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Don't car jackers usually just take the whole car? fishy.

I love my jeep.

Wish some of you guys woulda tagged along. Saw nothing but heeps on the trail all day. Went up a pretty scary hill, got a new dent to compliment the other dent on the passenger side window pillar. The pie plate at the bottom said, "GOOD LUCK BITCH." We made the stock YJ go around and take the main line. Sorry for the heep pic here, but I did invite you so you shoulda been there to be in the photo. Funny thing is, there were only two of us, but we stopped and a butt load showed up for a quick photo.

What's messed up is that it's such a gnarly trail that we're gonna defer to the Nachees Trail. The two Jeeps following me are not worthy enough to go up the 197 without repetitive tugs and carnage. You need lockers to get up it when it's wet. Off camber steep rooted city. Imagine this in when muddy. Mind you, this is SO much steeper than it looks.

Probably about 9:30. Will meet at the Burnett Chevron at 09:00.

I want to go up it now that the trails are a little slick and mucky. Any of you guys think you have a rig capable enough to follow me? I want to go this Sunday.

Being that you're in SLC, just what kind of cars do you have to pick from? When I lived there in 93, I almost never saw any Subarus from the 80s, what was there must be pretty rusty by now. Do you have the means to source a car from out of state that might be in better condition? This was the only car I could find near you older than 1990 thru craigslist. http://saltlakecity.craigslist.org/cto/4666791284.html

The guy filming sure seemed to like watching Jesse fly like that.

Totally dig it. You'll like it even better if you bob that rear end. I know I was much happier when I bobbed my Toy.

I love my Jeep.

Indeed, cheaper elsewhere. They sell those divider boxes for the cargo area for 60 bucks at the dealership. 10.99 at Harbor freight for the same exact one, but it doesn't say Subaru on it. lol

I read somewhere that you'll have to drive 350,000 miles to save enough money on gas to justify the extra cost of buying a hybrid. doh.

Ya know. . . He's had 10 (ten) years to make good. But NO effort has been made to do so, only slippery excuses and denial.

Maybe you're just in an area where there's bad reception. I've never heard of this happening other than for that reason. I would call the dealership. . .

Jerry! I'm so bummed I didn't get to see you. Ken said he did though.

I had a blast. Can't wait for Jesse to upload those pics and vid of the tuff truck trial things majig. And. I have a bad memory apparently. No less than 4 people came up to me knowing who I am and I didn't recognize you. Ain't sayin' who. . . lol

I say we all meet up at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday in front of the mud pit and raise one up for him as a group.

These guys had one tow rope between them. No preparation, no idea how to wheel. That was a long drive to sit around and wait for hours instead of 4Xing. (Note my new little lights on the front of my heep Brain.)

Hell yeah. It would seem you have one on me by already knowing my face. I should be there a big part of Saturday. With any luck, I'll be along side my buddy Ken, holding a beer.

As a Jeep outcast from the USMB, I've been cheating over at a Jeep site and occasionally wheeling with groups from there. Had a couple of pretty sweet runs, did Evans Creek at night in the snow and mud. Probably the funnest wheeling I ever did. The guys we went with were in capable rigs and were experienced at wheeling Both weren't afraid to let Ken or I spot for them. Even the stock JK Rubicon did ok. Next time out, went to Evans with guys in big ol' rigs and my brother Marty who bought my old Toyota. Again, the guys were experienced and had well built rigs. Only Marty is a greenhorn, but he listens well and the Toyota is a friggin' soldier. There's no where I can go in my Rubicon that the Toyota can't just plod right thru. So. Third time's a charm right? I agreed to meet up with some other guys and go to Walker Valley. Dude talked about how they had their rigs on trailers and blah blah. Sounds like some baddass rigs to me, my plain jane rig might get teased. I met up with a guy I'd met once before in a stock 2014 JK 4 door Rubicon. Thinking he'd have the most problems, we headed out to go meet the other two rigs in Marysville. A stock 99 wrangler on 33s and a kinda built YJ on 33s. Neither has a winch or recovery points. wtf. We follow them up and get head on up the trail (Easy something or other) after unloading and airing down. Well, I aired down to 15lbs, but the other guys declined. I take last in the line of 4 and head up. At the (NEW) gate, both 2 doors have big struggles getting around the posts and rocks. Clutch smell city. The JK crunches his door in on his less than 500 mile having new ride. (He sucks it up and says no big deal) Up the hill we go. SOON, we're smelling clutch and seeing smoke. This goes on for a half a mile until we all pull over and dude in the YJ realizes he's been in high range the whole climb. doh. So we head up the steep part to get to the Express Way rock climb. The JK and the other TJ bypass the rocks and pull over. I'm third in line and stop at the bottom of the rocks. The YJ struggles and bounces and scrambles its way up and parks behind me. I decide my line and headed up the rock. You'll note dude yelling "Passenger", but I didn't trust his line. When did finally listen to him, he got me high centered, so I had to back down some. You guys local to Walker know there's some rocks just after that. Well, the TJ took about 50 tries and finally bounced his way thru, hammer down. The YJ tries it and mashes the pedal too hard and BAM! rear axle. "You only got one front wheel turning now man." Backed him down and this next photo is their solution to how to keep the rear tire from sliding out on the broken axle. yep. And they walked it down the hill the whole way at a snail's pace, but made it. I learned not to wheel with noobs. I learned that even though it's a Jeep, mashing the pedal will still wreck your stuff. Finesse, works just fine, I'm ok with not beating up my ride.

I'll be around Friday to hang out for awhile, then I'll be back on Saturday for a while too. Either time, when I leave, I can take a few cars with me the 20ish minutes from Pt. Townsend to our cabin where I have some pretty fun trails. And to save Tex some typing. . . The WCSS does not insure or cover anybody who follows me. You do so at your own risk. (something like that. . .)

Brain.. I just don't understand why you have to be a wongleflute. If you don't have an answer, just skip on to the next thread and don't say anything. How about that? Seriously.

Find him here. -->>> uh huh. http://www.gofundme.com/bk6rwg

Ya know. . . I installed one of the first lifts ever in America for the ea81. I figured it out. It took me two days. I wish that I could have had this forum to ask questions of folks who've done it before, I could have saved a lot of time and energy and head scratching. By the time PK sent me the 4th or 5th kit, the instructions only said, "Just do it." Old guys. Try to be nicer to the new guys.

I'm supposed to be heading up there this Sunday with some Jeeps.