Trail riding and camping in North Georgia. Mostly 80's, a jeep and a 4 runner.
What did you do with your 60 this weekend? (17 Viewers)
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Where was that at? Looks like a nice group. I need to get out soon and play with a group of cruisers.
This is in the Northeast corner of Georgia, some of the forest service roads cross into North Carolina. rjinga has a write up on the 80's page, I borrowed one of his pictures. I drove my '62 up from Florida. 1200 road miles, 100 trail miles and about 3 miles in the river.
Cool, I'll take a look. I spent a weekend in the northeast Georgia mountains this past spring running some trails with a buddy, they aren't technical but they were scenic and fun!
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KK6WRY. Always Learning
Nice pics, nice ride, nice area!
MountNGoat
KK6WRY. Always Learning
Sweet! Parts source???
Looks great Maat
MountNGoat
KK6WRY. Always Learning
Nice! Would love to see some pics of the outside to see how it sits SOA on OME springs - something I'm thinking of doing to mine.
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KK6WRY. Always Learning
I'm going to try that on my wife. "Honey, since you and the kids will be gone this weekend and I just got the new LED's mounted to the roof rack, I need to take it out for the weekend to test out the LED's." Should be no problem.
Just put an 2" Ironman kit:
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Went camping and kayaking on the river Murray, oh yea was there for a wedding too
Been a busy weekend, installed a reverse camera, alarm system and covered the gear stick with para cord. The cord has really muffled the noise coming up the stick.
Got 2 seats now! Also new paint and carpet inside. Crappy night pic.
I switched out the rear tires and finished bolting up the new rear bumper.
Started on my axle wrap bar.
What is this for?? Do you have a link to your build thread?
I went hunting in WMU 349 in Alberta, half way between Whitecourt and Swan Hills. I used my ARB air locker and wished I had a winch. Thanks to the two guys and their son who happened along with their one ton dually towing an 8 wheel Argo. I never got your names but thanks for the pull. I can't believe you showed up only 45 minutes after I got stuck. I also can't believe your dually made it through that hole and I hope you made it to your hunting camp ok - good luck filling your tags.
A little background about this part of the world. The area between Whitecourt and Swan Hills has a very special kind of mud. Now, I have a lot of off roading experience, I used to have a built Jeep TJ, was a member of the Calgary jeep club when I lived there and have been stuck more times than I can remember. I've been wheeling all over the world, from the muskeg of the West Country, to the roots and rocks of the Rockies. With friends I've driven a Nissan patrol and an old Mercedes wagon from Paris to Dakar. I've even off roaded a moped thru southern India. But the mud found in this area is different, unique really. When dry, the roads are fine but with even a skiff of snow or a brief rain it turns to the slickest, greasiest, most slippery mud you've even seen. And what's really neat is it's also the stickiest mud ever. Take a few steps (if you don't end up on your butt) and your boots will weigh 20 pounds.
So, although the roads were fine when I went in yesterday morning, it snowed just a touch overnight and then melted this afternoon. So you end up with 1/8" of slippery goose sh#t on top of hard pack clay road and you're lucky if you can keep your truck in the ruts. Did I mention that IH8MUD!
Once I got off the lease road onto the blue ridge logging road I still had 8-9 km of white knuckle, nail biting, 1st gear crawling at walking speed at a 45 degree angle to the road or 2nd gear full throttle rear locker engaged mayhem just to maintain forward momentum up a slight grade kind of driving. You know, the kind of driving where you hope there is no oncoming traffic because you're using the entire road and know if someone is coming the other way you'll both end up sliding off the road into the ditch.
Anyway, that's my story, no deer in the freezer (although I was busted twice) and if anyone has a warn 8274 let me know.
A little background about this part of the world. The area between Whitecourt and Swan Hills has a very special kind of mud. Now, I have a lot of off roading experience, I used to have a built Jeep TJ, was a member of the Calgary jeep club when I lived there and have been stuck more times than I can remember. I've been wheeling all over the world, from the muskeg of the West Country, to the roots and rocks of the Rockies. With friends I've driven a Nissan patrol and an old Mercedes wagon from Paris to Dakar. I've even off roaded a moped thru southern India. But the mud found in this area is different, unique really. When dry, the roads are fine but with even a skiff of snow or a brief rain it turns to the slickest, greasiest, most slippery mud you've even seen. And what's really neat is it's also the stickiest mud ever. Take a few steps (if you don't end up on your butt) and your boots will weigh 20 pounds.
So, although the roads were fine when I went in yesterday morning, it snowed just a touch overnight and then melted this afternoon. So you end up with 1/8" of slippery goose sh#t on top of hard pack clay road and you're lucky if you can keep your truck in the ruts. Did I mention that IH8MUD!
Once I got off the lease road onto the blue ridge logging road I still had 8-9 km of white knuckle, nail biting, 1st gear crawling at walking speed at a 45 degree angle to the road or 2nd gear full throttle rear locker engaged mayhem just to maintain forward momentum up a slight grade kind of driving. You know, the kind of driving where you hope there is no oncoming traffic because you're using the entire road and know if someone is coming the other way you'll both end up sliding off the road into the ditch.
Anyway, that's my story, no deer in the freezer (although I was busted twice) and if anyone has a warn 8274 let me know.
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I did a spring over and the rear is running E350 rear springs so this is to keep the axle wrap under control.
I've got a little bit of the build on Mud, but the majority of it is here
http://www.nc4x4.com/forum/index.php?threads/project-piggy-bank-83-fj60-landcruiser.106200/page-4
I need to update it a little. I hope to be wheeling in two weeks...
Finished my Cargo Area Project
Cleaned:
Sealed/Painted:
Dynamat On:
Added Dynaliner:
Specter Mat Installed:
Wagongear Panels On:
AT Drawers Installed, Frontrunner H2O Tank Installed, New Engel Fridge/Power Installed:
Yea! Finally done!
Cleaned:
Sealed/Painted:
Dynamat On:
Added Dynaliner:
Specter Mat Installed:
Wagongear Panels On:
AT Drawers Installed, Frontrunner H2O Tank Installed, New Engel Fridge/Power Installed:
Yea! Finally done!
Finished my Cargo Area Project
AT Drawers Installed, Frontrunner H2O Tank Installed, New Engel Fridge/Power Installed:
Yea! Finally done!
Can i get a part number or link to those AT drawers, that setup is simply perfect.
