Who's coming to the flog

[Mark WNC]

Who all is coming, when you going to be there and where is
everyone staying.
We will be there thursday evening,
prolly stay at Crawfords.
Bringing both jeeps and camper.
I wonder if you can heat a popup:confused:

[yellowxj]

oh yah you can heat a pop up...little space heater and an occilating fan on low...you wont be sweating but it will be warmer

we'll be there...where ever everyone else is...got to get the wife a head to toe thermal suit for trail riding

[yellowxj]

...and I still want to go down slick rock one day...

[roXJeepr]

I plan on being there, just not sure yet when or in what. I'll be at Crawfords, hopefully thurs eve and driving the ???

[Racing4funn]

I supose yall are talking about Tellico? What are the dates and what is the event?

Sorry Im new here and last weekend was my first trip ever in my newly built virgin Jeep. I went to Tellico last weekend for my first trip ever and WOW. Here is a picture if I can get it to post.
http://70.145.75.12/ShowPicture?1&full&/Jeep/Photo_101906_002.jpg

[Racing4funn]

...and I still want to go down slick rock one day...

I would rather go up slick rock. Going down would be very scary!

[yellowxj]

you havent seen my scary ride down upper 2 then :) and I've been up slickrock a few times...never seen anyone going down...its got to be done

and your all welcome to camp at my place if you want...its abit further than crawfords to the trails...maybe a half hour...but the campings free...
http://www.naxja.org/forum/showthread.php?t=97737

[yellowxj]

http://www.naxja.org/forum/showthread.php?t=97103
and the dates are Nov 3-5, if I read that thread correctly

[IntrepidXJ]

I would rather go up slick rock. Going down would be very scary!

i disagree. going down would be pretty simple IMO. and the ledge at the top would be a lot of fun, too :)

[Racing4funn]

you havent seen my scary ride down upper 2 then :) and I've been up slickrock a few times...never seen anyone going down...its got to be done

and your all welcome to camp at my place if you want...its abit further than crawfords to the trails...maybe a half hour...but the campings free...
http://www.naxja.org/forum/showthread.php?t=97737

I dont understand your link.. It dosent help me understand what the Flog is.. and or when the dates are..

[Kudzu]

Nov 3-4 weekend afternext

We'll be there hopfully...Will know more on Thrus.

and I guess if everyone wants to stay at Crawfords then that's where we'll be..was planning on staying at Travis and Michelle's...

[a-mechanic]

I dont understand your link.. It dosent help me understand what the Flog is.. and or when the dates are..
yea, I noticed that to.
I'll be there. at crawfords

[XJ16FW]

I will be at Crawford's. Do we have a meeting time at the ranger station yet? I have to run over to Stateline to meet someone first.

[XJ16FW]

I dont understand your link.. It dosent help me understand what the Flog is.. and or when the dates are..
I think he really meant this link: http://www.naxja.org/forum/showthread.php?t=97737

Look at post #26. It has directions to his place.

The "Flog" is an annual SE chapter run to Tellico. It is pretty informal. We just meet at the ranger station, and split up into groups with similar rig capabilities. We usually meet somewhere in the area for lunch. The dates are Nov 3-5. All we need is a time to meet at the ranger station, since we are not all staying at the same place this year.

I am going in the "thing" in my avatar :)

PS, nice XJ!

[Jeff in VA]

At this point, I gotta say I'm out:tear:

BUT....by springtime, the MJ (hopefully) will be rebuilt, and I can actually wheel it:D Count me in for the Crawl next year;)

Jeff

[ajeeperwannabe]

Some added events for those staying at Crawford's

Nov. 3rd-5th First Annual Camper Appreciation Weekend FARMER'S 4X4 WILL BE HERE PUTTING ON A CRAWL COMPETITION ON THE "CRAWFORD ROCKPILE" . TROPHIES WILL BE GIVEN OUT. WE WILL ALSO HAVE A GRAND PRIZE OF A FREE WEEKEND STAY IN ONE OF OUR FULLY EQUIPPED CABINS. YOUR RESERVATION IS YOUR FEE TO ATTEND. FREE HAMBURGERS/HOTDOGS. We need reservations to determine the size of crowd. (1/2 off camping in campground) *Cabins will remain regular price.

[88blackwidowXJ]

as of right now i will be there. will know more the week before. im staying at yellowxj's unless he changes his mind. hope to see everyone there

[yellowxj]

well blackwidow...now I'm torn...so many camping at crawfords and I do love the nightlife, hanging out with everyone, half price camping is nice, and I wouldnt mind trying to win the rockcrawling contest ...BUT I'm sleeping for free at the shop (still in my camper) BUT have a 23 min longer ride to get to the trails BUT I have to pass gas stations, pizza, and the abc on the ride back to the shop and I have access to a shop with a pile of parts xj's...and I have to haul my own garbage at either place...I dont know how many campers I could plug in to my building...its on temporary power...havent popped a fuse yet and I do have a 7kw generator for back up...

