Elbe pics 3-25-06

PAPXJ · Mar 26, 2006

Hope you enjoy them.

Off we go!

We met a group of volunteers putting up trail markers. They warned us that the DNR was out today and writing tickets for anyone who venture off the marked trail.

Climbing up the clearcut headed to the busywild trail. Can you see the camo xj??

First winch use, many many more to come...

Crawling into the woods at the start of the busywild.

Can you find the camo xj in this one?

There it is!

I had some minor body damage. Snapped the door hinge in half.

The rubi was nice enough to turn around and help the camo xj through a tough spot. (Camo xj specs: 3" lift, 31" all terrains, open diffs, swaybars connected, tires at 32psi)

I broke a brake hose...

My trail repair was to feed the hose up into the engine compartment and clamp some vicegrips on it.

Meanwhile this guy caught up to us. Here he is going through the same hole i broke the brake hose in. (Can you spot the camo xj?)

PAPXJ · Mar 26, 2006

He ended up rolling that creature off a bridge later on. It was too dark for a good picture by that time.

Not sure what is going on here.

The rubi snapped his winch line trying to pull himself off a stump here.

I ended up using a snatch block to pull him out.

We caught up to this xj on the trail.

He was having some difficulties to say the least. (Broke the rear driveshaft, both front axle shafts and the steering box off the frame.)

We let him borrow a snatch block to winch himself off the trail so that we could pass. Ended up taking an additional winch to get him out of the way. He hopped in with us and we took him back to his camp after we finished the trail.

Crawling down some rocks.

Posing.

And my favorite shot of the trip...exiting the trail.

Good times!

Matt98XJ · Mar 26, 2006

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PAPXJ · Mar 26, 2006

Matt98XJ said:
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Must have exceeded bandwidth. They should work soon I hope.

CanMan · Mar 26, 2006

Looks like you guys had fun.

swifty088 · Mar 27, 2006

Still dont see the pics

Sniggs · Mar 27, 2006

PAPXJ · Mar 27, 2006

I just tried making the pics smaller. Should be a better chance of them showing up now...

Sniggs · Mar 27, 2006

ECKSJAY · Mar 27, 2006

I saw them earlier.

swifty088 · Mar 27, 2006

they just dont want to be seen, must be secret pictures.

xjoe · Mar 27, 2006

Where are they?

Sniggs · Mar 27, 2006

Geocities....

try tinypic.com

PAPXJ · Mar 27, 2006

Sorry about the pics everyone...they seem to only work intermittently. I will take snigg's advice and try tinypic.

One last try...

Hope you enjoy them.

Off we go!

We met a group of volunteers putting up trail markers. They warned us that the DNR was out today and writing tickets for anyone who venture off the marked trail.

Climbing up the clearcut headed to the busywild trail. Can you see the camo xj??

First winch use, many many more to come...

Crawling into the woods at the start of the busywild.

Can you find the camo xj in this one?

There it is!

I had some minor body damage. Snapped the door hinge in half.

The rubi was nice enough to turn around and help the camo xj through a tough spot. (Camo xj specs: 3" lift, 31" all terrains, open diffs, swaybars connected, tires at 32psi)

I broke a brake hose...

My trail repair was to feed the hose up into the engine compartment and clamp some vicegrips on it.

Meanwhile this guy caught up to us. Here he is going through the same hole i broke the brake hose in. (Can you spot the camo xj?)

PAPXJ · Mar 27, 2006

He ended up rolling that creature off a bridge later on. It was too dark for a good picture by that time.

Not sure what is going on here.

The rubi snapped his synthetic winch line trying to pull himself off a stump here.

I ended up using a snatch block to pull him out.

We caught up to this XJ on the trail.

He was having some difficulties to say the least. (Broke the rear driveshaft, both front axle shafts and the steering box off the frame.)

We let him borrow a snatch block to winch himself off the trail so that we could pass. Ended up taking an additional winch to get him out of the way. He hopped in with us and we took him back to his camp after we finished the trail.

Crawling down some rocks.

Posing.

And my favorite shot of the trip...exiting the trail.

Almost hit the ditch on the way home. Combination of the lost front brake and my upper trac bar bolt having sheared off. Fun times!

xjoe · Mar 27, 2006

Thanks for the pics, I have got to get out there sometime soon.

PAPXJ · Mar 27, 2006

Here is a map if anyone is interested:

hards91xj · Mar 27, 2006

Now do you believe me :shocked:
Elbe is where the trees eat sheet metal :shiver:

PAPXJ · Mar 27, 2006

hards91xj said:
Now do you believe me :shocked:
Elbe is where the trees eat sheet metal :shiver:

Haha yeah! I've been aware of that since my first run up there. The camo xj went home with 3 less windows and 2 less mirrors than he started with.

IXNAYXJ · Mar 27, 2006

I wanna go, I wanna GO!!!

-----Matt-----

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