Adding a few shots just so our Sport pic thread doesn't get too buried ...
Cresting a sand and gravel hill at Rausch Creek in PA. Soft stuff is forgiving, but the rocks were happy to remind me of the limits of the breakover angle on my 01 Sport. I can still tweak a little less than an inch out of the TT up front, but short of a Superlift kit or SAS with a SOA in the rear, that's about all I can get. Just have to know the limits, and keep plenty of spray-on undercoating around to cover the scars.
Exploring the gravel roads and old logging trails in the Moose River Plains Wild Forest in the Adirondacks. No heavy-duty wheeling, but a good trail rig gets you a lot deeper than most can go. Good hiking, great fishing, actual moose, and camping is free (a rarity for anything in New York).
Snow over ice in the Danby State Forest. Again, not serious wheeling, but a great for deer hunting, or to test winter trail traction. The 33x12.5 Goodyear Duratracs on the rig certainly have some limits on sharp rocks, but they're second to none in the snow. After this shot, I found an XJ on mud tires stuck at the bottom between two small hills. Yanked him up and out no problem and, in the spirit of off-road good will, he gave me a jar of his family's moonshine. Not sure whether to drink it or use it for emergency fuel.
New Years at Connecticut Hill Wildllife Managment Area, the closest place to my hometown to even get a little dirty. Pretty mellow through most of the dirt roads, but when the loggers come through and cut some fresh trails there's fun to be had (until the rangers rope things off, of course).
Hoping to get some good upgrading work done this spring so I can go longer and deeper down the trails without turning back. If anyone knows any good three-day camping-fishing-wheeling trails from the Carolinas to Ontario, fire away.
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Looks good.