BUT if it rains...whats not covered by gravel at my place gets real slick...at crawfords at least you have a layer of grass...BUT theres enough floor space in side my building that I could put a few campers in side if I wanted too...

I dunno...I guess I'll go with the majority...if your bring a tent blackwidow I'm sure you can share some of my campspot...

[Kudzu]

Yeah we can slit up camping spots if it comes down to it but I guess we might want to see if there are any spots left???

[yellowxj]

HAHAHAHAAA I just got confering with the wifey and she says theres not a chance in heck that she's breaking camp at our place to move 30 minutes away and pay someone for the privelege of hauling our own garbage and chancing dirty bathrooms...so we'll be camping at our shop...anyone who wants to camp with us is welcome too...and we can stay up as late as we want

we'll meet everyone else at the trail head....9 am sound like a good meeting time??? it'll be too cold to sleep in...

[MrMom]

planning on being there Fri morn looking at staying in the state line area
anyone coming in from the north staying in that area

[88blackwidowXJ]

hey yellowxj, either way is fine with me. either way im in a tent. what i will do, as long as everythin is still good to go here, i will be leaving here around 1 and i am gonna mapquest your address from the other flog thread and will be there as soon as my XJ gets me there. but ill let you know for sure next week but right now i will be there. look forward to meetin all yall then. thanks again.

[yellowxj]

let me know what route mapquest gives...its a little funny around here sometimes...sending people on back roads and all...

[WTF]

I'm lookin for an open seat for the weekend, as my rig is still not quite trail ready, 400 miles from me and I am lacking in the tow-rig department at this point.

'What's in it for me', you ask???

I'm pretty handy with a wrench, am a fantastic cable puller bi-otch, and usually bring more than enough brews to share... :cheers:

Any takers???

[88blackwidowXJ]

basically, im coming through bristol, go towards knoxville, to I-40, to I-75, to TN-60, to US old copper road, to Weece ROad, to johnsonville, to NC-1107, watson gap road, new liberty road, hardscrabble road, sawmill road, and onto your road. it says 4.5 hours so i might to skip some classes and other stuff and get down there earlier if things work out. but it really all depends on how long my trail rig/DD takes to get there; esp. with that rear end making noises still. im sure you all know what i mean.

[a-mechanic]

Just for the record the last 3 places I camped at, with the family, this year I have had to haul the trash to the dumpster and the restrooms compared to crawfords even during the crawl were hideous by comparison. It may not be the same as when steve ran it, but it is by no means the bottom of the barrel. Crawfords still has entertainment for adults and kids. it now has a little place to get food, you can buy fuel etc...
I think he (Danny?) is doing a pretty good job keeping the place intact and trying to make a buck at the same time. There is nothing wrong with that IMO.
Feel free to flame me on this, I'm just giving my opinion and will get off my soapbox now.

[XJ16FW]

Just for the record the last 3 places I camped at, with the family, this year I have had to haul the trash to the dumpster and the restrooms compared to crawfords even during the crawl were hideous by comparison. It may not be the same as when steve ran it, but it is by no means the bottom of the barrel. Crawfords still has entertainment for adults and kids. it now has a little place to get food, you can buy fuel etc...
I think he (Danny?) is doing a pretty good job keeping the place intact and trying to make a buck at the same time. There is nothing wrong with that IMO.
Feel free to flame me on this, I'm just giving my opinion and will get off my soapbox now.

I agree with Andy! I have been to ORV parks form GA to TX, and Crawford's is still cleaner than the rest of them.

[uncc civilengineer]

Hey guys... We have a group headed up on Thursday - Sunday. We're staying in a cabin right at the entrance of Trail 1. Here's what we have coming:

Me & Wife: 98 locked F&R on 33's
Woodkrawler & Wife: 92 locked F&R on 33's
Hammerite_05 & friend: 88 MJ locked F&R on 33's
My cousin & brother: M38A1 on 34" LTB's

We haven't gotten as far as deciding what trails we're running but we'll be on the look out for a large group of XJ's... IF you see us the army green Willys will probaby stick out!

