen a LOT of Wranglers fail or explode on that two step.

Polak · 04-20-06, 07:58 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gumby

Did the FJC make it up that two step?

If so, you can pretty much put all the Wrangler vs FJC crap to rest. I've seen a LOT of Wranglers fail or explode on that two step.

YES, Yes I,....errrr, I mean IT did.

03-28-06, 06:03 AM	#1
Cruiser Clint I am the Clint Commander! Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Indianapolis, IN Posts: 234	FJ Cruiser Trail Team @ Badlands April 15th & 16th! Hoosier Cruisers is sponsoring the FJ Cruiser Trail Team at Badlands OHV in Attica, IN April 15 & 16th. The FJ Cruiser Trail Team will have 2 or 3 FJ Cruisers at Badlands to show us what they're made of. The Trail Team will put the FJC's through the paces on the same trails that we take our junk on, and a few lucky Cruiser lovers may even get the opportunity to test drive an FJC on the trails! After the wheeling is over for the day Saturday, the Trail Team and the FJC's will stay with us at the base camp to spend the rest of the night around the campfire for a cookout and BS session. We'll wake up Sunday morning and do it all over again. Place: Badlands Off Road Park in Attica, IN. Date: April 15th and 16th Time: muster in between 9am and 10am of April 15th. Location @ Badlands: Upper Parking area. Primary Campground Location: Attica Family Campground, right next to Badlands. Some members are planning to set up camp Friday evening, so anyone coming from out of town who may want to arrive early is welcome to join in. Originally we planned on camping at the Summers Carroll Campground for their liberal alcohol policy, but due to early season maintenance we have to switch to the Attica Family Campgrounds for now. There's a possibilty that we'll still be able to use Summers Carroll, but we won't know until the week prior to the event. Watch this thread for updates please. This event is open to all who wish to attend. There may be a shortage of passenger seats open for all who can't bring their own rig due to the large interest in the FJC. If you need to ride along, please post up and reserve your seats early so can we try to accomodate everyone. Hope to see everyone there! __________________ 2005/2006/2007/2008 Hoosier Cruiser President, 1976 FJ40/1978 FJ45/2008 FJ Cruiser Visit us on the web at http://hoosiercruiser.org/ More pictures can be seen at my site http://home.comcast.net/~cruiserclint/index.html

03-28-06, 07:18 PM	#2
beno IH8MUD Lifer Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Corrales, NM TLCA# 14607 Posts: 3,771	Can't wait...this is going to be good. I'll be coming in Friday later afternoon and will indeed join the Friday night camping. Later Clint. -onur __________________ 1997 FZJ80 with and without lots of stuff. 2001 Honda Accord 3.0L V6 VTEC Coupe EX. __________________________________________ Originally Posted by cruiserdan in response to Hilux: "Unlike you, Mel Gibson is a bad dude. Quarter-century-old-Austrailian-fantacy-movies are not the best source for accurate technical information."

03-28-06, 09:54 PM	#3
Cruiser Jimmy IH8MUD Lifer Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Indy,IN TLCA# 12112 Posts: 1,241	Beno, PM'ed ya my new cell. __________________ TLCA Chapter Club '92 FJ80, '83,'87 FJ60 2008 Toyota Trail Teams: East Coast

04-10-06, 09:16 AM	#4
Truckasaurus IH8MUD Regular Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Clarkston, MI (Detroit) Posts: 235	Noob Question Don't let my gross post count fool ya! My net wheelin' post count is ZERO. My question: Is there an agenda? Beyond arriving and 'mustering' at 9:00-ish on the morning of the 15th. I have nice used Michelin LTX's and no lockers... Am I expected to wheel? Thanks for steering me straight! __________________ Larry Brohman 1997 LX450 Semi-Stock (does a capful of Downey in the P/S reservoir count as a mod?), Revo's, HIRs, FIAMMs, George's LEDs, Scion tC Inside Rear View Mirror, Baselined with Mobil Synths, CDL Switch/Pin 7 Mod, Not Locked, 184k miles

