Spring Creek this Sunday

[DutchVDub]

I said frack it, the trails are going to start closing soon and I want to run this trail all the way through once this season even if it kills me. Time to see if I can keep from rolling the new rig.

Spring Creek this sunday. Meet up at the conoco/starbucks at exit 234 off of I-70 at 9:30am

[hurley842002]

Its soo tempting, however I need to get my t-case skid installed and purchase some sliders before I tackle this one.

[in4aride]

Depending how Saturday goes I may join you

[mcantar18c]

If I can get this thing trailable by Sunday, I'm in

[flingshot]

Too much for me at this point both rig wise and experience wise (from what I have heard anyway).
Have a good time and take lots of pics! Might be ready to add that to my list next year.

[in4aride]

Troy in on this one? He was talkin bout runnin this trail soon

[YELLAHEEP]

It'll be a last-minute thing if I do. Saturday, the wife has plans all day so that woulda worked out best. Sunday is generally the honey-do day and there's a pretty big list on the fridge currently.......

[in4aride]

So..... Honey-do's saturday and trail Sunday????

[YELLAHEEP]

So..... Honey-do's saturday and trail Sunday????

Honey-do's are WITH the wife: groceries/costco/Sam's and other errands, not projects.

Plus, I still gotta find a place to ditch all the old decking from the trailer that's stacked in the garage; I want to get "Frank-en-hood" done and on Truggy; still gotta replace the busted hub on Truggy from the car crush; I have no fewer than 3 parts rigs at the house that need dealt with; lawn needs mowed badly; hopefully I'll have paint-matched repair parts for the '97 that I could install....... and then, and then, and then.......


NO MORE AND THEN! :D

[in4aride]

If you say and then one more time!!!! :gee:

you do have a lot of crap to do tho

[jeepfreak1020]

Honey-do's are WITH the wife: groceries/costco/Sam's and other errands, not projects.

Plus, I still gotta find a place to ditch all the old decking from the trailer that's stacked in the garage; I want to get "Frank-en-hood" done and on Truggy; still gotta replace the busted hub on Truggy from the car crush; I have no fewer than 3 parts rigs at the house that need dealt with; lawn needs mowed badly; hopefully I'll have paint-matched repair parts for the '97 that I could install....... and then, and then, and then.......


NO MORE AND THEN! :D

Man troy if you have all those jeep at your house, and you need some free time, you could sell me the black one you just got :D You would beable to get some of those and then, and then, and thens off your list with that one out of the way :laugh3:

[YELLAHEEP]

Uh....... black one? I ain't got a black one...... :dunno:

[in4aride]

He watched too much 'dude where's my car'

[jeepfreak1020]

The black one you took to jenny creek with us?

[Kiefer316]

The black one you took to jenny creek with us?

Dude what have you been smoking? What ever it is i want some...:gee:

[jeepfreak1020]

O my bad, the gunmetal one.

http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t272/Jeepfreak1020/PICT1510.jpg

[YELLAHEEP]

Yeah, I could see how you'd confuse it with black............ :rolleyes:

:D

[jeepfreak1020]

lol sorry I dont know why I was thinking black. Ive been studying to long lol. Ya you could sell me that one and you would have one less jeep to worry about :D

[YELLAHEEP]

lol sorry I dont know why I was thinking black. Ive been studying to long lol. Ya you could sell me that one and you would have one less jeep to worry about :D

You couldn't even remember the color......... so you're not worthy. :nono:

:moon:

[Hugothegrunt]

At least he didn't confuse it with the one with the Pink bumpers.:laugh3:

[jeepfreak1020]

You couldn't even remember the color......... so you're not worthy. :nono:

:moon:

Sorry i dident remember the color, the day was a little hecktic and what not lol. But o come on it would have great home to come to :spin1:

[YELLAHEEP]

Yeah, I'm out. I desperately need to get caught up around here this weekend.

I have no doubt you guys will have a great day......... dammit. :D

[RangerRick]

Is this trail run still on? I just got mine fixed. Went through the front end, lubed everything, replaced tie rod and alined wheels, fixed axle seal rt. rear and cleaned brake shoes, new tires, and fixed speedo. I'm reedy.

