PetitFrereArmada
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Nice run. May try to join you guys someday.
Nice run. May try to join you guys someday.
12:04 - About the time Rick lost a Radiator on Raptor Hill :smiley_drive:
Very intense! I'll be taking advantage of the lull in heat this weekend and hitting the trails.Yeah, I didn't find out about that until later. That must have been a gnarly landing to hit the bottom of the radiator. His passenger developed a headache and went home, not sure if it was related to the jump.
As a fellow offroader and frequent user of northwest ohv park, I am curious as to how ya'll get these vehicles off the trail and out of the way of others if/when you get stuck or break down? I did not come here to ruffle feathers but wanted to point out a safety issue with the lack of tow hooks/recovery points on some of the vehicles in your caravan.
Stretch79, after realizing that this is your first post in this forum I would like to bid you welcome to Expedition Portal from a fellow North Texan. I'm glad my event report was visible enough to get you registered and posting.
You are concerned with us getting in the way of the trail? When we do our trail runs we are fully aware of the other groups out at the Park that day. On the day of this meet I've had to apologize to one group (3 vehicles) for being in the way because we had to spot some guys down a hill. They were amused and happily watched us slide down the muddy hill one after the other. We did not run into any other groups the entire day.
When we do these meets we are fully prepared. We plan these meets months in advance. We had at least three recovery trucks that day just in case something happened, and guess what the recovery truck had to be recovered because he went into some deep water, another recovery truck cracked a radiator and had to go home at lunch. That left us with at least two other dedicated recovery trucks (coworkers on other the harder trails), not including all the other Jeeps, Tacomas, and Subarus that were not stuck anywhere. I don't ever go to the OHV Park alone, I bring an army with me every time.
I appreciate your concern about the recovery points, I'm usually the trail lead and I'm equipped with a hitch mounted recovery shackle in the rear and a bumper beam mounted one in the front. I will not send these guys into a trail that I don't think I can make it through. The newer models also have bumper beam mounted screw in hooks in the front and rear, I told them they were responsible for getting dirty and screwing them in if they happen to get stuck. None of us got stuck on this trip, the last trip, or the five other times I've been out there over the past year. I will not send anyone down No Winch Hill or Godzilla, or even under the Powerlines now that it is completely washed out.
What are your suggestions on recovery points? Also, what vehicle do you drive? Have you ever run into our group out there?
I have ridden a joyner buggy (chinese hunk of junk, never buy one), a raptor 660 and my newest baby a 2014 JKUR with a few things done to it at bridgeport and gilmer, several years ago I had a tube buggy on 42's and beadlocks. I have never seen yall out there but would be interested in watching. Like I said, I did not come here to bash on the subarus or other vehicles in your group (I'm sure yall receive plenty of that from others). I was genuinely concerned about the appearance of missing recovery points on several of the vehicles. I truly hope that the recovery points are well secured, I have a hard time imagining that they are considering the amount of plastic visible, and are these vehicle frames actually manufactured for true offroading? We are actually headed out there tomorrow around noon. Personally when I get in a sticky situation I like my tow hooks to be easily and quickly accessible. And the video of the person on street tires sliding into the barb wire fence was hilarious.
Hey, I'm impressed that you guys took those rigs off pavement. Good on ya!
Regards, Guy