It was hot!! We were on "Hole in the Rock Trail" July 14th and 15th with 4 Land Rovers. Can't believe we didn't run into you guys! I recently did a Disabled Explorers trip with Lance and Bill. That Bill is a hoot and his white Dodge will go anywhere, we even took that long wheel base thing on the first half of "Fins and Things" and he made it no problemo!!
I would have loved to see him make a go on some of those obstacles out near the lake at the end of "Hole in the Rock!!"
Great report.
That would have been great to run into you guys. He really had a great time on the Disabled Explorers trip a while back with you guys. Actually, the 14th and 15th we were up in the Canyonlands area and already making our way up to Moab. We were in the Hole in the Rock area on 10th through 12th.
You’re right, Bill’s stock Dodge will go anywhere. He and I installed a set of front spring spacers and a fresh set of BFG LT295/75R16 AT KO’s before we left on this trip. Just the little bit of lift in front and better tires made the truck that much more capable. The truck did great but the nerf bars took a beating on this trip. He was planning to pull them off anyway.
Here is a video of him going down the stair steps at Hole in the Rock. Got some major air under the left rear tire and it looked like it was going over there for a second! We actually turned around at that point. This was the only obstacle the Dodge hiccupped on being it has open diffs at both ends. I parked at the top and winched him up until the Dodge gained traction again. With lockers that Dodge would be absolutely unstoppable. Bill is a heck of a driver too!
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