04-11-06, 09:15 PM	#5
Cruiser Jimmy IH8MUD Lifer Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Indy,IN TLCA# 12112 Posts: 1,241	Larry, The trails we'll be on can be bad, and can be easy. Were not going to have anyone do stupid chit they don't want to do. There's always an easier way to get thru the trail at Badlands. When I first started wheelin I was on LTX's. They worked just fine. Come on down. We'd love to have you. __________________ TLCA Chapter Club '92 FJ80, '83,'87 FJ60 2008 Toyota Trail Teams: East Coast

04-11-06, 09:19 PM	#6
Cruiser Jimmy IH8MUD Lifer Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Indy,IN TLCA# 12112 Posts: 1,241	For all that need some directs. Here's the site for Badlands: Badlands Off Road Park 3968 North Xavier Attica, IN 47918 1-866-762-2981 Fax: (765) 762-0519 __________________ TLCA Chapter Club '92 FJ80, '83,'87 FJ60 2008 Toyota Trail Teams: East Coast

04-14-06, 07:30 AM	#7
Cruiser Clint I am the Clint Commander! Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Indianapolis, IN Posts: 234	We're meetiung the Trail Team today Jimmy and I are going up this afternoon to Attica to setup the base camp and meet up with the Team. We look forward to seeing everyone there! Clint __________________ 2005/2006/2007/2008 Hoosier Cruiser President, 1976 FJ40/1978 FJ45/2008 FJ Cruiser Visit us on the web at http://hoosiercruiser.org/ More pictures can be seen at my site http://home.comcast.net/~cruiserclint/index.html

04-14-06, 07:43 AM	#8
woody Admin Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Appleton, WI TLCA# 1548 Posts: 7,671 Blog Entries: 1	have fun gang, wish it wasn't a family weekend, or I'd have snuck down! I'll see them in a couple weeks in Rockport tho..... and don't forget the pics!! __________________ Brian 'woody' Swearingen 1974 FJ40 'The Raisin' - Pitbull Rockers, 30-spline Longfields, SOA - 1/4 ellip 1996 FZJ80 'Gretchen' - MetalTech, ARB, OME, IPOR, 4x4Labs 2003 2500HD Duramax - Edge/Juice/Attitude, 285 Nitto Terra Grapplers, 4" exhaust

04-16-06, 07:12 PM	#9
peebles24 IH8MUD Regular Join Date: May 2005 Location: Terre Haute, IN TLCA# 15403 Posts: 359	This was an awesome weekend, other than almost being blown away Friday night. After we all dried out we mangaged to get in some excellent wheeling in both Saturday and Sunday. The Toyota Trail team is one heck of a nice group and I hope I get another opportunity to hang with them. Anyway on with the pics. Attached Images __________________ 1991 FJ80 mostly stock, for NOW. First ever Toyota 1976 FJ40 with a bunch of stuff done. SOLD you will be missed. check out my ROTW http://forum.ih8mud.com/showthread.php?t=84748 Second Toyota and I'm sure there will be more. www.hoosiercruiser.org Check out a web site I put together about my trucks and the Hoosier Cruisers http://www.cardomain.com/ride/2113715 or you can visit me on myspace http://www.myspace.com/cruiserpeebles

04-16-06, 08:55 PM	#10
booty IH8MUD Junior Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 184	Chad, Looks like a good turn out. I heard Indy was hit real hard with hail and wind so I hope everyone is OK. How did the new ride feel? Was it all you expected? Mark __________________ '74 fj40 350 on 33's, rear locker. member Hoosier Cruisers TLCA # 13315 I was Booty before Booty was butt

