CO/UT trip
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There are 10 or 11 good trails for us in the central Moab area and countless more with in 30 miles.
I'd say HellsRevenge, poison spider, golden spike,and gold bar rim are on must do list.
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I'd like to do those too. I've read where some people do an overnighter with PS - GS - GBR trails. Is that something we want to try or do you think we can push through it in one day?
Anyone check out Behind The Rocks to see if they're comfortable with it? Wranglers on 35's seem to do it regularly.
Anyone check out Behind The Rocks to see if they're comfortable with it? Wranglers on 35's seem to do it regularly.
Yes we talked about doing an over nighter. Behind the rocks and cliffhanger are in that 10 trails list.
TeddyBoy
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I've been lookin at that one pretty close myself and it looks like an axle killer to me but what do I know. For the record, my intention is to wheel as much as I can not necessarily as hard as I can. We have a lot of trails to hit and a relatively short amount of time and I DO NOT want to spend it under the rig fixin crap, just sayin.
I like the idea an over nighter as well. This will help me figure out my "base camp" gear from my light camping gear.
6 days to delivery... is it time to get nervous yet?
Well that ain't as easy as it used to be in tx. You have to have full state inspection before you can register now. I may just wire up some stt lights in the rear and bring the license plate off my other 4runner and keep my fangers crossed
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Some vids it looks impossible, but then I've watched TJ's on 35's clear it easily, so who knows. And I have two spare rear shafts, so lets go for it.
This is true, and I agree to a point. Obviously I don't want to be wrenching either, but I also don't want to leave with regrets about not hitting stuff I wanted to.
The tri-trail is definitely the set of trails for this, especially since they are on the other side of the river, which means they're not as quick to get to as some. I'd vote for this kinda early on.
An earlier post of mine never went though so I'll summarize here after BtR has now been agreed as doable by everyone.
I vote BtR as our first trail of the trip. It is VERY close to "camp" and seems to have some of everything. There's also Kane Creek and Strike Ravine that are long and very close, and I think both of those are lower ratings than BtR.
TeddyBoy
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Is there any need for more than one 5 gal gas can? Just curious if I need to make room for another.
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Any of you plan on rerunning some trails? Y'all will have been there about a week before we (me and Texas guys) get there. We have never been so I'm sure we will want to hit all those we'll known trails along w/ the not so known.
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I may bring an extra "camp can", but I don't think more than one extra is necessary for the long trails. Roger and Woody will have the best insight so hopefully they'll comment too.
No idea at this point Andy. I think it will depend on a lot of factors that we won't know until each day passes. But, seems to me you're going to have a big enough group that you can venture out anywhere and any time on your own if you want to. I think you'll probably want to run ALL the trails we run regardless of if you miss them from not being in town yet or because you're out running something we already did. Not to rub it in, but only being there one week you're probably going to miss some stuff either way, so my thought would be not to worry too much about it.
I'd say you need enough fuel to run 10-12 hours, need to consider some of the trails will require 10-20 miles of highway driving to get there and many of the trails there will be long sections we move along ( at least 2 transfer cases in high for Steve)
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- I have no idea what 10-12hrs of fuel is in the crawler. Haha. Hell, I don't even know how many miles I get on a tank. I just know I need to add more when I begins bouncing on empty.
- 20mi on pavement will likely be worth trailering for me when possible. My trailer is pretty quick to load, so we'll see when the time comes what route I take.
- The beauty of multiple cases: I have different gears for the street, gravel roads, light trails, rough trails, hardcore trails, and for "let's try THAT obstacle".
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Just figured out for sure that my alternator is dead. I have a used PowerMaster to replace it, but the reason it died is because the PS pump is leaking on it. So I think I may want to put on something with a lifetime warranty for now til I get the leak fixed.
We spent the day working on Jason Runner and it is now the first truck here and ready to load.
TeddyBoy
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No worries. I plan to be back in the spring. I live a lot closer than you do.
did you guys figure out a solution on the brakes? trashing the ABS valve assembly ?
That's what we worked on all day. Not sure still what the problem was, eliminated the ABS control block and replaced the master with a mid 70s Chevy half ton pickup. Either way the brakes are 100 times better than they were before,. If they hold up I will be golden.