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MEMBERS DISCUSSION AREA => General Discussion => Topic started by: Krawler00 on March 30, 2012, 09:51:53 AM
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Ok, I want to see some pics every day Doug! I know you are on the way, but alot of us here need some MOAB updates! SO POST UP Punkie! {popcorn}
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Yeah, I want to see some pictures of my tires in MOAB!!!! </LMAO/>
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Day 1:
(Prepare Jeep and Tahoe Thursday night until 11:00.
Wrap up some work, and pack. To bed at 1:10AM.
Wake up 3:30AM, roll 4:10 AM.)
816.8 miles today with an average moving speed of 64.2. Lots of stops. They never let me run the fuel down after they all woke up. "I really really really have to p! lol.
12 MPG, and had a stiff 20 mph headwind for some of the day.
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Nice! What's the total mileage? What state are you in?
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Day 2 was even more miles. Made a decision to take on the Rockies and charged aheaad. Tahoe did ok but it will be diesel next time. Grand Junction by 8:30, dinner, and crashed.
Easy day today we hope. Breakfast, visit Cabelas, walmart, and 2 hours to Moab.
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If you take the southern way back, I recommend a short detour to Mesa Verde if you have time and interest. 2 years ago I stopped for an afternoon and visited one of the cliff houses; wish I'd had an entire day. You have to unhitch the trailer at the entrance gate as the road is winding afterwards with no parking for a truck/trailer combo further on.
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Pics?.......
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We made it.
Settling in.
Soon to take a ride around town.
Windy today.
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Jealous! Enjoy and have fun breaking in the new rig.
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Downtown Moab
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Can't wait to see so wheeling pics. Glad you made it. Now time for fun.
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Awesome man! I wanna go so bad... One day tho...
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Next year ;D
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Next year ;D
:bs)
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Jealous is an understatement. Having been twice, I am in pain reading this >:( I saqw on FB that there was some snow at BFE. Still on the ground in the elevations? We need some trail pics man!! {popcorn}
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Next year for sure!
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Ben, u know pritchetts. Imagine it with a light snow and the trails are muddy and tires caked up.
Rocker Knocker was only done by rigs on stickies. Rear just slid around and straightened me and others out so when you got to the left side, we were straight up.
Jeep did great. Chewy was a blast. Lots of guys winched there.
No time for uploads. Headed to a Poison Spyder Rock Krawler Magnaflow BBQ.
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That was a big tease,,,,,, needpics
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Yup. I know Pritchetts :'( It is tough enough without any mud on it. Glad the jeep is working well. For those who need pics, he txtd me this last night while I was eating dinner...
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:'(
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When it was just us guys, it was hard to find time to upload pics. Now it's impossible with the wife and girls, vendor parties, etc, but I tried to take a minute and found that my wife's camera takes a weird usb we don't have with us, and the card is a Duo pro, and all of our laptops have SD card slots, so no go for now. Only took 275 yesterday ;D, and have a vid of 1 of the flops.
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It's going to be like a kid waiting for Christmas. Is it a good turn out so far of Jeeps?
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{popcorn}
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It's going to be like a kid waiting for Christmas. Is it a good turn out so far of Jeeps?
Jeeps everywhere. They were coming in Sunday 2 on a trailer every minute.
It will build all week and will be near 2000.
Not all Jeeps. Other rigs come to Safari week too.
Today is the Rock Krawler ride at 9, and maybe we will have some time after to go to the Jeep Display that set up yesterday with all of the concept rigs.
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I got the insider hook up here. Maddy (Dougs daughter) is sending me updates and pics from the trip. Big papa is just too busy to send us salivating moab fans any updates :bs) so I will post as I get them. {letseat} They are doing metal masher today. Awesome trail
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pics!
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Got these pics this morning...
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Rough week. Last night was the Qyadratec BBQ and today was Gokden Spike.... a very long trail that isthe best of 3t trails.
