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Re: 2009 Moab Easter Jeep Safari Trip April 3-12
« Reply #24 on: March 17, 2009, 10:47:46 PM »
16 Days til we load the trailer! 
 {letseat} {letseat} {letseat} {letseat} {letseat}

We'd like to have another photographer if anyone is interested. 
Maybe a photography major on Spring Break.   ;) 

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Re: 2009 Moab Easter Jeep Safari Trip April 3-12
« Reply #25 on: March 18, 2009, 11:28:24 AM »
Yup! I am getting ssssssssosoooooooooooo excited!!!!!!!!!! Check out this guys log...

http://tommyr.smugmug.com/Wheelin%20Trips/723829 Some of those ledges are sick!
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Re: 2009 Moab Easter Jeep Safari Trip April 3-12
« Reply #26 on: March 18, 2009, 04:56:45 PM »
Well, figured I would put on the offroad wheels and tires and break them in b4 the trip. Broke out my new tops as well. Here is how I will take it to Moab. Made some neat water tight covers for the duster cover since the roll bar sections are not completely water proof. So anyway, just updating...


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Re: 2009 Moab Easter Jeep Safari Trip April 3-12
« Reply #27 on: March 21, 2009, 08:44:03 PM »
It isn't that clean now LOL! 

Ben and I took a little test run today, loaded the jeeps on the 34, tooled down to Durhamtown and rode with some boys.  Had a better time than we expected!  Played hard on some rocks.   {letseat}  Rode through a lot of articulating mud holes.  :P





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Re: 2009 Moab Easter Jeep Safari Trip April 3-12
« Reply #28 on: March 21, 2009, 08:47:52 PM »
How did it pull?

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Re: 2009 Moab Easter Jeep Safari Trip April 3-12
« Reply #29 on: March 21, 2009, 09:04:21 PM »
How did it pull?

We had to check and see if there was still a trailer behind us.  It is sweet!  It pulled the hills with ease, and I could accelerate up the steepest hills if i wanted to.  We have a few adjustments to make to get it all perfectly level for the long haul, but I was very pleased today.   I think we got about 16mpg too.  {cool}

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Re: 2009 Moab Easter Jeep Safari Trip April 3-12
« Reply #30 on: March 21, 2009, 09:32:08 PM »
How did it pull?

We had to check and see if there was still a trailer behind us.  It is sweet!  It pulled the hills with ease, and I could accelerate up the steepest hills if i wanted to.  We have a few adjustments to make to get it all perfectly level for the long haul, but I was very pleased today.   I think we got about 16mpg too.  {cool}
Great to hear, I guess yall found enough straps to work?

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Re: 2009 Moab Easter Jeep Safari Trip April 3-12
« Reply #31 on: March 21, 2009, 10:40:22 PM »
Man Doug, I thought you said you were tired!  :D We had alot of fun today at the DT. I was in awe of the scale of the operation they had. It was like a theme park. I kept waiting on a cartoon mascot to come up and take a picture with Dougs little girls. But I have to say, that truck Doug has is the sweetest pulling truck I have ever riden in. It just wanted to go! The F250 we tow with at work is a dog compared to this beast! Mark, thanks for the straps! We, or should I say Doug, had a "bound to happen" moment when his strap excess blew under the trailer and caught the tire and sheared the entire handle of the ratchet! We heard a pop and I saw the remains of the strap fluttering back in the road. But the strap held! Just the handle bit the dust. Lucky! We have a few things to take care of on the trailer like welding some rings on in the rear center and one of the axle hubs was very hot so other than that just a few nit picky minor things. I do have to say... I LOVE MY 4.88S!!!!! I don't think I used the clutch but 3 times on the rocks! I was amazed at the crawling difference! We did find the rocks out there too and played for a good bit on them. Lots of loose 2ft sized boulders all over this hill and no particular lines of travel so I forged a new trail and ended up with a bit of carnage. I hit a tree on the new soft top and just scraped the sewn edge a bit, put a great new sandpaper scratch in the rear flare from that tree and broke my rear license plate bracket on another. It was a really tight spot. Also ended up with a new dent somehow just infront of my drivers mirror {ehm} not sure when? Found a cool ravine called Cougar canyon and climbed some nasty hills out! But mud won the day. Once they add some rocks around it will be alot better. The little rock garden trail was fun, just let it walk in 4lo. Loved it! No more clutch burning!!! But enough rambling... here is a short video of the rock hill we played on.
I will upload more when I can. {toast}
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Re: 2009 Moab Easter Jeep Safari Trip April 3-12
« Reply #32 on: March 22, 2009, 07:20:03 AM »
nice video ben.  it reminded me of the guy that moved up to the northwest territory an homesteaded. he built everything by hand, cabin, furniture, canoe, etc.  he videos everything by himself on a tripod.  it was on pbs this weekend. cool..


p.s.  i like the new color on the canyons in video....  orange looks good..

"A well built rig is one that is road worthy after a day on the trail"

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Re: 2009 Moab Easter Jeep Safari Trip April 3-12
« Reply #33 on: March 22, 2009, 08:57:25 AM »
HA HA! The mud does weird things to wheels. GA clay. I uploaded another video from cougar canyon. Doug climbs after the first TJ. 
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Re: 2009 Moab Easter Jeep Safari Trip April 3-12
« Reply #34 on: March 22, 2009, 11:04:29 AM »
looks like the new gears worked well for you Ben. I still want to go to DT one day so I can see the place for myself.

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Re: 2009 Moab Easter Jeep Safari Trip April 3-12
« Reply #35 on: March 22, 2009, 01:43:25 PM »
Yeah, it was worth $20. If you can deal with the mud it is pretty fun. It has so much potential. Just add rocks!
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