More Moab pics

[planefixer]

The other thread was getting long and I have a lot of pics, so I started another thread.

Tony and I camped out at Sandflats the first two nights right by the entrance to the south half of Fins 'N Things and saw this little, right-hand drive Nissan contraption being piloted by a couple of Japanese guys head up the trail.It must have done ok because I saw it in town later that day with no visible damage.

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Tony and I playing around on the back of Goldbar rim:

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Tracy rolled in Tuesday night and We hit Hell's Revenge the next morning before the rest of the group arrived.
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Looking up Tipover Challenge
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[planefixer]

The rest of the gang arrived Wednesday evening so Thursday morning we headed out to Area BFE to play around.

Led
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JohnJohn
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Aaron
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Justin
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Me
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Joey
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Joe
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That afternoon it was on to Metal Masher to play on Widowmaker
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[planefixer]

More Widowmaker:
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[planefixer]

Friday we hit Pritchett Canyon- My favorite trail in Moab:
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Terry
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Justin in a pretty tippy situation
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[planefixer]

More Pritchett canyon:
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Time to tackle Rocker Knocker........................................As soon as Led got done winching a stuck Toyota on the bypass.

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This Lexus was with the FJ-80.It was pretty sweet except for the lame wheels and tires.
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Tony on Suicide Hill
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After that, Rockpile

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Joey and I unsuccessfully tried the by-pass

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Joey got floppy with surprisingly no damage.
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[planefixer]

Saturday Led stayed behind to work on his front shock mounts and the rest of us headed out to Poison Spider.


Formatt finally on the trail:
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I took these shots ,from Little Arch on Poison Spider, of some rental Jeeps coming down Moab Rim, on the other side of the river.

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Wedgie
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Some of the group went home Sunday, the rest of us hit Hell's Revenge.

Hell's Gate
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[planefixer]

Next up: the hot tubs

Led flopped in Carwash
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But we got him back on his wheels
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Justin went winch fishing and caught himself a lunker 37" MT/R

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Joey in the smaller hot tub
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Escalator
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[planefixer]

Tip Over Challenge

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We finished off the trip with a jaunt over to Potato Salad Hill.
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[Frank Z]

Excellant pics Jeff! Did everyone make it up the escalator without taking a strap?

[JJacobs]

Great pics, looks like a good time.

[planefixer]

Excellant pics Jeff! Did everyone make it up the escalator without taking a strap?

Only Led and Joey went up- Joey briefly needed a strap.

[mingo]

Excellent pictures Jeff....

[Frank Z]

I missed out on Potato Salad Hill when we were there. Maybe next time...looks like a lot of fun.

[Boulder_jeeps]

The lexus was on ebay about a year ago... IIRC, it was being sold by Stevenson Lexus.

That trip looks like so much fun, I want to go to Moab this summer. *EDIT* I WILL go to Moab this summer.


Thanks for the pics

[formatt]

nice pics Jeff!!

[freerider15]

I saw that Lexus at Carnage Boulder just a couple weeks ago. Talk about $$$ rig. Portal tek axles, the works. I need to get back out there. There are a load of trails im still hankering to hit up.

[footdale]

I was watching some video of some SWB rigs on rocker knocker earlier today, and it looks like you guys were starting out much further to the right and then cutting over left. Whereas they were hugging the left line and basically using a boulder as a pivot to turn left. Did you do this to add more challenge/pucker-factor due to what seems like being more off-camber (based on the pics and all the work Troy has been doing lately)? I doubt I'll be able to tackle that trail anytime soon, I'm just curious. Great pics too, thanks for sharing.

-Joe

[jrsxj98]

Great Pics....to go along with great times.

[YELLAHEEP]

I was watching some video of some SWB rigs on rocker knocker earlier today, and it looks like you guys were starting out much further to the right and then cutting over left. Whereas they were hugging the left line and basically using a boulder as a pivot to turn left. Did you do this to add more challenge/pucker-factor due to what seems like being more off-camber (based on the pics and all the work Troy has been doing lately)? I doubt I'll be able to tackle that trail anytime soon, I'm just curious. Great pics too, thanks for sharing.

-Joe

Joe, the idea in driving up Rocker Knocker is to drive up at a diagonal so that the right front tire is in one of the "staircase" notches, and the left front is in the notch below - the rear tires then push from the larger notch below. The rig then "should" crab-walk sideways to the boulder you mentioned, pivot on it a bit, then climb up the groove. Some vehicles can't negotiate the left line due to wheel base and other handicaps. IIRC, longer wheelbase rigs can do the left line. The XJ's have a good wheelbase to do the crab-walk and usually make this obstacle look easy.

My issue was two fold: Solid locked front and rear, and driver error. I flopped because 1) I didn't wait for a side strap, 2) the right front tire climbed up out of the notch it should have been in causing the rig to tip over.

And I suppose the helium filled balloon tied to my front bumper added just enough lift too.... :D

Regardless, I don't think anyone should try that obstacle without a side strap unless they really don't care about body damage. It can happen all to quickly. I was glad to see all the side straps in the pics from this run! :thumbup:

[hjeepxj]

You guys make me jealous. :(

[Rockken]

Awesome pics, I wish I could have made this run to Moab, maybe next time.

[tonesxj]

Great pics Jeff! I have to say, this was probably the best trip out there. I am still recovering from it. Thanks for grabbing the cooler, I'll pick it up if I get to Indy with you guys.:cheers:

[formatt]

Great pics Jeff! I have to say, this was probably the best trip out there. I am still recovering from it. Thanks for grabbing the cooler, I'll pick it up if I get to Indy with you guys.:cheers:

IF? you sob... you're going! :)

[tonesxj]

IF? you sob... you're going! :)

Ok.. I'm in..:viking:

[Led]

IF? you sob... you're going! :)
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