00Bridge.JPG
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Since he bought this property about 3 years ago, he's never had access to the E side of the creek, o...

01Tractor.JPG
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After having this little 4WD tractor for a few months, he finally got the nerve up to drive across t...

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This is how the crossing looked (to the South) after pulling the stuck tractor out.

The trail isn...

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Another view to the South from further back. We're cutting into the bank on the R to fill in the ru...

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Looking North.

The trail isn't apparent, so it's marked in orange in the lower pane.

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He almost flipped the tractor a few times going up the hill to the L (East). This is another South ...

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Looking South a little more to the East, up the hill.

The trail isn't apparent, so it's marked in...

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This is good enough for messing around today. Since it blocks the creek bed, we know it's going to ...

08Across.JPG
1011 hits | 131.53 KB | Posted: 11/28/08
He was trying to shoot video when I crossed, but my camcorder crapped out, so this is it. We were b...

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1057 hits | 115.18 KB | Posted: 11/28/08
We both expected my tires to slip on this steep bank in the SE corner, but they went right up.

Se...

GregsCreek1Steve.mpg
1273 hits | 13.65 MB | Posted: 12/14/08
No problem.

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1055 hits | 70.19 KB | Posted: 12/7/08
A pretty good day: stuck 2x enough to use the winch; no damage; a few friends spotting, riding, BSin...

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A pretty good day: stuck 2x enough to use the winch; no damage; a few friends spotting, riding, BSin...

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1042 hits | 74.29 KB | Posted: 12/7/08
A pretty good day: stuck 2x enough to use the winch; no damage; a few friends spotting, riding, BSin...

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956 hits | 75.99 KB | Posted: 12/7/08
A pretty good day: stuck 2x enough to use the winch; no damage; a few friends spotting, riding, BSin...

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1032 hits | 68.03 KB | Posted: 12/7/08
A pretty good day: stuck 2x enough to use the winch; no damage; a few friends spotting, riding, BSin...

Coyo777a.JPG
1090 hits | 118.71 KB | Posted: 12/13/08
After a few hours digging with the tractor & a few shovels, we got the first pipe buried & ~6" of di...

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1006 hits | 75.63 KB | Posted: 12/13/08
After a few hours digging with the tractor & a few shovels, we got the first pipe buried & ~6" of di...

GregsCreek2Joey.mpg
1337 hits | 33.57 MB | Posted: 12/14/08
Surprisingly, Cody didn't make it up the hill. But Joey didn't have much trouble on his first run, ...

GregsCreek3Joey.mpg
1314 hits | 16.47 MB | Posted: 12/14/08
Like me, Joey returned immediately. We wanted to use the trucks to pack the dirt more.

GregsCreek4Joey.mpg
1304 hits | 20 MB | Posted: 12/14/08
His 2nd pass was a little slower. Unfortunately, my camcorder crapped out, so there's no video of M...

3Wheelin1.JPG
995 hits | 66 KB | Posted: 8/8/09
After spooling my winch cable on, I couldn't resist a quick run across Greg's creek.

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954 hits | 75.91 KB | Posted: 8/8/09
After spooling my winch cable on, I couldn't resist a quick run across Greg's creek. That's his eld...

09082309Enter.jpg
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Entering a tight ravine that has, up til now, only accomodated 4-wheelers.

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Entering a tight ravine that has, up til now, only accomodated 4-wheelers.

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This is how tight the ravine is - I could barely open the door.

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At the bottom of the ravine, I had to make a tight turn to avoid the creek bed, which is another ~6'...

09082339BackUp.jpg
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I couldn't make that turn, so I backed up the side of the ravine.

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I couldn't make that turn, so I backed up the side of the ravine.

09082343OnRamp.jpg
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This was the 2nd time I climbed this STEEP hill. Greg flipped his 4-wheeler here a couple of times.

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I came back to that tight turn from the other side & made it into the bottom of the ravine again.

09082350FrontUp.jpg
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I went up it forward this time.

Light.JPG
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Greg's Disco has been yard-art for the past ~2 years, but he finally got a new cover welded onto the...

09082901GregG.JPG
973 hits | 113.58 KB | Posted: 8/29/09
Of course, as soon as he got enough bolts to put the d'shaft back in, we had to take it for a shaked...

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963 hits | 109.9 KB | Posted: 8/29/09
He didn't make it on the first try, but no one has. That rear bumper corner didn't survive a minute...

