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MEMBERS DISCUSSION AREA => General Discussion => Topic started by: classified on October 19, 2022, 09:22:26 PM
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We are in Colorado hitting every trail we think we can take a stock wrangler. Our little turbo 2.0 is doing pretty good.
Day 1 we ran
Johny Park Rd
Bunce School Rd
Ironclads
Bunce School and iron class was like running the same trails we just ran at aop except the bypass, that there were, were a little eaisier. But it still beat on us most of the way. Lots of 3 wheel motion
We will see where day 2 takes us(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20221020/cb9b077eaa7291913149ee4321dd46d9.jpg)(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20221020/14ab4c8cb20ea623a6f35c191cda97a5.jpg)
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awesome! co is great
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Epic
Colorado is amazing.
I think our best days were in the Buena Vista and Montrose areas.
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Epic
Colorado is amazing.
I think our best days were in the Buena Vista and Montrose areas.
And at that ranch house
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Those trails were up around Estes park
We are about to go run some of the Dakota hills trails out side of black hawk
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Those trails were up around Estes park
We are about to go run some of the Dakota hills trails out side of black hawk
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Love Estes Park, I grew up skiing Winter Park and sledding Grand Lake
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Hit Black Bear Pass maybe?
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Hit Black Bear Pass maybe?
We thought about it, but we beat ourselves to death yesterday. There was alot of spotting and running up and down hills. Still in 4 wheel drive today, but taking it a little easier.
Plus we want to see if we can get out to the sand dunes and run that trail after we hit some stuff around pikes peak.
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Man, I’m jealous. Dying to get to CO one day (with the juggy)
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Man, I’m jealous. Dying to get to CO one day (with the juggy)
You sold the jeep? How many ducks did you get for it?
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Today we did some rock crawling up around black hawk.
Then we drove down to a 60 mile dirt road that ran into col springs.
Not much wheeling, but some good views of pikes peak.(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20221021/9f57483710361ba44ce2aa3de33eec06.jpg)
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Today we did some rock crawling up around black hawk.
Then we drove down to a 60 mile dirt road that ran into col springs.
Not much wheeling, but some good views of pikes peak.(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20221021/9f57483710361ba44ce2aa3de33eec06.jpg)
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Black Hawk is the reason I dont go to casinos anymore lmao lmao
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To day was mostly dirt hill climbs with big high bank switch backs in the Phantom Creek area. It reminded me alot of Beasley knobb. Complete with idiots on 4 wheelers and everything.
But we did have two water crossings. This guy being dumb flooded his yj and we had to pull him out. I helped him pull plug wires and blow the water out of them. We got it started but it sounded like a diesel when we left him.(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20221021/7de4005cf66b0772025996a8c82bea37.jpg)(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20221021/42d98dce4a62d7d40ee1752fa4687831.jpg)
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To day was mostly dirt hill climbs with big high bank switch backs in the Phantom Creek area. It reminded me alot of Beasley knobb. Complete with idiots on 4 wheelers and everything.
But we did have two water crossings. This guy being dumb flooded his yj and we had to pull him out. I helped him pull plug wires and blow the water out of them. We got it started but it sounded like a diesel when we left him.(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20221021/7de4005cf66b0772025996a8c82bea37.jpg)(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20221021/42d98dce4a62d7d40ee1752fa4687831.jpg)
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Classic YJ guy
Haha
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Good on y’all. I can’t wait to visit Colorado one day.
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Decided we couldn't leave with out one more rock crawling trail.
Cascade Creek
This one was pretty rough. At one point it was froze over. I got half way up and then started sliding back down. Finally dug into the side of the hill and made it up. Awesome trail.
The connector trail that took us back into Idaho Springs wasn't terribly easy either. South Spring Gultch. We ran it in the dark.
All the trails we ran north of Colorado Springs would have been fun in a 37 and under group. We took bypasses around every corner that we turned. Those obstacles looked like so much fun.
The stuff around Colorado Springs was mostly dirt hills and ruts. No rocks.
Our jeep was a 2.0l with a turbo.
On the highway, constant 85 mph getting 22mph. With plenty of go juice.
