Slonopotam
NAXJA Member #1358
- Location
- San Jose
1. What would be the cheapest motel close to the trail ?
2. Anybody taking a battery drill by a chance ?
2. Anybody taking a battery drill by a chance ?
Barrett Lake August 12-13
- Thread starter Bryan C.
- Start date
crazy4mopar
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Poway Ca,
Slonopotam said:
:roflmao: :laugh:
Harrahs at South Lake Tahoe
Slonopotam
NAXJA Member #1358
- Location
- San Jose
Thanks everybody, it's been a pleasure running the trail with you guys.
Here is a link to the small video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_nyxtLP4UuU
or
ed2k://|file|Offroad.Barrett-Lake-Aug-12-2006.avi|18375028|FB1400D881CF7929814D53564724B0F1|/|sources,slonopotam.no-ip.org:4661|/
I think this picture captures the madness of the day the best.
One can see the rest of the pictures here
or in this folder.
A few comments.
First of all, I think it was a great idea to meet at 10:00 AM right at the trail - no time wasted.
Newly installed teralow behaved, although tera2low gave some small problems
with shifting. The idle speed/torque teralow+3.07 was sufficient until we got higher, then I let the engine die a few times. White jeep experienced some power problems at higher altitude as well.
About the damage. My rock rails are not virgin any more, I got dents between rear wheels and the rear bumper, plastic bumper corners are all chewed up and I managed to blow away the greasing pimple on my driveshaft backing up from a parking space, which was very stupid of me.
I thought that the fact Barrett lake trail is easier than the Rubicon means that requirements are the same or more relaxed. I was wrong, Barrett lake is not for XJs on 31". Now I do not think it's a good idea to go with group where all the jeeps are much more built - you slow people down a lot.
We made quite a few stops on our way in, letting more and more rigs and horses pass us. I haven't made it to the lake, but I think it should have looked like a parking lot in front of stables. Unfortunately, I had to go back the same day, so at 15:50, about a mile to the lake, Bryan made a wise suggestion for me to turn back, which I followed.
On the way back I waited quite some time at what I believe to be the toughest obstacle on the trail - a toyota guy decided to squeeze through the hole the magnificent man and his riding machine breezed through. He did not
have a winch, so the other truck was trying to pull him out for quite some time. A few minutes later I hung on a stone and regretted not taking a hi-lift. The idea was that I did not need it since there were would be a lot of jeeps with winches around. How I planned to get back alone was a mystery to me. Anyway, just as I finally redressed for the trail and started to pull stones, a couple of Wranglers arrived and one of them pulled me off. An hour or so later a big group of hikers caught up with me. One of them, a small Chinese woman asked me to give her a ride.
I took me about 3:30 to run the trail back to the parking lot. I did not stop for beer, but I scouted a lot. No damage besides scratches on rock rails and receiver hitches on the way back.
The trip was great, but I really wished I could have made it to the lake.
Andrey
Here is a link to the small video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_nyxtLP4UuU
or
ed2k://|file|Offroad.Barrett-Lake-Aug-12-2006.avi|18375028|FB1400D881CF7929814D53564724B0F1|/|sources,slonopotam.no-ip.org:4661|/
I think this picture captures the madness of the day the best.
One can see the rest of the pictures here
or in this folder.
A few comments.
First of all, I think it was a great idea to meet at 10:00 AM right at the trail - no time wasted.
Newly installed teralow behaved, although tera2low gave some small problems
with shifting. The idle speed/torque teralow+3.07 was sufficient until we got higher, then I let the engine die a few times. White jeep experienced some power problems at higher altitude as well.
About the damage. My rock rails are not virgin any more, I got dents between rear wheels and the rear bumper, plastic bumper corners are all chewed up and I managed to blow away the greasing pimple on my driveshaft backing up from a parking space, which was very stupid of me.
I thought that the fact Barrett lake trail is easier than the Rubicon means that requirements are the same or more relaxed. I was wrong, Barrett lake is not for XJs on 31". Now I do not think it's a good idea to go with group where all the jeeps are much more built - you slow people down a lot.
We made quite a few stops on our way in, letting more and more rigs and horses pass us. I haven't made it to the lake, but I think it should have looked like a parking lot in front of stables. Unfortunately, I had to go back the same day, so at 15:50, about a mile to the lake, Bryan made a wise suggestion for me to turn back, which I followed.
On the way back I waited quite some time at what I believe to be the toughest obstacle on the trail - a toyota guy decided to squeeze through the hole the magnificent man and his riding machine breezed through. He did not
have a winch, so the other truck was trying to pull him out for quite some time. A few minutes later I hung on a stone and regretted not taking a hi-lift. The idea was that I did not need it since there were would be a lot of jeeps with winches around. How I planned to get back alone was a mystery to me. Anyway, just as I finally redressed for the trail and started to pull stones, a couple of Wranglers arrived and one of them pulled me off. An hour or so later a big group of hikers caught up with me. One of them, a small Chinese woman asked me to give her a ride.
I took me about 3:30 to run the trail back to the parking lot. I did not stop for beer, but I scouted a lot. No damage besides scratches on rock rails and receiver hitches on the way back.
The trip was great, but I really wished I could have made it to the lake.
Andrey
Bryan C. on his way out Sunday
Ken (itsHud) with his dad rolling out
Lunch was PB-n-Jelly on a hot dog bun?
yummy!
We left them (BC, itsHud, and Muknet) on sunday night at around 5 pm they were off to the Rubicon for a day or two then on to Fordyce, I had to drive home :smsoap: .
Ken (itsHud) with his dad rolling out
Lunch was PB-n-Jelly on a hot dog bun?
yummy!
We left them (BC, itsHud, and Muknet) on sunday night at around 5 pm they were off to the Rubicon for a day or two then on to Fordyce, I had to drive home :smsoap: .