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961 hits | 99.3 KB | Posted: 8/29/09
After a few tries, he got up it. I think shedding the weight of that bumper corner was the key.

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958 hits | 92.69 KB | Posted: 8/29/09
Coming down the 'sled' trail, he got pretty crossed up, and the truck tetered enough to make his pas...

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Coming down the 'sled' trail, he got pretty crossed up, and the truck tetered enough to make his pas...

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To get lined up from the sled to the gate, he backed up the ridge.

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To get lined up from the sled to the gate, he backed up the ridge.

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Greg B watched from the ridge, and then followed him thru the gate.

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It took ~5 points to make the turn in the gate, but this is his first time driving the truck in a fe...

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959 hits | 101.21 KB | Posted: 8/29/09
Greg B took his time descending the ridge.

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994 hits | 105.86 KB | Posted: 8/29/09
I decided to try going up the sled trail, and of course, the only photo is when I got hung up for a ...

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929 hits | 97.08 KB | Posted: 8/29/09
Greg B then decided to attempt a hill that the 4-wheeler hadn't even done. It's between the ridge &...

09082913GregB.JPG
911 hits | 87.22 KB | Posted: 8/29/09
He paused briefly, but made it up the first try without even spinning a tire.

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943 hits | 81.79 KB | Posted: 8/29/09
Greg G then followed Greg B, inspired by how easy he made it look. His heretofore passengers weren'...

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He had a moment of doubt, but continued up with no problem. Being the only truck there that hadn't ...

09082916Steve83.JPG
863 hits | 57.23 KB | Posted: 8/29/09
I knew I wouldn't make it, but I also knew it wouldn't take much to get me off the hill, so I gave a...

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Greg needed my sawzall & I had some potatoes that were getting ripe, so we did a little afternoon ru...

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952 hits | 99.64 KB | Posted: 9/5/09
Our temporary parking lot.

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This hill was a walk for Greg (both of them) when it was dry, but with damp soil, he didn't make it.

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Psycho Bob decided to ride.

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It's hard to tell, but there's a BIG dropoff...

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There's the dropoff. Making a L turn here is challenging.

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After a few points, he got it going uphill.

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This is becoming a popular trail, but as soft as the dirt is, it may not last.

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We were interrupted by the sound of gunfire from the neighbor's yard, but we didn't notice anything ...

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Ground clearance - vastly overrated, IMO. The Disco started getting hot, so we quit wheeling and (l...

090913Tree2.JPG
937 hits | 70.75 KB | Posted: 9/13/09
This is the stump that broke my grille guard last time. So while the guard is off for repairs, I'm ...

090913Tree3.JPG
877 hits | 76.55 KB | Posted: 9/13/09
It's uprooted now, but I didn't want to get hung up going over it, so we'll pull/cut it out later.

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945 hits | 130.03 KB | Posted: 6/13/10
Oo-ooh, everything's so gree-ee-een!

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895 hits | 127.53 KB | Posted: 6/13/10
While waiting for Greg to reinstall one rear axleshaft in his Disco, I decided to open this 4-wheele...

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828 hits | 126.71 KB | Posted: 6/13/10
This is a spot I had tried before, and gotten stuck enough for Greg to winch me out from the other s...

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Now that the front diff is welded up (for the 3rd time), the truck doesn't turn like it used to, and...

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The big tree behind me stopped me from getting really squared up to the hill.

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With just a little tirespin, the back end came around under me.

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Then it just walked right up.

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Greg followed...

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Greg didn't have as much trouble making the turn, with his narrower track & rear welded diff.

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875 hits | 126.96 KB | Posted: 6/13/10
But he still had to back up, like I did, to get on the line.

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Then he followed my tracks, and had no problem.

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838 hits | 127.51 KB | Posted: 6/13/10
We were both surprised by how little trouble we had with this hill - it looks like it would be very ...

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Greg blazed this trail last time, but I had to winch him out, so he wanted to give it another shot. ...

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The entry is easy - just hold your nose & dive in.

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But it's so tight that any vehicle longer than a 4-wheeler has to make a multi-point turn at the bot...

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A few more points on the turn...

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...plant the tailpipe again...

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...bring the nose around...

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I've always told him to exit R of the tree, so he tried it again. But there's a hidden ditch on the...

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Now, it's ~2 feet up, so we gave up on this line.

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It took some more work to change lines to the L...

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...but he finally got the back end to slide R.

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Then he drove out on the same line that hung him up before.