Chris

[Ghost]

Just for the record the last 3 places I camped at, with the family, this year I have had to haul the trash to the dumpster and the restrooms compared to crawfords even during the crawl were hideous by comparison. It may not be the same as when steve ran it, but it is by no means the bottom of the barrel. Crawfords still has entertainment for adults and kids. it now has a little place to get food, you can buy fuel etc...
I think he (Danny?) is doing a pretty good job keeping the place intact and trying to make a buck at the same time. There is nothing wrong with that IMO.
Feel free to flame me on this, I'm just giving my opinion and will get off my soapbox now.
No flames here my friend but I will say it was better in some ways with steve and better in others with Danny. I'm trying to work it out to come but $$$$ and other issues may prevent it yet again! :wierd:

[XJ16FW]

FWIW, I got the email below from Danny at Crawford's camp. I contacted him about my little group of Ramchargers, but he is inviting NAXJA as well. He would like a head count.

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Hey,
How many and what type of sites. I am discounting camping 50% for those dates and cooking Hamburgers/Hot dogs on Sat. free of charge. As for the rock competition, there has not been much interest, so that may not go down, maybe do some type of raffle. Let the folks the guys of NAXJA know-they are welcome. I promise to try to keep the place from going any further down hill...HAHAHA.
P.S. I need to have some type of number so I know how much food to purchase.
Thanks,
Danny

F W <fw_16@yahoo.com> wrote:
I see you are having an event there Nov 3-5. Don't
forget I am still coming with a few other guys that
same weekend. I hope you still have room :)

Thanks
Forrest
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Danny
Crawford's Campground
828-837-9077
www.crawfordsattellico.com
crawfords_campground@yahoo.com

[Kudzu]

Sorry guys but we're out...just can't get it all together in time...

Hopfully we'll make the next one...

[XJ16FW]

Meeting time at the Ranger station??? CB channel??

Friday morning I am meeting someone at the "wide spot" on the TN side, where trail #1 crossed the river. We will meet at 9:45am. If anyone wants to ride with us, meet us there. I don't have a winch, and only one locker, so I will have to just watch the hard stuff :)

[MrMom]

I will be camping at state line
so that may work for me will be with a couple others
me in a white 96 country and a silver MJ cab only rig
both of us are locked front and rear and have winchs so we got you covered
I think we plan on trying to do slickrock

[a-mechanic]

Is woody comming? if not, is this still an official club ride without a bod member?

[allthingsoffroad]

sry guys i cant make it jeep is almost done! could we do it the 8th-9th of dec :) we could call it the christmas crash :party:

[yellowxj]

basically, im coming through bristol, go towards knoxville, to I-40, to I-75, to TN-60, to US old copper road, to Weece ROad, to johnsonville, to NC-1107, watson gap road, new liberty road, hardscrabble road, sawmill road, and onto your road. it says 4.5 hours so i might to skip some classes and other stuff and get down there earlier if things work out. but it really all depends on how long my trail rig/DD takes to get there; esp. with that rear end making noises still. im sure you all know what i mean.

Forget everything after US74/old copper road(its a pretty drive IIRC, twisty mountain road?)....just take that road all the way to SPUR 60 and turn right onto spur 60...spur 60 goes from 4 lanes to 2 as it goes from NC in to GA...we're about 3 miles into georgia...be ready to turn left after you pass the mile marker #5...you should be able to see a huge tan metal building up the hill on your left..."to Weece ROad, to johnsonville, to NC-1107, watson gap road, new liberty road, hardscrabble road, sawmill road,"....those are all back roads/maybe gravel

[Mark WNC]

I'm still on, be there fri. before noon, camping at Crawfords.
As far meet times go, At the pay station sat morn.between
9:00am and 10:00 am.
We might try and afternoon ride fri.
will try to be at pay station around 1:00pm and 2:00PM
See you there.

[yellowxj]

michelle and I will try to meet up with you guys on saturday morning too.

[Ghost]

I'm not going to make it. Got stuff that came up Friday that has to get done.

[XJ16FW]

Anybody have any GPS co-ordinates for the trail intersections, or "feature" spots?

[88blackwidowXJ]

hey yellowxj, its like 3 in the mornin and i just found out that my great uncle is in the hospital so i am not gonna be able to come. he has had a heart attack so tomorrow after classes i am heading to north carolina to see him and be there with the family. so i just wanted to say thank you for offering and lettin me stay at your place and ride with you. i hope u all have a great time. ill be talking to you guys later. take 'er easy and good luck to all ya'll this weekend.

[red94yj]

Hey, local temp report...it's 29 at the house this morning and should be colder in the morning!!!!

[XJ16FW]

Yea, it was cold at night, but beautiful during the day :)

I didn't get any pictures this year, I was driving, with no spotter... Not to mention my front locker was broken. I think a broken locker is worse than an open diff.

