Muddy Beast
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- WA
Some of my pics...the rest are here... http://www.flickr.com/photos/scott_schmitz/
Went with James from PNWJeep.com.
Definitely was a fun day. I wish I knew the trails a little better, as even with my map every time I go there I manage to miss/pass/not find w/e trail I'm looking for after the expressway/Upper-mainline so of course James and I had a lot of gravel road exploring...especially since the loggers have made some new roads that through me off. I think it's fair to say we found 90% of the hardest stuff at Walker and attempted it all multiple times, I say attempt because on the rock face the two of us were denied...I blame it on the mucky mud and not trying to destroy my panels. I did get more damage, door smashed up a bit, drivers rocker caved in, etc. but nothing serious.
^This tree gave both James and I some grief. First I got to it, made a good dozen attempts over it to end up with the tree getting stuck on my axle. Finally I got enough throttle and bounce to get over it and kept going...only to realize James was still stuck so I came back down, he ended up getting it stuck multiple times on the control arms, dragged it down the hill, then it was getting stuck on his rear axle, it was just a mess. We finally gave up for him, had me locate my rig closer and he winched out of the tree off me.
^When I came up the hill to this guy the first thing I did was get out and ask wtf he was doing on the trails in stock rig, and explained to him it's things like that that get trails closed down. I said that to try and get a point across because he admitted to knowing he shouldn't be on the trails yet he did it anyways, after doing my typical accuse first ask later I realized these guys just weren't the smartest when it came down to wheeling as a whole. Hopefully James and I helped encourage them research how you SHOULD wheel, versus how you CAN. Oh and the BEST part about this was when I asked if he has it in 4low. He said, "No I'm in 4Hi because then all the tires are locked and spin together." I of course corrected him, and explained how 4low works...he puts it in 4low and just about drives out of it.
~Scott
Went with James from PNWJeep.com.
Definitely was a fun day. I wish I knew the trails a little better, as even with my map every time I go there I manage to miss/pass/not find w/e trail I'm looking for after the expressway/Upper-mainline so of course James and I had a lot of gravel road exploring...especially since the loggers have made some new roads that through me off. I think it's fair to say we found 90% of the hardest stuff at Walker and attempted it all multiple times, I say attempt because on the rock face the two of us were denied...I blame it on the mucky mud and not trying to destroy my panels. I did get more damage, door smashed up a bit, drivers rocker caved in, etc. but nothing serious.
^This tree gave both James and I some grief. First I got to it, made a good dozen attempts over it to end up with the tree getting stuck on my axle. Finally I got enough throttle and bounce to get over it and kept going...only to realize James was still stuck so I came back down, he ended up getting it stuck multiple times on the control arms, dragged it down the hill, then it was getting stuck on his rear axle, it was just a mess. We finally gave up for him, had me locate my rig closer and he winched out of the tree off me.
^When I came up the hill to this guy the first thing I did was get out and ask wtf he was doing on the trails in stock rig, and explained to him it's things like that that get trails closed down. I said that to try and get a point across because he admitted to knowing he shouldn't be on the trails yet he did it anyways, after doing my typical accuse first ask later I realized these guys just weren't the smartest when it came down to wheeling as a whole. Hopefully James and I helped encourage them research how you SHOULD wheel, versus how you CAN. Oh and the BEST part about this was when I asked if he has it in 4low. He said, "No I'm in 4Hi because then all the tires are locked and spin together." I of course corrected him, and explained how 4low works...he puts it in 4low and just about drives out of it.
~Scott