On the trail, you couldn't get power to the axles untill the turbo started to spool and then it would launch you up what you were trying to crawl. I had to get good at rolling into the obstacle and then keeping a little gas.
(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20221022/01bab5a2ade4c1a69ee32e199148a432.jpg)
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Decided we couldn't leave with out one more rock crawling trail.
Cascade Creek
This one was pretty rough. At one point it was froze over. I got half way up and then started sliding back down. Finally dug into the side of the hill and made it up. Awesome trail.
The connector trail that took us back into Idaho Springs wasn't terribly easy either. South Spring Gultch. We ran it in the dark.
All the trails we ran north of Colorado Springs would have been fun in a 37 and under group. We took bypasses around every corner that we turned. Those obstacles looked like so much fun.
The stuff around Colorado Springs was mostly dirt hills and ruts. No rocks.
Our jeep was a 2.0l with a turbo.
On the highway, constant 85 mph getting 22mph. With plenty of go juice.
On the trail, you couldn't get power to the axles untill the turbo started to spool and then it would launch you up what you were trying to crawl. I had to get good at rolling into the obstacle and then keeping a little gas.
(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20221022/01bab5a2ade4c1a69ee32e199148a432.jpg)
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What transfer case did that 2.0 have?
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Decided we couldn't leave with out one more rock crawling trail.
Cascade Creek
This one was pretty rough. At one point it was froze over. I got half way up and then started sliding back down. Finally dug into the side of the hill and made it up. Awesome trail.
The connector trail that took us back into Idaho Springs wasn't terribly easy either. South Spring Gultch. We ran it in the dark.
All the trails we ran north of Colorado Springs would have been fun in a 37 and under group. We took bypasses around every corner that we turned. Those obstacles looked like so much fun.
The stuff around Colorado Springs was mostly dirt hills and ruts. No rocks.
Our jeep was a 2.0l with a turbo.
On the highway, constant 85 mph getting 22mph. With plenty of go juice.
On the trail, you couldn't get power to the axles untill the turbo started to spool and then it would launch you up what you were trying to crawl. I had to get good at rolling into the obstacle and then keeping a little gas.
(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20221022/01bab5a2ade4c1a69ee32e199148a432.jpg)
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What transfer case did that 2.0 have?
I don't know
I'd pull up to a rock and by the time I was giving it enough gas to start crawling, the turbo would kick in and launch me
Or I'd floor it to kick around a burm, and the turbo wouldn't kick in till I was exiting the turn
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Last year we did a lot of trails around Buna Vista area. Awesome place to wheel.
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Last year we did a lot of trails around Buna Vista area. Awesome place to wheel.
I'll have to remember that.
Right now Idaho springs area is my favorite. But I haven't wheeled west of lake George.
I don't like the Colorado Springs area. Phantom Creek area was the best part, but not worth the effort.
I want to get a group of street able rigs to go some time for like an over landing trip. You can go a long way on dirt roads and moderate trails that a stock jeep can do, but could challenge a rig on 37s as well. Ironclads was one of those trails.
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Last year we did a lot of trails around Buna Vista area. Awesome place to wheel.
I'll have to remember that.
Right now Idaho springs area is my favorite. But I haven't wheeled west of lake George.
I don't like the Colorado Springs area. Phantom Creek area was the best part, but not worth the effort.
I want to get a group of street able rigs to go some time for like an over landing trip. You can go a long way on dirt roads and moderate trails that a stock jeep can do, but could challenge a rig on 37s as well. Ironclads was one of those trails.
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Id be down for a streetable rig trip, but then Id get there and just be mad the whole time I cant hit the big stuff.
Oh.. and serves the dude right in the YJ imo, bet he had his Patagonia hat on and go green stickers while he hit the creek crossing wide ass open.
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Last year we did a lot of trails around Buna Vista area. Awesome place to wheel.
I'll have to remember that.
Right now Idaho springs area is my favorite. But I haven't wheeled west of lake George.
I don't like the Colorado Springs area. Phantom Creek area was the best part, but not worth the effort.