[in4aride]

Is this trail run still on? I just got mine fixed. Went through the front end, lubed everything, replaced tie rod and alined wheels, fixed axle seal rt. rear and cleaned brake shoes, new tires, and fixed speedo. I'm reedy.
Sounds like you were a busy man

[RangerRick]

3 days work. Wanted to go on Jenny Creek run today but, couldn't getter done, as my wife forgot to tell me about the diner party we were having Friday night. I was the cook.

[xjnco]

Ranger Rick,

Yes, It's still on, I talked with Richard (DutchVdub) at 8pm, he asked if I was going and I said no.

[XJTodd]

You couldn't even remember the color......... so you're not worthy. :nono:

:moon:


Maybe he got you and I mixed up...

[XJTodd]

oh, and I'm in for Spring Creek! See who ever is going in the a.m.!

[DutchVDub]

0130 and I am getting ready for bed. Yes we are hitting the trail up in the morning, and we only have 3 rigs scheduled so please come along and join.

I would have posted up sooner but today has been a horribly long day and I wound up going to Hooters in Loveland. I just got back, it was that fun. Now I'm drunk and off to bed.

[DutchVDub]

Well, I had my nice refreshing 6hr nap. Time to go wheeling. :D

[in4aride]

Dutch you crazy! Wheelin with a hangover is all bad! Lol

have fun guys and no roll overs this time! :D

[XJTodd]

GREAT TRIP today guys! I think I'm the only one that got pics/vids. I'll get them up tomorrow.

[RangerRick]

All right, that was a good trip. The groups in front and behind us were a good mix with ours. Clime, clime, clime, man that road gains altitude. TOUGH trail! The views were incredible after Spring Creek Trail on the "road" back down.

Thanks Dutch

[flingshot]

Pics! Pics! Pics!

[DutchVDub]

Good time for sure, but it was crowded and took way to long. That group in front of us really annoyed the heck out of me. First the one guy from them making us back down 4 rigs so he can reach the bypass for the first obstacle, then that other idiot trying to take the hardest line possible in a rig with no gears, no lockers, and only 33" A/Tish tires.

I definately tested out the durabilty of my Harbor Freight winch and the mounting points on my homebuilt winch bumper. Pulling that TJ off the shite he was on I was almost dragging my Jeep up the mountain.

I also hit the bumper on a few large rocks and you can't even tell. I didn't even scratch through the 5 layers of rattle paint.

I scratched up both my rocker guards, my passenger side rear door guard, and my passenger side gilla guards. I also trashed my passenger side u-joint in the steering knuckle. Oh yeah, and the bolts off my passenger side rear upper shock mount. Stupid passenger side of my Jeep was just falling apart on me.

I did have a blast, but man its hard going from frnt/rear lockers, 36's, and massive gearing to 33's, no gears, and open front. I also completely lost my pwr steering pump, it wasn't doing a damn thing. I knew it was going bad (even got one from Troy yesterday) but I didn't have time to get to it before the trail run.

I need to pop the cover on my D30 too, something seems weird in there. I want to make sure its not toasted. I do have a high-pinion D30 sitting here, I think its time to build it.

Ok, last thing. Talking to Jim (my buddy in the green TJ) I think we are going to shoot for another trail run SAT Oct 10. I kind of want to head down to Eagle Rock, but probably won't want to spend the fuel.

BTW, Jim trashed his DS knuckle u-joint, bent his HD front tie-rod (has the ridgeline setup), put a dent in his front diff cover, ruined another rear driveshaft u-joint, and was finally convinced he needs to regear his axles and get a front locker.

[in4aride]

Sounds like your day was as crazy as ours. So many damn people out!!!

[XJTodd]

Ok, last thing. Talking to Jim (my buddy in the green TJ) I think we are going to shoot for another trail run SAT Oct 10. I kind of want to head down to Eagle Rock, but probably won't want to spend the fuel.

Wife is out of town that weekend. If you go, count me in.

[XJTodd]

I should be able to get pics and vids of this trip up today sometime

[Skully]

I scratched up both my rocker guards, my passenger side rear door guard, and my passenger side gilla guards. I also trashed my passenger side u-joint in the steering knuckle. Oh yeah, and the bolts off my passenger side rear upper shock mount. Stupid passenger side of my Jeep was just falling apart on me.

I did have a blast, but man its hard going from frnt/rear lockers, 36's, and massive gearing to 33's, no gears, and open front. I also completely lost my pwr steering pump, it wasn't doing a damn thing. I knew it was going bad (even got one from Troy yesterday) but I didn't have time to get to it before the trail run.