[uncc civilengineer]

Forest... how's it going? We looked for you on Saturday and ran Guardrail, Hellicopter pad, and a few other loops.....

By the way this is Chris w/ the Black XJ..

[XJ16FW]

I left early. My locker was getting so bad that I couldn't get up any trails. I am considering pulling it out, and just welding the d@#& thing :)

[ajeeperwannabe]

Any pics?

[MrMom]

got some comin drove up the ledge above slickrock
what a ride!

[uncc civilengineer]

yep.. bunches of pictures i'll get the link up in a few hours..

[MrMom]

http://s132.photobucket.com/albums/q1/holleykemp/

various from this weeeknd I am in the white country
andy in the nanner
who else is got some we only made it to slickrock

[Mark WNC]

We ran lower 2 on sat.and slickrock sun.
We also made the rock ledge above slick rock.
Roxjeeper broke an axle joint about half way up on lower 2
but we put in a spare and he drove it out
the rest of the way on 3 inchs and 32's.Very impressive IMHO!
We had a great time and cant wait to go again.
Wished we could have spent more time with you guys
(uncc civilengineer- mr mom) and any one else I'm forgetting.
sorry we missed yellowxj and crew.maybe next time.

[XJ16FW]

We need to change the subject to "Who went to the Flog?" :)

Nice pics by the way MrMom.

I have some video of Woodkrawler and a red MJ (Mac) climbing PeckerWood. If anyone is interested, I can put them on a server, and put up a link here.

[XJ16FW]

Link to video (http://www.sumpdiver.com/fw/veh/tellico1106.avi)

Warning, the file is about 1.3 mb, and will take several minutes to load on dialup. It runs about 8 minutes, once loaded.

[MrMom]

forester nice meeting you sat morn on trail 5 sorry your front locker was giving you heck can't open your video
you end up riding back after you left us at the river?

[uncc civilengineer]

Here are a few more Fall Flog pictures:

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g18/CTFriel/Tellico005.jpg
Heading up to Guardrail

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g18/CTFriel/Tellico007.jpg
Helicopter Pad

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g18/CTFriel/Tellico008.jpg
Helicopter Pad

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g18/CTFriel/Tellico009.jpg
Top of Helicopter Pad

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g18/CTFriel/Tellico010.jpg
Hammerite_05 on Helicopter

[Ghost]

Link to video (http://www.sumpdiver.com/fw/veh/tellico1106.avi)

Warning, the file is about 1.3 mb, and will take several minutes to load on dialup. It runs about 8 minutes, once loaded.
I even tried to download it and it did not work on quicktime or WMP.

[uncc civilengineer]

Forest... im getting some kind of error when trying to view your movie

TED0 codec required

any idea?

[yellowxj]

Sorry that I missed saturday riding and getting to hang out. Wound up working all day at the shop...just how it goes...cant wait for the crawl, so I can visit everyone again...

[woodkrawler]

we had a great time at the flog! the weather was great. and thanks again to forrest for the help on peckerwood! (i almost ran him over). i hate we didn't get to ride with you guys. my front detroit went kaput the first day on peckerwood so i limped the XJ around the rest of the weekend with 3wd. it got so bad i ended up having to pull both shafts and front DS just to drive the jeep home.

HOW DO YOU BREAK A DETROIT LOCKER WITH LIGHT WEIGHT 285s on ALUMINUM WHEELS?? IM STUMPED!!!

[XJ16FW]

The video is in uncompressed .avi format. I will compress it in the morning, and put it on the server.

Forrest

[XJ16FW]

New link to video. It is still BIG

Link (http://www.sumpdiver.com/fw/veh/tellico.wmv)

[woodkrawler]

Forrest,

VIDEO looks great, thanks.

Lincoln

[MrMom]

was that the ledge on peckerwood?
you guys are prety good with a strap :thumbup:

[XJ16FW]

was that the ledge on peckerwood?
you guys are prety good with a strap :thumbup:
Yea, that was Peckerwood. I almost got caught between the bank and the XJ. I climbed up the strap to get out of the way!

[MrMom]

you drive your ram to peckerwood after you left us at the river or did you hitch a ride

[XJ16FW]

you drive your ram to peckerwood after you left us at the river or did you hitch a ride
We went to Peckerwood on Friday, and I parked at the bottom, and helped those 2 trucks up. "Uncc civilengineer" and I turned around and went back to trail #6 and met up with them at trail #8.

After I left y'all at Fain's ford on Saturday, I went back out down 4 and 5. That was great fun, because there were 3 or 4 big groups coming up 5.