Rides of March pics

[XJ6]

If you didn't/couldn't/wouldn't make it to Hot Springs for the Rides of March run you just missed a great time - yeah I'm back early but thats cause I'm old and want to sleep in a warm bed tonight :laugh:

I didn't get many pics - was busy walking down then back up hills, but here's a few shots. I'm sure others will have more pics and video.

We were the open/open on 31s group, I had fun and hope everyone else did -
we have a great bunch of people in the Red River Chapter, glad to have finally got a chance to meet with some of them.:clap:

Mike (aka. Old Man)



The group shot

http://www.pbase.com/mike__b/image/94241789.jpg


on Rubicon Ridge


http://www.pbase.com/mike__b/image/94241839.jpg

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[Ramsey]

looks like it stayed pretty damp

[Mosephus]

Cool, glad you had a good time.

[mk153smaw]

Argh!!!!! why did I have to break my TC before an event?!

[x2elite]

Ill post up some of the pics we got when i get home. Hopefully, Chris will have some good pics from our group as well.

[StylerG]

Great pics Old Man! Here are a few of what i got....
http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k35/Stylerg/DSC00690.jpg
http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k35/Stylerg/DSC00691.jpg
and me stuck on that last run!
http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k35/Stylerg/DSC00692.jpg

[aaronh]

Would of been nice to see the rig pulling u up that hill

[goodburbon]

http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h79/goodburbon/HotSprings2008025.jpg
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[goodburbon]

http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h79/goodburbon/HotSprings2008046.jpg
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[goodburbon]

http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h79/goodburbon/HotSprings2008069.jpg
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http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h79/goodburbon/HotSprings2008113.jpg

[goodburbon]

and then there was this oddball....:)


http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h79/goodburbon/HotSprings2008134.jpg
http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h79/goodburbon/HotSprings2008135.jpg
http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h79/goodburbon/HotSprings2008152.jpg

[Only In A Jeep XJ]

Looks like every one had a great time I saw quite a few of ya'll going threw Greenville. I really had a hard time making that right turn off 30 to Gilmer this weekend instead of going straight on to Hot Springs.

[x2elite]

Me and Big Dave at Albert Pike
http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i239/hll0211/CIMG0168.jpg
Brandon coming up the Gorge.
http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i239/hll0211/CIMG0162.jpg
Chris going up the Gorge
http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i239/hll0211/CIMG0157.jpg
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[x2elite]

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[BIgDaddyChia]

Well after sevral traffic delays and other issues I got home a little after 9. I will post pics up tommorow and a couple videos.

[Ramsey]

That place is completely different when its wet, wish I could have made it.

[xxmidianxx]

I got home late last night too. I will post my pics a lil later today.

I will also be working on putting together a video so if any of you guys have any good footage let me know and I will give you my email so you can sent them too me.

[ExTankerGuy]

That place is completely different when its wet, wish I could have made it.

You can say that again!! I managed to snap my track bar, rip off a mirror, ruin a wheel, bend a control arm mount, and bent my front diff cover...

[BIgDaddyChia]

You can say that again!! I managed to snap my track bar, rip off a mirror, ruin a wheel, bend a control arm mount, and bent my front diff cover...

And that was just backing it off the trailer

[ExTankerGuy]

I would never guessed that 2 rated trails would be so dang hard on my Jeep!! :rattle:

[ExTankerGuy]

This is a cool pic!!

http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h79/goodburbon/HotSprings2008028.jpg

[MischiefMan]

http://i241.photobucket.com/albums/ff254/ikull/IMG_0438.jpg

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My daughter "spotting" for me to see if the water was too deep.

http://i241.photobucket.com/albums/ff254/ikull/IMG_0509.jpg

Stay away Ramsey, her mother has been trained to kill by the U.S. Military. :laugh3:

[Ramsey]

Any chance you got a high res shot?


:D

[longducdong]

looks like you guys had a blast. nice pics.

[Kendrik]

And heres the ones I managed to grab.

I think he was headed to the Rides, too!
http://lh3.google.com/cdoyler/R9_IY6YYSoI/AAAAAAAABAc/bodiIOyYVsw/s800/106_0722.JPG


http://lh3.google.com/cdoyler/R9_Ia6YYSsI/AAAAAAAABA8/76WR9j_TEcs/s800/106_0736.JPG

x2elite discovers that "TracLoc" don't equal locker! ;)
http://lh4.google.com/cdoyler/R9_IcKYYSvI/AAAAAAAABBY/oPjtF_sNL7s/s800/106_0742.JPG

Mrs. Goodburbon muggin for the Camera
http://lh5.google.com/cdoyler/R9_IdaYYSyI/AAAAAAAABBw/vr6AW0Isbq4/s800/106_0754.JPG

http://lh4.google.com/cdoyler/R9_IeKYYS1I/AAAAAAAABCI/kTaDT5QkiUM/s800/106_0762.JPG

The proverbial rock and a hard place

http://lh3.google.com/cdoyler/R9_Ie6YYS4I/AAAAAAAABCk/FkGmqnsknJ4/s800/106_0766.JPG

Go Go snatch block!

http://lh3.google.com/cdoyler/R9_If6YYS6I/AAAAAAAABC0/7rCCjrPG4oc/s800/106_0770.JPG

[Supermanxj]

Great pics guys. Wish i could have stayed longer. Looks like so much fun!!!

