Mojave Road 4/23-4/26

[BKCowGod]

The Mojave road, while taking dignity from Eric, claimed my front axle and a few other bits and pieces from that set of whoops

front axle, you say??? Tell us more!

BTW - I lost an exhaust hanger, so I didn't escape completely unscathed.

 

[spamthefood]

We decided to take 2 rigs back to the river to pull out my truck, first was Garrett's jeep and then we had Robert's taco. Garrett gets there, we start planning the recovery...Garret goes to get into position - Jeep is dead.

He had to self recover while the two Tacomas played in the mud and water.

 

[SWbySWesty]

front axle, you say??? Tell us more!

BTW - I lost an exhaust hanger, so I didn't escape completely unscathed.

I bent the driver's side axle tube, crushed the coil mounts, smashed the bumpstops, pulled the rear leafsprings out of alignment....it was quite the whoop! Jeeps don't fly.:costumed-smiley-007

 

[ETAV8R]

Ok I don't know any of you and I wish I had done this run. Great pics! My brother has an old Jeep like that one, maybe even same color. Scary climbing and lost bumper. Keep me in mind for the next trip. My GF and I just got back from one night in Joshua Tree. Took the Geology Tour to Berdoo Canyon out. There were some sections there that had me concerned. The scenery in Joshua Tree is almost the same and I was stopping all the time to get pics. I need either CO's or Billy 5100s up front and I will be better prepared.

Hi I'm Eric

:victory::smiley_drive:

 

[SWbySWesty]

Hey Eric,

Your shocks should be fine...just stay far back enough from the car in front of you to see the trail...not seeing the whoops led to my demise.

 

[BKCowGod]

Hey Eric,

Your shocks should be fine...just stay far back enough from the car in front of you to see the trail...not seeing the whoops led to my demise.

Yah, I did it with absolutely zero damage, in a completely stock truck that was worth every penny of the $600 I paid for it.

 

[barlowrs]

A few vids

Hey everyone, here are a few vids I took. I will try to post more of a writeup with pics and everything in the next few days.

The infamous RATTLE SNAKE!:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wzKJe9hBRA

Watercrossing in my tacoma...look and listen really closely and you can hear me honk and see a duck fly out from in front of me to the left. While I was crossing, a kamikazi duck decided to cross in front of me..haha:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69UxGGsqads

One of the fun "slightly technical" areas. A nice descent...Garretts jeep looked plain sexy doing this. Unfortunatly my IFS doesnt look as good but she still got down with no problems, go OME!...also, to those that were there, is it just me or does this vid make it seem a lot LESS steep that it really was? I seem to remember it being a LOT steeper than it looks here.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NwutoI-jX4E

Crusing down a few smaller whoops behind Gregg in his X-Terra. I have to hand it to him, this was stock susp as far as I know and he would bounce that thing all over. I swear he had all 4 wheels off the ground at several points...honeslty, I think he was actually AIMING for the whoops..haha (soundtrack courtesy of Alineh's freshly made CDs haha):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qUy87sjs6rQ

 

[ETAV8R]

I need a suspension upgrade in the front, my new shoes rub slightly from time to time. Stock size General Grabbers.

 

[SWbySWesty]

awesome vids!

 

[amocaT]

More vids

Some water crossing...

SWbySWXJ:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7PsScTu6mms
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k55g-osqELM

spamthefood:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTnwjd-2eTA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5arPzqcRpW8

Greg:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BxWjeV5dQGo

 

[BKCowGod]

nice. If you listen carefully, you can hear me in the background:
"That's gonna hit my carb..." "I am so f---ed"

 

[Backwoods Rambler]

After I fix my jeep it's time for a gps to allow premapping my route!

Watch out, mapping routes can be addictive. I have 2 years worth of mapping done and another in progress. :Wow1: 1 major route for each year.

 

[Backwoods Rambler]

Question for anyone who attended....

Did you guys all know eachother prior to this trip?

 

[BKCowGod]

Question for anyone who attended....

Did you guys all know eachother prior to this trip?

I, for one, had never met any of them. But they treated me like their oldest and bestest friend right from the start. It really was a great group dynamic.

 

[barlowrs]

I had never met them either...GREAT group of guys though! Couldnt have asked for a better group to go on this adventure with.