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497 hits | 79.71 KB | Posted: 5/31/05
We went to stave for a test run to see what the new truck could do... just stoppin' for the air-down...

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and into the trail we go...

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takin' a look at the first major obsticle...

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The first approach... didn't quite make it...

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and number two...

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368 hits | 93.67 KB | Posted: 5/31/05
oops... looks like I hurt the truck... nobody seemed to notice yet though...

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maybe we'll try going around...

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337 hits | 88.48 KB | Posted: 5/31/05
nope... hurt it even more now... finally someone noticed...

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Supposed to be straight...

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try to straighten it... somehow it bent forward and up...

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well straight enough for now... got up anyways...

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368 hits | 117.77 KB | Posted: 5/31/05
gotta turn around... actually steeper than it looks...

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had to add a little extra weight to the back corner... almost went over there...

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goin' back down...

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now it's the jeep's turn...

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stuck... on a rock...

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The high-lift is getting quit a bit of use today...

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Well the jeep didn't make it... here comes the 95 toy, 9.5" lift, 35" Muds, Locked front and rear......

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well this is the only attempt we got to photograph as he just crawled right up the middle...

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Up the trail a little farther...

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No problem here...

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and up a little farther... I tried to get him through the hardest line possible here...

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This part is a little tougher...

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While backing down... got a nice flex shot...

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well back down at the bottom of the trail trying to straighten that tie rod end a little more... got...

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That looks a little better...

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now down in the mud flats... this looks like a good start...

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that didn't take long... stuck already...

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tryin' again...

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made it a little farther this time... guess i gotta pull him out again...

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no problem...

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now it's my turn...

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Made it a little farther than the toy... but i'm sitting on my axles...

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the jeep tried to splash me... missed his line...

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First attempted recovery... actually made it worse...

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yet another shot of my sunken truck...

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here's a good shot of the second broken strap... while it's breaking...

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The jeep is sinking...

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Three vehicles pulling... and the mud's a flyin'!

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finally got out...

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Now it's the jeep's turn...

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Not a problem...

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Little bit of water in the passenger side...

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alright... new location... testing the depth...

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Here he goes...

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Oops... guess we checked the wrong side of the puddle...

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gotta love those easy recoveries...

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Nice shot of some guy flexin' out his jeep

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Goin' to rescue one guy who helped pull me out... then I got stuck...