Johnson Valley run

[TRNDRVR]

:dunno: thinking :dunno: thinking :dunno: thinking :dunno:

From what it looks like, my weaknesses will be my non-snap ringed 297s, and my Truetrac. :dunno:

 

[GRNT]

Weld up the caps

This is also an alternative to the snap rings.
One other requirements is NO Sniveling when you get a ding or dings in the body. It just means you've been initiated.
Come out and have a good time.
GRNT

 

[SeanP]

Shoot, I thought you were going to be there to race me back to camp.

Maybe Sean will loan you his Tundra, if he and his Jeep can't make it, at least his truck would make it to JV.

Hope you can get that truck running and join us. We keep saying this is the last run for Princess......she's like a cat with nine lives.

I love to send my truck and trailer to events that I cannot attend!!!

 

[SeanP]

If I come down sans-jeep, anyone have an open seat?

 

[TRNDRVR]

So is this a camp-as-we-wheel situation, or is there a base camp that we stay at and wheel during the day and return to camp in the afternoon? Where is this camp going to be located? If I show up on Thursday, will I be able to find this place? Maybe someone can leave me a trail of chips and salsa for me to follow. With a margarita at the end of course.

SeanP, if I can get Amtrak to finally figure out my vacation, and I attend, I'll have an extra seat. No promises I'll even be there as of yet though.
Thanks,
Dan.

 

[SeanP]

Base camp type of deal. Base camp easy to see from the sand road going into JV, it's just that the road is very easy to miss from the highway. Someone might have GPS coords of the base camp. I know that Richard has posted some pretty foolproof directions from Lucerne valley

SeanP

 

[Matt S.]

So how mayn people are going to be there. Not the number of jeeps, but people. I would like to know how much slamon i need to bring!

MATT

 

[Goatman]

If I come down sans-jeep, anyone have an open seat?

Sean, I'll have an open seat, and you're welcome to ride. Dad won't be there 'cause he's in South America.

 

[Goatman]

So is this a camp-as-we-wheel situation, or is there a base camp that we stay at and wheel during the day and return to camp in the afternoon? Where is this camp going to be located? If I show up on Thursday, will I be able to find this place? Maybe someone can leave me a trail of chips and salsa for me to follow. With a margarita at the end of course.

SeanP, if I can get Amtrak to finally figure out my vacation, and I attend, I'll have an extra seat. No promises I'll even be there as of yet though.
Thanks,
Dan.

Dan, if you're real careful you can make those c-clipped 297's live. Plenty have run with them, it's just that you might be OK and you might get unlucky. Have to remember to try to climb everything straight on, and ease into the throttle. Do you carry spare front shafts? The front LSD isn't a big deal, it just makes it more of a challenge and you may need to winch now and then. If you are running stock steering, do you have a spare drag link and tie rod?

You can go to Mapquest and put in Old Woman Springs Rd and Boone Rd, Johnson Valley, as your destination and it will give you the directions. Basically, you go to Barstow on I15, go south on Barstow Rd (Hwy 247) for about 30 miles to a stop sign, turn left at the stop (still Hwy 247) and go about 22 miles to Boone Rd, which is a dirt road that only goes left. Boone Rd is near the end of a long straight section of road, so if you hit the curve you just missed Boone Rd. The sign is on the right side of the highway, immediately opposite of the dirt road, so it's easy to pass the turn by the time you see the sign.....lots of skid marks on the highway.

Once you make the turn onto the dirt road, go about 3-5 miles and you will come to a four way intersection with most of the tracks clearly going to the left, follow the tracks and turn left, then go a few hundred yards to an open section on the left, which is where we camp. The open section is right before the road drops through a gulley, so if you hit the gulley you just missed the camp spot. If you happen to continue down this road, it ends up at the dry lake bottom where most of the people who use JV camp.

We set up camp in this spot, and then go out from there to wheel. Most of the trails are a short drive from camp. There are no facilities, so it's dry camping, and there is no gas close. I fill up in Barstow and can run a few days, but if I'm running three days, and since we're running Outer Limits which is further from camp, I'll fill up in Lucerne Valley. There are a couple of gas stations close to the stop sign where you turn left on Hwy 247.

Hope you can make it,

 

[TRNDRVR]

Dan, if you're real careful you can make those c-clipped 297's live. Plenty have run with them, it's just that you might be OK and you might get unlucky. Have to remember to try to climb everything straight on, and ease into the throttle. Do you carry spare front shafts? The front LSD isn't a big deal, it just makes it more of a challenge and you may need to winch now and then. If you are running stock steering, do you have a spare drag link and tie rod?

