6-9-2012 Wheeling (1 Viewer)

[Tools R Us]

Meeting at the gas station previously known as Baja for some play. Likely nothing challenging, something to the pines like, 4Peaks, Mount Ord, etc.

 

[Blues Dawg]

Time?

 

[Tools R Us]

9am,

 

[Blues Dawg]

is that 09:00 for me and 09:30 for everyone else?

 

[Tools R Us]

is that 09:00 for me and 09:30 for everyone else?

We will wait for a bit,,, maybe?

 

[Blues Dawg]

We will wait for a bit,,, maybe?

How did I wind up at The former Ba'ja first?

 

[Blues Dawg]

Log Crawlin'

 

[DSRTRDR]

great day

considering I had to wheel without a fan clutch

temperature went up faster than normal already by 10 miles out of the gas station - tried to check it out, but because of a smaller fire, several exits were blocked by the sheriff's office - eventually, Michael confirmed: fan clutch kaputt - Kevin and Carl were long gone up the hill

so we decided to proceed, watching the temp gauge closely - electric pusher fan was able to keep it at the second peg - since nobody felt like wrenching, we went wheeling

pusher fan saved the day

 

[Tools R Us]

Ended up in Payson, warm, but better than here, nice breeze most of the day,

Played on the slabs for a while, only took ~an hour to make it to the traditional lunch spot.

 

[Tools R Us]

Blues Dawg and the new rig look to coming to an understanding, working well together.

 

[Tools R Us]

Flex!

 

[Tools R Us]

Went out the backway, took different turns than in the past. The trees were tall, some big and close together, often had to squeeze between. That there is a stump, like 6' x 3' across the cut face big!

 

[Tools R Us]

Who has the chainsaw eh?

 

[Tools R Us]

The trail climbed the ridge, cruised along the crest and came out near Diamond Point. Great trail, little used, good views, much better than wrenching!

 

[murf]

Cool...
New truck looking good there Carl!

 

[Blues Dawg]

Thanks Murf - (and Kevin & John who installed the lift and a fefw other odds and ends) -
It was a bit of a learning experience going from the FJ Cruiser to the 80. I guess size DOES matter. Seven inches is huge! My biggest obstacle now is not to become overconfident in the rig.

 

[inkpot]

Thanks Murf - (and Kevin & John who installed the lift and a fefw other odds and ends) -
It was a bit of a learning experience going from the FJ Cruiser to the 80. I guess size DOES matter. Seven inches is huge! My biggest obstacle now is not to become overconfident in the rig.

So, I guess that means you like it??

 

[ChaseTruck]

Thanks everyone, it was a really neat trip. Carl's new truck is working well :