Fall Flog 09 pictures...

[shortxjdoug]

and so it begins
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Dan and Cody putting out flaming linex before the first trail
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Tim happy to be back in the saddle
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the wag attempting the impossible climb on atomic ridge, not happening in this rig
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we definently need to find a way to post the video of me tim and tyler's bypass attempts on atomic ridge

day 2 starting on little mule
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[shortxjdoug]

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trail 39 pics
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my full throttle assault led to this, time for beadlocks, we set it back with tyler's air and carried on
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Mark and tim showing that cherokees do fly
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[shortxjdoug]

mark decided the passenger mirror needed some lovin...
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the Wag doin its thing
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big hill off g5 headed to 3
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suspension climbs awesome.....
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.... but the jeep decided to flop
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Cody holdin a brother down...
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Nice, that's what I was waiting for.

[shortxjdoug]

after being sick all day and finally getting to wheel, jarrad dropped an axle joint followed closely by a superior shaft
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day 3 rattlerock
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Tim crawling lumber instead of rocks
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[shortxjdoug]

Tyler making the final victory drive.... all of rattlerock from the very bottom to the very top in 3 hrs and 40 mins witch no winch pulls or breakage
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Tim followed suit with just over 4 hrs and only three winch pulls, an accomplishment for a rig on 35's that can still run to the store and get groceries.
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Victory dance!
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[shortxjdoug]

like dan said theres a lot more pics ill let him fill in with some more if he wants but these are the wheeling highlights

[Ghost]

Wow did only 5 people show?

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Wow did only 5 people show?

That's you get when Glenn plans it. He didn't even go.

[Ghost]

That's you get when Glenn plans it. He didn't even go.

Wait a min! I did not plan shiat! You need to be more specific!

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Wait a min! I did not plan shiat! You need to be more specific!

Sorry, Mr. Shrek. (Glenn)

[Ghost]

Sorry, Mr. Shrek. (Glenn)

TY! :D :thumbup: Seems to be a trend in TN.

[Mr.Shrek]

Yep I try and plan stuff, not just complain about how far away they are :D
Besides I didn't plan it, I just helped with getting people campsites and cabins. Nice try though TRT.

[PacificEd]

This was one of two groups up there. I may not have the count quite right, but there were at least 11 rigs present.

[Ghost]

Yep I try and plan stuff, not just complain about how far away they are :D
Besides I didn't plan it, I just helped with getting people campsites and cabins. Nice try though TRT.

I hope this is to someone else! I only complain about how expensive that place is! When you are use to wheeling for $5 a day you get spoiled! :wave1:

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Yep I try and plan stuff, not just complain about how far away they are :D
Besides I didn't plan it, I just helped with getting people campsites and cabins. Nice try though TRT.

You were involved though. That's all it takes. I guess it makes since why you didn't plan it, they wanted to have the 09' Flog in 2009.

[xjtrailrider]

Back on topic-Looks like ya'll had fun, thats some good looking trials. I went out yesterday and wheeled local. My group of 4 (1 XJ, 2 JK's and a TJ) were stuck behind a group of 25 Jeeps most of the day(12 mile long rock garden). Some times small groups are better.

[High2by]

After all was said and done we had 14 rigs present. There were a couple show that aren't on the board and one in a full sized Blazer. It was great!!!!

XJ's--8
MJ's--1
Willys--2
YJ's--1
TJ's--1
K5's--1

[Team Willys]

After all was said and done we had 14 rigs present. There were a couple show that aren't on the board and one in a full sized Blazer. It was great!!!!

XJ's--8
MJ's--1
Willys--2
YJ's--1
TJ's--1
K5's--1

You forgot one... I had two rigs present, but only one hit the trails, although the truck did technically go "off road". LOL.

I've got the trail 39 and Atomic Ridge videos saved on my computer, I'll try to get them up ASAP.

TRT, give Glenn a break, I didn't see you there either!

