KOH 2013 - SEC takes it to the Rocks out West!

[MELKORsXJ]

picking up materials to build our shack… this was on the way out lol

putting up our groceries for the week

a local admiring our "cool bus"

representing the true SEC...

Nothing was easy to fuel!

The bus doesn't fare well in the sand...

 

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tyler, taylor and i built our windproof tent in about an hour... it was different, that's for sure!

Tim using the bus shower

getting the GoPros ready for the rocks

 

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lunch on the rocks

 

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wrecking ball

driveshaft broke a strap on some high speed desert running

broke out in BFE

 

[MELKORsXJ]

superbowl on the jumbo-tron in Hammertown

a few generations...

a CJ3B !!! …but on a Nissan truck frame with Toyota axles lol

Hammertown at the beginning of the week...

 

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Back Door...

 

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$175 worth of wood!!!

proper way to use your cell phone in the bright desert sun

back story… we pull up to Chocolate Thunder and see this ultra 4 buggy having a difficult time! he was doing everything wrong, and couldn't drive at all! then he backs off, and tyler walks up it in a matter of seconds, then Rebecca takes Tim's jeep up it! and as she was just making it over the first part, the Ultra 4 buggy sped off! haha, he can't hang with the Naxja SEC!

Ty;ler had an ORI blow an O ring…

 

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Taylor is just a really tall kid...

 

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i took an Axial wheeling video! and no joke, it looks real, same view as on top of a jeep...

Shannon Campbell in the grey hat… a really cool guy after hearing him talk about his race day and coming in 2nd.

who else would have a display wagon with disc brakes?

 

[MELKORsXJ]

Betty blew an oil pressure sensor, and oil spew out of it like a volcano and covered the bus!

Hammertown from the mountain behind the bus… i took a hike one day to get some cool pics

you can see our campsite, the big green bus in the middle of this pic!

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[MELKORsXJ]

bus getting stuck in the sand again as we leave...

Mississippi River

That's it for the pictures… i still have to get some new video software i want to get, and i will start working on the HOURS of go pro videos… Hopefully these pics will satisfy your web wheeling through us… and if you want to wheel at the hammers, sign the petition at Facebook.com/savethehammers so it won't be closed down before you have the chance to!!!

 

[rredalty]

LOVE the pics Dan. How about some " what I learned at KOH"?

 

[The Hard Struggler]

What I learned at KOH '13...............

Oaklahoma really, really needs to spend a little more money on interstate paving! Super rough!


Good trailer brakes are worth every dollar!


Johnson valley rocks are murder on tires. My TSLs look like they lost a fight with a chainsaw.

 

[David_Bricker]

Great pictures - they tell a fantastic story.

We were camping 100 yards from you. I kept looking for someone around camp to be there, so I could come over and introduce myself, but never saw anyone when I was looking. We arrived on Tuesday. I left on Saturday morning. I was camping with DV Pau, cracker and Boostemante. I had my rockcrawler (rental mini-van), and there were a couple of buggies and XJs in our camp.

David Bricker / SYR

 

[The Hard Struggler]

Aw shucks! Sorry that we didn't get a chance to meet! I met Cracker, I think Friday afternoon, I was a bit foggy!

It was an amazing trip. Great friends, great times!

 

[MELKORsXJ]

What i learned at KOH 2013...

People don't understand our hobby/sport
- Asian family comes out of a restaurant, sees Tim's jeep, and asks me "is that thing repairable?" ...I said, "repairable? Heck this thing runs great! There's nothing wrong with it." ...they looked at me puzzled, walked away, and piled into their Honda Oddessy...

You have to be atleast 18, and present your ID to buy spray paint in California...

OSB can serve as a waterproof and windproof shelter if constructed well...

4 GoPro cameras can be a lot to maintain while enjoying your wheeling trip...

HD video takes up some storage space! ...260GB from our trip

Playing Xbox and watching movies while traveling is the way to go!

The bus drives like a wet noodle!

 

[lt99ls1]

Looks like it was an awesome trip.
Can't wait to see some of the videos.

 

[iluv83vettes]

Is the cab of the bus closed off from back section or is it just open? It's kind of hard to tell from the pics. Looks like y'all had a blast.

 

[Lowrange2]

Pretty sure it's open since the cameras seemed to be mounted above the windshield and had a view all the way to the back. At least that's how I see it.

 

[256offroad]

Is the cab of the bus closed off from back section or is it just open? It's kind of hard to tell from the pics. Looks like y'all had a blast.

Closed off with a door to the outside.