You can go to Mapquest and put in Old Woman Springs Rd and Boone Rd, Johnson Valley, as your destination and it will give you the directions. Basically, you go to Barstow on I15, go south on Barstow Rd (Hwy 247) for about 30 miles to a stop sign, turn left at the stop (still Hwy 247) and go about 22 miles to Boone Rd, which is a dirt road that only goes left. Boone Rd is near the end of a long straight section of road, so if you hit the curve you just missed Boone Rd. The sign is on the right side of the highway, immediately opposite of the dirt road, so it's easy to pass the turn by the time you see the sign.....lots of skid marks on the highway.

Once you make the turn onto the dirt road, go about 3-5 miles and you will come to a four way intersection with most of the tracks clearly going to the left, follow the tracks and turn left, then go a few hundred yards to an open section on the left, which is where we camp. The open section is right before the road drops through a gulley, so if you hit the gulley you just missed the camp spot. If you happen to continue down this road, it ends up at the dry lake bottom where most of the people who use JV camp.

We set up camp in this spot, and then go out from there to wheel. Most of the trails are a short drive from camp. There are no facilities, so it's dry camping, and there is no gas close. I fill up in Barstow and can run a few days, but if I'm running three days, and since we're running Outer Limits which is further from camp, I'll fill up in Lucerne Valley. There are a couple of gas stations close to the stop sign where you turn left on Hwy 247.

Hope you can make it,

Thanks for the info Richard. I also hope I can make it. It's now up to Amtrak to come through with my vacation. It's a long story.
Thanks again,
Dan.

 

[TRNDRVR]

It's comfirmed. Amtrak came through with my vacation. So I'm in.
What can I bring for this potluck? I can't do much Mexican that already won't be brought, but I can do a killer marinated TriTip. (?)

I can bring a BBQ and some bigger stuff in the back of my truck if you guys want. That might beable to help someone bring less stuff with all the rest of their junk. Maybe some chairs or anything. I feel like I should help! Any ideas?
MATT

Is anybody that is driving their pickups instead of their Jeeps going to bring any firewood? I can bring some, but that would entail towing a trailer. I'm almost 700 miles one way. Are fires even allowed? Please let me know what I can do. I can even tow the trailer if need be.
Thanks,
Dan.

 

[Paul S]

It's comfirmed. Amtrak came through with my vacation. So I'm in.
What can I bring for this potluck? I can't do much Mexican that already won't be brought, but I can do a killer marinated TriTip. (?)

Is anybody that is driving their pickups instead of their Jeeps going to bring any firewood? I can bring some, but that would entail towing a trailer. I'm almost 700 miles one way. Are fires even allowed? Please let me know what I can do. I can even tow the trailer if need be.
Thanks,
Dan.

Good deal.
As with most 4 wheelers in CA, we're all vegetarians. Just bring some alfalfa or tofu.
Pretty much anything goes in JV. But, I think you can leave the firewood up to the local crowd, it's not worth towing a trailer 700 miles.
Paul

 

[Jes]

Don't listen to Paul, tritip would be great!

Jes

 

[TRNDRVR]

Don't listen to Paul, tritip would be great!

Jes

Tritip is a given.

What about the firewood though?
Is someone closer than me or with a pickup going to bring any? I was the one that brought the wood to Moab. :flame: Gotta have a campfire.

 

[FarmerMatt]

I'll bring you a bale of hay Paul. I also usually bring out a stack of wood being that I have plenty of it & try to give it away. I throw it on my trailer with the XJ.

Matt

 

[DesertXJ]

So what's the schedule? I know Outer Limits is sceduled for saturday, but what about friday and/or sunday?

 

[Matt S.]

So is my BBQ needed?? As of right now, Greg (CROK) and I are riding up. So count him in as well. I can't wait to meet everyone, again, this year. Hopefully yall don't mind a college kidd hanging around. Oh, I am not able to get my salmon all prepared in time. So it looks like lots of chicken from me.

MATT

 

[Goatman]

Schedule? What schedule........we don't need no stinkin' schedule!




We don't know for sure what we'll run Friday, but we've talked about running Sunbonnet. If we're up for a Friday night run probably Clawhammer. Outer Limits is the consensus for Saturday, and we might not have enough energy left after that for a night run on Saturday. I think Sledgehammer would be good for Sunday.

So, are we doing a potluck on Friday night or Saturday night? Everyone won't be there Friday night, but it would be easier to do a potluck that night because we know we'll be back to camp in time. Running OL with a group on Sat, if we have many problems we'll get back after dark.

 

[Paul S]

Looks like it's going to be pretty cold out there. The high for next weeknd is 61 degrees, the low is 32. Add a little JV wind & it should be down right bitter.
Paul

 

[Goatman]

Thankfully, we all drive enclosed rigs.

61 is pretty nice during the day, but it could get cold at night. We've never really had bad weather out there, except maybe when it rained on us earlier this year. Even then it was only when we were back in camp.

Are we going to have to listen to Matt's engine running again so he can have the heater on?