[Skwerly]

Awesome pics! Looks like a great area to wheel! :)

[Ghost]

Awesome pics! Looks like a great area to wheel! :)

Yea it does! Just very pricey for the East Coast IMHO! I will get up there one day though.

[Team Willys]

Tim's attempt at Atomic Ridge
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Doug's First attempt on the same hill
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His second
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My first attempt, still Atomic Ridge
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My second
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Nobody made it, but as you can see, I got the furthest! What do you expect though? I've got more engine and more tire, so I kinda had an advantage.


Doug on the first hill climb on 39
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Mark
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Tim
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Dan's friend Cody has the video of me making it, so maybe Dan can get it and post it up. Jackie (Mark's step daughter) has the video of Dan, maybe Mark can post it up...

[thechief86]

man, that looks like a ton of fun, but i'm almost glad i didn't go! i seriously doubt i could do much even in my old jeep, much less in the grandpa jeep on 30's with open diffs and almost no lift... i'd liketa try it in my old one, though.:D

[Team Willys]

Yeah, last year a guy on 35s open open stock gears grenaded literally everything in his jeep trying to complete trail 39. We were on it until 3 in the morning trying to get off. Literally every Jeep had a mechanical failure of some type. Jarrad almost got away with no damage, but his alternator failed while trying to winch the Jeep I just spoke about off the trail.

[shortxjdoug]

Yea it does! Just very pricey for the East Coast IMHO! I will get up there one day though.


i know it seems pricey but the amount of land here, the variance of trails, and the maintainence level and mapping level (plus insurance liabilities for "company" land) its really not that bad, i dont mind paying to support the keeping up of an ohv area thats growing when most face shutdown scrutiny

[The Box]

Man that looks like fun.

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TRT, give Glenn a break, I didn't see you there either!


You all know we give each other hell. He starts in on me just as much as I start in on him. It's a love hate relationship.


Looks like you guys had a great time, I look forward to more pics.

[JeepAddict85]

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Tiff has a ton of good pics...and i have to get the Hi Def videos from mark

[rredalty]

password^?

[tnxj00]

x2 on password. good pics greg!

[YJ-GENRAL]

greg, all but the last and first videos you posted are private.

i think you can make them public so we dont need your password.

[JeepAddict85]

oops, sorry guys...everything should be public now...

[Ghost]

I wonder if they have had any prolems yet on the water trails. When I was at Callantee the guy told us to run whatever but not post pictures of us wheeling in the streams becasue he was getting flack from the EPA. I think is was the EPA.

[tnxj00]

Doug the first 4 pics of u all wheeling, what trial is that?

[256offroad]

I wonder if they have had any prolems yet on the water trails. When I was at Callantee the guy told us to run whatever but not post pictures of us wheeling in the streams becasue he was getting flack from the EPA. I think is was the EPA.
the local parks here have the same issue they just flat out tell us not to ride in the creeks.


Good pics.... And looks like an awesome place to ride... Just pricy for the entrance fee plus gas$ to get there....i'd rather ride all the local parks within 2 hours of me for 10bucks.

[YJ-GENRAL]

what sucks though is that that pic of me on lil mule and maybe a couple more on the one obstacle is all i got of the trip... i did lil school bus but we didnt stop for pictures that i remember and after that it got parked because of the motor... DANG IT! next year when i have fuel injection and a reliable NON carberated engine i want lots of pics of me...

how about the genral take on rattle rock in the spring eh?? what do you think?

[shortxjdoug]

Doug the first 4 pics of u all wheeling, what trial is that?

15 and little mule

[shortxjdoug]

what sucks though is that that pic of me on lil mule and maybe a couple more on the one obstacle is all i got of the trip... i did lil school bus but we didnt stop for pictures that i remember and after that it got parked because of the motor... DANG IT! next year when i have fuel injection and a reliable NON carberated engine i want lots of pics of me...

how about the genral take on rattle rock in the spring eh?? what do you think?

fill that front end full of 760x joints and itll have a shot

[Team Willys]

Right now, he needs more than 760X joints to make that trail. But maybe next year after RSOR Fab does some more work on it!

