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Tim and Kelsey get lost..
Technically it’s an RV, if you live in it temporarily... right? Ah, well, whatever it is we’ve been putting in a lot of work on our truck since we drove to Canada over a weekend in January to cut the roof off and graft on a Campteq poptop.
It was high time we went out and used it lest we forget WHY we’re doing all of this work.
I’m a glutton for punishment so I decided to head out and run Hackberry Trail, AZ. Here is a little background.
Hackberry Heaven: This Arizona Creek Trail Is Rugged Fun
Read on fourwheeler.com
It’s a doable trail with 33" tires, lockers and some good underside protection. I have the lockers, 35" tires, but no sliders. I tend to think I can pick decent enough lines to not need to carry them around. (I’ll think this until I hit my rockers of course... when will that be? We’ll just have to wait and see)
So, off we went to Oak Flat, AZ. We aired down and started out the trail. At first the trail is more of a dirt road and we saw various 4x4's camped out. After a little while we got to where the “trail” begins down Chevy Truck hill.
At the bottom of some pretty good step downs, very Moab-like, you see the old truck that gives this hill it’s name.
Being alone and the trucks setup being different than it had ever been we did a LOT of walking ahead. I didn’t want to get into something over my head... Of course, even when we saw something bad my natural reaction was... “I see a line in it.” I sometimes wonder if I’d ever not “think” I see a line.
Did I mention this area is gorgeous?
I felt like my view was either this or looking straight down the whole evening. Kelsey has become a great spotter so I can tell you how nice it is to be able to trust someone's inputs as if they’re driving the vehicle.
After a long and really tough hill climb we knew we’d found a campsite where we’d be alone. A tiny pull out on top of a hill that is just big enough for 1 truck. No fire ring meant that most of the rock crawler guys considered this mid-trail and wouldn’t setup camp here.
The morning view from camp had me a little on edge, but not too worried. I knew a section of “switchbacks” were coming up that can be tough. Nah, what could go wrong.
It was high time we went out and used it lest we forget WHY we’re doing all of this work.
I’m a glutton for punishment so I decided to head out and run Hackberry Trail, AZ. Here is a little background.
Hackberry Heaven: This Arizona Creek Trail Is Rugged Fun
Read on fourwheeler.com
It’s a doable trail with 33" tires, lockers and some good underside protection. I have the lockers, 35" tires, but no sliders. I tend to think I can pick decent enough lines to not need to carry them around. (I’ll think this until I hit my rockers of course... when will that be? We’ll just have to wait and see)
So, off we went to Oak Flat, AZ. We aired down and started out the trail. At first the trail is more of a dirt road and we saw various 4x4's camped out. After a little while we got to where the “trail” begins down Chevy Truck hill.
At the bottom of some pretty good step downs, very Moab-like, you see the old truck that gives this hill it’s name.
Being alone and the trucks setup being different than it had ever been we did a LOT of walking ahead. I didn’t want to get into something over my head... Of course, even when we saw something bad my natural reaction was... “I see a line in it.” I sometimes wonder if I’d ever not “think” I see a line.
Did I mention this area is gorgeous?
I felt like my view was either this or looking straight down the whole evening. Kelsey has become a great spotter so I can tell you how nice it is to be able to trust someone's inputs as if they’re driving the vehicle.
After a long and really tough hill climb we knew we’d found a campsite where we’d be alone. A tiny pull out on top of a hill that is just big enough for 1 truck. No fire ring meant that most of the rock crawler guys considered this mid-trail and wouldn’t setup camp here.
The morning view from camp had me a little on edge, but not too worried. I knew a section of “switchbacks” were coming up that can be tough. Nah, what could go wrong.
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