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853 hits | 111.35 KB | Posted: 6/13/10
This was down in the hole, during the first turn.

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This was in the hole during the first attempt to go R of the tree, with the front tire about a foot ...

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This was the 2nd attempt to go R of the tree, with the tire almost 2 feet up.

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861 hits | 102.8 KB | Posted: 6/13/10
I was feeling froggy with the front diff's welds holding so far, so I decided to follow Greg through...

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830 hits | 110.71 KB | Posted: 6/13/10
The easy part: getting lined up.

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Diving in. Notice there's only one line of dents directly above the tire.

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The first turning.

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Plowing dirt with the back bumper.

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I really thought the line to the R would work, so I gave it a try.

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852 hits | 105.57 KB | Posted: 6/13/10
...and another, which put the R fender into that small tree.

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But I finally realized I didn't have enough articulation, so when the back end slid R, I just let it...

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1052 hits | 95.48 KB | Posted: 6/13/10
Arboreal streamlining. The dent further back is from a few weeks ago. Today's damage is across the...

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890 hits | 110.33 KB | Posted: 6/13/10
Greg wanted to hit this steep hill once more, and then I talked him into trying a trail where he fli...

10061243Broke.JPG
882 hits | 96.39 KB | Posted: 6/13/10
But after several tries without success, and a LOUD snap, he backed out and we found the coil out of...

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872 hits | 87.64 KB | Posted: 6/13/10
This is the last trail Greg tried. It goes up & to the R, toward the patch of sunlight more than 10...

100703aStump.JPG
838 hits | 106.21 KB | Posted: 7/4/10
Yesterday, Greg & I decided that this tree was in the way, so after chain-sawing it down to ~2 feet,...

100703bStump.JPG
906 hits | 118.7 KB | Posted: 7/4/10
Now you see it...

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Presto!

(OK, the chain slipped off the 1st try.)

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848 hits | 116.05 KB | Posted: 7/4/10
But it held the 2nd, and the stump is coming OUT!

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The stump used to be where my LHR tire is, and now I'm more stuck than it was. I forgot to remove t...

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1091 hits | 136.69 KB | Posted: 7/4/10
The soil under (& around) my RHR tire is mostly gravel with no roots to hold it together, so it's li...

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916 hits | 87.02 KB | Posted: 7/4/10
After a few tries, I managed to sink it even deeper.

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1025 hits | 114.54 KB | Posted: 7/4/10
So we hooked up Greg's '01 Screw.

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922 hits | 63.84 KB | Posted: 7/4/10
The silver lining is that the root that WAS holding me had also been preventing 4-wheelers from usin...

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Somehow, I managed to break this Spicer u-joint in soft dirt.

...and bend the tie rods, and collaps...

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The camera is looking horizontally, but it's rotated slightly CW. Note the tilt of the tree trunks ...

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I never made it up this, and eventually drove around a different line to exit the way I entered, nea...

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A few tornados blew through Thur night, and this was the result.

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A few tornados blew through Thur night, and this was the result.

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A few tornados blew through Thur night, and this was the result.

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A few tornados blew through Thur night, and this was the result.

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A few tornados blew through Thur night, and this was the result.

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A few tornados blew through Thur night, and this was the result.

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A few tornados blew through Thur night, and this was the result.

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A few tornados blew through Thur night, and this was the result.

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A few tornados blew through Thur night, and this was the result.

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A few tornados blew through Thur night, and this was the result.

110828Stuck1.JPG
685 hits | 138.47 KB | Posted: 8/28/11
Last Saturday evening, we decided to make a quick run before it rained. But just as I got down in t...

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Last Saturday evening, we decided to make a quick run before it rained. But just as I got down in t...

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Last Saturday evening, we decided to make a quick run before it rained. But just as I got down in t...

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Last Saturday evening, we decided to make a quick run before it rained. But just as I got down in t...

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Last Saturday evening, we decided to make a quick run before it rained. But just as I got down in t...

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Last Saturday evening, we decided to make a quick run before it rained. But just as I got down in t...

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Last Saturday evening, we decided to make a quick run before it rained. But just as I got down in t...

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Last Saturday evening, we decided to make a quick run before it rained. But just as I got down in t...

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Last Saturday evening, we decided to make a quick run before it rained. But just as I got down in t...

110828Unstuck1.JPG
726 hits | 135.67 KB | Posted: 8/28/11
It came out a lot more easily than I expected - I didn't even need the winch to get here. But there...

