DaveG
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Des Moines, IA
Thanks for the indirect compliment! If the only thing you can find to criticize about my rig is the amount of bumpstop I had in the parking lot, it must not be too big of turd.
Don't loose any sleep - my rig flexes just fine. I won't bore you with the physics of full-width axles because all you web wheelers know that, all things equal, a wider axle doesn't have to flex as much as a shorter axle to be the same distance off the ground. Also, with 38's in XJ fenders, you have to get some of your flex from drooping the other side.
I never wanted a poser rig with 8" lift on 33s to look good on the ramp. See ANY bling on my rig? I wanted a rig that would get me up Purgatory and through that rock garden on the rim of the quarry forward and back. Mission accomplished. Where were you critics then, because you sure weren't at the top?
In all truth, I did start out on the Green trail. After tech I ran into town to fuel up, and the only group still there when I got back was doing Green. Brad (super-nice guy w/black XJ with a rear window out) suggested I join them, as a group was going to split off to run Pink, which we did. That's where "I lost a bead backing out of a line." Oh yeah, that line was up the harder right side that nobody else tried. In case you forgot, I proceeded to the top, while everyone else went up the smaller left side. A minor detail you left out.
Most of you guys were great. I enjoyed chatting with you at dinner and the campfire. The event was organized and well-run. is awesome (I'm member #259 by the way, so I wasn't born last night). Every club has a couple punks. No hard feelings, they'll grow up someday.
Rev Den and XJnation - thanks for your voice of reason.
Dave
Don't loose any sleep - my rig flexes just fine. I won't bore you with the physics of full-width axles because all you web wheelers know that, all things equal, a wider axle doesn't have to flex as much as a shorter axle to be the same distance off the ground. Also, with 38's in XJ fenders, you have to get some of your flex from drooping the other side.
I never wanted a poser rig with 8" lift on 33s to look good on the ramp. See ANY bling on my rig? I wanted a rig that would get me up Purgatory and through that rock garden on the rim of the quarry forward and back. Mission accomplished. Where were you critics then, because you sure weren't at the top?
In all truth, I did start out on the Green trail. After tech I ran into town to fuel up, and the only group still there when I got back was doing Green. Brad (super-nice guy w/black XJ with a rear window out) suggested I join them, as a group was going to split off to run Pink, which we did. That's where "I lost a bead backing out of a line." Oh yeah, that line was up the harder right side that nobody else tried. In case you forgot, I proceeded to the top, while everyone else went up the smaller left side. A minor detail you left out.
Most of you guys were great. I enjoyed chatting with you at dinner and the campfire. The event was organized and well-run. is awesome (I'm member #259 by the way, so I wasn't born last night). Every club has a couple punks. No hard feelings, they'll grow up someday.
Rev Den and XJnation - thanks for your voice of reason.
Dave