Photos Moab 2006 Photos

[Brother_of_Jefe]

Our "small" run on Steelbender began with 14 rigs!!! Had a great time, just took forever to get all those trucks through.

Then we had a fun "Night Run" on Fins and Things. Pretty amazing how steep you can climb on Moab slickrock.

(and DON'T get gas at the Chevron!!!!)

 

[FROADER]

Screen shots of my Dump Bump attempt video clip:

 

[FROADER]

I got it to work. Video clip: (20 megs)
http://www.explorerforum.com/files/1600/DumpBump.avi

 

[cybergasm]

all in unison now say "yeah!"

but a cool clip Froader

 

[Stic-o]

Very nice Colin!


and I see John got the Live web cam working again tonight

 

[Blee1099]

I bet this involved some serious pucker factor..

 

[Stic-o]

I bet this involved some serious pucker factor..

 

[splodo49]

Nice. Post more.

Screen shots of my Dump Bump attempt video clip:

nice you made short work of that. good job. ive seen more rigs try hell of a lot longer and never make it. Keep postin more

 

[CodePoet]

Ok guys i'm going to ask nicely. Please quit posting pics...seriously...i want to go out there bad enough now yall are just tortuing me and it's not nice!!

LOL

Looks like a blast, can't wait to get my rig back up here...she's commin next weekend though then the fun can start again

 

[splodo49]

Ok guys i'm going to ask nicely. Please quit posting pics...seriously...i want to go out there bad enough now yall are just tortuing me and it's not nice!!

LOL

Looks like a blast, can't wait to get my rig back up here...she's commin next weekend though then the fun can start again

Yeah i know how your feeling. I live in utah. I use to go to moab all the time. And finally a chance arises for eveyone with explorers to go and hang out and i gotta be thousands of miles away.. Believe me i feel your pain. From all the pics my buddys sent me and you guys postin its feeding the fire for me to deffinatley make the next trip.

 

[MoabB2]

Just got back in from a little night action on Porcupine Rim. What a beautiful view at the top....

 

[Rick]

Welcome to the Serious Explorations 10th anniversary CARNAGE RUN!

MAN!!! What a weekend. Yesterday it was James Young with a busted driveshaft. He didn't get back to camp until nearly 11pm. Then there was Marshall and JTX with fuel delivery problems.

Today wasn't any better. First I busted a fitting on my Atlas II which let all the fluid drain out. After applying a bit of JB Weld we were back on our way... but not for long. Shortly after that Matt started having the same fuel problems that Marshall did the day before. Matt pulled the bed off his truck, checked the fuel pump pickup for debris, blew out the fuel filter and did everything else we could thing of to get it running. Unfortunately it would only run for a few minutes at a time.

Robert and I headed back to Moab to pick up my spare fuel pressure regulator and coil pack. We also bought 10 gallons of gas for him to try in case he had bad fuel.

While I was in CarQuest the phone rang. Turned out that CG busted a tierod end. He has a custom setup and we had no idea what vehicle the tierod came from. Thankfully they got ahold of Dixon Bros who told them the part number they needed.

So now it was a matter of getting them the parts. Understand that I didn't even get back into town until 5pm... Robert was up for a rescue mission, but I wasn't. My wrist has been giving me problems all week and I have a brace for it. The run today beat the hell out of it with all the bouncing around and I just couldn't bring myself to get back on the trail. Thankfully Jefe and his Brother John stepped up and drove back to deliver the parts. Both of them will get some goodies tomorrow for their efforts.

As for the rest of the group. We made it to the Bar M Chuckwagon late. The place was nice enough to wait for us and they started their show as soon as we got there. The food was good and the entertainment was a lot of fun. I'm just sorry there were some folks who missed out.

We were going to hold our raffle after the entertainment, but there was no way I was going to leave out the guys who were still in the trail so we're going to hold the raffle tomorrow morning before we head out on the trails.

I should have my photos up shortly. Unfortunately I didn't take nearly as many as I normally do because my wrist is so screwed up.

 

[Rick]

Ahh... I nearly forgot to add more carnage Gerald's tranny started acting up on Poison Spider on the way to Golden Spike. He felt that it would be too risky to attempt the Launch Pad with a badly slipping tranny so he headed back to town.

The Behind The Rocks group had their share of problems as well. Arsoul blew a U-Joint in his D44. Marshall's fuel problems returned and he was only able to drive short distances before the engine would load up and stall. I'm sure others will fill in the details.

My pics will be here in just a few. They're uploading now. www.explorer4x4.com/moab_06

 

[Jefe]

The Behind The Rocks group had their share of problems as well. Arsoul blew a U-Joint in his D44. Marshall's fuel problems returned and he was only able to drive short distances before the engine would load up and stall. I'm sure others will fill in the details.

Perry and Colin both had problems with batteries. And in addition to Marshall's fuel(?) problem he also managed to wrap half of his engine harness around his steering shaft, destroying quite a few connectors in the process (trans control, O2 sensor, oil press., etc), AND he was somehow missing a PCV valve.

 

[Diff Whack Daddy]

Hey Rick, which Robert are you talking about that went on the parts/rescue run? Was that 90ranajo or someone else?

 

[Diff Whack Daddy]

Nice pics.

Hey Show, looks like your rear tires are stuffing inside what little of the fender wells you have left on the rears goin through golden spike. NICE!!!

Here's the bummer to myu story though. Just found out that we aren't going anywhere for a while so I got to sit here in Japan with my thumb up my ass instead of being there. What really ticks me off is I told them this was goin to happen. *******S. Oh well, at least I saved $700 in gas. F-that, I would rather have spent that and been there

 

[Rick]

Hey Rick, which Robert are you talking about that went on the parts/rescue run? Was that 90ranajo or someone else?

It was Show who drove back to town with me and then back up the trail with Jefe .

 

[Brian1]

Sitting here eating breakfast. I should hopefully put up some pics tonight. Stock run yesterday was uneventful. Tons of great scenery and a few obstacles thrown in every once in a while.

 

[Rick]

Here's a photo from today's stocker run. I went on this one to check out the LaSalle mountains. It was a long ride, but well worth it for the scenary and the cool weather.

 

[Rick]

I bet this involved some serious pucker factor..

Yes indeed! I stalled the engine right there and I couldn't restart it. I needed to turn the wheel to the right and back down, but there was no turning with the engine dead and all the weight on the front right wheel.

Thankfully they were quick with a strap and Matt pulled me out of there without a problem