I want to get a group of street able rigs to go some time for like an over landing trip. You can go a long way on dirt roads and moderate trails that a stock jeep can do, but could challenge a rig on 37s as well. Ironclads was one of those trails.
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Id be down for a streetable rig trip, but then Id get there and just be mad the whole time I cant hit the big stuff.
Oh.. and serves the dude right in the YJ imo, bet he had his Patagonia hat on and go green stickers while he hit the creek crossing wide ass open.
No, he was a local. Just hanging out on the creek bank with his dogs.
He had some bald ass 33s. There was more tread on our Bridgestone dueler HTs.
It was fun though having to do a recovery. Made it feel more like a trail ride and less doing something we shouldn't.
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Looks awesome @classified ! Did you say you're camping out there each night or heading back into town?
Id be down for a streetable rig trip, but then Id get there and just be mad the whole time I cant hit the big stuff.
I was thinking the exact same thing. Sounds nice and relaxing but we aren't built like that lol. I'd just have to leave the totaled jeep on the trail.
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Looks awesome @classified ! Did you say you're camping out there each night or heading back into town?
Id be down for a streetable rig trip, but then Id get there and just be mad the whole time I cant hit the big stuff.
I was thinking the exact same thing. Sounds nice and relaxing but we aren't built like that lol. I'd just have to leave the totaled jeep on the trail.
We hit hotels. But they are usually pretty close(with in an hour)
flying in and renting a jeep makes it hard to have what you need to camp. We do this 2 times a year, so we thought about getting a storage unit.
We left our $24 cooler in the vacuum area when we cleaned the jeep up.
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Looks awesome @classified ! Did you say you're camping out there each night or heading back into town?
Id be down for a streetable rig trip, but then Id get there and just be mad the whole time I cant hit the big stuff.
I was thinking the exact same thing. Sounds nice and relaxing but we aren't built like that lol. I'd just have to leave the totaled jeep on the trail.
We hit hotels. But they are usually pretty close(with in an hour)
flying in and renting a jeep makes it hard to have what you need to camp. We do this 2 times a year, so we thought about getting a storage unit.
We left our $24 cooler in the vacuum area when we cleaned the jeep up.
Yeah that makes since. I liked Moab so much I discussed just buying a cheap buggy to store out there lol
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Looks awesome @classified ! Did you say you're camping out there each night or heading back into town?
Id be down for a streetable rig trip, but then Id get there and just be mad the whole time I cant hit the big stuff.
I was thinking the exact same thing. Sounds nice and relaxing but we aren't built like that lol. I'd just have to leave the totaled jeep on the trail.
We hit hotels. But they are usually pretty close(with in an hour)
flying in and renting a jeep makes it hard to have what you need to camp. We do this 2 times a year, so we thought about getting a storage unit.
We left our $24 cooler in the vacuum area when we cleaned the jeep up.
Yeah that makes since. I liked Moab so much I discussed just buying a cheap buggy to store out there lol
Moab is not far. We did that on 1 trip. Ran Baby Steps and did a bunch of desert exploring in the klondike bluffs area.
We have looked at vehicles. A cherokee we could throw a set of 33's on and just leave out there. Ive got to build a d44 for my daughters jeep. I could use her axles as templates and build a couple more. Then ship them out there. Could be on 35s and doing much harder trails in a day or so. Or just build something here and ship it out.
The rental jeep is nice cause its new, it runs, and zipping across the state doesn't take much thought. On the trail it forces you to be finessfull. But it would be nice to have something to beat on.
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Last year we did a lot of trails around Buna Vista area. Awesome place to wheel.
I'll have to remember that.
Right now Idaho springs area is my favorite. But I haven't wheeled west of lake George.
I don't like the Colorado Springs area. Phantom Creek area was the best part, but not worth the effort.
I want to get a group of street able rigs to go some time for like an over landing trip. You can go a long way on dirt roads and moderate trails that a stock jeep can do, but could challenge a rig on 37s as well. Ironclads was one of those trails.
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I drove my JL on 37" out there and back. There are plenty of trails we ran with descent size rocks and then ran scenic trails as well.