[MELKORsXJ]

how about the genral take on rattle rock in the spring eh?? what do you think?

...sounds good to me!

The Willys should be ready to handle it by then as well :)

[Jess]

Yeah, last year a guy on 35s open open stock gears grenaded literally everything in his jeep trying to complete trail 39. We were on it until 3 in the morning trying to get off. Literally every Jeep had a mechanical failure of some type. Jarrad almost got away with no damage, but his alternator failed while trying to winch the Jeep I just spoke about off the trail.

That was me. I think last year was so bad because the weather. I have ran 39 open/open on 31's with no problems when it was dry....the trail has gotten alot worse since then and is almost impossible open if it is wet.

[Team Willys]

Yeah, they made a bypass at the end now, kinda sucks... But the V-notch area isn't doable for a rig that isn't locked in both axles unless they winch. Heck, our entire group was locked with 35"+ swampers and we all had to give it multiple attempts before making that section.

[YJ-GENRAL]

i have more photos coming sometime, got my copies last night.

and to Tim aka hardstruggler, i heard you didnt get your tow rope back. i remember taking it off the big tree at the end of rattlerock and putting your drings back on, before i could toss the rope back in the jeep you were ready to make the last stretch, so i rolled it up and apparently placed it on a rock we were all standing around so i could help spot, and i have photographic evidence of exactly where it was put but nothing on it actually getting in your jeep... im guessing it got left on the rock in all the dirt throwing, hugging celebration that followed the end of the trail... not sure on that. unless someone else picked it up.

[shortxjdoug]

i have more photos coming sometime, got my copies last night.

and to Tim aka hardstruggler, i heard you didnt get your tow rope back. i remember taking it off the big tree at the end of rattlerock and putting your drings back on, before i could toss the rope back in the jeep you were ready to make the last stretch, so i rolled it up and apparently placed it on a rock we were all standing around so i could help spot, and i have photographic evidence of exactly where it was put but nothing on it actually getting in your jeep... im guessing it got left on the rock in all the dirt throwing, hugging celebration that followed the end of the trail... not sure on that. unless someone else picked it up.

i havent seen it, maybe its still there ill swing by rattelrock tommorrow mornin

[Team Willys]

Cool, maybe theres a chance it s still there, since that was on Sunday afternoon, I doubt rattle rock gets much traffic during the week.

[YJ-GENRAL]

that would be awesome.

uploading photos to the internet as we speak, going to try and not overlap you doug.

[YJ-GENRAL]

OKAY, here are some pics for you guys. most of mine are from rattlerock since daddy doug hit all the highlights.


the group shot: doug up front, me to the right, mark beside me, tyler beside doug, dan beside tyler, and way in the back is tim
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left to sit and think about how it was acting on the trail... bad jeep! (motor is dying on me, time for EFI!)
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mark hanging 10! :D
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start of RATTLEROCK tyler.
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START OF rattlerock DAN
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START OF RATTLE ROCK DOUG
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yep its broke alright.
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Tim near the begining of rattlerock
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[YJ-GENRAL]

the mtn goat, tyler and his jeep making light of a difficult section of rocks
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dan getting stuck on basically flat ground! how? slight dip and a large underground rock right down the middle he couldnt see LOL
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dan getting winched out after the second explosion of his rear ubolts/joints
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tim making his way through the rocks
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THIS is how you should ride with Tim: seat belts tight, holding on and a stupid grin on yoru face cuz its a wild ride :D (taken shortly after the tree stand)
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doug helping a brother out!
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cool flex/perspective shot
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blayton hanging out in the sunny... mmmm warm
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[YJ-GENRAL]