Carnage today included:
posion Spyder rig broke an upper ca mount and rolled the axle and bent coil overs and more,
Rig rolled on double whammy,
Jk rotated the rear axle housing and dropped the driveshaft and then broke a front axle trying to limp out,
Synergy tie rod snapped but you could see an old damge spot in the break,
Synergy was on the trail with us and gave him their tie rod.
Now headed to the JKO party.
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Dang! That is rough. Glad to hear none of it is yours buddy!
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Even with all that going on, it still sounds like a great day. Can't wait for next year!
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We need to book our hotel now - so we can't back out next year :hlp
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Can do a lot better than a hotel.
I know a great condo.... 3 bedroom 3 bath.
Can book it but have to make full payment.
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Can do a lot better than a hotel.
I know a great condo.... 3 bedroom 3 bath.
Can book it but have to make full payment.
What kind of price are we looking at? I am 100% in {cheers2}
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Heck, I enjoyed the cabins we booked on the last trip. Much more room and can sit around outside by the fire and chilax. Those were pretty cheap and if I remember, the ones we had could sleep 4 (on beds anyways) ac, heat, tv, clean bath houses. I would not mind camping by the colorado either. Just no amenities or showers would get a little old. I am in!
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That sounds good Ben! Lets get some pricing. I think if we booked it soon, it would be better than waiting. That way we have plenty of time to get everything organized. (driving situation, funds, vacation time, etc.)
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I would love to do EJS again, but I honestly had a better time when we went with nothing happening in the area. We wheeled more in 3 days than all week at the EJS event. EJS is super cool because of the people, rigs and events, but riding the trails with 40+ rigs in a line gets OLD fast. Especially when you have newbs and guys who should not be on certain trails. When Doug and I ran cliffhanger at EJS I was irrate by the time the ride was at the end. Yo had pansies screaming for straps on a 10% grade and could not get up the obsticle without winching. I busted through it and went around a few folks so we could get off the trail! A ride that should have taken maybe 3 hours, ended up an all day event. So we need to look at alternate dates to run. I know the trails well enough to get us around. {letseat}
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Iprobably wont do the cabins again. Very close together and in the middle of a campground with tents to motor homes. 2 sets of bunks in a very small cabin with a tv. Not even room for a chair.
Depends who u ride with. Rode golden spike, an 8 to 10 hour trail with jko and we flewlike we did. Keep moving!
I am only doing a few trails with EJS. Rest with vendors. Awesome groups.
Would be cool to get here at end of EJS and then wheelon your own the next week. Get in on the 200k $ raffle!
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Well, Doug likes a little more comfort than the rest of us do </LMAO/> So don't go off what he says. Most of us can handle a bunk bed and a camp fire for a week! {popcorn}
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Well, Doug likes a little more comfort than the rest of us do </LMAO/> So don't go off what he says. Most of us can handle a bunk bed and a camp fire for a week! {popcorn}
I'm in for that for sure. What kind of budget should we plan on?
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I'm on board either way! I do like the idea of spending a few days at EJS and then wheeling with just a few guys the next week, but how long is this trip going to be? How many days does it take to get there
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Alright, if you do a straight thru trip it is 36 hours. That is NO stops other than fuel, no sight seeing, just driving till one guy falls out, swap drivers and repeat. So plan on atleast 2 days out. So you are looking at 4 days driving and 5 days wheeling. Leave on a thu night, get there sat am and wheel till fri. Load up and be home on sun. The drive is not that bad on the way out since you are excited ;D home bound blows!
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I'm in and I think I would like to drive the jeep there and back, kind of reminds me of the "True Street" class in drag racing.
Which means I need to plan my packing wisely. No Easter for me though, i am missing Easter this year.
Sent from a smart phone, duh!
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Here's the link from last years planning:
http://www.gatrailriders.com/GTRForums/index.php?topic=4194.0
I would say if we are really serious let's start a new thread and start planning. Last time we were looking to start at the end of May to take advantage of the holiday weekend.
