Morris Mountain January 16-18th 2009 Discussion

[BigJerm]

so TJ how did you like the new tires? What are they? I never got a good look.

[Krawler00]

BFG KMs. They are the ones with the slightly different mid section. Looked real good! Great for the mud! >

[BigJerm]

well I have claimed my apartment parking space again. I never washed the Jeep and it lightly rained last night/this morning so the mud got just wet enough to fall off but not wash away  ;D

[Will]

Great pics TJ!

Hey Ben, I had Mike L.'s camera when we were on Good, Bad and the Ugly and got pictures of pretty much everybody coming up. And sorry about the tire man 

And to your trail leading comment...  >          I won't ever go to that side of the Mountain again, unless they do something about those creek crossings. That was ridiculous 

[Krawler00]

Will, that is an understatement to say the least!

[BigJerm]

x2. Before long if you dont have 37's you wont be going to the other side on park. They have gotten a lot worse since the first time I went there. I think they just pushed dirt over the area to "fix it". I remember there use to be tires in the ground that you could see clearly at the second crossing (not the bridge one) but now the only part I could see of any of the tires was a little bit of sidewall in one of the ruts.

[Krawler00]

Still can't believe you got over that stuff! How much mud is shoved into that belly skid? ;D

[camper]

This is steve safe at home.  Left the park about dark when it looked like it was going to sleet/rain....and most everyone had left or were about to.  It rained lightly off and on from the time I left till I got to florida.  It never amounted to anything except make the road slick.  Drove all the way to first florida rest stop, closed my eyes for about two hours, got home about 7:30 am.  

I dumped all my gear in the garage and started hosing the mud off.  I carried home a lot of orange alabama mud underneath.  I have a slightly bent tie rod.  It's a ZJ solid bar rod and I can probably straighten it.  I didn't notice it driving, so it's not bad.  That's my only damage.  I didn't wash the jeep or clean up the inside or put the camping gear away....I'm gonna take a long nap.

I had a great time.  Thanks again for allowing me to join y'all.  I had a camera but I never got around to taking pictures.  That's a little unusual for me, but I was having fun and got lazy about pictures.  I had expected another day of rides, but I'm not surprised that we wrapped up when the weather started to change.  I wouldn't have wanted to pack up wet anyway.  And I didn't mind missing another cold night in the tent.  The experience was what I was after and I have some better idea of what's next for my jeep.

Everyone was new to me, and it was too much to remember everyone's name the first go around.  Thanks to Sam and Mike L for getting me started friday.  I spent some time with a few more and spoke to others when we were killing time.  Everyone was friendly, I was able to drive home with no damage, only got stuck twice....so it was worth going.  

[BigJerm]

Still can't believe you got over that stuff! How much mud is shoved into that belly skid? ;D

not real sure! I will have to get under there soon to look for any damage. I as usual bumped and bounced around most of the day on the skids. I have to admit it has been fun seeing what a jeep can do stock and I have been surprised more than once by it.

Then MikeL let me drive his Jeep back through the mud pit area and there was no comparison. Where I had to gas it, rear locked and bumped and bounced around his Jeep cruised right through, little gas, unlocked and was like a Cadillac going over the bumps. Very jealous of his Jeep and the work he has put into it.

[Krawler00]

Camper, it was a good trip! Nice to meet you and we will camp soon... all of us! But when it's a bit warmer, 40's for the low? ;D Glad you had no major problems and that you had fun!

Jerm, Mike really can't drive... it's his Jeep.

[Will]

Glad you had a good time, Steve! Hopefully you can join us again.

Jerm, Mike really can't drive... it's his Jeep.

Uh oh 

[Krawler00]

Will, you know it's true!