04-16-06, 09:38 PM	#11
peebles24 IH8MUD Regular Join Date: May 2005 Location: Terre Haute, IN TLCA# 15403 Posts: 359	I hope they are all good there in Indy we all survived the storm on Friday night although a couple of tents paid the ultimate price. The new ride is awesome, completely different than the 80 but sweet as hell. I really need to get a set of tires though, the ones that are on it I just couldn't get any bite out of. Wish you could have made it up for the fun. Attached Images __________________ 1991 FJ80 mostly stock, for NOW. First ever Toyota 1976 FJ40 with a bunch of stuff done. SOLD you will be missed. check out my ROTW http://forum.ih8mud.com/showthread.php?t=84748 Second Toyota and I'm sure there will be more. www.hoosiercruiser.org Check out a web site I put together about my trucks and the Hoosier Cruisers http://www.cardomain.com/ride/2113715 or you can visit me on myspace http://www.myspace.com/cruiserpeebles

04-16-06, 09:48 PM	#12
beno IH8MUD Lifer Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Corrales, NM TLCA# 14607 Posts: 3,771	Here are some of my pics.... Fun times gentleman....we must do this again....FJ Cruiser Trail Team guys/gals were great, accommodating, generous, pleasant, well trained and hell of a bunch of good folk.... Great turnout from MI, OH, KY, IN, and IL....40's, 60's, 80's, FJ', Mini's, etc. The Hoosier Cruisers know how to do up a great event. Cheers to you guys!! Thanks so much again.... -onur Akron, OH __________________ 1997 FZJ80 with and without lots of stuff. 2001 Honda Accord 3.0L V6 VTEC Coupe EX. __________________________________________ Originally Posted by cruiserdan in response to Hilux: "Unlike you, Mel Gibson is a bad dude. Quarter-century-old-Austrailian-fantacy-movies are not the best source for accurate technical information." Last edited by beno; 12-05-06 at 08:52 PM.

04-16-06, 09:50 PM	#13
beno IH8MUD Lifer Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Corrales, NM TLCA# 14607 Posts: 3,771	And some more.... __________________ 1997 FZJ80 with and without lots of stuff. 2001 Honda Accord 3.0L V6 VTEC Coupe EX. __________________________________________ Originally Posted by cruiserdan in response to Hilux: "Unlike you, Mel Gibson is a bad dude. Quarter-century-old-Austrailian-fantacy-movies are not the best source for accurate technical information." Last edited by beno; 12-05-06 at 08:52 PM.

04-16-06, 09:52 PM	#14
beno IH8MUD Lifer Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Corrales, NM TLCA# 14607 Posts: 3,771	Crazy clouds as the tornado (sorta) comes in... __________________ 1997 FZJ80 with and without lots of stuff. 2001 Honda Accord 3.0L V6 VTEC Coupe EX. __________________________________________ Originally Posted by cruiserdan in response to Hilux: "Unlike you, Mel Gibson is a bad dude. Quarter-century-old-Austrailian-fantacy-movies are not the best source for accurate technical information." Last edited by beno; 12-05-06 at 08:52 PM.

04-16-06, 09:53 PM	#15
beno IH8MUD Lifer Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Corrales, NM TLCA# 14607 Posts: 3,771	And some more... __________________ 1997 FZJ80 with and without lots of stuff. 2001 Honda Accord 3.0L V6 VTEC Coupe EX. __________________________________________ Originally Posted by cruiserdan in response to Hilux: "Unlike you, Mel Gibson is a bad dude. Quarter-century-old-Austrailian-fantacy-movies are not the best source for accurate technical information." Last edited by beno; 12-05-06 at 08:52 PM.

04-17-06, 10:09 PM	#23
bh4rnnr IH8MUD Regular Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Littleton Colorado TLCA# 13919 Posts: 313	Looks like you guys had a good time. Glad to see your putting the FJ teams to work. Thanks for the pics . __________________ Perry Loughridge, aka "Skelator" 1987 Toyota 4runner. Flat bed by Proffitts Cruisers. 5.29 gears, rear locker, 33" goodyear mt/r's. rising sun 4x4 club of colorado. 4th generation Coloradoan. COLORADO:my "Monument in Green"

04-16-06, 10:20 PM	#16
Tim Scully IH8MUD Rookie Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Sacto... Ca. Posts: 64	We had an awesome weekend with you guys. The pictures are awesome. I am supposed to get a link from the Warren Miller film crew for some of the footage. As soon as I get it I will post it. I can't wait to see your guys at GSMTR.

04-16-06, 10:58 PM	#18
peebles24 IH8MUD Regular Join Date: May 2005 Location: Terre Haute, IN TLCA# 15403 Posts: 359	A few more pics Attached Images __________________ 1991 FJ80 mostly stock, for NOW. First ever Toyota 1976 FJ40 with a bunch of stuff done. SOLD you will be missed. check out my ROTW http://forum.ih8mud.com/showthread.php?t=84748 Second Toyota and I'm sure there will be more. www.hoosiercruiser.org Check out a web site I put together about my trucks and the Hoosier Cruisers http://www.cardomain.com/ride/2113715 or you can visit me on myspace http://www.myspace.com/cruiserpeebles

04-16-06, 11:07 PM	#19
peebles24 IH8MUD Regular Join Date: May 2005 Location: Terre Haute, IN TLCA# 15403 Posts: 359	more.... Attached Images __________________ 1991 FJ80 mostly stock, for NOW. First ever Toyota 1976 FJ40 with a bunch of stuff done. SOLD you will be missed. check out my ROTW http://forum.ih8mud.com/showthread.php?t=84748 Second Toyota and I'm sure there will be more. www.hoosiercruiser.org Check out a web site I put together about my trucks and the Hoosier Cruisers http://www.cardomain.com/ride/2113715 or you can visit me on myspace http://www.myspace.com/cruiserpeebles

04-17-06, 09:06 AM	#20
Benji IH8MUD Lifer Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Bloomington IN TLCA# 14119 Posts: 1,010	Looks like you guys had fun. I had to hang with the family and I'm glad I did. It was a tough decision. More pics See you soon. benji __________________ Hoosier Cruisers http://www.hoosiercruiser.org/ 84 FJ60 - TLCA # 14119

04-17-06, 07:24 PM	#21
roosterdo IH8MUD Junior Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 105	I can not think of a better way to make my first post then to thank the Hoosier Cruisers for a great weekend. Look forward to seeing y'all down the road. but you can keep the weather Rod Last edited by roosterdo; 04-25-06 at 04:37 PM.

04-17-06, 09:26 PM	#22
booty IH8MUD Junior Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 184	Great pics guys looks like I missed a great time. See you all at GSMTR. Mark __________________ '74 fj40 350 on 33's, rear locker. member Hoosier Cruisers TLCA # 13315 I was Booty before Booty was butt

04-17-06, 10:48 PM	#24
Team Zissou IH8MUD Junior Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Champaign, IL TLCA# 15726 Posts: 109	Rod, good to see you took our advice and started posting on Mud! Not that I'm a great example, but for the FJTT it's a great opportunity to keep some true enthusiasts kept up to date on what you guys are up to, and how cool the FJ is. Maybe I'll catch up with you at GSMTR, still undecided on that. Travis __________________ '84 FJ-60 "Erica" -- 249K original 2F, 33X12.50 Firestone M/Ts, 4.11s, nerf bars, rear locker, on board air, 4" heavy OME lift w/shackle reversal '87 FJ-60 -- 33" BFGs, Hella lamps, sliders, Smittybuilt front bumper http://www.hoosiercruiser.org

04-20-06, 07:45 AM	#25
Gumby Former Wheeler Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Knee deep in hookers and gin TLCA# 5658 Posts: 5,061	Did the FJC make it up that two step? If so, you can pretty much put all the Wrangler vs FJC crap to rest. I've seen a LOT of Wranglers fail or explode on that two step. __________________ War Pig and the nameless 45lv "Don't you know, Stan, it's *always* between a Giant Douche and a Turd Sandwich."