Lynx Gulch day run and things I learned (2 Viewers)

[concretejungle]

I know that about the post, just seeing if people's minds change when they voted for lockers and then get put in a situation where they are on a trail that is tight, lockers are just causing tires to spin, ect...

thanks for the reply.

i did finally put a aussie in the rear of my truck, but the winch was first. I can now wheel in remote places and feel much more secure about it. IMHO.

 

[wxm]

Well I DID free myself just using the Hi-Lift.

There were no trees to use, just brush. If I had a winch on my truck then the whole topic would be moot because to be honest I would have been pulled out in the time it takes to spool the winch. All I would have to do it tie onto the trailer hitch or tow hooks from the 470 and just winched myself out.

If I had my choice in order:
• Lockers first to just drive out
• Winch to pull out if lockers failed
• Hi-Lift being as I suck and don't have the 1st two

What's wrong with the Hi-Lift? Is that why you carry it for? IMO, you just proved yourself that you didn't need the 1st two. :clap

 

[NLXTACY]

I know that about the post, just seeing if people's minds change when they voted for lockers and then get put in a situation where they are on a trail that is tight, lockers are just causing tires to spin, ect...

thanks for the reply.

i did finally put a aussie in the rear of my truck, but the winch was first. I can now wheel in remote places and feel much more secure about it. IMHO.

Personally that argument to me is the same as what OBA solution to use. For me, I prefer redundancy which is why I have CO2, I have a bad ass tire repair kit on order and EVENTUALLY my f'ing YORK crap will get here so that I will have that too. So for me... I WILL have lockers and I WILL have a winch. Each has their uses but you are FAR better off if you have both.

 

[Bluetribal]

Yeah sometimes it's tough on trails with different off shoots. Last month I was with some buddies and we came up on two closed gates and then we found a third trail and after we were up on the mountain we looked down and realized that there was one of the closed gates. So we headed down and out a fourth trail... What are you going to do?

 

[NLXTACY]

What's wrong with the Hi-Lift? Is that why you carry it for? IMO, you just proved yourself that you didn't need the 1st two. :clap

Oh NOTHING wrong with the Hi-Lift at all. just saying that under THIS particular situation I would have used the Hi-Lift last HAD I had the other two options. I knew the Hi-Lift would get me out, I just didn't want to have to put forth all the effort

 

[sleeoffroad]

You needed a Slee Jac-Koff tool
Slee - Recovery Gear

As for the hi-lift and mud. Sometimes the exhaust jacks work better in these situations. They are just big to carry.

 

[NLXTACY]

Yeah sometimes it's tough on trails with different off shoots. Last month I was with some buddies and we came up on two closed gates and then we found a third trail and after we were up on the mountain we looked down and realized that there was one of the closed gates. So we headed down and out a fourth trail... What are you going to do?

SHHHHHHH!!!!

Dude thats thread suicide!!!!!!

Now you did it.

 

[akarilo]

What a bunch of Pigs we are!

All those great wheeling pics and the one of your wife (I assume) has been viewed roughly 3 times more than all the rest. I admit, I'm guilty too.

Great pics.

 

[OGBeno]

I looked through the pictures and the most often viewed are of the wifey. That seems a little odd for an 80's forum.

Buck

x2 on what Buck said.

Hot wife. Any sisters?



PS: Get rid of the CAPITAL LETTER WORDS. It's annoying to read and just write like a regular human being. Not everything needs an exclamation point or a capitalization to get across the "intensity" of the situation.

 

[NLXTACY]

What a bunch of Pigs we are!

All those great wheeling pics and the one of your wife (I assume) has been viewed roughly 3 times more than all the rest. I admit, I'm guilty too.

Great pics.

x2 on what Buck said.

Hot wife. Any sisters?

You guys are crack ups. The wife and I have been together 17 YEARS NOW!!!!

She is 31, you do the math. She is 6'2" in heels

And yes a sister...you are better off thinking my wife is an only child, trust me

 

[Buckru]

x2 on what Buck said.

Hot wife. Any sisters?

You do realize you would have to move the tcase and muffler so she would have a place to sit?

Buck

 

[NLXTACY]

PS: Get rid of the CAPITAL LETTER WORDS. It's annoying to read and just write like a regular human being. Not everything needs an exclamation point or a capitalization to get across the "intensity" of the situation.

I CAN'T!!!!!

I don't have a Ph.D, Masters or Bachelors in English soooo....

 

[NLXTACY]

I was just looking at my pics of Death Valley and Saline. Shoot if we followed all the ROAD CLOSED signs we would NEVER be allowed into Death Valley.

Start the flaming again

 

[450 DUDE]

this is a very similar circumstance that i was in a few years ago on an OPEN trail/road where i got stuck. I started a winch vs. locker thread and everyone kept saying lockers, lockers, lockers. Well, winch wins. If you would have had a winch could you have gotten unstuck?

Man, I learn something new every time I wheel in the snow... Most of the time it's a frusterating situation! I'm finally getting to the point where I enjoy the chalenge of it... And know when to say "I'm done!"

"One thing I would recommend is getting a full size shovel as well as your folding one. It makes it a lot easier to dig an 80 out of snow! I've played that game a lot... [/QUOTE]"



GOOD STUFF !
ken

 

[LX470Pilot]

Interesting post. Hasthe 470 locked? You widened my view about the 470.

I was running the CDL locked, and A-Trac kicked in quite a few times on the front axle.

Rr axle is open and free...

 

[NLXTACY]

"One thing I would recommend is getting a full size shovel as well as your folding one. It makes it a lot easier to dig an 80 out of snow! I've played that game a lot...

Yeah I was just going to run over to Lowes and pick up a decent fiberglass handle shovel and axe to keep with the truck as well.

 

[NLXTACY]

BTW its all LX470PILOT's fault

 

[LX470Pilot]

This thing is brilliant.

http://www.sleeoffroad.com/products/products_jackof_detail.htm

 

[NLXTACY]

You needed a Slee Jac-Koff tool
Slee - Recovery Gear

As for the hi-lift and mud. Sometimes the exhaust jacks work better in these situations. They are just big to carry.

Fawker! Busting my balls and now trying to sell me some chit














































BTW yeah I think I'm gonna need one of those, call you later.

 

[LX470Pilot]

BTW its all LX470PILOT's fault

HEY!

*I* wouldn't have played up the closed signs!