Sept 14-16 : Open Ride * JeepFest - DISCUSSION

[mrmike1964]

Wow! We had a great day!.. We hit the Chuck Norris and well, Chuck Norris hit back..Broke the front drive shaft climbing the rocks up the hill. Good thing I have spare parts back at the shop. We plan on coming back hopefully after fixing the shaft. Where can we find some of you guys this evening?   ;D

 Well it took longer then I hoped. It's fixed and ready for tomorrow. The spare drive shaft I had was to long so I just made a new one out of heavy wall tube. It Helps having a fab shop. ;D

Good morning. We are up and ready to get started.I can't wait to get out there and hit the trails.Sounds like we should have came out and did the night ride. (170) WOW! Maybe we will meet on the trail.

[attachment deleted by admin - older than 465 days]

[kvom]

Got back a little while ago.  Did a trail ride at the farm and then the obstacle course.  Like prevous posters, I just couldn't get the rear tires over the last ledge, as there was very soft dirt above and below.  Otherwise rig handled everything else (ran up the telephone poles too).

We abandoned after my front fan stopped working as the fuse blew.  Looks like a wire shorted out somewhere.  Otherwise new motor and transmission were fine.  I think some insulation on the trans. tunnel in the cab will be a good plan as there was a good deal of heat felt at leg level.

[tcdawg]

I mauled the obstacle courses except for the top of the stacked concrete on Chuck Norris.  The crowd went wild when cleared the piles of stone and log with the root ball.  </ROCKIN/>

Well done Larry!!

[cru9]

I mauled the obstacle courses except for the top of the stacked concrete on Chuck Norris.  The crowd went wild when cleared the piles of stone and log with the root ball.  </ROCKIN/>

Nice Larry. Wish we were could have watched

[DOUG]

Night ride of 170 Jeeps.  Wow.

[Matt]

I mauled the obstacle courses except for the top of the stacked concrete on Chuck Norris.  The crowd went wild when cleared the piles of stone and log with the root ball.  </ROCKIN/>

Me two I was the first one to make the big hill right before chuck this morning after a few failed. The crowd lit up which was really cool.

The top of chuck norris stopped me. The dirt and rocks were just too loose. Brian was showed up about that time in his buggy and hit the vertical logs, the crowd screamed again.

Overall the course definitely had a few challenging spots. The trails were not bad either. Very exhausting day, but the whole family had a great time. It was great to meet the faces, Wes and Wes and Ken.

[gint2]

Night ride of 170 Jeeps.  Wow.

My wife & I stayed and did the night ride... Wow is right. Once we lost the police escort at the beginning of the trail, we moved right along at a rather surprising smooth pace. I don't know why on the road it took over an hour to get there  ???  but the radio chatter was entertaining to say the least. I got back home to Gainesville @ 2:00 am! Skipped today but what an awesome time we had at that event. Definitely looking forward to next year. 

Nothing broke for me, but I did bend the crap out of my rear lower CA mount. Looks like some armor may will be the cure for that.

Now to spend my Poison Spyder gift certificate that I won!  </ROCKIN/>

[tcdawg]

Sunday at JeepFest was very laid back. Not many folks out on the obstacle course at all...which let me have plenty of time to give that concrete block wall a try, denied. I tried hard but couldn't do it.

Last I heard the count was up to almost
400 registrations.

[mjodie]

Sorry I missed hooking up with you guys.  Had a blast on obstacle course (including the weak side of Chuck) and trails.  Night ride wasn't quite the highlight I hoped it to be.  20-30 mph the entire ride to Amicoala?  That was harsh.  Definitely will skip next year's night ride but looking forward to coming back.

But overall glad I got my rig dirty and pictures of Chuck to be uploaded soon.

[DOUG]

We had a great time.  We're all whipped and headed to bed early tonight.

Jeepfest grew from about 60 rigs in 2011 to almost 400 in 2012.

Spent some time worth the Sheriff this morning when he came by our tent, and he said they should raise between $40,000.00 and $50,000.00, and after expenses the charity's should get somewhere around $35,000.  Huge. 

Since overhead is extremely low, they will raise more than Jeep Beach with far less attendees.

Tony and Bobby have some great stories about the novice drivers.  {no}

[mjodie]

Pics.


[attachment deleted by admin - older than 465 days]

[mjodie]

I like this lady's confidence!  She had more than some of the Jeep drivers I saw out there


[attachment deleted by admin - older than 465 days]