The SoCal Crew

[Stic-o]

It hurts so bad! I will not listen to the aliens!

 

[TDG]

Those damn voices can be a PITA at times.


I love how this turned from 'What's gonna happen to Steves truck?' to 'What's Jefe doing?'

 

[Jefe]

Originally posted by TDG
I love how this turned from 'What's gonna happen to Steves truck?' to 'What's Jefe doing?'

Glad to be the distraction

 

[jobunn]

Looks like it was a lot fun. Nice pics.

How close to going over were you Stic-O?

 

[TDG]

I was a little concerned… I doubt that it would’ve caused any serious harm to the occupants but getting it out of there in that soft sand would’ve been ‘interesting.’

I'm by no means an experienced wheeler but from the perspective of an experienced passenger (Steve’s passenger at that point) I'll say that out of all the runs I've been on with anyone that was about a close as I've been to flopping.

 

[Jefe]

If his rear end had continued sliding sideways like his front did, he would have been over in a heartbeat. Luckily Tim and I were able to keep his rear end up on the hill, while he swung his front around to face downhill.

Originally posted by TDG
I was a little concerned…

I can't beleive you stayed in that seat until I got up there. If I had been passenger I would have bailed the second he put on the brake.

 

[Mike 92 XLT]

Damn, looked like it was fun. Sorry I missed it, but I didn't get home until 4 AM Fri night/Sat morning. If I had actually tried to get up to make it to Valencia at 9 I think I would have still been drunk.


Mike

 

[Stic-o]

How close to going over were you Stic-O?

I thought it wasn't to bad but I was in the truck the whole time. Lets just I had a gut fealing that if I got out the truck, it would have gone over. If you look at the pic. you can see the rear susp. lifting. I slid pretty good, and after seing the pic. I can see why. It was a lot softer then I thought it would be there. And if it did flip? She would have been on her top, in a cayon. Then we would have to drag her out on her top!

If I had actually tried to get up to make it to Valencia at 9 I think I would have still been drunk

Thats what we thought happened!

 

[TDG]

Originally posted by Jefe
I can't beleive you stayed in that seat until I got up there. If I had been passenger I would have bailed the second he put on the brake.

It didn't look that bad from inside... There was also the thought that getting out might've created more problems.

Originally posted by Stic-o
She would have been on her top, in a cayon. Then we would have to drag her out on her top!

The dragging out part would've been a challenge.

 

[Brother_of_Jefe]

YIKES!!

Wow, sorry I missed it!

BTW, Jefe, I didn't see a mention here about the carnage you encountered in your pics. "Just another trail fix"?

 

[TDG]

Re: YIKES!!

Originally posted by Brother_of_Jefe
Wow, sorry I missed it!

BTW, Jefe, I didn't see a mention here about the carnage you encountered in your pics. "Just another trail fix"?

Best shot I have of the 'carnage'

 

[Jefe]

A rear shock ripped off the axle. . .its just strapped up to the frame for right now. I didn't feel like breaking out the trail welder since I didn't like those mounts to begin with. Plus the other side is about to do the same thing. Quite a ride with no shock

 

[TDG]

Originally posted by Jefe
I didn't feel like breaking out the trail welder

Do tell...

 

[Josh S.]

Originally posted by Jefe
Quite a ride with no shock

Yah I've been riding w/o rear shox for a few weeks now


looks like y'all had some fun. some nice off-camberness there stic-o

 

[Jefe]

So I went to temp the shock back into place, and noticed that I only had ~2" of up-travel on it, as opposed to the 5" on the other side. So I got out the ol' yard stick to find out that I've only got about 2" of lift on that corner of the truck now. Lets see, 2" of lift after a SOA (5.5") and shackles (1.5"). Ok, so the springs only saging 5" from stock. . .not bad

Guess I'd better give Deaver a call and see if I can get some new leaves before AZ in 2 weeks.

 

[Josh S.]

holy crap ! and I thought mine were reverse arched! if you decide to go deaver, will you be going back under the axle? or keep soa.

 

[Jefe]

Originally posted by Josh S.
holy crap ! and I thought mine were reverse arched! if you decide to go deaver, will you be going back under the axle? or keep soa.

I'll keep it SOA. . .I like the clearance. I will go back to the stock shackles though.

 

[Stic-o]

I told you Jefe!

 

[TDG]

Originally posted by Jefe
Guess I'd better give Deaver a call and see if I can get some new leaves before AZ in 2 weeks.

If they can't get them in time Josh S. just took my 93 4 door springs off of his truck, they are pretty bad but not that bad, you could mix and match if you needed to.

 

[Jefe]

Originally posted by TDG


If they can't get them in time Josh S. just took my 93 4 door springs off of his truck, they are pretty bad but not that bad, you could mix and match if you needed to.

Looks like Deaver is gonna be able to deliver.

But thanks, I'll keep the offer in mind, just in case.