Dillonwood Sunday June 12th (1 Viewer)

[ToyotaDon]

This will be a "quick" afternoon run, and with reported trail conditions, we may not get far. Expect to spend a little time clearing brush, and maybe trees along the way. Bring tools if you have them.

Meet at: Meeker Builders office 20820 Ave 296 (Hwy 198) Exeter, CA
Time: 12:00 Noon

Bring a lunch and plan to eat it at the air-down spot near 45314 Blue Ridge Drive.

Please post up if you want to join us. Otherwise, I'll be leaving as soon as @GW Nugget shows up.

 

[socallove]

Just did my oil change and added a Ford 90* adapter for the oil filter.
Swapping out the rear upper and lower control arms in a bit, if I can finish today, maybe I can john you guys tmr.

 

[ToyotaDon]

Sweet, another 80! I'll PM you my phone number, so you can text or call in the AM.

 

[GW Nugget]

Hey yeah, the more the better.
I've been wanting to meet you since Mr. J jtowpark said you are good friends.

 

[socallove]

We r not good friends, he thinks we are bc he always find something for me to spend money on.

 

[GW Nugget]

What lift do you have to need adjustable links in the rear? Or are they stock.
I need to replace my upper bushings on my rig also.

 

[socallove]

4" competition springs all around with stock control arms right now. I ran into some problem with the bolt not fitting through the sleeve of the bushing so I have to pack it up. Don't have any way of opening up the sleeve right now.
Waiting for my new shocks to finish, hopefully I get to install them next weekend.

 

[GW Nugget]

@socallove are you going to make it today?

 

[socallove]

So far so good, I had to take off my ford oil filter adapter last night. It was making a bubbling noise in the oil pan, I think the oil wasn't circulating for some reason.

 

[socallove]

Anyone in Fresno by the 99 and Herdon??

 

[GW Nugget]

I had a great time up there with @ToyotaDon his boys & @socallove . The day went to fast, it seems a blur, but I did remember to take some pics & vids. My phone maxed out half way up the hill so hopefully Don will post up pics of the rest & the reward for getting there the waterfall. Vids will take a day or so...

 

[ToyotaDon]

It was a pretty good run. A little tight with brush and trees, so you had to not be too worried about pinstriping.

The mud hole was alive and well. @socallove

Here's Gary coming through the mud. @GW Nugget

I'll get more posted later.

 

[socallove]

Picture links are dead

 

[GW Nugget]

I got my vid edited.

 

[ToyotaDon]

Fixed the pics, and added a couple. Not sure why the Red Xes are still showing up, because they're all there.

I got through the squeeze rock in one shot, then spotted the other guys through.

Farther up the trail.

Second squeeze rock (I don't remember this one from before).

 

[ToyotaDon]

If you watched all of Gary's video, you saw the attempts to move the tree, then we made the choice to use the bypass route.

It would probably take one or two hours of work with splitting wedges to break this up enough to move the chunks out of the way. A large chainsaw to cut through the upper end would make the job go faster.

 

[ToyotaDon]

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We made it to the cabins, and stopped for a photo op, then pressed on to the falls.

Parting shot before heading back down the hill. It was about 1:20 to get back to the airing up point, where it took over 3:30 to go in. I think all of us got home after 9 PM.

 

[Aloha Dave]

Aloha Don

Nice pics. How much pinstriping did U guys get ? Any snow up near or above the cabins ?

 

[GW Nugget]

Nice job on the pics Don, thanks.
It's great to get pics from other prospectives...
I seem to just get other rigs & none of mine.

We left the trail head around 1:30 pm got to falls at 5:30 & back to trail head & aired up by 7:30 so 4 up & 1.5 hrs down.... I'm so anal... why did I just write that?

 

[ToyotaDon]

Plenty of pinstriping. The only snow we saw was in the background of this pic.