On past swamps and beaver ponds towards Mud Lakes. Quick stop and then up the hill between the lakes. Shovels out again.
Crossing the Windy Ridge Wagon Trail Article Extra Photos
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During the climb Adam had the bead slip off the swamper as Deny mentioned earlier. Icy slope, the corner with the flat wedged into the bank. Winch to a tree, jack up the truck, dig out the bank, swap tires, pick as many 1/4" drive small sockets out of the slush as we could find from the tool box sliding out the back door.
Some easy driving in the open forest until hitting the second growth. Lots of snow. Keep the tug strap attached between the bronco and Deny's 60. A bit more winching as needed.
Some easy driving in the open forest until hitting the second growth. Lots of snow. Keep the tug strap attached between the bronco and Deny's 60. A bit more winching as needed.
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heading up from the first mud lake, more shoveling, then trying to get my underpowered rig up the steep hill required quite a few runs, including backing up well into the valley so I could hit 3rd low range to get enough speed!
What a hell of an adventure! Adding this to the story in the trails makes it just that much better! That one hill from the first lake is steep, the pictures really do not do it justice.
How did the two diesel powered trucks do on fuel? Any issues or need for reserves? To bad the reast of the group did not follow your through, would have been cake after you guys broke trail
How did the two diesel powered trucks do on fuel? Any issues or need for reserves? To bad the reast of the group did not follow your through, would have been cake after you guys broke trail
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Yeah it's tough to add so many photos into the trails, so Todd has to pick the best ones to represent the story and I definately wouldn't want to be the one picking which photos made it and which didn't.
The diesel trucks had no problem with fuel, but the bronco did the majority of breaking trail, which uses the most fuel, as a lot of times following the tracks was as simple as idling over them. But I wheel with Adam a lot and generally I use half as much fuel as he does, but it's a pretty big V8 pushing big rubber, so poorer fuel milage can be expected.
Yeah the group would have easily caught us the second day if they would have followed, but there was some fresh snow they said covered our tracks, so they thought we were stuck in the valley, musta been a lot more snowfall then what we saw, cause we might have had an inch or less accumulate all weekend? But then again I don't think I would have been super confident on a lot of the snow and mud sections if I wasn't running swampers or had chains either.
The diesel trucks had no problem with fuel, but the bronco did the majority of breaking trail, which uses the most fuel, as a lot of times following the tracks was as simple as idling over them. But I wheel with Adam a lot and generally I use half as much fuel as he does, but it's a pretty big V8 pushing big rubber, so poorer fuel milage can be expected.
Yeah the group would have easily caught us the second day if they would have followed, but there was some fresh snow they said covered our tracks, so they thought we were stuck in the valley, musta been a lot more snowfall then what we saw, cause we might have had an inch or less accumulate all weekend? But then again I don't think I would have been super confident on a lot of the snow and mud sections if I wasn't running swampers or had chains either.
True, other than the depth of the ruts on hills, I was able to follow the bigger trucks no real issues on 33's. Even then it just meant taking a few runs at some places. Pushed snow in some of the deeper holes, but I only remeber needing a tug from Deny at the one spot, the drift in the second pic below.
