Evan's Creek---> 9July06

[2xtreme]

Actually, I tested that with a floor jack when I first bought the rig, and with the swaybar disco'd I only get about 1/2" more droop cause the LCAs hit the top of the axle mount brackets and limit the travel

Besides, this way I can call the heep 'tripod'

-i

I suspect when you tested it, you did not jack up the other side? I have had (till very recently) stock control arms and with 4.5" of lift with the swaybar discoed they do hit the control arm buckets but it still flexed much better than that. Try it out, I think you will find it will flex more. Plus when it does hit, it will still continue to flex, it just bends the buckets and control arms

Matt,
Are you SURE that is where John flopped? There we NO ruts and it was a strait away when John flopped. Side note, he went over due to the front wheel going over not the rear.

Michael

 

[IXNAYXJ]

Matt,
Are you SURE that is where John flopped? There we NO ruts and it was a strait away when John flopped. Side note, he went over due to the front wheel going over not the rear.

Michael

Yup...just a few feet further than the pic (past the cruve where the pic was shot). We even saw the rock that put his right front tire up enough to go over. Oh, and I found the rock where I broke my foot, too.

-----Matt-----

 

[Slacker87XJ]

I suspect when you tested it, you did not jack up the other side? I have had (till very recently) stock control arms and with 4.5" of lift with the swaybar discoed they do hit the control arm buckets but it still flexed much better than that. Try it out, I think you will find it will flex more. Plus when it does hit, it will still continue to flex, it just bends the buckets and control arms

Michael

I'll have to give it a shot next time, I didn't think it would flex much more - of course I wasn't thinking about bendy control arms and brackets when I tested it

 

[CanMan]

Looks like fun! How much are passes for a season? I think day ones are like $5 or something?

 

[IXNAYXJ]

Looks like fun! How much are passes for a season? I think day ones are like $5 or something?

Passes?

-----M-----

 

[CanMan]

Passes?

-----M-----

Last time I was up there with a buddy and his brothers Toy, There were a few Rangers, but yea, thats the only time I've seen any up there in the handful of times I've been. :thumbup:

 

[IXNAYXJ]

Last time I was up there with a buddy and his brothers Toy, There were a few Rangers, but yea, thats the only time I've seen any up there in the handful of times I've been. :thumbup:

There were two Sherriff's dept. trucks up there Sunday, and they didn't seem to care. Probably not a bad idea to have one, though.

As a matter of fact, I found one on the trail about halfway through and jumped out and picked it up. So I was legal for half the day.

-----Matt-----

 

[Blkxjkrawler]

that looks like a lot of fun. Let me know next time you go, I'd love to come down and give Evans a try.

 

[mud1059]

Not sure if you remember, but when Cody was fixin his track bar, up rolled the TJ and Toy in your post. We talked a bit about my '96 trail rig. I asked you about and you clamly said ya...never identifying yourself as IXNAYXJ. So anyways, I have no idea where else to post these badboys (I just figured out how today)

Here's that damn yota again....he'll park that thing anywhere

After 25 straight hours of work, I was able to take it out a few sundays ago to Evans....only took one unmarked trail and that was enough for me... problems with bumpsteer....

This rig was cherry before I cut the fenders to take it out that day. This is what I get for following the yota.

In the rush and exhaustion the pinion seal was forgotten....seized up on the way home....those were 6 hr old 4.88s. Here it is after it's complete rebuild. Had 250K on the odo. Don't be too jealous (it's ugly but it should work)

Anyways for those of you not too familiar with Evans, it's not as bad as it once was. Now all sorts of jeep clubs come in and make it easy for the stock jeeps or mildly modified that don't want any body damage. Also, the deep mudholes are irrigated out down the hillside. blah blah blah. This is true on the marked trails. Notice all the rocks in some of the previously posted pictures. Kind of disappointing. Some of the unmarked trails, if you make it halfway up, it'll end up like mine whether you want it to or not.

Last but not least who wants to go wheeling the weekend of the 23. The yota will be there, my rig will be done, and I need somebody with the same capability so he's not just waiting on me. We could make it a group thing. I'm the only one of my wheeling friends (about 12 of them) without toyota running gear and the LEAST capable by a lot. It'd be great to see you guys out there again...or at Elbe, but that's quite a bit harder. Great pics IXNAY

 

[2xtreme]

WOW, all that damage and all the blame on the driver of the Toy!?!?!?

And all the trails at Evans have been destroyed by Jeep clubs??

You must be quite the know it all

You are correct. Elbe used to be much more difficult for smaller tired vehicles than it is now. There is plenty of good stuff there still and no reason that any vehicle needs to look like your heep if they go up any unmarked trails!

Just setting the record strait and creating friends


Ian, You will be much better off with the sways disco'ed but then again, you always seem to be able to work around any shorcomings!!
Michael

 

[2xtreme]

Yup...just a few feet further than the pic (past the cruve where the pic was shot). We even saw the rock that put his right front tire up enough to go over. Oh, and I found the rock where I broke my foot, too.

-----Matt-----

That makes sense!!
Did you bring the rock back to frame

Michael

 

[IXNAYXJ]

Not sure if you remember, but when Cody was fixin his track bar, up rolled the TJ and Toy in your post. We talked a bit about my '96 trail rig. I asked you about and you clamly said ya...never identifying yourself as IXNAYXJ.

Sorry, I didn't realize you would have known who IXNAYXJ was either way. Besides, you never said you were mud1059!

Anyways for those of you not too familiar with Evans, it's not as bad as it once was. Now all sorts of jeep clubs come in and make it easy for the stock jeeps or mildly modified that don't want any body damage. Also, the deep mudholes are irrigated out down the hillside. blah blah blah. This is true on the marked trails. Notice all the rocks in some of the previously posted pictures. Kind of disappointing. Some of the unmarked trails, if you make it halfway up, it'll end up like mine whether you want it to or not.

I've heard the "You should have seen Evans before!" comment a lot, but I'm not sure how much of that to believe. You are right about it being reletively do-able in a mildly modified vehicle, but a little mud/rain makes a big difference. It's fun in winter, too.

Last but not least who wants to go wheeling the weekend of the 23. The yota will be there, my rig will be done, and I need somebody with the same capability so he's not just waiting on me. We could make it a group thing. I'm the only one of my wheeling friends (about 12 of them) without toyota running gear and the LEAST capable by a lot. It'd be great to see you guys out there again...or at Elbe, but that's quite a bit harder. Great pics IXNAY

I don't think I can make it that weekend, and I'd prefer not to make my rig look like a monster-truck victim, either. I really want to run Elbe soon, though. We've been talking about it for while...hopefully we can make it out there soon.

Anyway, it was nice meeting you the other day, and I'm glad you took the time to introduce yourself on the board. Always nice to put a face with a username. You just need to get in red now....

-----Matt-----

 

[buckwing0]

directions to where you were wheeling?