Tim tapping the dead tree(wait for it)
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if you dont notice it right away, not too worry that 6 foot 4in dia log didnt just appear out of no where on the rock in front of the jeep, it came from 30-40 feet up in the air attached to the dead tree!
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tyler near the top, he can see the finish line!
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here let me just roll this GINORMOUS rock into that hole for you...
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almost to the top, rounding the big ass tree
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you drove right by the strap! why didnt you pick it up :D
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celebratory hug for Tim and Tyler! :D
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hope you enjoyed the slide show :D :yelclap: party1:

[Ghost]

Rattlerock looks fun.

[YJ-GENRAL]

yeh im guessing tim still has that stupid grin on his face from the satisfaction of making it all the way through in one day without breaking anything :D

i plan on running it one of these days!

[trail rate this]

That looks like an awesome place to wheel. Looks like awesome weather too.

[JeepAddict85]

Great pics guys! maybe next year ill give rattlerock a shot

[High2by]

I'm uploading pics now. Should have some up in minute. I missed RR this time but I had my own problems...:smsoap:

Good pics. I like the one with Blanton. That's one cool dog.:cool:

[High2by]

Here are some of them...

Blake doing it up.
http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/kk71/high2by/2009%20Fall%20Flog%20Windrock/100_3525.jpg

Doug doing it up.
http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/kk71/high2by/2009%20Fall%20Flog%20Windrock/100_3531.jpg

Mark doing it up.
http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/kk71/high2by/2009%20Fall%20Flog%20Windrock/100_3558.jpg

Dalton doing it up in the Willys. Thanks, Dan!
http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/kk71/high2by/2009%20Fall%20Flog%20Windrock/100_3534.jpg

Me doing it up.
http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/kk71/high2by/2009%20Fall%20Flog%20Windrock/Badbroke.jpg
Well this is after me doing it up...:banghead:


Here are the rest of them.
http://s277.photobucket.com/albums/kk71/high2by/2009%20Fall%20Flog%20Windrock/

[YJ-GENRAL]

dang mark! i knew you broken an axle joint and popped a knuckle but DANG! that looks alot worse than i imagined.

[High2by]

dang mark! i knew you broken an axle joint and popped a knuckle but DANG! that looks alot worse than i imagined.

You know me. Nothing half a**ed. :moon:Thanks to Matt and everyone for getting it back together. I drove it off the mountain.:guitar:

[Ghost]

You know me. Nothing half a**ed. :moon:Thanks to Matt and everyone for getting it back together. I drove it off the mountain.:guitar:

Mark are you tacking your caps?

[High2by]

Mark are you tacking your caps?

No sir. That will change though, plus I have a plan for a different axle also.

[YJ-GENRAL]

getting rid of the 44?

[High2by]

getting rid of the 44?

Nope, gonna put one in.

[Ghost]

Nope, gonna put one in.

Why? Same joint. You tack your caps on alloy shafts and I bet your joint issues will go away in the front.

[High2by]

True about the same joint but I have broken shafts up front also not just the joints. Hopefully with a stronger shaft I can upgrade the joints and really not have any more trouble.

[JeepAddict85]

plus the housing/ring gear/tubes will be stronger

[PacificEd]

Why? Same joint. You tack your caps on alloy shafts and I bet your joint issues will go away in the front.

If they make it, Mark can break it. Don't you remember Morris Mountain??

[Ghost]

True about the same joint but I have broken shafts up front also not just the joints. Hopefully with a stronger shaft I can upgrade the joints and really not have any more trouble.

So what size tires you going to? I would recomend xj width by the way.

[YJ-GENRAL]

so you have a d30 up front? didnt know that.

[256offroad]

If they make it, Mark can break it. Don't you remember Morris Mountain??
how can we forget! haha...

[High2by]

plus the housing/ring gear/tubes will be stronger

True. I got a '78-'79 F250 housing with 1/2" tubes. BEEFY!!!!

If they make it, Mark can break it. Don't you remember Morris Mountain??

That's not nice.:confused:

So what size tires you going to? I would recomend xj width by the way.

I'm gonna stay on 35's for now. The axle has been narrowed to stock Waggy width. I didn't want to go full width.

so you have a d30 up front? didnt know that.

Yep, good ole D30. I have beat on it pretty hard, you can ask, and I have broke it too. Never had an issue with a R&P like some have, cough Tyler, cough.


how can we forget! haha...

Broke both front and rear. Man that sucked!!!!

[~Spanky~]

I have seen this before!
http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/kk71/high2by/2009%20Fall%20Flog%20Windrock/Badbroke.jpg

:conceited

[bigalpha]

http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/kk71/high2by/2009%20Fall%20Flog%20Windrock/Badbroke.jpg

What a hoopty.

[JeepAddict85]

^ Now thats some turning radius!

[kf_chris]

looks like a great time. other than the breakage

[High2by]

^ Now thats some turning radius!

That's all muscle. No hydro assist on that!!:laugh:

[Team Willys]

Well, with the 44 you will have locking hubs, so you will be able to run some type of super-joint with some alloy shafts and the breakage will decrease. With the 30, you are limited on the type of joint because they have to remain street friendly. SO, while the joints are still classified as a 760 type, a super joint wont break like a spicer. Mark, I would recommend Bobby Longs...

[High2by]

That's what I was thinking Tyler. The locking hubs would be the only way I could run a joint like a BLong.

[shortxjdoug]

That's what I was thinking Tyler. The locking hubs would be the only way I could run a joint like a BLong.

exactly.... im due for a set of bobbys myself... i just noticed today i cracked a cap in an alloy usa xjoint, it didnt spit the joint, just cracked a cap ;)

[Ghost]

That's what I was thinking Tyler. The locking hubs would be the only way I could run a joint like a BLong.

I ran the yukon joint and hated them. Very jerky and comes with a crappy grease gun and special grease.

[Team Willys]

Ghost, must you hate everything that it actually worth having? 8.8s, chevy engines, dana 44s, super u-joints, etc, etc, etc, are all on you dislike lists... Yet you like 2.5L Jeep engines??? I don't get it.

Lol, just had to poke some fun.

I myself am running stock parts as in axles and u-joints, no high dollar stuff yet, but it seems to be doing pretty good. I did have to fully weld the u-joint caps in on the pass side front axle though because the ears were egg shaping! The long side has been fine, I guess since the shaft has more twist it takes some of the abuse off of the joint.

[Ghost]

Ghost, must you hate everything that it actually worth having? 8.8s, chevy engines, dana 44s, super u-joints, etc, etc, etc, are all on you dislike lists... Yet you like 2.5L Jeep engines??? I don't get it.

Lol, just had to poke some fun.

I myself am running stock parts as in axles and u-joints, no high dollar stuff yet, but it seems to be doing pretty good. I did have to fully weld the u-joint caps in on the pass side front axle though because the ears were egg shaping! The long side has been fine, I guess since the shaft has more twist it takes some of the abuse off of the joint.

I was speaking from experience. Except on the chevy engines, chevy makes nothing I like. I have been there and done that on the D44 and the yukon's. I did not like the poping of the yukons and the grease gun is shit. Ask anyone that has bought them. you have to press the grease up with a screwdriver while you pump it into the joint. They took the springloaded press out to save on cost. Yea all in good fun! I know you are poking at me no worries. I have a problem with keeping my opnions to my self. LOL! Oh yea I like the Ford 5.0, the frond hp D60, the 9" is good but the low pinion sucks, I love the t-18 too by the way. :moon: :D

[Team Willys]

Lol, I know man. Those little grease guns are often junk!

Im with you on the T-18, the NP435 is a good tranny too, thats what I run in my Jeep behind the 4.3.