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Well, we had an event this weekend (well it was the L.O.S.T. KJ club event) but a group of us (1zj, 3 XJ;s and a Rubicon) also attended, we decided to run a few trails that the other guys didnt want to so we started on what was a typical beautiful So. Cal MTN day..about 80 degrees and not a cloud in the sky.
here is out initial "start" of the trail...the first obstacle is the waterfall in the background which is about a 6 ft ledge to go up and over
Thats me in the front the Fearless (or fearful) leader for this trail, my buddy mike in his woody behind me and a bunch of others you cant see in the picture
Then out of NO where... a bunch of grey looking things come over our head and we hear Crack BOOM!!! wTF...is it raining in So. Cal??
well yes! look in this photo, what are all those silver stripes in the picture??
HMM, rocks are getting slippery!!
Hmm Creepy Crawlers grip good with 8 psi in them!!
The next section of the trail has alot of off camber stuff, hill climbs, ledge crawls and down hills, should be interesting with a layer of mud on top of it..
Me, hoping that homemade shoring on the side holds up and doesnt give way
A little fun through the trees right before the steep down hill exit of the trail
going down the slope... hard to tell in the picture but according to the inclinometer its a 42 degree descent into the creek bed below
one last little rock garden and we are out..
and here is what happens when you are testing our your remote reservoir shocks on the trail back to the main road and hit a 2ft diameter piece of Granite going 35mph with only 8 psi in your tires... my fault, just wasnt paying attention.
time for a new rim.
couple of observations when things got slick..
most of the guys were running MTRs (tire of choice for the dry rocks out here in CA)
However 1 other guy was running truxxus MT's and 2 of us were running Maxxis Creepy Crawlers..
the Creepy Crawlers completely DOMINATED everything..in the spots where the truxxus and mtrs and BFG mud terrains were slip sliding around...we just walked right up ....definitely amazing tire...
all those rocks and no sidewall chafing at all
total tally for the day.. 1 Sliced sidewall MTR (Yellow jeep Rubicon), one broken shock mount (bad weld on my buddy andys D44), one ripped valve stem (another rubicon) and bent wheel for me (being stupid)
had a complete blast...hope you enjoy the photos...
here is out initial "start" of the trail...the first obstacle is the waterfall in the background which is about a 6 ft ledge to go up and over
Thats me in the front the Fearless (or fearful) leader for this trail, my buddy mike in his woody behind me and a bunch of others you cant see in the picture
Then out of NO where... a bunch of grey looking things come over our head and we hear Crack BOOM!!! wTF...is it raining in So. Cal??
well yes! look in this photo, what are all those silver stripes in the picture??
HMM, rocks are getting slippery!!
Hmm Creepy Crawlers grip good with 8 psi in them!!
The next section of the trail has alot of off camber stuff, hill climbs, ledge crawls and down hills, should be interesting with a layer of mud on top of it..
Me, hoping that homemade shoring on the side holds up and doesnt give way
A little fun through the trees right before the steep down hill exit of the trail
going down the slope... hard to tell in the picture but according to the inclinometer its a 42 degree descent into the creek bed below
one last little rock garden and we are out..
and here is what happens when you are testing our your remote reservoir shocks on the trail back to the main road and hit a 2ft diameter piece of Granite going 35mph with only 8 psi in your tires... my fault, just wasnt paying attention.
time for a new rim.
couple of observations when things got slick..
most of the guys were running MTRs (tire of choice for the dry rocks out here in CA)
However 1 other guy was running truxxus MT's and 2 of us were running Maxxis Creepy Crawlers..
the Creepy Crawlers completely DOMINATED everything..in the spots where the truxxus and mtrs and BFG mud terrains were slip sliding around...we just walked right up ....definitely amazing tire...
all those rocks and no sidewall chafing at all
total tally for the day.. 1 Sliced sidewall MTR (Yellow jeep Rubicon), one broken shock mount (bad weld on my buddy andys D44), one ripped valve stem (another rubicon) and bent wheel for me (being stupid)
had a complete blast...hope you enjoy the photos...
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