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ALL ABOARD.....
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I'm tentatively planning to go out next spring after EJS (will either have a new rig or a good motor this time). I've been talking to Tim Kirk about doing it on the assumption that he gets his buggy build done. Like Ben I've no desire to be in a big slow group thing like EJS. Meeting up with the webejeepinmoab folks was excellent.
I stayed at the Red Stone Inn, which was next door to the cabin/RV lot, and it was $600/week. I'd bet everything is more expensive for EJS.
Going the southern route via I40 it was 1700 miles each way. I took 2.5 days driving out; three days back since I stopped to see Mesa Verde and that took half a day. With the cost of lodging and fuel, this is not a cheap trip.
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I think i'm in. (hi Ben)
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I would love to be in but to hard to call now. Hell I still have plans to do the Rubicon 1 day... I had a hell of thread on that a ways back... 1 of many on my bucket list.
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I'm in... Cleared it with my wife and everything :-)
I like the idea of last few days of EJS then some additional days.
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Kurt is right about wheeling with the moab jeep club we hooked up with. They know the trails, lines and can show you stuff you won't see on EJS! if you want to do any trails during EJS, you either have to get up super early to get on them before the groups or pay ride fees to be in the EJS rides. Just keep that in mind. You get a schedule if you want to ride with EJS groups. Not guaranteed what you want either so keep that in mind as well. So, if we have enough guys serious about this, we need to look into a transport or something to get all of our non tow rig guys out and back. Would love to drive the jeep out and back (pilgrimage and cool road trip stories ;D) but with gas at about $4 for unleaded and getting about 250 out of a tank on the highway... not very cost or time effective >:( I figure to drive my jeep out and back, it would cost me around $1200. So a transport system would be great and we could just fly out. But, that is the hardest part about this trip. How to get out and back and the cost involved. Last trip out we stayed at http://www.canyonlandsrv.com/ and I enjoyed it. Had no complaints. $65 a night divided by 4 guys for 6 days = $98 a piece. Then consider your food. We hit the grocery store and we ate out a few times (moab brewery is a must) so figure $300 or much less depending on what you take to eat on the trails etc. And then gas for wheeling, driving around. I think I put atleast 1/2 a tank in each day so 3 complete fill ups or so. Depending on what trail we do. Some are withing a few miles of the campground, others are atleast 20 (area bfe) and then whatever you want to buy for souvenirs. Everybody needs a t-shirt or 3! ;D I also suggest taking a day off from wheeling and just see the sites. Canyonlands is amazing and well worth a trip to see the arches and such. I can tell you this, I wrote down a budget and rewrote it and rewrote it and finally got it set and stuck to it and came back with $. It can be done but you need to start saving NOW! It is worth every penny to make it out there! I am ready guys, lets do it!
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I already had the go from my wife for this year but too much in our personal life to make the trip. I will not miss next year! I'm in! The 1/2 week EJS & 1/2 week alone sounds like a great plan too!
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I will be kid-less for this trip, so anytime works for me.
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I would like to see the budget Ben, and I will sleep on a rock if I need to.
Sent from a smart phone, duh!
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Matt
If remember from our last plan the budget was like $1500 on the low side up to $2500.
I would like to see the budget Ben, and I will sleep on a rock if I need to.
Sent from a smart phone, duh!
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Chuck, that is about right. My biggest expense was the gas. I paid Doug for the tow and budgeted my food, living and other expenses. I think the last trip out set me back around 1600 but came back with some decent pocket cash. I just need to find some stuff to sell! I paid for the last trips with jeep parts and model cars. All gone now :(
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Im ready to book. That way I am committed.
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I paid ~$800 2 years ago for diesel @ 3.25/gallon and $600 for the room in Moab. I had two motel nights each way and food, so add another $200, plus $200 for food while there, and my wheeling-related expense was ~$1900. Family flew out for the following week, so that added quite a bit not counted here.