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707 hits | 132.91 KB | Posted: 8/28/11
It came out a lot more easily than I expected - I didn't even need the winch to get here. But there...

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726 hits | 131.65 KB | Posted: 8/28/11
It came out a lot more easily than I expected - I didn't even need the winch to get here. But there...

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770 hits | 134.7 KB | Posted: 8/28/11
This turn is hairy because there's nothing to gauge "level" from, other than the trees, and it's a t...

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751 hits | 126.92 KB | Posted: 8/28/11
It came out a lot more easily than I expected - I didn't even need the winch to get here. But there...

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My bumpers always smooth out the trails, and today is no exception.

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My bumpers always smooth out the trails, and today is no exception.

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My bumpers always smooth out the trails, and today is no exception.

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Nothin' to it!

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808 hits | 138.87 KB | Posted: 8/28/11
This turn is hairy because there's nothing to gauge "level" from, other than the trees, and it's a t...

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739 hits | 120.1 KB | Posted: 8/28/11
I bulldozed about 3' of dirt & gravel between the 2 logs on the L & the root on the R.

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717 hits | 121.18 KB | Posted: 10/1/11
I missed a turn and entered the Ditch from its steepest side.

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776 hits | 110.38 KB | Posted: 10/1/11
Just like in Arizona, I teetered on the skidplate.

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After a brief winch pull, I got back on the wheels, lined up, and drove out.

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564 hits | 106.29 KB | Posted: 9/10/13
Greg's latest money pit - a '95 Disco with a blown engine & a spare stickshift.

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560 hits | 125.15 KB | Posted: 9/10/13
Greg's junk (R to L): the '95 D1 I just helped him haul home, a Toy whose V6 dipstick is covered wit...

Toy.JPG
524 hits | 137.93 KB | Posted: 9/10/13
The Toy belonged to a friend of a friend, and Greg got it for a song after the block cracked. We to...

Disco2.JPG
581 hits | 112.96 KB | Posted: 9/10/13
This is the D2 that I hauled to Little Rock a couple of years ago. Greg bought it from Clay for too...

Logging.mov
687 hits | 991.03 KB | Posted: 9/17/13
This tree fell a few years ago & blocked a few trails, and we've been chainsawing it occasionally, b...

130927Log.JPG
651 hits | 163.04 KB | Posted: 9/27/13
The log I was pulling in this video:

[url=http://www.supermotors.net/registry/media/996327][img]h...

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479 hits | 157.33 KB | Posted: 10/10/13
The only MSJer to actually show up was BigJon, and his built Taco looked like the right machine for ...

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444 hits | 155.73 KB | Posted: 10/10/13
But he decided to come back and hit it from the near side.

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Greg & I had already cut this bank down slightly to reduce the breakover angle, so Jon had no troubl...

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437 hits | 155.19 KB | Posted: 10/10/13
Jon's bumper helped him get started up the pit face.

131010BigJon05.JPG
441 hits | 159.88 KB | Posted: 10/10/13
He had to hunt for the right line for a little while, which is exactly what Greg wanted - lots of di...

131010BigJon06.JPG
442 hits | 158.63 KB | Posted: 10/10/13
He had to hunt for the right line for a little while, which is exactly what Greg wanted - lots of di...

131010BigJon07.JPG
462 hits | 161.4 KB | Posted: 10/10/13
He had to hunt for the right line for a little while, which is exactly what Greg wanted - lots of di...

131010BigJon08.JPG
437 hits | 158.79 KB | Posted: 10/10/13
He had to hunt for the right line for a little while, which is exactly what Greg wanted - lots of di...

131010BigJon09.JPG
465 hits | 157.09 KB | Posted: 10/10/13
He almost made it on the far Left, but it felt tippy, so he tried the far Right a few times.

131010BigJon10.JPG
436 hits | 154.02 KB | Posted: 10/10/13
He almost made it on the far Left, but it felt tippy, so he tried the far Right a few times.

131010BigJon11.JPG
444 hits | 160.58 KB | Posted: 10/10/13
Eventually, he came back to the Left...

131010BigJon12.JPG
472 hits | 130.04 KB | Posted: 10/10/13
...and found a line that worked.

131010Greg1.JPG
457 hits | 141.92 KB | Posted: 10/10/13
Greg was anxious to try it next, but the D2's breakover angle wasn't high enough. His rear bumper h...

131010Greg2.JPG
475 hits | 154.12 KB | Posted: 10/10/13
He kept hunting & digging so long that the fuel pump ran dry & the engine stalled, so I drove around...