Josh

[xxmidianxx]

Well after looking at my pics I found out I have more video than anything. But this is what I have so far.
http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e250/xxmidianxx_x/PICT0028.jpg
http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e250/xxmidianxx_x/100_4109.jpg

Playing like the Rovers did...

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e250/xxmidianxx_x/PICT0057.jpg

Maggie vs. the XJ.

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e250/xxmidianxx_x/100_4122.jpg

And a hard day if wheeling.

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e250/xxmidianxx_x/PICT0067.jpg

[XJNoah]

couple of my pics

This looked like a really serious rig.... :laugh2:

http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg61/Noahjspain/IMG_1883.jpg

Range just looks a littel outa place compared to Tylers XJ flexing.

Who needs a rear swaybar?











http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg61/Noahjspain/IMG_1879.jpg

[Ramsey]

I bet yall gave those access roads hell :D

[XJNoah]

couple more

http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg61/Noahjspain/IMG_1846.jpg

http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg61/Noahjspain/IMG_1873.jpg

http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg61/Noahjspain/IMG_1867.jpg

Got a couple videos too. I will try and get those posted soon.

[XJNoah]

I bet yall gave those access roads hell :D

Your a funny guy..:sure:.....hard to take pics and drive...Where were you???

[Ramsey]

My junk is still on jack stands :D

[XJNoah]

Well dang access roads broke my power steering...I'm looking like popey over here..:roll:

[VampireJeep]

couple of my pics

This looked like a really serious rig.... :laugh2:

http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg61/Noahjspain/IMG_1883.jpg

Range just looks a littel outa place compared to Tylers XJ flexing.

Who needs a rear swaybar?











http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg61/Noahjspain/IMG_1879.jpg

You guys should have talked to the guy in the Range Rover. He was there with some magazine. Ya'll could have been famous.

[xxmidianxx]

No we couldn't. They even stopped filming a video they were doing when they saw us coming. They didn't want to look bad when the XJs drove by.

[XJ6]

I talked to the guy in the Range Rover Sport some, the RR belonged to the dealership president that I worked for when they had the dealer here in Little Rock - she probably would have paid him to run over me ( I don't always get along with management ... imagine that) they were wanting to get pics of a nearby creek.

The video of us may show up since the video guy was Rovernut - not your average Rover kinda guy (3 Rovers, 2 Jeeps, 1 old Bronco, 1 Yota around his house).

Glad everyone got more pics than I did, some nice shots.

Ramsey, Rubicon Ridge and going up a badly rutted King Cobra when it was sloppy wet in places not too shabby for a group of open/open XJs on 31s ..... did you ever wheel an XJ open on 31" ATs or has your junk always been better equipped :moon:

Noah should get some kind of award for doing Chrysler Canyon without power steering :thumbup:

[VampireJeep]

Was there some clown in a "Chia" pet looking old Range Rover there?

[XJ6]

Was there some clown in a "Chia" pet looking old Range Rover there?

He had a TRAITOR riding with him :wave1:

too bad the "Red XJ boat" wasn't quite ready :twak:

[XJNoah]

I talked to the guy in the Range Rover Sport some, the RR belonged to the dealership president that I worked for when they had the dealer here in Little Rock - she probably would have paid him to run over me ( I don't always get along with management ... imagine that) they were wanting to get pics of a nearby creek.

The video of us may show up since the video guy was Rovernut - not your average Rover kinda guy (3 Rovers, 2 Jeeps, 1 old Bronco, 1 Yota around his house).

Glad everyone got more pics than I did, some nice shots.

Ramsey, Rubicon Ridge and going up a badly rutted King Cobra when it was sloppy wet in places not too shabby for a group of open/open XJs on 31s ..... did you ever wheel an XJ open on 31" ATs or has your junk always been better equipped :moon:

Noah should get some kind of award for doing Chrysler Canyon without power steering :thumbup:


Funny thing mike is that someone asked me why I wheeled the rest of the day without power steering...I told them it was a jeep thing they wouldn't understand...LOL...

[iluv83vettes]

Don't hate me but, I used to own a RR classic LWB and it was stock with michelin LTX tires and would actually do pretty well off-road. Here are some pictures of my climbing a wall.

http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q191/iluv83vettes/01-02-06_1603.jpg

http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q191/iluv83vettes/01-02-06_1602.jpg

http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q191/iluv83vettes/01-02-06_1601.jpg

That is with the sway-bars connected and it made it up there no problem. Of course the classic was made before RR's were a hit with celebrities who want to pimp them out. Also my xj didn't make it up that wall with a 3" lift and 31 a/ts and no sway bars but I chose to keep it instead of the RR.

[Ramsey]

I talked to the guy in the Range Rover Sport some, the RR belonged to the dealership president that I worked for when they had the dealer here in Little Rock - she probably would have paid him to run over me ( I don't always get along with management ... imagine that) they were wanting to get pics of a nearby creek.

