Four intrepid YT members along with 2 FJ Cruisers plus the prerequisite and indestructible FJ40 spent the day at Moose Mountain in west central NH. Throw in a quarry's worth of rock, mud slick side hills and narrow tree lined trails that "pop taillights like zits" and you have the recipe for an adventure.
We winched here and there on the way in and much more on the way out. Some broken drivetrain parts required more time than we anticipated to get out. But, everyone kept their sense of humor and we teamed up to get the broken truck out without any more damage.
My FJC performed well as a tugboat, but I did damage a valve stem spinning a wheel up against a rock. (I will soon patent the valve stem condom for trailside repairs.) It worked well enough to get me home without a flat.
Junior learned how to make a Warn winch control out of a paper clip and a piece of wire. Hopefully, someone will find my almost new snatch strap before it rots away somewhere out there in a mudhole. Scotty is my choice of spotters when two FJC's are conjoined back to front so to speak.
There was some minor body damage, I wouldn't want to be there tomorrow when his missus does her walk around in the daylight.
Turns out that the hardcore guys would have had fun out here on some of the spots we avoided and even some that we couldn't. We should keep this place on our schedule, but I'm bringing the 40 next time.
Here's some pix and video. Enjoy!
We winched here and there on the way in and much more on the way out. Some broken drivetrain parts required more time than we anticipated to get out. But, everyone kept their sense of humor and we teamed up to get the broken truck out without any more damage.
My FJC performed well as a tugboat, but I did damage a valve stem spinning a wheel up against a rock. (I will soon patent the valve stem condom for trailside repairs.) It worked well enough to get me home without a flat.
Junior learned how to make a Warn winch control out of a paper clip and a piece of wire. Hopefully, someone will find my almost new snatch strap before it rots away somewhere out there in a mudhole. Scotty is my choice of spotters when two FJC's are conjoined back to front so to speak.
There was some minor body damage, I wouldn't want to be there tomorrow when his missus does her walk around in the daylight.
Turns out that the hardcore guys would have had fun out here on some of the spots we avoided and even some that we couldn't. We should keep this place on our schedule, but I'm bringing the 40 next time.
Here's some pix and video. Enjoy!
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