slaughterhouse tomorrow ?

[MMIXJ]

i'm thinking about maybe taking the kids up in the hills tomorrow...
rumor has it that slaughterhouse is clear.

anybody interested? i'm having dinner out w/ my wife tonight, but will check in before and after.

this would be late morning or just before lunch.

let me know.

terry

 

[MAKsXJ]

Doh! I wish i woulda known earlier... have to work tomorrow now...

 

[hjeepxj]

Still have some work to do on the XJ, otehrwise id be down.

You should run boulder carnage on sun Terry! :cheers:

 

[MMIXJ]

i would run carnage, but we've got a birthday party for the neice...

anyway, i'll be up at slaughterhouse at 10:30 if anybody wants to join. looking to meet up w/ dave and aaron.

:cheers:

 

[JohnJohn]

Sunday?

 

[MMIXJ]

nope, 'twas today.

(hmm, looks like my muffler has a dent in it...) :clap:

 

[JohnJohn]

Dang, I need to wheel.

 

[MMIXJ]

guess that means you got your ring gear fixed, eh?

{dang, looks like aaron's link busted above; good thing i grabbed it}:

 

[YELLAHEEP]

Terry,

Dayum! Is that Slaughter house in that pic? That's all kinds of dug-out now! I haven't been up there in probably 2 or more years.... I gotta get up there sometime!

 

[ROBZ95Xj]

Looks scary but fun

 

[hjeepxj]

Looks like a good time! That trail is on my list to do this summer. :cheers:

 

[MAKsXJ]

That isnt exactly slaughterhouse. I believe it is crow hill, i might be mistaken though. Regardless, it is very close to slaughterhouse. That mud pit is pretty cool though. Nice pic! How were the conditions on the trail? Still snow on the ground in some areas?

 

[MMIXJ]

i think technically that area is part of crow hill, which is just another option once you reach
the bottom of the slaughterhouse trail. basically just a mud pit playground.

slaughterhouse itself did have some snow/ice on parts of it (primarily the steep hill): in fact,
when we were descending the hill there was a full-size truck at the bottom that had broken
the front driveshaft and had zero chance of making it up the hill in the snow. after a bit,
he got winched up enough to get traction to back down safely a ways and clear the trail for us
while his buddy ran back to town to get a new shaft.

not a trail that i would do very often, but i like to get out there at least once a year...
at least there are some twisty/moguly sections that are good testing grounds for flexing.

 

[MAKsXJ]

yea that steep part is scary when you have ice on it. especially with antilock brakes. I almost tipped my s-10 on the other side, goin up the moguls. Thats about the time i said F! independent suspension, and decided to get a new vehicle.

 

[YELLAHEEP]

yea that steep part is scary when you have ice on it. especially with antilock brakes. I almost tipped my s-10 on the other side, goin up the moguls. Thats about the time i said F! independent suspension, and decided to get a new vehicle.

Man, do you and I have a few things in common! I too had an S-10 ... a '91 to be exact. I had the 3.5" Rancho lift and hated having to replace lower ball joints and idler arm every few months.

Then, when I got my first XJ, I took it on it's maiden voyage to Slaughterhouse in early May. That steep downhill was solid ice under fresh snow..... halfway down, I slid off the trail up against some trees. Had to leave it overnight until I could buy a come-a-long and some straps to get it un-stuck the next morning.

:laugh3:

 

[MAKsXJ]

Man, do you and I have a few things in common! I too had an S-10 ... a '91 to be exact. I had the 3.5" Rancho lift and hated having to replace lower ball joints and idler arm every few months.

Then, when I got my first XJ, I took it on it's maiden voyage to Slaughterhouse in early May. That steep downhill was solid ice under fresh snow..... halfway down, I slid off the trail up against some trees. Had to leave it overnight until I could buy a come-a-long and some straps to get it un-stuck the next morning.

:laugh3:

Yea man, my blazer was a '95 with just a 2" bl and 31's. I mighta kept it if it were the ZR2, but it wasn't... http://home.comcast.net/~mjkluth/4x4slideshow.htm here is a slideshow that i made about a week after i did the lift and tires. My 4wd wasnt workin cuz i mounted the vacuum canister wrong for the front diff.(whoops)... that's my cousin's ZJ. Im goin wheelin with my cousin this Sunday. Not sure where yet, but i will prolly make a post.