131010Greg3.JPG
544 hits | 118.78 KB | Posted: 10/11/13
We're planning to remove the damaged metal, replace it with more-robust pieces, and then add some st...

131010HBo01.JPG
459 hits | 127.71 KB | Posted: 10/10/13
Bo gave it a try, but he didn't have the breakover angle, either.

131010HBo02.JPG
430 hits | 125.45 KB | Posted: 10/10/13
Bo gave it a try, but he didn't have the breakover angle, either.

131010HBo03.JPG
432 hits | 124.26 KB | Posted: 10/10/13
Bo gave it a try, but he didn't have the breakover angle, either.

131010HBo04.JPG
436 hits | 135.5 KB | Posted: 10/10/13
Bo gave it a try, but he didn't have the breakover angle, either.

131010HBo05.JPG
455 hits | 126.58 KB | Posted: 10/10/13
Bo gave it a try, but he didn't have the breakover angle, either.

131010HBo06.JPG
448 hits | 121.6 KB | Posted: 10/10/13
Bo gave it a try, but he didn't have the breakover angle, either.

131010HBo07.JPG
437 hits | 131.14 KB | Posted: 10/10/13
Bo gave it a try, but he didn't have the breakover angle, either.

131010HBo08.JPG
473 hits | 133.15 KB | Posted: 10/10/13
Bo gave it a try, but he didn't have the breakover angle, either. Finally, he gave up, too, and bac...

131010HBo09.JPG
467 hits | 134.49 KB | Posted: 10/10/13
By the time he went from nose-down in the creek to being up on top, the front tire had nearly come o...

131010HBo10.JPG
467 hits | 121.87 KB | Posted: 10/10/13
The diagnosis was: lower ball joint & outer U-joint grenaded, taking the axleshaft. Brake line & ev...

131010HBo11.JPG
524 hits | 122.77 KB | Posted: 10/10/13
The diagnosis was: lower ball joint & outer U-joint grenaded, taking the axleshaft. Brake line & ev...

131010HBo12.JPG
462 hits | 168.49 KB | Posted: 10/11/13
Detritus

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445 hits | 154.62 KB | Posted: 10/11/13
Not so surprising that 2 street-legal trucks broke here.

131010Under1.JPG
477 hits | 172.18 KB | Posted: 10/10/13
This is the trail we want to open: down into the creek to the Left, then turn Right and drive along ...

131010Under2.JPG
444 hits | 171.68 KB | Posted: 10/10/13
This is the trail we want to open: down into the creek to the Left, then turn Right and drive along ...

131010Under3.JPG
423 hits | 174.13 KB | Posted: 10/10/13
This is the trail we want to open: down into the creek to the Left, then turn Right and drive along ...

131010Under4.JPG
427 hits | 171.92 KB | Posted: 10/10/13
This is the trail we want to open: down into the creek to the Left, then turn Right and drive along ...

131010Under5.JPG
481 hits | 166.16 KB | Posted: 10/10/13
This is the trail we want to open: down into the creek from the upper Right, then turn Right and dri...

131010Under6.JPG
480 hits | 165.12 KB | Posted: 10/10/13
This is the trail we want to open: down into the creek from the Left, then turn Right (toward camera...

131013-Gabe1.MOV
503 hits | 5.02 MB | Posted: 10/14/13

131013-Gabe2.MOV
464 hits | 5.13 MB | Posted: 10/14/13

131013-Gabe3.MOV
491 hits | 5.03 MB | Posted: 10/14/13

131013-Gabe4.MOV
526 hits | 5.07 MB | Posted: 10/14/13

131013-Gabe5.MOV
469 hits | 3.58 MB | Posted: 10/14/13

131013-Gabe6.MOV
499 hits | 4.19 MB | Posted: 10/14/13

131013-Greg1.MOV
498 hits | 5.12 MB | Posted: 10/14/13

131013-Greg2.MOV
544 hits | 5.4 MB | Posted: 10/14/13

131013-Rzr.MOV
603 hits | 1.73 MB | Posted: 10/14/13

NewStuck1.JPG
410 hits | 164.88 KB | Posted: 8/1/14
I was just screwing around in 2WD and ran down into this ditch and got hung on this log. After lock...

NewStuck2.JPG
422 hits | 157.73 KB | Posted: 8/1/14
I was just screwing around in 2WD and ran down into this ditch and got hung on this log. After lock...