You sir have a curse :confused1.....................how come over the last year the first couple runs; Left Hand and Illinois Gulch you didn't break anything and then after that everything went to hell...........................:repair:

[DutchVDub]

No curse really. As "nice" as this new jeep looked at first glance there is just a whole bunch of stupid little shite on it thats easy to fix, but wouldn't need to be in the first place if it hadn't been so neglected. The only two things that I really hurt are the U-Joint in the knuckle, and the shock mount. The U-Joint is trashed, but still together enough that I was able to make it all the way home without it coming apart. And the shock mount isn't a big deal because it was just the heads of the bolts that broke off. The rest of the bolts are still there so all I have to do is weld a nut to them and pull them out. I figured the u-joint was already on its way out and running my jeep so hard to get through spring creek just did it in. The bolts on the other shock look like grade 5, so thats probably what happened here. Week arse bolts. I also think the shocks aren't the correct length for the lift its running. I'll be getting new shocks soon to correct that.

You missed like 5 or 6 runs that went well too, all of my issues have been on Spring Creek. Thing is I love running that trail, so I'm going to keep going back there at least once a year.

[Jawa]

So no damage on Todd's rig? Sounds like you need to take some lessons from him Dutch! :D :moon:

I noticed you tried calling me the other night - sorry I couldn't make this run. I was down in the springs picking up a new rear axle. Woo-hoo!

[XJTodd]

So no damage on Todd's rig? Sounds like you need to take some lessons from him Dutch! :D :moon:


I got a little damage, put a nice ding in my slider on the first obstacle (check the pics), not to mention that I have about 5 new rattles.

[XJTodd]

OK, here are the pics!!:

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Yeah, that's a winch cable pulling me up, over, and across that rock...(lockers are on the list for this winter)
I was really just wanted to give Dutch a chance to use his new bumper and winch! LOL!! Thanks Rich!
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[XJTodd]

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[XJTodd]

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[XJTodd]

Videos soon....

[hurley842002]

Sweet pics, I MUST do that trail as soon as I am all armored up.

[DutchVDub]

So no damage on Todd's rig? Sounds like you need to take some lessons from him Dutch! :D :moon:

I noticed you tried calling me the other night - sorry I couldn't make this run. I was down in the springs picking up a new rear axle. Woo-hoo!


Thats ok, I didn't want to have to put gas in your Jeep anyways. :D

I might have scratched up my rockers, Todd put a huge dent in his. He also did a fair job of ruining the looks (all aesthetics, not function) of his front passenger side rim. Oh yeah, and I had to winch him. :D

I just wasn't trying to point out Todd's follies until he had a chance to bring them up himself. :D

I spent most of my day winching other people's Jeeps. At least it felt like that. The other half was waiting for my winch to spool back up. My only complaint about that Harbor Freight winch is that its slow as hell. Still, for only 250$ its a hell of a deal. I've already used it 4 or 5 times since I bought it and it hasn't failed me yet. When I rolled my Jeep I had that winch working almost non-stop for over an hour and it never overheated or shutdown. I will recommend these winches to anybody. Even if you buy 3 you've spent less on these 9000lb winches than you will on 1 Warn.

[in4aride]

Looks like a real fun trail with quite a few lines. Gotta do this one for sure

[XJTodd]

I just got done power washing off the half of the mountain Jim didn't take back with with him, and to assess any other damage I may have incurred. Yup, more than I thought though thankfully mostly cosmetic:

Damage from the rock at The Gatekeeper:
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Time to do something about the Bushwackers:
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Not sure where, but pretty sure I know the general timeframe (Sunday)
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Meh....ALL WORTH IT!


Videos uploading now.

[flingshot]

Doood! Gotta hand it to ya for sure. That's one of the nicest rigs I've seen lately and you are not afraid to take it out and use it. Most of that stuff is easy to fix and you have to have something to do this winter, right?

[XJTodd]

Finally....here are the videos...

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[Stang5lgt]

That road looks fun. Glad to see Dutch kept it on the rubber side this time.

[DutchVDub]

Dude, that shit was so dug out and slick. It was awesome, but frustrating too. The thing that was kicking my arse was not really having power steering.

[XJNOOB93]

I like your rig a lot dude.. what rear bumper is that?

Sweet pics and vids.. I like a lot!