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Metal Thrasher
November 21st, 2007, 07:58
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Rick, user handle RRT, recently got a "new" XJ. He's the guy who built up my rig than allowed me to swoop in and buy it. He's been running around accumulating parts so that this next rig will be stronger, faster, taller, and of course better than before. But in the mean time his new XJ sits on three studded snow tires and fortunately has a front skid plate ( now dented).
Rick is one of those guys who finds his calm, focus, mental release, Ying yang or whatever you want to call it by wheelin'. So despite the lack of modifications yet completed on the new rig we decided to head up to Walker Valley for some "church time".

If you haven't been there; Walker Valley has two main trails. They both require that you pass a "gate keeper" prior to getting in. So Rick in his non-modified XJ went first..... Then I manged to wedge myself between a rock and a root..... and had to get tugged. Doohhhhhhhhhhh!

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Okay Rick. Quit laughing.


We found that Walker was wet and very muddy. It was also quiet. We never encountered rigs on the trails just a few groups of cycles.

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There were a few obstacles that were unavoidable:

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We both left Red paint on this stump:

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This little rock / stump/ mudhole / drop off field was a nasty obstacle as well:

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In the end we made it out with some damage and a lot of mud.

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And Rick's new Xj had earned it's badge:

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And our visit to "church" had given us that Peaceful, easy feeling. Not to mention that getting Rick's muffler ripped off by a root made his rig sound much better :viking: . And those fender flares were coming off any ways....:angel:
JBweld
November 21st, 2007, 08:50
Nice. It's good to see Rick wasn't worried about taking his stocker through there! I'm impressed.
XJ_Owner
November 21st, 2007, 08:55
Nice story. I give it an A+ :P

lol jk anyways..... I have never taken my stock jeep out on the trails. I have always just went muddin, and I only have gotten stuck twice....... and had to get pulled out by my friends toyota *feels ashamed* but he had a lifted truck not me :P

Rick, get that "new" Xj of yours built back up
RRT
November 21st, 2007, 10:25
Nice. It's good to see Rick wasn't worried about taking his stocker through there! I'm impressed.
I was not scared, I have to assume the 3 studded 235/75R15 tires were what got me through the day.:yap:
Metal Thrasher
November 21st, 2007, 10:29
I was not scared, I have to assume the 3 studded 235/75R15 tires were what got me through the day.:yap:

I think it was the Trail Rated badge.....
RRT
November 21st, 2007, 11:13
What was left out of this story is the relaxing & thereputic (sp) mud bath I took while removing the mangled metal under my XJ formally known as my muffler & tail pipe. But the cold squishy mud made it all worth while.
XJ_Owner
November 21st, 2007, 11:25
sounds.... chilly
Metal Thrasher
November 21st, 2007, 11:29
Looks like fun:

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XJ_Owner
November 21st, 2007, 11:55
yea that does
Blkxjkrawler
November 21st, 2007, 18:17
Glad to see that stump bite some other people, I usually use it to remove or adjust my tj flares.:doh:
-Ryan
ECKSJAY
November 21st, 2007, 18:25
Present day Walker Valley makes baby Jesus cry.

:bawl:
88manche
November 21st, 2007, 21:18
Man, Rick's rig looks almost exactly like mine. Its even got the same missing antenna, and almost the same dents.
PornstaR
November 22nd, 2007, 01:18
Present day Walker Valley makes baby Jesus cry.

:bawl:
The little baby Jesus or just the regular baby Jesus?? By any chance you been hitting that boys bottle of Jameson???
ECKSJAY
November 22nd, 2007, 02:37
The little baby Jesus or just the regular baby Jesus?? By any chance you been hitting that boys bottle of Jameson???

The little baby Jesus. :D

And do you mean hitting the boy's bottle or hitting the boy after the bottle? I R cornfuzzled.

:doh:
PornstaR
November 22nd, 2007, 02:56
The little baby Jesus. :D

And do you mean hitting the boy's bottle or hitting the boy after the bottle? I R cornfuzzled.

:doh:

Well ummm do you mean physically or sexually hitting??
ECKSJAY
November 22nd, 2007, 02:57
Well ummm do you mean physically or sexually hitting??

Backhanded like a douchebag racecar driver would.
PornstaR
November 22nd, 2007, 02:58
Backhanded like a douchebag racecar driver would.
Yea one day, Ill be cool like that. Sweaty arm pits and all. Shake n Bake
gill41083
November 29th, 2007, 17:27
that stupid stump took out my steering box on my samurai
gill41083
November 29th, 2007, 17:32
no wait i dont think it was that stump, im thinking of the one on the second half of the lower main line just before the mud pit
Metal Thrasher
November 29th, 2007, 20:44
no wait i dont think it was that stump, im thinking of the one on the second half of the lower main line just before the mud pit

Well last weekend one of the little tiny stumps yanked my front skid plate off... Just above the road on the second section of Lower Main line going up hill. Not one of the big nasty stumps.... Just one of the tiny little stumps..... :gee:
gill41083
November 29th, 2007, 21:31
i had a wheel fall off my samy in that area. just turned a little corner,kinda flexin a little where the middle of the road was washed out, and snapped the four bolts that hold the brake drum to the axle. that was an interesting day with no jack in all 3 rigs i was with
:party: