Isham Canyon - Saturday 2/16

Who is going to have the first break down on the trail?


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4runner DOA

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We all just need to keep our rigs running and keep the major breakages to a minimum. @Hank actually had a spare shaft and a spare CV this trip. Get your rig running and let's wheel. I think what might work better for our group is a weekend set aside monthly. This way we all know on the x weekend of every month we are doing something.

Kyle and I had no clue what we where actually doing till that morning. I looked in the book and found Swansea-Cerro Gordo linkup. Neither of us knows DV very well so we just went for it. We both knew that the snow was going to be an issue and it was. We still had a blast. We found enough stuff to keep us occupied for 6 hours of wheeling.

The PBR's cleared the snow no problem. Kyle was in front for the hole snow section so he got trail breaking duty. The snow was about as bad as snow gets. It was totally fluffy shit that never packed no matter how fast or slow you went. Think of trying to drive uphill in 2 feet of granular sugar. The high point of the trail is 9200' and we turned around at 8600'. If we had another day we probably would have kept going and possibly even made it through. lol

I'm still planning on running the easiest rock crawling trip ever in mid March. At least compared to what you guys have been doing. It's a revenge trip and if I don't conquer it, it's going to continually be a mental block for me.
 

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I'm still planning on running the easiest rock crawling trip ever in mid March. At least compared to what you guys have been doing. It's a revenge trip and if I don't conquer it, it's going to continually be a mental block for me.
Can't wait. I'm planning Friday -Sunday. I'm gonna start looking for other hard shit we can do out there.
 

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Can't wait. I'm planning Friday -Sunday. I'm gonna start looking for other hard shit we can do out there.

Wall Street maybe, at least I think that's the trail. Can be pretty bad if it's super washed out. It's all blm land, I'm sure we can find some washes or something.
 

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Mullet goes from stray hair(north and west from Bismark mine) and drops into Wall Street. Like a big shortcut. Wall Street is easy as hell but the views are sick. Vodka berry only features a few obstacles and a decent waterfall, it splits north where mullet begins
 

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Vodka berry and Bismarck’s mullet is the business
Many say Bismarck’s mullet is harder than anything on Doran-Odessa

Maybe it was bismark I was thinking. I've seen some Jeep guys down in Wall St though on boulders. Looked fun.
 

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Not sure i can wait another month. Ill probably give it a shakedown run soon

What? You are actually asking to go wheeling? About time.

I have to pull and reboot a CV. I can do it anytime. What weekend are you thinking?

@4runner DOA When is your Odessa trip planned for? I'll try and make it. It's a long drive but I can't not be there to see you finally finish this thing. lol
 

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What? You are actually asking to go wheeling? About time.

I have to pull and reboot a CV. I can do it anytime. What weekend are you thinking?

@4runner DOA When is your Odessa trip planned for? I'll try and make it. It's a long drive but I can't not be there to see you finally finish this thing. lol

I'll tag you in the thread. Needs to be bumped anyway.
 

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@Kyle @Mike_taco4x4 @AssBurns @anyonefuckingelse

Who's got there rig running and wants to go fix that this weekend? I gotta get out. Even if it's something cruiser.
I need to get out there and fix my shit. I've had no motivation lately. Maybe I'll go out there now and pull the fuse, and head to the parts store for a new one. Maybe not though. Watching Balto with the kids.
 

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I need to get out there and fix my shit.


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That's an acceptable excuse for bailing on a totally unplanned for wheeling weekend. If you change your mind there's a lot of trails waiting. lol
Half my friends want me to go to Ocotillo for TDS this weekend, then I have you over here wanting to run Isham Canyon.

I think I’d kinda rather do Isham. Let’s see what happens when I replace this fuse. Went to Napa today and they didn’t have any in stock. Gonna run over to Oreilly or Auto Zone tonight after dinner and see what I can get
 

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We should have a leader board. Most days with the truck not in the garage or field repaired. I've got 4 trials without a breakage going currently. Which means I'm way overdue for something major to happen. lol
 

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We should have a leader board. Most days with the truck not in the garage or field repaired. I've got 4 trials without a breakage going currently. Which means I'm way overdue for something major to happen. lol

I've got 2 times in dirt since I replaced my housing. Nothing hard though. Haha.
 
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