The video of us may show up since the video guy was Rovernut - not your average Rover kinda guy (3 Rovers, 2 Jeeps, 1 old Bronco, 1 Yota around his house).

Glad everyone got more pics than I did, some nice shots.

Ramsey, Rubicon Ridge and going up a badly rutted King Cobra when it was sloppy wet in places not too shabby for a group of open/open XJs on 31s ..... did you ever wheel an XJ open on 31" ATs or has your junk always been better equipped :moon:

Noah should get some kind of award for doing Chrysler Canyon without power steering :thumbup:
Of course i did, well not at's, I knew better than that :D

Everyone has to start somewhere, better at the bottom too so you dont look like an ass when you tear up the jeep you paid to have built and dont know how to fix.

Oh, and I love giving people a hard time, who woulda guessed?

[rovernut]

Not much, but I didn't see much of you guys.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4617933786422699328&hl=en

[VampireJeep]

He had a TRAITOR riding with him :wave1:

too bad the "Red XJ boat" wasn't quite ready :twak:


I'm not a TRAITOR. My poor "Red XJ Boat" wasn't ready. Plus the unibody still needs to be welded back toughter. I think it got worse driving it home from NLR.:(

[MischiefMan]

Hey, I wasn't even on 31's...235/70/16's LOL

[rovernut]

No we couldn't. They even stopped filming a video they were doing when they saw us coming. They didn't want to look bad when the XJs drove by.
Oooooh! You scared us! Not.
No I didn't stop taping. It's posted on here:http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4617933786422699328
Not trying to start any trouble, but that XJ of yours would have a real hard time making my Rover look bad.:moon:

[aaronh]

Not much, but I didn't see much of you guys.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4617933786422699328&hl=en


Thanks for the vid I knew you wouldnt let us down

[xxmidianxx]

Oooooh! You scared us! Not.
No I didn't stop taping. It's posted on here:http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4617933786422699328
Not trying to start any trouble, but that XJ of yours would have a real hard time making my Rover look bad.:moon:

It was a JOKE... Sheeeeesh :roflmao:

[goodburbon]

Oooooh! You scared us! Not.
No I didn't stop taping. It's posted on here:http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4617933786422699328
Not trying to start any trouble, but that XJ of yours would have a real hard time making my Rover look bad.:moon:

Thanks for the vid! I was a bit disappointed you weren't wheeling with us, but glad to see you out there. Sorry for the semi-rude responses, but the trail etiquettedisplayed by your fellow rovers was less than hospitable. I waved as they passed and was made to feel as though I were begging for change. Even as I paused while cutting trees that had fallen across the access road to wave, they did not make eye contact nor wave back.

I noticed a distinct difference between those who drove new rovers and those who drove older rovers like yourself. I definately would enjoy wheeling with you, the others driving newer rovers I saw out there...not so much.

[XJNoah]

Thanks for the vid! I was a bit disappointed you weren't wheeling with us, but glad to see you out there. Sorry for the semi-rude responses, but the trail etiquettedisplayed by your fellow rovers was less than hospitable. I waved as they passed and was made to feel as though I were begging for change. Even as I paused while cutting trees that had fallen across the access road to wave, they did not make eye contact nor wave back.

I noticed a distinct difference between those who drove new rovers and those who drove older rovers like yourself. I definately would enjoy wheeling with you, the others driving newer rovers I saw out there...not so much.


Second that....I got some funny looks from those guys....I mean all I asked for was a little GREY POUPON....LOL

[VampireJeep]

Ya'll need to check out Rovernuts video of Barnwell on 10/07. You'll get to see my lonely Cherokee kick some Rover arse:wave: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3488179321776907265

[rovernut]

Hey, man, those were high falutin' soiciety people! Thay make eye contact with Jeepers like I make eye contact with people in "da hood". I drive my gas company truck through there and I might as well have blinders on. Everybody starin' at me, wondering whose gas is going to be turned off next.:laugh: I'm thinkin" "holy s**t! This is a dead end!".

Anyway, I'm off an a rant again. As a rule, you're right about the trail etiquette. Most folks in the newer Rovers were scared to death anyway. The ones who off road regularly are usually normal people. But we get our share of abuse. I say :passgas: on them!

[rovernut]

Ya'll need to check out Rovernuts video of Barnwell on 10/07. You'll get to see my lonely Cherokee kick some Rover arse:wave: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3488179321776907265

You were out picking on the developmentally challenged again. What have I told you?

You want me to post up a pic of you driving a "soccer mom" Discovery to work when the Jeep's broke? :rof:

XJ6 is right! He's a TRAITOR! I can prove it!

[rovernut]

Thanks for the vid! I was a bit disappointed you weren't wheeling with us, but glad to see you out there.

Maybe there'll be no conflict in scheduling next time, and I'll ride with you guys and get lots more footage.

[BIgDaddyChia]

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[BIgDaddyChia]

Some videos.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xpTxpPbW99A
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRA7ybSPWFM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4BBUYjZqFk