Moab Trip Report

[Frank Z]

http://www.colorado4x4.org/vbb/showthread.php?p=738240#post738240

[YELLAHEEP]

Hey look ^^^^ 1,000 posts! :thumbup:

Bummer that your name STILL isn't in red...... AND you post a link to "that other" website..... :thumbdn:

:D

Kidding aside, looks like a great trip. I gotta think Tom is about to toss the towel in..... busted D44 ring and pinion????? That sucks.

[old_man]

A bad day wheeling is better than a good day at work.

I will have the gear swap done by noon and will get back with the guys for Hells Revenge.

[tonesxj]

Awesome! Keep the pics coming for us stuck here behind the keyboard.:explosion

[Frank Z]

AND you post a link to "that other" website....Sorry, my internet connection is shitty and time online is 3-4 minutes if I'm lucky.

Red Rocks Lodge sucks!

[Frank Z]

Got back this evening, pics and vids coming soon.

[Frank Z]

Well here it is,my Moab pic.....
Working on Old Man's rig.
http://www.colorado4x4.org/gallery/files/4/6/6/1/Moab2034a.JPG

[old_man]

Hey, at least they caught your best side.:laugh3:

[jdogg4]

WOW a gear swap on the trial talk about hard core. I just helped a guy do one in his garage and didn't find much enjoyment in it. Really not looking forward to doing mine.

[Frank Z]

It wasn't rally a gear swap, it was more of a get the ring gear out and put the rest back together kinda thing. I'll have a pic of the pinion up later on.

[jdogg4]

so you drove out under front power only then?

[Frank Z]

Yep, we took bypasses when we could and only had to strap tom's rig one time, Even then he could have made it himself with a bit more speed on the approach, but no one wanted to see him do more damage. We had already spent 4 hours getting his rig torn down and put back together as it was. We made it all the way back to center of town before the driverside rear bearing siezed up.

[Frank Z]

I got the first batch of pics loaded at Imagestation, yeah I know you gotta join to see 'em. I wasn't in the mood to load a few at a time on photobucket though.
Here's a link to the first 84 pics...
http://www.imagestation.com/album/pictures.html?id=2093938451

[DaJudge]

Nice pics Frank! Wish I could have been there.
Moab1 28 (third pic in the slide show) is very nice. How did you take it?

Glen

[Frank Z]

I can take B&W pics with my digital camera. I think most digital cameras can do the same thing.

[old_man]

I want to say thanks again to all that helped tear the axle down on the trail and forfeit running the rest of the trail to make sure I got out OK.

It was a good time and the company was even better.

[Frank Z]

It's all good Tom. No wheeler left behind...ever!

[Frank Z]

Got some video uploaded but the text is hard to read so I'lll be fixing it later. For those that just can't wait....
Metal Masher (http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=9049373147434060178&hl=en)
I'm also uploading a long video from our second trip up Poision Spider, Golden Spike, & Gold Bar Rim. It should finish sometime this AM.

[Frank Z]

This video is long, 43 minutes worth of long!
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-5817690189201642960&hl=en

[old_man]

Cool video. I like the place where you get the right rear tire a couple of feet in the air.

[Frank Z]

Yeah I was tasting upholstery for a few minutes after that one. Definetly a great run.

[Frank Z]

More pics....
http://s55.photobucket.com/albums/g138/FrankZ_2006/Moab%20Pics%20Part%202/

[Frank Z]

Here's the last of them....
http://s55.photobucket.com/albums/g138/FrankZ_2006/Moab%20Pics%20Part%203/

[NoCoastFocus]

I cannot wait for next year! Whoohoo.

[YELLAHEEP]

Man, I really hope to make the trip with the 'Springs guys in May.... I gotta get back there again!

Nice diverse group of rigs you had go with you on this run Frank. Is that an old Defender 90 I see? I'd hate to try to get parts for that in Moab though...

[Frank Z]

I believe it was a Range Rover. The two Brits that ran Fins & Things and Hell's Revenge with us had it shipped over from England for their 30 day U.S. vacation. it was powered by a recently installed GM V-8 Diesel.


Deb and I were just talking about this trip and she said it was the pics of the scenery that really convinced her to go out to Moab the first time. Seeing it in person made her want to go back for this trip. She's absolutely right. Yeah the wheelin' is beyond compare, but this is why we wheel to begin with...
http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g138/FrankZ_2006/Moab%20Pics%20Part%204/Moab039.jpg?
http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g138/FrankZ_2006/Moab%20Pics%20Part%204/Moab3034.jpg?
http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g138/FrankZ_2006/Moab%20Pics%20Part%204/Moab3089.jpg?

[Frank Z]

Well after fighting with the video editing software I've been using...I gave up. I'm using some different software now and although the DVD's it produces look great, the . WMV files aren't very good. I'll keep trying to post some better videos as time allows, but for now you're stuck with this...
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4088857935668074186&hl=en

[87xjco]

Funny video!!

You did better then my attempt
http://thexota.org/d/3732-2/995.jpg

I agree....... "shoot the spotter"

[Frank Z]

This one has better video quality...
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=568851035408180169&hl=en

[Frank Z]

Funny video!!

You did better then my attempt.
WOW! How'd you get straightened out?

[87xjco]

Would you believe I lifted it out with my left arm?

Maybe the strong winch on the left front corner helped too.

[Frank Z]

Guess What?!?!?













MORE VIDEO!! wOOT!
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3483830562501005177&hl=en